Patents by Inventor William D. Cullum

William D. Cullum 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).

  • Method and apparatus for tracking wheel balancer corrective weight usage
    Patent number: 7644616
    Abstract: A wheel balancing system determines a type of corrective weight for application to an edge of a rim of a wheel for correcting imbalance of the wheel. One or more corrective weights are identified from a varied inventory of corrective weights. An inventory database is incremented or decremented for each identified corrective weight. Database reports can be generated that specify weight usage and inventory status. One or more wheel balancers may be coupled to a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Snap-On Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Cullum, Frederick J. Rogers, Steve Serio