Balance weight cartridge with enclosed balance media
CA 2532455 C · Owner: International Marketing, Inc. · Inventors: Fogal, Robert D. Sr.; Fogal, Robert D. Jr.
Overview
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A balance weight comprising a cartridge having at least one interior chamber the interior chamber at least partially filled with a flowable balance media and wherein the cartridge is longitudinally arcuate at least when attached to , a wheel, about an angle of up to 180 degrees or less. The balance weight provides a balanced tire in the new or just balanced condition and helps retain the balance under changes in at least one operational characteristic of the tire/wheel assembly.
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- Filed July 15, 2004 and granted October 23, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 15, 2024.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 15, 2026.
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