Patents by Inventor Burkhard Merg

Burkhard Merg 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 of and apparatus for balancing a vehicle wheel
    Patent number: 7377164
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for balancing a vehicle wheel, the wheel when fixed to a main shaft of a balancing machine, after the implementation of a wheel unbalance measuring run, is stopped at a given rotational angular position for a balancing operation to be carried out on the wheel, by braking of the rotary movement of the wheel. When the wheel is in the stopped condition, a braking moment derived from the unbalance measurement result and applied by a holding brake is caused to act on the wheel so that the wheel is prevented from rotating of its own accord by virtue of its static unbalance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Snap-On Equipment GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Rothamel, Burkhard Merg, Gerhard Rossteuscher
  • Method of and apparatus for balancing a vehicle wheel
    Publication number: 20050241393
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for balancing a vehicle wheel, the wheel when fixed to a main shaft of a balancing machine, after the implementation of a wheel unbalance measuring run, is stopped at a given rotational angular position for a balancing operation to be carried out on the wheel, by braking of the rotary movement of the wheel. When the wheel is in the stopped condition, a braking moment derived from the unbalance measurement result and applied by a holding brake is caused to act on the wheel so that the wheel is prevented from rotating of its own accord by virtue of its static unbalance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Karl Rothamel, Burkhard Merg, Gerhard Rossteuscher