Patents by Inventor Daniel Jonathan EHLKE

Daniel Jonathan EHLKE 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).

  • FORCE FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR BEAD EXERCISER
    Publication number: 20230019447
    Abstract: A bead exerciser system for an automated wheel assembly may include a center lift configured to lift a wheel assembly off of a conveyor belt, a drum roller configured to rotate the wheel assembly, a pair of pinch rollers driven by a driver and configured to apply force to a tire of the wheel assembly, a force sensor configured to detect a force of the tire against the pinch rollers, and a controller configured to receive the force from the force sensor and generate a command for an alert in response to the force falling outside of a predefined threshold range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Keith Martin SMILEY, Todd Allen CAMPBELL, Daniel Jonathan EHLKE, Harsh Suresh SHAH
  • Force feedback system for bead exerciser
    Patent number: 11446971
    Abstract: A bead exerciser system for an automated wheel assembly may include a center lift configured to lift a wheel assembly off of a conveyor belt, a drum roller configured to rotate the wheel assembly, a pair of pinch rollers driven by a driver and configured to apply force to a tire of the wheel assembly, a force sensor configured to detect a force of the tire against the pinch rollers, and a controller configured to receive the force from the force sensor and generate a command for an alert in response to the force falling outside of a predefined threshold range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL WHEEL & TIRE COMPANY
    Inventors: Keith Martin Smiley, Todd Allen Campbell, Daniel Jonathan Ehlke, Harsh Suresh Shah
  • Robotic weight machine
    Patent number: 11426787
    Abstract: A robotic press assembly configured to apply force to a wheel, may include a selectively moveable arm that is operatively connected to a body portion at a first end thereof; and a press tool operatively connected to a second end of the moveable arm; wherein the press tool includes at least one mounting bracket maintaining a press tool thereon, the mounting bracket arranged on a platform, and a base operatively connected to the second end of the arm, the platform being slidably fixed to the base in order to adjust the lateral displacement of the press tool, and wherein the press tool is configured to apply force at the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL WHEEL & TIRE COMPANY
    Inventors: Harsh Suresh Shah, Netresh U. Rege, Erik Lance Kirk McClain, Mohamad Dib Kassem Hassan, Todd Allen Campbell, Keith Martin Smiley, Kevin Douglass Smiley, Daniel Jonathan Ehlke, Joseph A. Lopetrone
  • FORCE FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR BEAD EXERCISER
    Publication number: 20210276377
    Abstract: A bead exerciser system for an automated wheel assembly may include a center lift configured to lift a wheel assembly off of a conveyor belt, a drum roller configured to rotate the wheel assembly, a pair of pinch rollers driven by a driver and configured to apply force to a tire of the wheel assembly, a force sensor configured to detect a force of the tire against the pinch rollers, and a controller configured to receive the force from the force sensor and generate a command for an alert in response to the force falling outside of a predefined threshold range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Keith Martin SMILEY, Todd Allen CAMPBELL, Daniel Jonathan EHLKE, Harsh Suresh SHAH
  • ROBOTIC WEIGHT MACHINE
    Publication number: 20210094089
    Abstract: A robotic press assembly configured to apply force to a wheel, may include a selectively moveable arm that is operatively connected to a body portion at a first end thereof; and a press tool operatively connected to a second end of the moveable arm; wherein the press tool includes at least one mounting bracket maintaining a press tool thereon, the mounting bracket arranged on a platform, and a base operatively connected to the second end of the arm, the platform being slidably fixed to the base in order to adjust the lateral displacement of the press tool, and wherein the press tool is configured to apply force at the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Harsh Suresh SHAH, Netresh U. REGE, Erik Lance Kirk McCLAIN, Mohamad Dib Kassem HASSAN, Todd Allen CAMPBELL, Keith Martin SMILEY, Kevin Douglass SMILEY, Daniel Jonathan EHLKE, Joseph A. LOPETRONE