Patents by Inventor Jan Frans Leyssens

Jan Frans Leyssens 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).

  • Publication number: 20220111686
    Abstract: A bead portion of a tire includes: a bead portion including a core; a first filler arranged at the core; a carcass extending around the core and the first filler and radially inward adjacent an axially inner side of the core, the carcass further extending axially outward adjacent the core and radially outward adjacent the core; a second filler extending both axially and radially beyond the first filler, the second filler overlapping the first filler, an outermost end of the second filler being positioned radially outward from the first filler; a first chafer disposed at the second filler; a second chafer extended about the carcass; and a flipper extending radially inward from a position axially adjacent the first filler. The second filler is embedded at a convergence of the first chafer and a sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Gilles Reichling, Jan Frans Leyssens, Pascal Pletschette, Hendrikus Lambertus Johannes Maria De Wit, Paul Welbes
  • Publication number: 20200369088
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion for contacting a road surface, two shoulder portions on each axial side of the tread portion, two sidewall portions extending radially inward from the shoulder portions, two hoop-shaped bead portions, and a carcass layer folded over the bead portions from an axially inner side to an axially outer side of the tire thus stretching the carcass layer into a toroidal shape in the tire circumferential direction of the first tire. One of the shoulder portions includes a recessed portion for modifying air flow about the one shoulder portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Brian David Digman, Jan Frans Leyssens, Pascal Pletschette, Robin Moia, Gilles Reichling
  • Patent number: D887342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robin Moia, Jan Frans Leyssens, Doris Maus, Wojciech Franciszek Baran, Richard Mbewo Samwayera Fosam, Olivier Guy Jacques, Thibaut Bernard Francois
  • Patent number: D901372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robin Moia, Jan Frans Leyssens, Xavier Jean-Francois Beot, Christian Jean-Marie Kaes, Marco Malago
  • Patent number: D935983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robin Moia, Jan Frans Leyssens, Olivier Guy Jacques, Xavier Jean-Francois Beot, Christian Jean-Marie Kaes, Marco Malago
  • Patent number: D985476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robin Moia, Jan Frans Leyssens, Thibaut Bernard Francois
  • Patent number: D986803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robin Moia, Jan Frans Leyssens, Xavier Jean-Francois Beot, Guillaume Pallot