Patents by Inventor Martin Braungart

Martin Braungart 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: 4997235
    Abstract: A light metal wheel rim apparatus is provided with an increased wheel disk area in proportion to the overall diameter of the rim. The light metal wheel rim is constructed of at least two component parts. A first component part includes an inner rim flange and rim ring. A second component part includes a wheel disk portion, upon which a design may be configured, and an outer rim flange. The first and second component parts are joined in a manner which maximizes the area of the wheel disc relative to the overall dimensions of the light metal wheel rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik AG
    Inventor: Martin Braungart
  • Patent number: 4544209
    Abstract: An improved motor vehicle wheel center for providing a virtually continuous co-planar visual vehicular wheel design including an anti-theft feature comprising a cover plate that blocks access to the lug bolts of a wheel while sealingly preventing migration of oil and other substances from the center to the exterior thereof and which is held in place by a wedge-shaped, threadedly received central shaft member having a multi-sided faceted configuration which can only be removed in a facilitated manner by engagement and rotation through a specifically shaped conforming tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1985
    Assignee: BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik, GmbH+Co. KG.
    Inventor: Martin Braungart
  • Patent number: D284000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1986
    Assignee: BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik, GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin Braungart
  • Patent number: RE32903
    Abstract: An improved motor vehicle wheel center for providing a virtually continuous co-planar visual vehicular wheel design including an anti-theft feature comprising a cover plate that blocks access to the lug bolts of a wheel while sealingly preventing migration of oil and other substances from the center to the exterior thereof and which is held in place by a wedge-shaped, threadedly received central shaft member having a multi-sided faceted configuration which can only be removed in a facilitated manner by engagement and rotation through a specifically shaped conforming tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik, GmbH and Co. KG.
    Inventor: Martin Braungart
  • Patent number: D329416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: BBS kfz. Technik AG
    Inventors: Martin Braungart, Franz Schwenk
  • Patent number: D344924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik AG
    Inventors: Martin Braungart, Graham Thorpe
  • Patent number: D353571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik AG
    Inventors: Martin Braungart, Franz Schwenk