Patents by Inventor Timothy C. Blanck

Timothy C. Blanck 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: 5174634
    Abstract: A one-piece sheet metal automotive passenger vehicle spare wheel and tire integrated thereon, having a mounting disc and a non-pneumatic tire-supporting rim. The rim has a radially outwardly arched rim portion of toroidal geometry with a generally uniform radius of curvature and cross-section thickness. The rim is cantilevered from the disc and has a radially in-turned flange at its free end thereof extending convergently toward the disc. The disc part has three successively contiguous integral and annularly continuous disc zone portions: (a) a radially outermost generally frusto-conical face zone having air vent openings therein, (b) a radially innermost face zone with an annular hat section protruding outboard of the wheel, and (c) a bolt circle mounting portion adapted for removable mounting to an automotive passenger vehicle wheel hub, axle or other mounting part. The cross sectional thickness of the rim portion is generally less than that of the disc and rim flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Motor Wheel Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy C. Blanck, Craig K. Galer, Patricia M. O'Brien