Patents by Inventor Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala
Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala 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).
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Publication number: 20220176734Abstract: A wheel assembly for a tire includes a circular hub member for securing to a rotatable axle of a vehicle, a first rim piece for engaging the hub member, a second rim piece for engaging the first rim piece, and a plurality of cylindrical sleeves for engaging both the first rim piece and the second rim piece. The first rim piece has cylindrical first shafts each engaging a first end of one of the sleeves. The second rim piece has cylindrical second shafts each engaging a second opposite end of one of the sleeves. An outer cylindrical surface of each sleeve engages a separate and distinct part the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Ceyhan Celik, Steven Amos Edwards, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala
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Publication number: 20220168980Abstract: A system cures and manufactures a partially-cured tire assembly. The system includes an annular hub member slid into a corresponding annular, radially inner surface, a plurality of elongate spacer members for maintaining corresponding uniform cavity dimensions by fastening the spacer members to the hub member with flap members thereby enclosing a radially outermost surface of each of the spacer members, a first annular curing platen for axially securing the hub member and spacer members relative to each other, a second annular curing platen for axially securing the hub member and spacer members relative to each other; and a plurality of elongate inserts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Ceyhan Celik, Steven Amos Edwards, Michael Scott Deem, Michael James Hogan, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, George Michael Stoila, James Alfred Benzing, II
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Publication number: 20220055425Abstract: A tire sensor attachment structure is provided. The tire includes a pair of bead areas, a sidewall extending from each respective bead area to a tread, a carcass extending toroidally between each of the bead areas, and an innerliner that is disposed radially inwardly of the carcass. A sensor housing is attached to the innerliner, and defines an interior chamber. A sensor is disposed in the chamber. The tire sensor attachment structure includes a compressible body that is disposed in the chamber between the sensor and the innerliner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Junling Zhao, Peter Jung-min Suh, Jeffrey McKay West, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Michael William Kestner
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Patent number: 11020921Abstract: A connecting member and method of forming the connecting member in an air maintenance tire is provided. The method includes providing a tire having a sidewall formed with an annular groove. The groove receives an annular air tube having a first end with a first fitting and a second end with a second fitting. A recess is formed in the tire sidewall along the annular groove at a location where the first end of the annular air tube is adjacent the second end of the annular air tube. A mold formed with a cavity is provided and the fittings are removably secured in the cavity. The mold is positioned on a surface of the tire sidewall and an elastomer or a polymer is introduced into the mold cavity. The mold is heated to form the connecting member on the tire sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Robin Lamgaday, Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Dinesh Chandra, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Sagar Dilip Bafana
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Publication number: 20210061012Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire is described herein having a spoke loop structure forming an annular ring, and further including a ground contacting tread portion and a shear band. The spoke loop structure has a plurality of flexible loops extending inward from the shear band, wherein each loop is formed from a strip of elastomeric material, and wherein each loop is connected to a wheel. The wheel has at least two circumferential partition, wherein each spoke loop is received in a compartment formed between two adjacent partition, wherein the compartment prevents axial movement of the spoke loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Michael Joseph Durr, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Wesley Glenn Sigler, Andrew James Miller
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Patent number: 10759236Abstract: A wheel for an air maintenance tire system is provided. The air maintenance tire system includes at least one pump and a regulator. The wheel includes a body that is formed with an axially-extending wall, a pair of flanges, and a pair of bead mounting areas. Each bead mounting area is disposed axially inwardly proximate a respective one of the flanges. The axially-extending wall is formed with an AMT mounting channel. The AMT mounting channel extends circumferentially about the wheel approximately mid-way between the flanges and is defined by a first adjacent wall, a second adjacent wall, and a base. Mounting surfaces are formed in or adjacent the AMT mounting channel, so that the at least one pump is mounted in the AMT mounting channel radially inwardly of the bead mounting areas.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael Joseph Durr, Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Christopher Paul Hunt, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Christian Alfonso Lombardi
