Patents by Inventor Nicholas Jon WALTHER

Nicholas Jon WALTHER 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 exhaust isolator
    Patent number: 10087811
    Abstract: An isolator is disclosed for attaching an exhaust system to a frame pin on a vehicle frame. The isolator includes a vibration damping body that defines a frame pin receiving opening and an exhaust pin receiving opening. A tab is provided on an upper end of the vibration damping body that is manually engaged to bend the upper end of the body away from and toward the frame pin to facilitate inserting the frame pin in the frame pin receiving opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Nicholas Jon Walther, Erich James Nowka, Kerry Timothy Havener
  • VEHICLE EXHAUST ISOLATOR
    Publication number: 20180187589
    Abstract: An isolator is disclosed for attaching an exhaust system to a frame pin on a vehicle frame. The isolator includes a vibration damping body that defines a frame pin receiving opening and an exhaust pin receiving opening. A tab is provided on an upper end of the vibration damping body that is manually engaged to bend the upper end of the body away from and toward the frame pin to facilitate inserting the frame pin in the frame pin receiving opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Nicholas Jon WALTHER, Erich James NOWKA, Kerry Timothy HAVENER