Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Straub

Thomas A. Straub 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: 6422657
    Abstract: An improved vehicle wheel hub mounting system includes a wheel hub, an axle spindle, a bearing assembly, and a threaded fastener. The wheel hub defines an axis and including a generally axially extending body having a bore formed therethrough. The bore of the wheel hub includes an internal splined portion and an inner annular wheel hub surface spaced apart from the internal splined portion. The inner annular wheel hub surface defines a predetermined wheel hub inner diameter. The axle spindle is connected to the wheel hub for rotation therewith and includes a generally axially extending body having an external splined portion and an outer annular axle spindle surface spaced apart from the external splined portion. The external splined portion of the axle spindle matingly receives the internal splined portion of the wheel hub to connect the axle spindle to the wheel hub for rotation therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes Company
    Inventors: Victor M. Di Ponio, Thomas A. Straub
  • Publication number: 20010026095
    Abstract: An improved vehicle wheel hub mounting system includes a wheel hub, an axle spindle, a bearing assembly, and a threaded fastener. The wheel hub defines an axis and including a generally axially extending body having bore s formed therethrough. The bore of the wheel hub includes an internal splined portion and an inner annular wheel hub surface spaced apart from the internal splined portion. The inner annular wheel hub surface defines a predetermined wheel hub inner diameter. The axle spindle is connected to the wheel hub for rotation therewith and includes a generally axially extending body having an external splined portion and an outer annular axle spindle surface spaced apart from the external splined portion. The external splined portion of the axle spindle matingly receives the internal splined portion of the wheel hub to connect the axle spindle to the wheel hub for rotation therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Victor M. Di Ponio, Thomas A. Straub
  • Patent number: 6196639
    Abstract: An improved vehicle wheel hub mounting system includes a wheel hub, an axle spindle, a bearing assembly, and a threaded fastener. The wheel hub defines an axis and including a generally axially extending body having bore formed therethrough. The bore of the wheel hub includes an internal splined portion and an inner annular wheel hub surface spaced apart from the internal splined portion. The inner annular wheel hub surface defines a predetermined wheel hub inner diameter. The axle spindle is connected to the wheel hub for rotation therewith and includes a generally axially extending body having an external splined portion and an outer annular axle spindle surface spaced apart from the external splined portion. The external splined portion of the axle spindle matingly receives the internal splined portion of the wheel hub to connect the axle spindle to the wheel hub for rotation therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes Company
    Inventors: Victor M. Di Ponio, Thomas A. Straub
  • Patent number: 4306475
    Abstract: A continuous automotive felt die cutting press, cuts pattern out of a web passing through it. After exit of the web from the cutting press, the cut patterns and web are passed over a perforated roller that rotates about internally segmented zones having a plurality of removable solid and perforated sleeves. The roller is capable of transmitting a vacuum or a pressure through any one of its internally segmented zones with directional and force control being partially provided by the removable sleeve placement on the segmented roller. Base guides, which are adjustable, are located in the area between the perforated sleeves to provide a solid base for the cut patterns to rest upon during their vacuum separation from the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Stefanic, James I. Malin, Thomas A. Straub