Patents by Inventor Michael J. Maure

Michael J. Maure 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: 11046350
    Abstract: An installation device is used to install a steering wheel onto a steering column having a plurality of column splines, wherein the steering wheel includes a plate with a central opening and a plurality of wheel splines configured to engage the plurality of column splines. The installation device includes a frame including a base and a cover removably coupled to the base. The installation device also includes a first magnification lens coupled to the frame, and a first pair of posts coupled to the base. The first pair of posts are configured for insertion into a pair of corresponding openings on the steering wheel such that the first pair of posts position the first magnification lens a first predetermined distance from the steering wheel to focus the first magnification lens on the plurality of wheel splines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michael J. Maure, Benjamin B. MacArthur, Thien Phung, Matthew Gowthorpe, Tyler John Edward Thomas Zettler, Matthew Peter Gleeson
  • Patent number: 5706559
    Abstract: A vehicular leaf spring plate tip liner insert is provided, having a variety of configurations (50, 100, 150, 200, 250), of which one preferred embodiment is referenced by numeral (50). Insert (50) has a pad portion (3) adapted to provide a pad between adjacent leaf spring tips and at least one shank portion (4) extending from pad portion (3). Shank portion (4) is axially divided into two pairs of opposed protuberances (14, 14' and 16, 16'), with each pair having surfaces in registration with each other that are at different axial distances from pad portion (3) and engageable with the side of leaf spring opening opposite to the side into which shank portion (4) is inserted and are able to secure insert (50) to a leaf spring plate having a range of thicknesses upon expanding away from each other upon passing through the leaf spring tip opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Oliver, Richard F. Pierman, Michael J. Maure