Patents by Inventor Tim Culver

Tim Culver 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).

  • Automatic reinforcement modeling
    Patent number: 7856342
    Abstract: Methods and program products for presenting a view of physical element, the physical element represented in a computer aided design (CAD) model, and integrating a presentation of structural reinforcement of the physical element into the view of the physical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Emile E. Kfouri, Tim Culver
  • Method of modifying motorcycle engine cam drive
    Patent number: 6318321
    Abstract: A method of modifying the cam drive arrangement of a motorcycle engine. The method includes providing an existing cam gear arrangement having a crankshaft sprocket connected to a primary camshaft sprocket with a chain, removing the chain, replacing each of the sprockets with a crankshaft gear and primary camshaft gear respectively, and engaging teeth of the gears so the crankshaft gear drives the primary camshaft gear directly. A specific method for modifying a TWIN CAM 88 engine, made by Harley-Davidson, according to this method, is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: S&S Cycle, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Kensok, Scott A. Sjoval, Dan Kinsey, Tim Culver