Patents by Inventor Heikki Salakari

Heikki Salakari 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).

  • Patent number: 7032636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stud for a tyre comprising a socket-formed body portion (1), having at one end a hard metal peak (2) and at its other end a locking flange (3) retaining the stud in the tyre and being made of a light injection-mouldable material, such as plastic, the body portion (1) having a pin (4) extending towards the locking flange, with the tubular sleeve portion (5) of the locking flange fixed on top of this pin. The body portion (1) is conical so as to be clamped as a wedge into the corresponding conical sleeve portion (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Turvanasta Development OY
    Inventor: Heikki Salakari
  • Publication number: 20040079461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stud for a tyre comprising a socket-formed body portion (1), having at one end a hard metal peak (2) and at its other end a locking flange (3) retaining the stud in the tyre and being made of a light injection-mouldable material, such as plastic, the body portion (1) having a pin (4) extending towards the locking flange, with the tubular sleeve portion (5) of the locking flange fixed on top of this pin. The body portion (1) is conical so as to be clamped as a wedge into the corresponding conical sleeve portion (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Heikki Salakari