Patents by Inventor Julien Alexandre VAISSAUD
Julien Alexandre VAISSAUD 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: 11912072Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, a pneumatic tire is provided, the pneumatic tire comprising two spaced apart beads, a tread portion, a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from axially outer edges of the tread portion to join the respective beads, the axially outer edges of the tread portion defining a tread width, a carcass, an innerliner covering the carcass and enclosing a tire cavity when mounted on a rim, and multiple layers of open cell, noise damping foam strip material attached on top of each other to the innerliner within the tire cavity in an area radially below the tread portion, wherein each layer has an axial width from 20% to 80% of the tread width and a radial thickness from 5% to 20% of the tread width and said multiple layers fill together from 8% to 40% of the volume of the tire cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventors: Adrian Florin Nicula, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Baudouin Duchene, Pierre Joseph Christian Bastin, Paul Leclerc
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Patent number: 11827057Abstract: The subject invention reveals a tire tread having a circumferential tread cap with circumferential grooves, wherein the tread cap rubber compound has a Shore A hardness from 45 to 75. Moreover, the tread comprises at least one circumferential groove reinforcement reinforcing at least a bottom portion of at least one of the grooves and comprising a groove reinforcement rubber compound, wherein the groove reinforcement rubber compound has a Shore A hardness from 70 to 100. The tread also comprises a circumferential tread base layer arranged radially inwards of the tread cap and comprising a tread base layer compound, wherein the tread base layer compound has a Shore A hardness from 15 to 60, and wherein the Shore A hardness of the tread cap compound is higher than the Shore A hardness of the tread base layer compound.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventors: Claude Schweitzer, Jean-Louis Marie Felicien Thomas, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Bodo Ahrens
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Patent number: 11584162Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, a pneumatic tire is provided, the tire comprising two spaced apart bead portions, a tread portion, a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from axially outer edges of the tread portion to join the respective bead portions, the axially outer edges of the tread portion defining a tread width, a carcass, an innerliner covering the carcass and defining a tire cavity, and a metal coated foam material attached to the innerliner within the tire cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventors: Adrian Florin Nicula, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Baudouin Duchene, Pierre Joseph Christian Bastin, Paul Leclerc
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Patent number: 11554617Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, the invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising two spaced apart bead portions, a tread portion, a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from axially outer edges of the tread portion to join the respective bead portions, the axially outer edges of the tread portion defining a tread width, a carcass, an innerliner covering the carcass and defining a tire cavity, and multiple layers of foam strip material attached on top of each other to the innerliner within the tire cavity in an area radially below the tread portion, wherein at least two of the layers are interlocked to each other along their length so as to hold the layers together in a radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventors: Adrian Florin Nicula, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Baudouin Duchene, Pierre Joseph Christian Bastin, Paul Leclerc
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Publication number: 20210170793Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, a pneumatic tire is provided, the tire comprising two spaced apart bead portions, a tread portion, a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from axially outer edges of the tread portion to join the respective bead portions, the axially outer edges of the tread portion defining a tread width, a carcass, an innerliner covering the carcass and defining a tire cavity, and a metal coated foam material attached to the innerliner within the tire cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Adrian Florin Nicula, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Baudouin Duchene, Pierre Joseph Christian Bastin, Paul Leclerc
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Publication number: 20210170810Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, the invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising two spaced apart bead portions, a tread portion, a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from axially outer edges of the tread portion to join the respective bead portions, the axially outer edges of the tread portion defining a tread width, a carcass, an innerliner covering the carcass and defining a tire cavity, and multiple layers of foam strip material attached on top of each other to the innerliner within the tire cavity in an area radially below the tread portion, wherein at least two of the layers are interlocked to each other along their length so as to hold the layers together in a radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Adrian Florin Nicula, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Baudouin Duchene, Pierre Joseph Christian Bastin, Paul Leclerc
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Publication number: 20210170809Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, a pneumatic tire is provided, the pneumatic tire comprising two spaced apart beads, a tread portion, a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from axially outer edges of the tread portion to join the respective beads, the axially outer edges of the tread portion defining a tread width, a carcass, an innerliner covering the carcass and enclosing a tire cavity when mounted on a rim, and multiple layers of open cell, noise damping foam strip material attached on top of each other to the innerliner within the tire cavity in an area radially below the tread portion, wherein each layer has an axial width from 20% to 80% of the tread width and a radial thickness from 5% to 20% of the tread width and said multiple layers fill together from 8% to 40% of the volume of the tire cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Adrian Florin Nicula, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Baudouin Duchene, Pierre Joseph Christian Bastin, Paul Leclerc
