Patents Assigned to Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
  • Modified fillers for rubber compounding and masterbatches derived therefrom
    Patent number: 10030124
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a modified silica product includes admixing a mercapto silane and a silica to form a hydrophobated silica, and treating the hydrophobated silica with an oxidizing agent. Likewise, a method for manufacturing a silica masterbatch with the modified silica product includes the admixing a mercapto silane solution and a silica slurry to form a hydrophobated silica slurry, and then treating the hydrophobated silica slurry with an oxidizing agent to form a modified silica slurry. The modified silica slurry is blended with a rubber latex, which is then coagulated to form the silica masterbatch. Rubber formulations and articles manufactured with one of the modified silica product and the silica masterbatch are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Howard Colvin, Peter John Wallen
  • PRODUCT SUCH AS A TIRE WITH RFID TAG WITH RUBBER, ELASTOMER, OR POLYMER ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20170305088
    Abstract: A product such as a tire includes a radio frequency identification device (RFID) assembly located along an outer sidewall. The RFID assembly has a thin, flexible, substantially planar, elongated non-conductive rubber, elastomer, or polymer substrate. First and second thin, flexible, elongated, substantially planar first antenna portions formed at least in part of the same conductive rubber, elastomer, or polymer are provided on the substrate. Opposite first and second ends of the first antenna portion have different first and second widths. A chip has opposite first and second ends in operative electrical connection with the first and second antenna portions, respectively, and is located between the outer sidewall and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Randall L. Tucker
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D795795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Bryan D. Robbins
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D800051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Andrew J. Lucas
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D802522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Hui Ding
  • Sidewall for a tire
    Patent number: D804403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Kurt A. Thieman
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D805025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Chelsea L. Schuessler
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D806007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Bryan D. Robbins
  • Tire
    Patent number: D806640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Matthew J. Petr
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D810003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Kurt A. Thieman
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D815585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: Chelsea L. Schuessler, Andrew J. Lucas
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D815589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Matthew J. Petr
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D816019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Ryan J. Schimmoeller
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D816021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Brent M. Hiser
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D816596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan J. Schimmoeller, Matthew J. Petr
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D819555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Todd Schimmoeller, Jr.
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D820777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Bryan D. Robbins
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D824839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Chelsea L. Schuessler
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D824840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Kurt A. Thieman
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D832188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Zachary Kochanek