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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7797832 | Cast aluminum wheel manufacturing and products A process is provided for manufacturing aluminum vehicle wheels by a casting process that is followed by processing including flow forming and heat treatment steps while one or more risers remain on the cast wheel blank. The process can include directing cooling flu... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7587825 | Method for producing a wheel disc A method of forming a wheel disc starts with a flat blank. A plurality of windows are formed in the wheel disc, wherein each window has a respective outer edge proximate with a continuous outer band around a periphery of the wheel disc. The windows define a pluralit... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7559145 | Method for producing a wheel disc A method of forming a wheel disc starts with a flat blank. A plurality of windows are formed in the wheel disc, wherein each window has a respective outer edge proximate with a continuous outer band around a periphery of the wheel disc. The windows define a pluralit... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7437812 | Method for mounting an automobile rim on a motorcycle A method and assembly for mounting an auto rim and either motorcycle or auto tire as a motorcycle rear wheel. The assembly allows tires of different widths and diameters to be used on the rear of motorcycles that have single side swing arms and standard swing arms. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7415766 | Method and apparatus for processing/machining a vehicle wheel/rim preform A method of processing a vehicle wheel/rim preform with a centersection/spider and an annular wall extending around a first rotational axis and having an annular surface defining axially spaced, annular inboard and outboard bead seats. The method includes the steps ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7318502 | Fluid passage layout for integrated motorcycle brake and suspension system An integrated motorcycle brake system has a brake line, and an inside brake assembly having an inside piston. The brake line connects to the inside brake assembly, and the inside brake assembly integrally forms a fork leg. The outside brake assembly has an outside p... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7284327 | Method of installing an inflating tube within a tire A valve stem puller which comprises a length of flexible elongated member which is connected at one end to a ring and at an opposite end to an externally threaded plug. The valve stem puller is to be utilized by inserting such through a fastener nut and then through... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279078 | Thin-film coating for wheel rims A process for coating a non-uniform, thin-film, dichroic pattern to a wheel rim or motorcycle part. The thin-film coating adds a colored or iridescent pattern to the wheel rim or motorcycle part, while maintaining other characteristics, such as brilliance, shine, du... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7237329 | Bead seat band and wheel assembly A multi-wheel assembly includes an outer wheel having an outer wheel assembly for an outer tire. The outer wheel assembly includes an outer wheel rim, a removable front bead seat band such that the outer tire may be removed from the outer wheel rim. A removable rear... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7201244 | Vehicle for materials handling and other industrial uses A heavy duty wheeled vehicle for an industrial environment is electrically driven by one or more switched reluctance motor traction drive system connected to the wheels. The switched reluctance motors are powered by an electrical generator that is driven by an engin... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7076876 | Machine for presenting a tire with the axis horizontal A machine for presenting a tire with the axis horizontal, allowing access to the inside of the tire, which has a frame bearing an upright on which a support for the tire is mounted for vertical translation, the support ensuring on its own the holding and rotation of... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066724 | Apparatus for flatproofing a tire and wheel assembly An apparatus is disclosed for flatproofing a tire and wheel assembly with a flexible, lightweight foam-fill by supplying at least two polyurethane reactive materials to a static mixer. The static mixer mixes the reactants, and a nucleating gas is supplied to the mix... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055379 | Method and apparatus for checking the uniformity of a pneumatic tire In a method and apparatus for checking the uniformity of a pneumatic tire of a vehicle wheel, first and second unbalance measuring operations are performed to determine unbalance vectors of the vehicle wheel, which are ascertained at differing wheel speeds and/or wi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6959493 | Brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly having maximum acceptable runout variation A reliable brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly are proposed which make unnecessary adjustment of runout of brake rotor at the customer's factory. For runout of each of the mounting surface and back of the brake rotor itself, and runout of the side of the wheel mo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948246 | Method of fitting tire-and-wheel assembled body to axle Provided is a method of fitting a tire-and-wheel assembled body to an axle, which is capable of resolving imbalance in a state of fitting an assembled body including a tire and a wheel to an axle. In this fitting method, a tire is fitted to a wheel, and then core po... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6913324 | Blow molded wheel with axle retainer A molded plastic wheel includes a seamless annular body that is integrally molded from a first material exhibiting a first density and includes a hollow hub having an axle bore and hollow spokes that radially extend from the hub to a hollow box defined by planar fir... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6829825 | Process of manufacturing a corner assembly A process for manufacturing a corner assembly for a vehicle. A wheel hub is partially machined to define a journal section and a radial mounting flange on an out-board surface of the hub. Bolts are pressed into axial openings in the mounting flange and the hub furth... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6609293 | Device for operating on tires of "SYSTEM PAX" type A device for operating on tires comprising an outer carcass and an inner toroidal ring of deformable material; said device comprises a base which supports means for supporting the outer carcass of the tire, and movable means for extracting or inserting sa... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6511558 | Method for producing vehicle wheels A metal forming method is used for manufacturing vehicle wheels. The invention comprises manufacturing of a wheel block comprising a central part and initially formed rim; drawing of the rim by hot rolling to obtain a wheel profile that approximates a fin... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6436209 | Method of producing a road wheel for a track vehicle A road wheel for a track laying vehicle is made by initially roll pressing and projection drawing a planar disk of temperable steel into a blank having a cylindrical portion, a planar hub portion and an intermediate portion bridging the hub and peripheral... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6324753 | Mounting assistance device A mounting assistance device with which a vibrating device can be efficiently mounted to a tire and wheel assembly. In the mounting assistance device, abutting portions are made to abut against sidewall portions of a tire and then an eccentric disc is pre... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6247233 | Method of assembling a wheel assembly for a ground-driven work machine A wheel assembly for a work machine, such as a mining dump truck, comprises a rotatable wheel having inboard and outboard rims mounted thereto. The outboard rim is mounted to a segmented rim-mounting flange which is secured to the inboard side of a flange... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5946797 | Apparatus and process for assisting the mounting of a tire-wheel assembly onto an axle An apparatus for assisting the mounting of a tire-wheel assembly onto an axle in a high precision without eccentrically arranging the assembly from the axle comprises a pair of opposite clasping members sandwiching the tire-wheel assembly from its side su... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5345675 | Method of mounting wheel to vehicle A pair of second cameras mounted on a robot are located in front of, and symmetrically with respect to the center of a wheel hub of a vehicle, according to approximate coordinates of the center of the wheel hub calculated from an image of the wheel hub ta... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5244531 | Roofing seam roller To fasten a seam of sheet material, a seam roller is positioned over a seam of roofing material having overlapping portions of sheets of roofing material which are forced together as rollers pass over. Each of a plurality of rollers is mounted to rotate a... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5012575 | Method of securing a wheel assembly to an associated body structure A wheel assembly especially suitable for use on large heavy refuse carts. The wheel assembly includes an axis which has been heat treated and plated to provide a central core, an outer skin on the central core of substantially increased strength and hardn... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4866834 | Method for producing mounting and valve bores in a wheel A methode serves for producing bores in wheels of motor vehichles, in particular for producing mounting bores (14) in a wheel disk (12) or valve bores in a rim of the wheels. The bore has a larger diameter (D1, D3) in the area of the... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4330914 | Bicycle wheel and brake assembly A method of manufacturing a molded wheel and brake assembly. The molded wheel has a housing or hub with an axial bore therein with a first diameter and a smaller second diameter. The surface of the second diameter is finished in order to establish concent... | 05/25/1982 |
