Patents by Inventor Jon Midgley

Jon Midgley 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: 7150105
    Abstract: An adaptor assembly for securing a wheel alignment device to a wheel, especially a vehicle wheel. The adaptor of the present invention allows such a device to be secured to a vehicle wheel even if the wheel is substantially flangeless in design. The adaptor assembly includes a collar that releasably engages an adaptor pin portion of a wheel alignment device. The collar allows the adaptor assembly to rotate about an axis defined by the adaptor pin. A wheel contacting means is connected to the collar by a plate member. Once installed to a wheel, an outward movement of wheel alignment device extension arms to which the adaptor pins are attached causes the wheel contacting means to be forced against a wall of the wheel, thereby causing a self-centering of the wheel contacting means and a securing of the wheel alignment device to the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Douglas Battaglia, Scott Frishman, Jon Midgley