Patents Assigned to BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC.
  • Patent number: 11479305
    Abstract: A modular composite structure containing multiple individual composite structures attached together. The individual composite structures form sections of a vehicle component. The composite structures are lightweight and made of materials that can function to absorb energy or attenuate vibration or noise. The composite structures contain a core material adhered to a fiber layer and a fiber reinforcement region for improving the strength and stiffness of the modular composite structure. The modular composite structure can include multiple floor pan segments that can be attached to a central composite structure that can be a utility tunnel or housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Brandley, Georg Kasmeier, Adam Halsband, Adam Harms, Johannes Klug
  • Publication number: 20220294058
    Abstract: A modular composite battery enclosure containing multiple individual composite structures attached together. The individual composite structures form covers that enclose an open area for housing a battery system of battery cells and cooling devices. The composite battery enclosures are lightweight and made of materials that can function to absorb energy and insulate the battery housing area. The composite structures contain a core material adhered and sandwiched between fiber layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Brandley, Markus Freiberger, Inigo E. Castro, Sandra Dehn-Neef, Adam Halsband
  • Patent number: 9321312
    Abstract: An airless tire has a wheel portion and a webbing extending from the wheel portion towards an axis of rotation of the airless tire. The stiffness of the webbing varies along an axial direction of the airless tire. The diameter of an annular outer surface of the wheel portion varies along an axial direction of the airless tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert W. Asper