Patents by Inventor Alberto LAFUENTE

Alberto LAFUENTE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for manufacturing spokes
    Patent number: 10696092
    Abstract: A method and a device are provided for manufacturing spokes from a wire material, in particular for at least partially muscle-powered two-wheeled vehicles. The spokes include a spoke shaft having at least two shaft sections. The shaft sections differ in at least one cross-section. For shaping the cross-sections, the wire material is reshaped at least in sections by means of a shaping tool. The relative position of the wire material relative to the shaping tool is varied in the axial direction during reshaping. For shaping the cross-sections in the two shaft sections the relative position of the wire material relative to the shaping tool is varied by way of different positioning movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: DT SWISS INC.
    Inventors: Alberto Lafuente, Benedikt Barandun, Adrian Scheidegger
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SPOKES
    Publication number: 20170057280
    Abstract: A method and a device are provided for manufacturing spokes from a wire material, in particular for at least partially muscle-powered two-wheeled vehicles. The spokes include a spoke shaft having at least two shaft sections. The shaft sections differ in at least one cross-section. For shaping the cross-sections, the wire material is reshaped at least in sections by means of a shaping tool. The relative position of the wire material relative to the shaping tool is varied in the axial direction during reshaping. For shaping the cross-sections in the two shaft sections the relative position of the wire material relative to the shaping tool is varied by way of different positioning movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Alberto LAFUENTE, Benedikt BARANDUN, Adrian SCHEIDEGGER