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Publication number: 20180319228Abstract: A wheel for an air maintenance tire system is provided. The air maintenance tire system includes at least one pump and a regulator. The wheel includes a body that is formed with an axially-extending wall, a pair of flanges, and a pair of bead mounting areas. Each bead mounting area is disposed axially inwardly proximate a respective one of the flanges. The axially-extending wall is formed with an AMT mounting channel. The AMT mounting channel extends circumferentially about the wheel approximately mid-way between the flanges and is defined by a first adjacent wall, a second adjacent wall, and a base. Mounting surfaces are formed in or adjacent the AMT mounting channel, so that the at least one pump is mounted in the AMT mounting channel radially inwardly of the bead mounting areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Michael Joseph Durr, Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Christopher Paul Hunt, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Christian Alfonso Lombardi
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Patent number: 10093136Abstract: An air maintenance tire assembly is provided in which an elongate groove is located within a first sidewall of a tire. The groove forms an elongate channel within the first sidewall and an elongate groove access passage extends from the elongate channel to an access opening located at an outward surface of the first sidewall. An air pumping tube inserts through the groove access passage and is positioned within the groove channel. A cover strip attaches to the first sidewall to enclose the access opening of the groove access passage. The cover strip is positioned along the first sidewall at a higher distance from the bead region of the first sidewall than the groove channel to avoid contact with a wheel rim flange when the tire is mounted to a wheel rim.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Thulasiram Gobinath, Patrick David Marks, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Jungmee Kang, Robin Lamgaday
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Publication number: 20180093436Abstract: A connecting member and method of forming the connecting member in an air maintenance tire is provided. The method includes providing a tire having a sidewall formed with an annular groove. The groove receives an annular air tube having a first end with a first fitting and a second end with a second fitting. A recess is formed in the tire sidewall along the annular groove at a location where the first end of the annular air tube is adjacent the second end of the annular air tube. A mold formed with a cavity is provided and the fittings are removably secured in the cavity. The mold is positioned on a surface of the tire sidewall and an elastomer or a polymer is introduced into the mold cavity. The mold is heated to form the connecting member on the tire sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Robin Lamgaday, Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Dinesh Chandra, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Sagar Dilip Bafana
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Publication number: 20180086160Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an air maintenance system for use with a tire and, more specifically, to an air maintenance pumping assemblyType: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Cheng-Hsiung LIN, Arun Kumar BYATARAYANAPURA GOPALA
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Patent number: 9920754Abstract: An air maintenance tire pump simulator that simulates the environment of an air maintenance tire system is provided. The simulator includes at least one pneumatic cylinder, a structure that forms a closed cavity, and a pneumatic conduit extending between and fluidly connecting the pneumatic cylinder and the closed cavity. A cam is operably connected to a motor, and is also operably connected to the pneumatic cylinder. Engagement of the motor actuates rotation of the cam, which in turn actuates operation of the pneumatic cylinder to increase a pressure in the closed cavity. A method of simulating an air maintenance tire system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Frank George Licari, Robin Lamgaday, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala
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Publication number: 20170321690Abstract: An air maintenance tire pump simulator that simulates the environment of an air maintenance tire system is provided. The simulator includes at least one pneumatic cylinder, a structure that forms a closed cavity, and a pneumatic conduit extending between and fluidly connecting the pneumatic cylinder and the closed cavity. A cam is operably connected to a motor, and is also operably connected to the pneumatic cylinder. Engagement of the motor actuates rotation of the cam, which in turn actuates operation of the pneumatic cylinder to increase a pressure in the closed cavity. A method of simulating an air maintenance tire system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2016Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Frank George Licari, Robin Lamgaday, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala
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Patent number: 9796224Abstract: An air maintenance tire assembly includes a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region, an air pump for generating pressurized air for maintaining air pressure within the tire cavity at a preset pressure level, and a valve housing disposed adjacent an outward end of the valve stem and operative to selectively open and close pressurized air flow from the valve stem internal passageway into the tire cavity. The first sidewall has at least one bending region operatively bending within a rolling tire footprint and a sidewall groove defined by groove sidewalls positioned within the bending region of the first tire sidewall. The groove deforms segment by segment between a non-deformed state and a deformed, constricted state in response to the bending of the first sidewall bending region within the rolling tire footprint.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Robin Lamgaday, Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala
