Patents by Inventor Christopher Dean Fenstermaker

Christopher Dean Fenstermaker 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).

  • Wheel for a support structure
    Patent number: 11794513
    Abstract: A wheel assembly for a tire includes a circular hub member for securing to a rotatable axle of a vehicle, an annular first rim piece for engaging the tire, the first rim piece being secured to a first axial end of the circular hub member, an annular second rim piece for engaging the tire, the second rim piece being secured to an opposite second axial end of the circular hub member, a plurality of cylindrical bolts for engaging both the first rim piece and the second rim piece, the cylindrical bolts each engaging the first rim piece, the second rim piece, and a spoke structure of the tire; and a threaded tension bolt for varying a radial position of a first axial end of one of the cylindrical bolts relative to a first elongate opening of the first rim piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Christopher Dean Fenstermaker, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Michael Joseph Durr, Wesley Glenn Sigler
  • NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230141345
    Abstract: A nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly which includes a wheel, and a spoke ring structure having an inner ring that is mounted on an outer surface of the wheel. The spoke ring structure has a plurality of spoke members, and an outer tread ring is mounted on the outer circumference of the spoke ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Wesley Glenn Sigler, Nathan Edward Yensho, Ann Elizabeth Myers, Andrew James Miller, Christopher Dean Fenstermaker, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Md Atiqur Rahman Bhuiyan
  • WHEEL FOR A SUPPORT STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20230144443
    Abstract: A wheel assembly for a tire includes a circular hub member for securing to a rotatable axle of a vehicle, an annular first rim piece for engaging the tire, the first rim piece being secured to a first axial end of the circular hub member, an annular second rim piece for engaging the tire, the second rim piece being secured to an opposite second axial end of the circular hub member, a plurality of cylindrical bolts for engaging both the first rim piece and the second rim piece, the cylindrical bolts each engaging the first rim piece, the second rim piece, and a spoke structure of the tire; and a threaded tension bolt for varying a radial position of a first axial end of one of the cylindrical bolts relative to a first elongate opening of the first rim piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Dean Fenstermaker, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Michael Joseph Durr, Wesley Glenn Sigler