Patents by Inventor Simona Cultrera

Simona Cultrera 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).

  • Wheel balancing apparatus and method with improved hidden spokes placement for irregular wheels
    Patent number: 7792610
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for carrying out the method are disclosed for hidden spokes placement of balancing weights on a wheel, having a hub, a rim and the hub and the rim being connected by several spokes, comprising determination of spoke configuration data. Now, it is possible to analyze spoke configuration and width of the spokes in details, enabling the weight splitting behind spokes even if spokes are forked, oblique, not equidistant, or they have different dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Snap-On Equipment Srl A Unico Socio
    Inventors: Francesco Braghiroli, Marco Tralli, Simona Cultrera
  • Wheel balancing apparatus and method with improved hidden spokes placement for irregular wheels
    Publication number: 20070186651
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for carrying out the method are disclosed for hidden spokes placement of balancing weights on a wheel, having a hub, a rim and the hub and the rim being connected by several spokes, comprising determination of spoke configuration data. Now, it is possible to analyze spoke configuration and width of the spokes in details, enabling the weight splitting behind spokes even if spokes are forked, oblique, not equidistant, or they have different dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Francesco Braghiroli, Marco Tralli, Simona Cultrera