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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Douglas S. Hanneken, St. Louis, MO (US);
Micah N. Vaninger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Steven K. Molbach, Ballwin, MO (US);
Joel Clasquin, Highland, IL (US);
Inventors:
Douglas S. Hanneken, St. Louis, MO (US);
Micah N. Vaninger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Steven K. Molbach, Ballwin, MO (US);
Joel Clasquin, Highland, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hunter Engineering Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 25/138 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tire changer machine includes a control system that monitors a rotational position of a sensitive feature associated with a wheel rim and tire during a tire change procedure. The system adjusts operation of the machine to avoid damaging the sensitive feature, which may be a valve stem or a wheel sensor such as a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) sensor.