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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:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Micah N. Vaninger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Douglas S. Hanneken, St. Louis, MO (US);
Charlie Polster, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Joel Clasquin, Highland, IL (US);
Steven K. Molbach, Ballwin, MO (US);
Micah N. Vaninger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Douglas S. Hanneken, St. Louis, MO (US);
Charlie Polster, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Joel Clasquin, Highland, IL (US);
Steven K. Molbach, Ballwin, MO (US);
Hunter Engineering Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Automated tire changer machines, control systems and methods therefor utilize positive contact and contact force generation between wheel rims and bead breaker devices to break tire bead seals. The bead breaker devices may accordingly follow different geometries of wheel rims without prior knowledge or identification of the specific rim configuration by the machine.