Patents by Inventor Norman H. Johnson, Jr.

Norman H. Johnson, Jr. 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).

  • Custom vehicle wheel aligner
    Patent number: 5909379
    Abstract: In combination with a vehicle wheel aligner comprising at least one sensor for generating data indicative of the relative angular orientation of one or more wheels of a vehicle, a computer for calculating alignment values for the vehicle from the data and a video display for displaying the alignment values, the invention is the improvement comprising a digital memory for storing a plurality of vehicle attributes, a computer processor for causing two or more of the attributes to be displayed on the video display, an input device for allowing the operator to select the attributes relating to a subject vehicle, and a digital memory for storing the attributes relating to the subject vehicle which are selected by the operator, whereby a computer model of the subject vehicle is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Dale, Jr., Patrick O'Mahony, Norman H. Johnson, Jr.