Patents by Inventor Herald Oppermann

Herald Oppermann 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).

  • Quick action nut for fixing the wheel rim of a vehicle wheel on an end of a shaft of a balancing machine, said end having an outer thread
    Publication number: 20020015632
    Abstract: A speed clamping nut to clamp the rim of a vehicle wheel on an end fitted with an outer thread of a shaft of a balancing machine, comprising a housing having at least one grip mounted in substantially radially manner to the housing, and an inside thread. A threaded component rotational about the screw axis of the speed clamping nut and relative to the housing is connected to the housing and comprises an inside thread and is connected with the drive side of a rotational drive system connected to the housing. Following engagement, the rotational drive system assumes the complex and time-consuming screwing-on procedure when the wheel rim is pulled against spring forces toward a centering cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Dirk Warkotsch, Herald Oppermann, Guy W. Carter