Patents by Inventor Patrick L. Ohm

Patrick L. Ohm 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: 9126373
    Abstract: A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
  • Patent number: 8925594
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure for a portable tire inflator that includes a triangular housing comprising a triangular face, a triangular back, two sides extending between the triangular face and the triangular back on first and second sides of the triangular face and back, and a support base on a third side of the triangular face and back extending between the triangular face and the triangular back, a pump motor within the housing. The inflator may be configured such that a majority of the total weight of the portable tire inflator is positioned between the middle of the triangular face and the base. The tire inflator may also include a reflective border on at least two of three edges of the triangular face and an air pressure indicator responsive to air pressure within the air hose, the air pressure indicator visible on an external surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Alan Okamura
  • Patent number: 8887769
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure for a wall-mountable tire inflator that includes a housing having a variable pressure pump motor and rechargeable battery therein, a face, a backside opposite the face, four sides extending between the face and the backside, and an opening sized to receive a post of an air hose support tray. The backside of the housing may include at least one wall mounting element adapted to couple with a wall mount structure extending from a wall. The tire inflator may also include a coiled air hose extending from the housing, a light bar pivotally coupled to the housing. The detachable air hose support tray may include an annular channel on a side surrounding a raised central projection, a post extending radially from the support tray, and a wall mounting aperture extending through a portion of the support tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, Alan Okamura
  • Patent number: 8882420
    Abstract: A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
  • Patent number: 8578640
    Abstract: A license plate frame that allows for removable coupling of elements to the license plate frame. The license plate frame may include four borders that each include an outer frame lip and an inner frame lip extending outwardly from a rear surface of the license plate frame. The inner frame lip may include a plurality of equally sized notches adjacent one another. A removable element that includes a pin and a channel is removably coupled to the license plate frame by placing the pin within one of the plurality of notches and placing a portion of the outer frame lip within the channel of the removable element. The removable element may be moved by lifting the pin out of the notch and sliding the outer frame lip through the channel of the removable element before inserting the pin into a different notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Krankkala, Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong
  • Patent number: 8573046
    Abstract: A combined tread depth measurement tool and pressure gauge for treaded pneumatic tires includes a housing, an abutment surface, and a pneumatic pressure sensor. The pneumatic pressure sensor includes a measurement element with a graduated numerical indication of pneumatic pressure on at least one side and a colored indication of tire depth on at least one side. The colored indication includes at least three distinct colors, the three distinct colors each having widths corresponding to ranges of tread depths in reference to a terminal end of the measurement element. A combined tread depth measurement tool and pressure gauge for treaded pneumatic tires includes a body assembly and a spring clip. The body assembly includes a housing with three color bands having distinct colors, a pneumatic pressure sensor, and a measurement element. The spring clip includes a sliding portion and a clip portion with a tire engagement end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong
  • Publication number: 20130177369
    Abstract: A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
  • Publication number: 20120168031
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure for a hand-held tire inflator that includes a housing having a pump motor therein, a bottom surface, a top surface opposite the bottom surface, a cylindrical base between the top and bottom surface, and two arms extending laterally from the housing above the cylindrical base and below the top surface. A flexible light support may be coupled to a second arm of the two arms, the flexible light support having a light source on a distal end of the flexible light support. A pressure indicator may be positioned on the top surface, the pressure indicator responsive to air pressure within the air hose. A power switch may be disposed on the housing and electrically coupled to the light source and to the pump motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, Alan Okamura
  • Publication number: 20120168030
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure for a portable tire inflator that includes a triangular housing comprising a triangular face, a triangular back, two sides extending between the triangular face and the triangular back on first and second sides of the triangular face and back, and a support base on a third side of the triangular face and back extending between the triangular face and the triangular back, a pump motor within the housing. The inflator may be configured such that a majority of the total weight of the portable tire inflator is positioned between the middle of the triangular face and the base. The tire inflator may also include a reflective border on at least two of three edges of the triangular face and an air pressure indicator responsive to air pressure within the air hose, the air pressure indicator visible on an external surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Alan Okamura
  • Patent number: D513228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick L. Ohm
  • Patent number: D636713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Kenneth C. Booth
  • Patent number: D640177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Kenneth C. Booth
  • Patent number: D668676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Alan Okamura, Todd Donaldson
  • Patent number: D669502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Alan Okamura, Todd Donaldson
  • Patent number: D670313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Alan Okamura, Todd Donaldson
  • Patent number: D671560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Alan Okamura, Todd Donaldson
  • Patent number: D679291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Alan Okamura, Todd Donaldson
  • Patent number: D700175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick L. Ohm
  • Patent number: D700176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick L. Ohm
  • Patent number: D724401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee