Patents by Inventor Andreas Härtwig

Andreas Härtwig has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11766899
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire including a utility vehicle tire has a tread with profile positives which are separated from one another in a circumferential direction by transverse channels which extend continuously from the central region of the tread as far as the lateral tread edges, respectively. The transverse channels are main channels of the tread and, at least over the major part of the course thereof, have the maximum provided profile depth. The transverse channels are provided, on the respective channel base thereof, with a row of base elevations formed so as to be distributed over the entire course of the transverse channels. The base elevations are attached to the channel flanks of the transverse channels and are configured such that their rubber volume becomes smaller the closer to the tread edge they are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Kristen, Andreas Haertwig, Chun Yi Yeo
  • Publication number: 20220402306
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular utility vehicle tire, having a tread which has a directional profiling with shoulder-side and middle profile ribs running in a circumferential direction, wherein at least one of the middle profile ribs (1), which is in particular a profile rib running along the tire equator, is traversed in an axial direction by sipes (4) with a width (b1) of 0.5 mm to 1.2 mm, each of which has a central portion (4a), in which the sipe (4) runs with an undulation in the direction of extent thereof, and two lateral portions (4b). The sipes (4) extend, in plan view, in an arc shape and symmetrically with respect to the centerline of the profile rib (1), and, in the lateral portions (4b) and in the central portion (4a), have a uniform undulation running in the radial direction, on which the undulation present in the extent direction of the sipes (4) is superposed only in the central portion (4a) of the sipe (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Härtwig, Andreas Schwenke, Florian Kristen, Nico Meier, Alexander Wüst, Cord-Christian Neuber
  • Patent number: 11396210
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread with profile positives which are separated from one another in a circumferential direction by transverse channels which extend continuously from the central region of the tread to the lateral tread edges and which are main channels of the tread and which, at least over the major part of the course thereof, have the maximum provided profile depth. The tread has, as profile positives, two rows of transverse ribs which are of encircling form in the circumferential direction and which are separated from one another by respective transverse channels. The tread is of directional configuration, wherein the transverse ribs of one row, and thus the transverse channels running between the transverse ribs, run, with respect to the axial direction, oppositely in relation to the transverse ribs and transverse channels of the other row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Chun Yi Yeo, Andreas Haertwig, Florian Kristen
  • Publication number: 20180290500
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread with profile positives which are separated from one another in a circumferential direction by transverse channels which extend continuously from the central region of the tread to the lateral tread edges and which are main channels of the tread and which, at least over the major part of the course thereof, have the maximum provided profile depth. The tread has, as profile positives, two rows of transverse ribs which are of encircling form in the circumferential direction and which are separated from one another by respective transverse channels. The tread is of directional configuration, wherein the transverse ribs of one row, and thus the transverse channels running between the transverse ribs, run, with respect to the axial direction, oppositely in relation to the transverse ribs and transverse channels of the other row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Chun Yi Yeo, Andreas Haertwig, Florian Kristen
  • Publication number: 20180290499
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire including a utility vehicle tire has a tread with profile positives which are separated from one another in a circumferential direction by transverse channels which extend continuously from the central region of the tread as far as the lateral tread edges, respectively. The transverse channels are main channels of the tread and, at least over the major part of the course thereof, have the maximum provided profile depth. The transverse channels are provided, on the respective channel base thereof, with a row of base elevations formed so as to be distributed over the entire course of the transverse channels. The base elevations are attached to the channel flanks of the transverse channels and are configured such that their rubber volume becomes smaller the closer to the tread edge they are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Florian Kristen, Andreas Haertwig, Chun Yi Yeo
  • Publication number: 20180281527
    Abstract: A tread profile is divided into two parts in the axial direction (A) of the tire and has two axially adjacent profile block rows, each of which is formed from profile block elements that are arranged one behind the other over the circumference of the tire and are separated from one another by inclined grooves. The inclined grooves of one profile block row are configured to slope along the axial extent of the inclined grooves through the profile block row, starting from the other profile block row, such that the main direction of extent of the inclined grooves forms an angle ? of inclination relative to the axial direction (A). The inclined grooves of one profile block row have a direction of inclination which is oriented oppositely to that of the inclined grooves of the other profile block row when seen in the circumferential direction (U).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Haertwig, Chun Yi Yeo, Florian Kristen