Patents by Inventor Robert P. Newton

Robert P. Newton 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).

  • Tire mounting system
    Patent number: 4381671
    Abstract: A system for mounting the wheel rim of a tire assembly on the drive spindle of a tire correction machine including an adapter unit comprising a base assembly slidably receivable over the drive spindle with a plurality of elongate locating pins adjustably mounted on the base assembly to extend through the wheel rim lug holes and a plurality of hold down tubes slidably received over the locating pins to engage the lug holes and locate them concentrically of the drive spindle axis together with a hold down member and a locking member threadedly engaging the base assembly to clamp the wheel rim between the hold down tubes and base assembly. The system also includes a gaging unit adapted to provide a readout that allows the mounting adapter to be preadjusted to mount the wheel rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Inventor: Robert P. Newton, III
  • Tire assembly mounting adapter
    Patent number: 4354386
    Abstract: A system for reducing undue vibrations transmitted to a vehicle by a tire assembly including a tire buffing or grinding machine, a tire balancing machine, and a mounting adapter for alternatively mounting the tire assembly on the tire buffing machine and the tire balancing machine. The tire buffing machine includes a drive unit for rotating the tire assembly about its rotational axis, a loading unit for radially loading the tire assembly, a buffing unit for selectively grinding away portions of the tire tread, and a control unit interconnecting the loading unit and the buffing unit to cause the buffing unit to reduce the loaded radial runout of the tire assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1982
    Assignee: Autodynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert P. Newton
  • Tire buffing machine system
    Patent number: 4244416
    Abstract: A system for reducing undue vibrations transmitted to a vehicle by a tire assembly including a tire buffing or grinding machine, a tire balancing machine, and a mounting adapter for alternatively mounting the tire assembly on the tire buffing machine and the tire balancing machine. The tire buffing machine includes a drive unit for rotating the tire assembly about its rotational axis, a loading unit for radially loading the tire assembly, a buffing unit for selectively grinding away portions of the tire tread, and a control unit interconnecting the loading unit and the buffing unit to cause the buffing unit to reduce the loaded radial runout of the tire assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: Autodynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert P. Newton
  • Tire balancing machine system
    Patent number: 4229977
    Abstract: A system for reducing undue vibrations transmitted to a vehicle by a tire assembly including a tire buffing or grinding machine, a tire balancing machine, and a mounting adapter for alternatively mounting the tire assembly on the tire buffing machine and the tire balancing machine. The tire buffing machine includes a drive unit for rotating the tire assembly about its rotational axis, a loading unit for radially loading the tire assembly, a buffing unit for selectively grinding away portions of the tire tread, and a control unit interconnecting the loading unit and the buffing unit to cause the buffing unit to reduce the loaded radial runout of the tire assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: Autodynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert P. Newton
  • Tire buffing machine system
    Patent number: 4139041
    Abstract: A system for reducing undue vibrations transmitted to a vehicle by a tire assembly including a tire buffing or grinding machine, a tire balancing machine, and a mounting adapter for alternatively mounting the tire assembly on the tire buffing machine and the tire balancing machine. The tire buffing machine includes a drive unit for rotating the tire assembly about its rotational axis, a loading unit for radially loading the tire assembly, a buffing unit for selectively grinding away portions of the tire tread, and a control unit interconnecting the loading unit and the buffing unit to cause the buffing unit to reduce the loaded radial runout of the tire assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1979
    Inventor: Robert P. Newton