Patents by Inventor Monte J. Visser

Monte J. Visser 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).

  • Vehicle brake and hub attachment system and method
    Patent number: 5988761
    Abstract: A wheel end hub assembly for a motor vehicle incorporating mechanical retention features. The assembly accurately and positively orients the motor vehicle brake component, such as a disc brake rotor or brake drum with respect to its wheel hub. Accordingly, the machining operations for the brake component braking surfaces can be accurately based from a datum surface of the hub. The assembly incorporates a retention nut threaded onto the wheel mounting bolts which exerts a clamping force on the brake component and further establishes the relative positions of the hub and brake component. The retention nut features a generally conical surface which contacts a generally conical surface of the brake component to establish the radial and rotational relative position of these components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Monte J. Visser, P. William McCay, Stanley Kulczycki
  • Vehicle brake and hub attachment system and method
    Patent number: 5884980
    Abstract: A wheel end hub assembly for a motor vehicle incorporating mechanical retention features. The assembly accurately and positively orients the motor vehicle brake component, such as a disc brake rotor or brake drum with respect to its wheel hub. Accordingly, the machining operations for the brake component braking surfaces can be accurately based from a datum surface of the hub. The assembly incorporates a retention nut threaded onto the wheel mounting bolts which exerts a clamping force on the brake component and further establishes the relative positions of the hub and brake component. The retention nut features a generally conical surface which contacts a generally conical surface of the brake component to establish the radial and rotational relative position of these components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Monte J. Visser, P. William McCay, Stanley Kulczycki
  • Vehicle hub and brake machining method
    Patent number: 5842388
    Abstract: A method of machining a wheel hub and brake component in which the braking friction surface is machined together with the hub bearing journal and seat while the hub and braking component are mounted to a single work holding tool thus enabling both surfaces to be machined relative to one another with close tolerances. In the case of a two-piece wheel hub and rotor assembly, the rotor is mounted to the hub in a manner which establishes the relative position of the rotor relative to the hub prior to machining the hub and rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Bosch Braking System
    Inventors: Monte J. Visser, Vince T. Mastrangelo, P. William McCay, Jay K. Julow
  • Push nut fastener
    Patent number: D370604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventors: Edgar Donabedian, Monte J. Visser