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Patent number: 9796222Abstract: An air maintenance tire assembly includes a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region, air pump for generating pressurized air for maintaining air pressure within the tire cavity at a preset pressure level, the tire having an elongate valve stem projecting outward from the tire cavity and having an internal valve stem air passageway in communication with the tire cavity and operative to direct pressurized air into the cavity, and a valve housing disposed adjacent an outward end of the valve stem and operative to selectively open and close pressurized air flow from the valve stem internal passageway into the tire cavity.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala
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Patent number: 9688108Abstract: An air maintenance tire system and method in accordance with the present invention includes an air pumping mechanism configured to maintain air pressure within a first tire and a second tire in a dual tire arrangement. The system includes a control valve assembly attached to an elongate valve stem projecting from a rim of a first tandem tire, and a one-way valve carrying connecting tube from a sidewall air pumping passageway within a sidewall of the first tire. The control valve assembly further includes first and second outlet tubes connected to the elongate valve stem to selectively pass pressurized air into the tire cavities of both tandem mounted tires on an as-needed basis.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Robin Lamgaday, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Christopher Paul Hunt, Dinesh Chandra, Cheng-Hsiung Lin
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Publication number: 20170157999Abstract: An air maintenance tire system and method in accordance with the present invention includes an air pumping mechanism configured to maintain air pressure within a first tire and a second tire in a dual tire arrangement. The system includes a control valve assembly attached to an elongate valve stem projecting from a rim of a first tandem tire, and a one-way valve carrying connecting tube from a sidewall air pumping passageway within a sidewall of the first tire. The control valve assembly further includes first and second outlet tubes connected to the elongate valve stem to selectively pass pressurized air into the tire cavities of both tandem mounted tires on an as-needed basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Robin Lamgaday, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Christopher Paul Hunt, Dinesh Chandra, Cheng-Hsiung Lin
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Publication number: 20170144493Abstract: An air maintenance tire assembly includes a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region, air pumping means for generating pressurized air for maintaining air pressure within the tire cavity at a preset pressure level, and a valve housing disposed adjacent an outward end of the valve stem and operative to selectively open and close pressurized air flow from the valve stem internal passageway into the tire cavity. The first sidewall has at least one bending region operatively bending within a rolling tire footprint and a sidewall groove defined by groove sidewalls positioned within the bending region of the first tire sidewall. The groove deforms segment by segment between a non-deformed state and a deformed, constricted state in response to the bending of the first sidewall bending region within the rolling tire footprint.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Robin LAMGADAY, Cheng-Hsiung LIN, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura GOPALA
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Publication number: 20170120699Abstract: An air maintenance tire assembly is provided in which an elongate groove is located within a first sidewall of a tire. The groove forms an elongate channel within the first sidewall and an elongate groove access passage extends from the elongate channel to an access opening located at an outward surface of the first sidewall. An air pumping tube inserts through the groove access passage and is positioned within the groove channel. A cover strip attaches to the first sidewall to enclose the access opening of the groove access passage. The cover strip is positioned along the first sidewall at a higher distance from the bead region of the first sidewall than the groove channel to avoid contact with a wheel rim flange when the tire is mounted to a wheel rim.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Thulasiram Gobinath, Patrick David Marks, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Jungmee Kang, Robin Lamgaday
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Publication number: 20170043630Abstract: An air maintenance tire assembly includes a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region, air pumping means for generating pressurized air for maintaining air pressure within the tire cavity at a preset pressure level, the tire having an elongate valve stem projecting outward from the tire cavity and having an internal valve stem air passageway in communication with the tire cavity and operative to direct pressurized air into the cavity, and a valve housing disposed adjacent an outward end of the valve stem and operative to selectively open and close pressurized air flow from the valve stem internal passageway into the tire cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Cheng-Hsiung LIN, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura GOPALA
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Patent number: D947050Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jeffrey McKay West, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Michael William Kestner, Junling Zhao, Peter Jung-min Suh