Patents by Inventor Thomas Regnier

Thomas Regnier 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).

  • Vehicle wheel including antirotation plate
    Patent number: 10226962
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a first annular component, a second annular component configured to be separable from the first annular component and mechanically connected to and aligned with the first annular component about an axis of rotation of the wheel, and a plate. In some examples, when the first and second annular components are mechanically connected, the first and second annular components are configured to receive a tire and define a recess along an annular surface of the first and second annular components, the recess being configured to receive the plate. In addition, in some examples, when the plate is received in the recess, the plate inhibits relative rotation between the first annular component and the second annular component about the axis of rotation of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywelll International Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Champion, Elliot Conrad, Jonathan T. Beehler, Thomas Regnier
  • VEHICLE WHEEL INCLUDING ANTIROTATION PLATE
    Publication number: 20180154689
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a first annular component, a second annular component configured to be separable from the first annular component and mechanically connected to and aligned with the first annular component about an axis of rotation of the wheel, and a plate. In some examples, when the first and second annular components are mechanically connected, the first and second annular components are configured to receive a tire and define a recess along an annular surface of the first and second annular components, the recess being configured to receive the plate. In addition, in some examples, when the plate is received in the recess, the plate inhibits relative rotation between the first annular component and the second annular component about the axis of rotation of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Jon Champion, Elliot Conrad, Jonathan T. Beehler, Thomas Regnier
  • Methods and apparatus to design a wheel of a multiple-axle vehicle
    Patent number: 7369966
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to design a wheel of a multiple-axle vehicle are disclosed. A disclosed method analyzes fatigue damage values of wheels, each to be installed at a number of axle positions on a vehicle, and includes determining for each wheel a fatigue damage value for each of a plurality of critical locations at the wheel during an installation and determining whether at least a subset of total fatigue damage values at critical locations for each wheel installation exceeds a respective threshold total fatigue damage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Scelsi, Thomas Regnier, Slawomir T. Fryska