Patents by Inventor George Frank Balogh
George Frank Balogh 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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Patent number: 8592515Abstract: Pneumatic rubber tire with a component comprised of a silica reinforced rubber composition comprised of specialized polybutadiene rubber, functionalized styrene/butadiene elastomer and cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: William Paul Francik, John Joseph Andre Verthe, Junling Zhao, George Frank Balogh, Christin Louise Alwardt
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Patent number: 8460494Abstract: This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire having a rubber tread of a cap/base construction. More specifically, the invention relates to a tire having a tread with minimized, or inhibited, base peaking.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, George Frank Balogh
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Patent number: 8459322Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a chipper in place of a traditional apex, the chipper located between a carcass main portion and turnup portion. The chipper layer may be composed of a chopped carbon fiber and aramid composite reinforced elastomeric layer. The tire sidewalls have a radial height SH and a section width SW located within a range of 0.4 to 0.44 of the sidewall radial height SH measured from the bead core. The section width SW may further be located within a range of 0.1? to 0.3? inches from a radially outward end of the chipper layer in a radial direction. The tread may of a dual layer construction, having a radially inward first layer formed of a relatively low rolling resistance compound and a radially outward second layer formed of a compound containing silica.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael Stefan Skurich, Lisa Marie Missik-Gaffney, David Ray Hubbell, Teresa Diane Martter, George Frank Balogh, Arthur Allen Goldstein
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Patent number: 8453693Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having a circumferentially extending equatorial plane of the tire, the tire comprising a carcass, a tread radially outward of the carcass, the carcass comprising at least one carcass reinforcing ply, opposing bead portions, and opposing sidewalls, the carcass reinforcing ply having a main portion extending between the opposing bead portions and a pair of turnup portions, each turnup portion extending from one end of the main portion, each bead portion having a bead core, and a reinforcement cavity outward of each bead core, the cavity located between the main portion and one turnup portion of the at least one reinforcing ply, the tire characterized by: the tread comprising a radially outer tread cap and a radially inner tread base radially underneath the tread cap, the tread base comprising a rubber composition comprising from 15 to 45 phr of styrene-butadiene rubber; from 20 to 50 phr of polybutadiene; and from 10 to 35 phr of natural or synthetic polyisoprene, and from 35 to 65 phType: GrantFiled: November 18, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael Stefan Skurich, Lisa Marie Missik-Gaffney, David Ray Hubbell, Teresa Diane Martter, George Frank Balogh, Arthur Allen Goldstein
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Patent number: 8277898Abstract: The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: David John Zanzig, David Andrew Benko, James Joseph Nespo, Terry John Waibel, Michael Julian Crawford, Timothy Michael Rooney, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh
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Patent number: 8240351Abstract: A pneumatic rubber tire having an integral rubber innerliner containing anchored hollow glass microspheres.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Roger Neil Beers, Aaron Scott Puhala, David John Zanzig, Paul Harry Sandstrom, Ping Zhang, George Frank Balogh, Joseph Kevin Hubbell
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Publication number: 20120029114Abstract: Pneumatic rubber tire with a component comprised of a silica reinforced rubber composition comprised of specialized polybutadiene rubber, functionalized styrene/butadiene elastomer and cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: William Paul Francik, John Joseph Andre Verthe, Junling Zhao, George Frank Balogh, Christin Louise Alwardt
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Publication number: 20120012236Abstract: This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire having a rubber tread of a cap/base construction. More specifically, the invention relates to a tire having a tread with minimized, or inhibited, base peaking.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, George Frank Balogh
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Publication number: 20110114240Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having a circumferentially extending equatorial plane of the tire, the tire comprising a carcass, a tread radially outward of the carcass, the carcass comprising at least one carcass reinforcing ply, opposing bead portions, and opposing sidewalls, the carcass reinforcing ply having a main portion extending between the opposing bead portions and a pair of turnup portions, each turnup portion extending from one end of the main portion, each bead portion having a bead core, and a reinforcement cavity outward of each bead core, the cavity located between the main portion and one turnup portion of the at least one reinforcing ply, the tire characterized by: the tread comprising a radially outer tread cap and a radially inner tread base radially underneath the tread cap, the tread base comprising a rubber composition comprising from 15 to 45 phr of styrene-butadiene rubber; from 20 to 50 phr of polybutadiene; and from 10 to 35 phr of natural or synthetic polyisoprene, and from 35 to 65 phType: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Michael Stefan Skurich, Lisa Marie Missik-Gaffney, David Ray Hubbell, Teresa Diane Martter, George Frank Balogh, Arthur Allen Goldstein
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Publication number: 20110030865Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having its internal cavity filled with a closed cellular rubber contained within the tire cavity by a non-foamed rubber layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Inventors: Katherine Ann Folk, George Frank Balogh, Maurice Jacob Frank, Leonard James Reiter, Brian Ernest McMahon
