Patents by Inventor Ronald Baugh

Ronald Baugh 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: 12661928
    Abstract: An adapter assembly that allows a wheel cover to be attached to a wheel has an insert, a plug, a key and a wrench. The insert attaches through a hole in the wheel cover and has prongs that lock behind a cap lip of the wheel. The plug is screwed into the insert via the wrench, and plug threads push out on the prongs, securing them behind the cap lip. The key is inserted into a locking space between the outer surface of the plug and the inner surface of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Wheel Pros, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Van Ryn, Ronald Baugh, Steven Kern, Yuri Ranum
  • Publication number: 20260103020
    Abstract: An adapter assembly that allows a wheel cover to be attached to a wheel has an inner device which locks through a central hole in the cover to an outer device insert. The inner device removably locks to a vehicle wheel, A The cam trapping cage secures a locking cam to a main wheel mounting clip with prongs that snap over the lip of the cam trapping cage, securing the assembly to the wheel hub centerbore. The locking cam physically blocks the mounting clip to keep them from backing out of their secured position. A silicone o-ring lies between the cover and the wheel lip, keeping the cover under constant tension for secure connection. Outside the cover, a billet hex nut and a hex nut o-ring reduces vibration and connects the cover to the inner device. A cap base with cam safety also prevents the locking cam from backing out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Applicant: Wheel Pros, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Van Ryn, Ronald Baugh, Steven Kern, Yuri Ranum
  • Publication number: 20230256775
    Abstract: An adapter assembly that allows a wheel cover to be attached to a wheel has an insert, a plug, a key and a wrench. The insert attaches through a hole in the wheel cover and has prongs that lock behind a cap lip of the wheel. The plug is screwed into the insert via the wrench, and plug threads push out on the prongs, securing them behind the cap lip. The key is inserted into a locking space between the outer surface of the plug and the inner surface of the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Wheel Pros, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Van Ryn, Ronald Baugh, Steven Kern, Yuri Ranum
  • Patent number: 5133043
    Abstract: A hairdrying apparatus having a motor driven blower assembly and a C-shaped air duct of tubular construction discharging adjacent the palm of the user's hand is mountable directly on the user's hand without additional straps. The air duct is configured to tightly extend around an edge of the hand and secure the dryer to the hand as a result of the inherent compression of the C-shape of the duct against the topside and palm of the hand. A layer of resiliently compressible thermal and electrical insulation material may be provided on the surfaces of the duct contacted by the hand to further aid in securing the apparatus to the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Inventor: Ronald Baugh
  • Patent number: 4138827
    Abstract: A wrist mounted hair drying apparatus for blowing heated air to the palm of the hand wherein it could be directed to the hair of the user in concentrated form. The apparatus includes a motor driven blower mounted by a strap on the wrist of the user. The outlet of the blower includes a flexible hose terminating in an oval-shaped ring mounted over the fingers of the user and having a plurality of air openings along one surface thereof adjacent to the palm for concentrating air from the blower in the palm of the hand of the user. Alternatively, a ring can mount a flexible hose having one or more ducts on the finger of the user, the hose being connected to the blower outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1979
    Inventors: Ronald Baugh, Claudia Baugh
  • Patent number: D1039461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Wheel Pros LLC
    Inventors: Steven Kern, Ronald Baugh
  • Patent number: D1040063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wheel Pros LLC
    Inventors: Steven Kern, Ronald Baugh, Tom Van Ryn, Yuri Ranum
  • Patent number: D1047851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Wheel Pros LLC
    Inventors: Steven Kern, Ronald Baugh, Tom Van Ryn, Yuri Ranum