Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Gatton

Geoffrey Gatton 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 chuck with counterweighted jaws
    Publication number: 20060082075
    Abstract: A wheel chuck includes a plurality of movable jaws mounted upon a support structure. A plurality of movable counterweights are mounted upon the support structure with each counterweight opposite from and connected to a corresponding one of the jaws. Upon rotation of the chuck the counterweights develop forces in opposition to centrifugal forces acting upon the jaws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventor: Geoffrey Gatton
  • Tool and process for chrome plating a vehicle wheel surface
    Publication number: 20060040592
    Abstract: A cutting tool having a crystalline tip is pressed with a uniform pressure against the outboard surface of a vehicle wheel as the wheel is rotated. The smoothed wheel surface is then chrome plated to provide a cosmetic finish to the wheel face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Geoffrey Gatton, Richard Guernsey
  • Tool and method for forming a lug hole
    Publication number: 20050135885
    Abstract: A single tool that provides multiple machining operations for forming a lug hole through a vehicle wheel hub includes an end portion having a first diameter and a mid-portion having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. A spade drill bit is mounted upon the end portion and a bore cutting tool is mounted upon the mid-portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Geoffrey Gatton, Dave Seiler
  • Process for copper free chrome plating of a vehicle wheel surface
    Publication number: 20050120557
    Abstract: A cutting tool having a hard tip is pressed with a uniform pressure against a surface of a vehicle wheel as the wheel is rotated to smooth and seal the surface. The smoothed and sealed wheel surface is then chrome plated with a process that includes applying a nickel layer directly upon smoothed and sealed wheel surface and a chromium layer over the nickel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Geoffrey Gatton, Lou Grenier, Peter Yee
  • Tool and method for forming a valve stem hole
    Publication number: 20050019115
    Abstract: A single stepped tool having spiral flutes and a method for using the tool to cut a stepped valve stem hole through the sidewall of a vehicle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Geoffrey Gatton, Dave Seiler