Patents by Inventor Hans Werner Gerke

Hans Werner Gerke 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).

  • Pneumatic vehicle tire
    Publication number: 20030075255
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire of radial construction, especially for automobiles, is provided. The tire has a profiled tread strip, a belt structure of at least two belt plies, bead regions having bead cores, and a carcass having load-carrying members of steel cord. In the tire the carcass forms a C-ply construction and contains steel cords of three or five steel filaments, which all have the same diameter of 0.12 to 0.1 5mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Marc-Andre Besson, Jorg Burfien, Hans Werner Gerke, Andreas Hartwig, Werner Holste, Dieter Jeromin, Norman Kaldune, Michael Rosner, Wolfgang Rotter, Jorn Seevers, Ulrich Speckhals, Frank Weber
  • Reinforcing cord and method of making same
    Publication number: 20030051788
    Abstract: A reinforcing cord for a belt ply or a carcass ply of a pneumatic vehicle tire is provided and comprises a core filament and four to six ply filaments. The core filament is comprised of an elastically or plastically deformable polymeric material, or is encased with such a material, which fills the space surrounded by the ply filaments and/or penetrates into the gaps between the ply filaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Marc-Andre Besson, Jorg Burnan, Hans Werner Gerke, Andreas Hartwig, Werner Holata, Dieter Jeromin, Norman Kaldune, Michael Rosner, Wolfgang Rotter, Jorn Seevers, Ulrich Speckhala, Frank Weber