Patents by Inventor Izak F. van der Merwe

Izak F. van der Merwe 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: 4487241
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for warning that the pressure in one tire of a pair of dual tires is more than a predetermined amount below the pressure in the other. The system comprises a device fitted to the valve stem of the outer tire and having a single air inlet and two air outlets connected one to each tire. Two pistons are subjected to tire pressures and themselves act on a lever. When the tire pressures differ, the forces on the lever are unbalanced, and the lever tilts. A trigger unit is mounted on the rim of the inner tire and linked to the lever by a stiff wire. When the wire is displaced, a spring loaded arm of the trigger unit is released. On the body of the vehicle there is a switch the operating member of which is struck by the spring loaded arm after that arm has been released. The switch is connected to a warning device in the vehicle cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Inventor: Izak F. van der Merwe