Patents by Inventor Glen METHENY

Glen METHENY 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).

  • MAGNETIC DRIVE OVER SYSTEM (DOS) PROVIDING TIRE TREAD THICKNESS/DEPTH MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20220163316
    Abstract: According to some embodiments disclosed herein, a system is provided to measure a tread of a tire. The system includes a nonmagnetic layer providing a drive over surface, a magnet, and a magnetic sensor associated with the magnet. The drive over surface is adapted to receive the tire thereon including the tread to be measured. The magnet has opposing first and second magnetic poles, the nonmagnetic layer is between the drive over surface and the magnet, and the magnet is arranged so that the first magnetic pole is between the second magnetic pole and the nonmagnetic layer. The nonmagnetic layer is between the drive over surface and the magnetic sensor, and the magnetic sensor is configured to detect a magnetic field resulting from the magnet and the tire on the drive over surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel STEVENSON, Steven NOYCE, Maria Luisa SARTORELLI, Jesko VON WINDHEIM, Michael STANGLER, Glen METHENY, Stephen W. BROOKS, David Alan KOESTER, Aaron Daniel FRANKLIN