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Publication number: 20210046785Abstract: The subject invention reveals a tire tread having a circumferential tread cap with circumferential grooves, wherein the tread cap rubber compound has a Shore A hardness from 45 to 75. Moreover, the tread comprises at least one circumferential groove reinforcement reinforcing at least a bottom portion of at least one of the grooves and comprising a groove reinforcement rubber compound, wherein the groove reinforcement rubber compound has a Shore A hardness from 70 to 100. The tread also comprises a circumferential tread base layer arranged radially inwards of the tread cap and comprising a tread base layer compound, wherein the tread base layer compound has a Shore A hardness from 15 to 60, and wherein the Shore A hardness of the tread cap compound is higher than the Shore A hardness of the tread base layer compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Claude Schweitzer, Jean-Louis Marie Felicien Thomas, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Bodo Ahrens
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Patent number: 10807416Abstract: A tread includes a plurality of circumferential grooves. Each of the plurality extends continuously in a tire circumferential direction. The plurality of circumferential grooves defining a circumferentially extending main rib and a circumferentially extending curtain rib axially separated by a curtain groove. The curtain groove having an axial width between 4% and 40% of a minimum axial width of a main groove of the plurality of circumferential grooves. The main groove is disposed axially opposite the curtain groove and adjacent to the curtain rib.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Alexander Ossipov
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Publication number: 20200307319Abstract: A tread has a midcircumferential plane, a first axial tread edge, and a second axial tread edge. The tread includes a first shoulder rib extending circumferentially about a perimeter of the tread, a second shoulder rib extending circumferentially about the perimeter of the tread, and a first intermediate rib extending circumferentially about the perimeter of the tread. The first intermediate rib is defined by a first and a second circumferentially extending groove disposed to each axial side of the first intermediate rib. The first intermediate rib has a first plurality of angled sipes extending both axially and circumferentially at an angle between 50° and 70° relative to the first circumferentially extending groove. The angled sipes each have a radial depth of between 1.0 mm and 3.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Gilles Reichling, Erik de Wit, Melodie Dubreuil, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Richard Mbewo Samwayera Fosam, Robin Moia, Olivier Guy Jacques, Pascal Pletschette, Doris Maus
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Publication number: 20190366773Abstract: A first tread for a tire includes a first circumferential groove axially separating a circumferential first rib and a second circumferential rib, a first outer surface of the first rib having at least one circumferential column of circumferential, double blind perforations extending linearly fully around the first outer surface of the first rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventor: Julien Alexandre VAISSAUD
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Publication number: 20190263186Abstract: A tread includes a plurality of circumferential grooves. Each of the plurality extends continuously in a tire circumferential direction. The plurality of circumferential grooves defining a circumferentially extending main rib and a circumferentially extending curtain rib axially separated by a curtain groove. The curtain groove having an axial width between 4% and 40% of a minimum axial width of a main groove of the plurality of circumferential grooves. The main groove is disposed axially opposite the curtain groove and adjacent to the curtain rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Julien Alexandre VAISSAUD, Alexander OSSIPOV
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Publication number: 20190092101Abstract: A tread for a tire includes a first circumferential groove extending in a circumferential direction entirely encircling the tire, the first circumferential groove having two sidewalls extending radially outward from an annular base, each sidewall defining a plane perpendicular to a rotational axis of the tire, and a first groove rib projecting radially outward from the annular base of the first circumferential groove, the first groove rib extending circumferentially and entirely encircling the tire, the first groove rib having two sidewalls extending radially outward from the annular base of the first circumferential groove to a radially outermost annular surface of the first groove rib, each sidewall of the first groove rib defining a plane perpendicular to a rotational axis of the tire, the sidewalls of the first circumferential groove extending circumferentially and parallel to the sidewalls of the first groove rib, the first groove rib having a radial height less than a radial height of the first circumfeType: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Julien Alexandre VAISSAUD, Peter André KINDT, Alexander OSSIPOV
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Publication number: 20190061433Abstract: A tread for a tire includes a first circumferential groove extending in a circumferential direction of the pneumatic tire, a second circumferential groove extending in the circumferential direction of the pneumatic tire, a third circumferential groove extending in the circumferential direction of the pneumatic tire, and a fourth circumferential groove extending in the circumferential direction of the pneumatic tire. The first, second, third, and fourth circumferential grooves defining first, second, third, fourth, and fifth ribs. The first and fifth ribs include lateral grooves and incisions extending circumferentially fully around the first and fifth ribs. The incisions of the first and fifth ribs reduce noise generated by the tread under operating conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventor: Julien Alexandre VAISSAUD
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Patent number: D860926Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Julien Alexandre Vaissaud
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Patent number: D868682Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jeremy Pierre Haas, Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Olivier de Barsy, Luis Fernando Navega