Patents by Inventor Martin P. Spindler
Martin P. Spindler 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).
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Patent number: 11225111Abstract: A compressor unit (38) for supplying pressurized medium to a tire mounted on a vehicle wheel rim (34), having a compressor (58) for exerting pressure on a fluid medium that is to be conveyed into the tire. The compressor unit (38) is dimensioned to be accommodated in a center bore (44) of the vehicle wheel rim (34) when the vehicle wheel rim (34) is in the mounted state on a wheel hub (62); and the compressor (58) can be driven by a drive unit (56) positioned in the vicinity of the center bore (44) of the vehicle wheel rim (34). The compressor unit (38) is usable with a vehicle wheel rim (34) having a pressurized medium supply device (22) for a tire that is mounted on the vehicle wheel rim (34), as well as a vehicle having a vehicle wheel that includes such a vehicle wheel rim (34).Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS GMBHInventors: Martin P. Spindler, Konstantinos Tsiberidis
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Patent number: 11179980Abstract: A tire valve for controlled filling and emptying of a tire, having a valve body and a filling conduit, which is routed in the valve body from a valve inlet to a valve outlet and in which a filling valve is provided. In order to be able to perform an emptying of the tire, an emptying conduit, which is separated from the filling conduit in a pressure-tight manner, is formed in the valve body and includes an emptying valve, and from this emptying conduit an emptying opening leads through the valve body to the outside, wherein a shut-off element of the emptying valve is coupled to an element, which is movable by pressure medium loading, in such a way that a movement of the movable element, which is brought about by the pressure medium loading in the filling conduit, moves the shut-off element of the emptying valve into an open position.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS GMBHInventors: Martin P. Spindler, Konstantinos Tsiberidis
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Patent number: 10384406Abstract: In a device for delivering a medium, especially tire sealant, which is to be delivered by means of a compressor from a container to a tire, wherein the compressor can be connected by a pipeline to the tire and a connection to the container emerges into this pipeline, the pipeline has a constriction upstream from the tire.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Martin P. Spindler
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Publication number: 20190023091Abstract: A compressor unit (38) for supplying pressurized medium to a tire mounted on a vehicle wheel rim (34), having a compressor (58) for exerting pressure on a fluid medium that is to be conveyed into the tire. The compressor unit (38) is dimensioned to be accommodated in a center bore (44) of the vehicle wheel rim (34) when the vehicle wheel rim (34) is in the mounted state on a wheel hub (62); and the compressor (58) can be driven by a drive unit (56) positioned in the vicinity of the center bore (44) of the vehicle wheel rim (34). The compressor unit (38) is usable with a vehicle wheel rim (34) having a pressurized medium supply device (22) for a tire that is mounted on the vehicle wheel rim (34), as well as a vehicle having a vehicle wheel that includes such a vehicle wheel rim (34).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicants: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS GMBHInventors: Martin P. SPINDLER, Konstantinos TSIBERIDIS
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Publication number: 20190009623Abstract: The invention has proposed a tire valve for controlled filling and emptying of a tire, having a valve body and a filling conduit, which is routed in the valve body from a valve inlet to a valve outlet and in which a filling valve is provided. In order to be able to perform an emptying of the tire, an emptying conduit, which is separated from the filling conduit in a pressure-tight manner, is formed in the valve body and includes an emptying valve, and from this emptying conduit an emptying opening leads through the valve body to the outside, wherein a shut-off element of the emptying valve is coupled to an element, which is movable by means of pressure medium loading, in such a way that a movement of the movable element, which is brought about by means of pressure medium loading in the filling conduit, moves the shut-off element of the emptying valve into an open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicants: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS GMBHInventors: Martin P. SPINDLER, Konstantinos TSIBERIDIS
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Patent number: 10076936Abstract: A pressure indicator device for a flat tire repair kit for motor vehicles, in which the flat tire repair kit includes a compressor and a pressure outlet and the pressure indicator device (1.1-1.3) is an indicator for a pressure that the compressor of the flat tire repair kit produces in a tire that is being filled and includes a base body, a conduit (4.1-4.3), an optical element, an acoustic element, and a throttle (5.1-5.3); and the throttle (5.1-5.3) includes an adjustable throttle valve, wherein the conduit (4.1-4.3) is operationally connected to the optical element and the acoustic element; an air flow (L) through the conduit that the air pressure produces in the base body is deflected into a horizontal and/or an inclined horizontal direction, and an indicator element of the optical element can be moved in the horizontal and/or inclined horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventor: Martin P. Spindler
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Publication number: 20180142680Abstract: In a device for delivering a medium, especially tire sealant, which is to be delivered by means of a compressor from a container to a tire, wherein the compressor can be connected by a pipeline to the tire and a connection to the container emerges into this pipeline, the pipeline has a constriction upstream from the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Martin P. Spindler
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Publication number: 20160144673Abstract: A pressure indicator device for a flat tire repair kit for motor vehicles, in which the flat tire repair kit includes a compressor and a pressure outlet and the pressure indicator device (1.1-1.3) is an indicator for a pressure that the compressor of the flat tire repair kit produces in a tire that is being filled and includes a base body, a conduit (4.1-4.3), an optical element, an acoustic element, and a throttle (5.1-5.3); and the throttle (5.1-5.3) includes an adjustable throttle valve, wherein the conduit (4.1-4.3) is operationally connected to the optical element and the acoustic element; an air flow (L) through the conduit that the air pressure produces in the base body is deflected into a horizontal and/or an inclined horizontal direction, and an indicator element of the optical element can be moved in the horizontal and/or inclined horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Martin P. SPINDLER
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Publication number: 20160082677Abstract: In a device for delivering a medium, especially tire sealant, which is to be delivered by means of a compressor (P) from a container to a tire, wherein the compressor can be connected by a pipeline (9) to the tire and a connection (10) to the container emerges into this pipeline (9), the pipeline (9) has a constriction (27) upstream from the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventor: Martin P. Spindler