Patents by Inventor John A. Wegner

John A. Wegner 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: 4306751
    Abstract: An ornamental wheel cover having a funnel shaped member provided with at least three radially projecting tabs. Each of the tabs has a hole therethrough for registration on the threaded studs to which the wheel is fixedly mounted to rotate with the wheel. Nuts positionally lock the radially projecting tabs on the studs wherein the central axis of the funnel shaped member is coincident with the axis of the axle and the locking pin. The funnel shaped member has an intermediate cylindrical portion which terminates in an inwardly flaring conical portion to surround the end of the axle. The conical portion has a slot therethrough for receiving the radially extending pin member when the locking pin is pressed inwardly against the biasing force of the spring. The radially extending pin member engages an outwardly facing detent formed on the inner surface of the conical portion positioned perpendicularly to the slot provided through the conical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventor: John A. Wegner