Patents by Inventor Thomas Czarniecki

Thomas Czarniecki 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).

  • Fabricated vehicle wheel having spokes and stiffening ribs
    Patent number: 7464995
    Abstract: According to the invention, the fabricated vehicle wheel includes a conventional full wheel rim and a unique wheel disc joined to the wheel rim. The wheel disc includes an inner wheel mounting pad, an outer annular rim connecting flange and a plurality of radial spokes connecting the inner wheel mounting pad to the rim connecting flange. The rim connecting flange extends in an axial direction and defines a side edge surface extending between each pair of adjacent spokes. A plurality of windows are formed in the wheel disc. Each of the windows has a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent spokes and the side edge surface of the rim connecting flange. The rim connecting flange and the side edge surface are configured such that the window extends to an outermost periphery of the wheel disc. The inner wheel mounting pad includes at least one rib provided therein. The rib has an outer surface and an inner surface, at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface is provided with a flat planar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
    Inventors: Montgomery D. Csapo, Thomas Czarniecki, John David Holm, Thomas E. Heck, Günter Stelzer, Karl Rode, Werner Kermelk, Alan Coleman
  • Fabricated vehicle wheel
    Publication number: 20070222279
    Abstract: According to the invention, the fabricated vehicle wheel includes a conventional full wheel rim and a unique wheel disc joined to the wheel rim. The wheel disc includes an inner wheel mounting pad, an outer annular rim connecting flange and a plurality of radial spokes connecting the inner wheel mounting pad to the rim connecting flange. The rim connecting flange extends in an axial direction and defines a side edge surface extending between each pair of adjacent spokes. A plurality of windows are formed in the wheel disc. Each of the windows has a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent spokes and the side edge surface of the rim connecting flange. The rim connecting flange and the side edge surface are configured such that the window extends to an outermost periphery of the wheel disc. The inner wheel mounting pad includes at least one rib provided therein. The rib has an outer surface and an inner surface, at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface is provided with a flat planar surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Montgomery Csapo, Thomas Czarniecki, John Holm, Thomas Heck, Gunter Stelzer, Karl Rode, Werner Kermelk, Alan Coleman