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Publication number: 20100200139Abstract: A pneumatic rubber tire having an integral rubber innerliner containing anchored hollow glass microspheres.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: Roger Neil Beers, Aaron Scott Puhale, David John Zanzig, Paul Harry Sandstrom, Ping Zhang, George Frank Balogh, Joseph Kevin Hubbell
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Publication number: 20100132860Abstract: Field of Invention The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having its internal cavity containing a closed cellular rubber which contains a dispersion of at least two diverse carbon blacks to promote an improved path for thermal conductivity with suitable physical properties for the closed cellular foam rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, George Frank Balogh, Leighton Randolph Spadone
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Patent number: 7678216Abstract: A tire having a core located in a tire cavity and a cured and foamed elastomeric material located in the tire cavity adjacent the core. The core is made of a solid material, a precured and foamed elastomeric material or a hollow rigid structure. The core may be a single piece or fabricated from multiple pieces.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, George Frank Balogh
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Publication number: 20090151856Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with a rubber sidewall having at least one layered rubber composite integral with a portion of its outer surface as a means of visibly identifying the tire. The layered composite is an integral composite in a sense of being comprised of a base rubber layer and a contrastingly colored marking rubber layer being partially pre-cured together prior to application to the outer surface of an uncured rubber sidewall. The integrally layered composite and tire rubber sidewall are integral in a sense of being co-cured together with the surface of the base rubber layer facing the rubber sidewall surface. The base rubber layer is a black colored carbon black reinforced rubber layer. The marking rubber layer is of color which contrasts with the black color of the base rubber layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2009Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: George Frank Balogh, Leonard James Reiter, James Alfred Benzing, II
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Publication number: 20090151845Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a chipper in place of a traditional apex, the chipper located between a carcass main portion and turnup portion. The chipper layer may be composed of a chopped carbon fiber and aramid composite reinforced elastomeric layer. The tire sidewalls have a radial height SH and a section width SW located within a range of 0.4 to 0.44 of the sidewall radial height SH measured from the bead core. The section width SW may further be located within a range of 0.1? to 0.3? inches from a radially outward end of the chipper layer in a radial direction. The tread may of a dual layer construction, having a radially inward first layer formed of a relatively low rolling resistance compound and a radially outward second layer formed of a compound containing silica.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Michael Stefan Skurich, Lisa Marie Missik-Gaffney, David Ray Hubbell, Teresa Diane Martter, George Frank Balogh, Arthur Allen Goldstein
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Publication number: 20080142136Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having its internal cavity filled with a closed cellular rubber contained within the tire cavity by a non-foamed rubber layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Katherine Ann Folk, George Frank Balogh, Maurice Jacob Frank, Leonard James Reiter, Brian Ernest McMahon
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Patent number: 7367369Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft tire with a tread having a running surface of a rubber composition which contains elastomers of which a major portion is a specialized cis 1,4-polybutadiene elastomer and a minor portion is cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber and which contains reinforcement filler comprised of a combination of precipitated silica and defined rubber reinforcing carbon black.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2004Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, George Frank Balogh, Steven Wayne Cronin
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Publication number: 20080073018Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire including an elastomeric veneer disposed on at least one exterior surface of the tire, the elastomeric veneer including at least two partially co-blended colored rubber compositions wherein the at least two colored rubber compositions are of different colors, the elastomeric veneer displaying at least two irregularly variegated colors including a plurality of elongated multicolored striae, the at least two variegated colors having a camouflage effect that reduces or eliminates a viewer's visual perception of the tire relative to an environmental background.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2005Publication date: March 27, 2008Inventors: Stephen Theodore Brei, George Frank Balogh, Bernard Matthew Bezilla
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Patent number: 7255762Abstract: The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: David John Zanzig, David Andrew Benko, James Joseph Nespo, Terry John Waibel, Michael Julian Crawford, Timothy Michael Rooney, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh
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Patent number: 7156936Abstract: A tire 2 having a colored pattern veneered surface 12 formed by one or more layers 46 of distinct colors applied to the outer surface of the tire 2 on the sidewall 5 and possibly the tread 7 is disclosed as well as the method of manufacturing the tire 2. The colored pattern veneer can be used to make a camouflage tire among other patterns.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: David Mark Frantz, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh, James Robert Herberger, Sr.