Patents by Inventor Martin Lamar Sentmanat
Martin Lamar Sentmanat 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: 7049147Abstract: An apparatus capable of characterizing the fluid content of chemicals in a reaction line comprises a rheometer. The apparatus can be connected to or included in a reaction flow stream, and has a retractable wall 26 that opens to provide an opening 28 that permits a portion of the reaction flow steam to enter into sampling chamber 12. The sample is isolated from the flow stream and rheometric data is obtained from the sample. In the method of the invention, data on the sample is collected and transferred to a computer. The computer is used to analyze the data, and optionally can be used to control reaction parameters in the reaction flow stream.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 7033067Abstract: A cascading orifice mixer for mixing a viscoelastic material comprising a plurality of chambers connected in series, including a first chamber, at least one intermediate chamber and a last chamber, each chamber including an orifice providing fluid communication between adjacent chambers thereby defining a substantially unidirectional sequential flow path through the chambers is disclosed. Each chamber has a variable volume ranging from a minimum volume to a maximum volume and the chambers are adapted to transport the viscoelastic material along the sequential flow path by transporting the viscoelastic material from a filled chamber containing a quantity of the viscoelastic material to a next adjacent empty chamber wherein the filled chamber and the next adjacent chamber are each at or near the maximum volume for the respective chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2002Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 7028555Abstract: Apparatus and method for measuring adhesion capability in a tire liner, the apparatus including a film strip attaching to the tire liner and having a through opening and an attachment interface distanced from the opening; an adhesive backed cover member attaching to the film strip in covering relationship to the strip opening and a cover member surface portion establishing an adhesive bond with the tire liner through the film strip opening; means attached to the strip attachment interface for exerting a directional peeling force upon the strip sufficient to unitarily peel the film strip and the cover member from the tire liner; and means for measuring the directional peeling force.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Brian Matthew Logan, Bruce Raymond Hahn, Martin Lamar Sentmanat, Gary Edwin Tubb, Joseph Carmine Lettieri
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Patent number: 6799884Abstract: A method and apparatus for mixing a polymer with an agglomerates of one or more compounds in a pair of opposed pressure cylinders with a nozzle block there between using moving the pistons to force the polymer with the agglomerates from pressure cylinders into the other and back so that the agglomerates are broken up and dispersed throughout the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: The Goodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Publication number: 20040125690Abstract: A cascading orifice mixer for mixing a viscoelastic material comprising a plurality of chambers connected in series, including a first chamber, at least one intermediate chamber and a last chamber, each chamber including an orifice providing fluid communication between adjacent chambers thereby defining a substantially unidirectional sequential flow path through the chambers is disclosed. Each chamber has a variable volume ranging from a minimum volume to a maximum volume and the chambers are adapted to transport the viscoelastic material along the sequential flow path by transporting the viscoelastic material from a filled chamber containing a quantity of the viscoelastic material to a next adjacent empty chamber wherein the filled chamber and the next adjacent chamber are each at or near the maximum volume for the respective chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2002Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Publication number: 20040120217Abstract: A method and apparatus for mixing a polymer with an agglomerates of one or more compounds in a pair of opposed pressure cylinders with a nozzle block there between using moving the pistons to force the polymer with the agglomerates from pressure cylinders into the other and back so that the agglomerates are broken up and dispersed throughout the polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 6722188Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for testing the properties of chemicals in a reaction flow stream. In the method, chemicals from the reaction flow stream are directed to the apparatus for testing the physical properties of the chemicals, which is an indication of the state of the chemical reaction. Data measured by the apparatus is stored in a computer, and the computer may be used to analyze the data and to control the reaction parameters based on the analysis of the data. The apparatus used for the analysis comprises a rheometer having an actuated shaft and a concentric container, wherein the shear properties of the material sampled in the apparatus are measured when the actuator shaft is oscillated within the container. Various unique configurations of the apparatus are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 6691569Abstract: An extensional rheometer comprises a rotatable primary wind up drum and one or more secondary rotatable windup drums wherein a sample is attached to the primary windup drum and each secondary windup drum. Counter rotation of the primary windup drum and each secondary drum causes each affixed sample to stretch until rupture. The load response on each primary and secondary windup drum set caused by a stretching sample is measured with a load sensing device. Environmental control may be provided for testing samples under different conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2002Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Publication number: 20040020287Abstract: An extensional rheometer comprises a rotatable primary windup drum and one or more secondary rotatable windup drums wherein a sample is attached to the primary windup drum and each secondary windup drum. Counter rotation of the primary windup drum and each secondary drum causes each affixed sample to stretch until rupture. The load response on each primary and secondary windup drum set caused by a stretching sample is measured with a load sensing device. Environmental control may be provided for testing samples under different conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 6676789Abstract: A tire apparatus (14) having nozzles (32) for directing air steams against layers (34) of uncured tire components applied to a tire building drum (19) for stitching and ejecting air from the layers.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: The Goodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyInventors: Carl Trevor Ross Pulford, Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 6666073Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for testing the properties of chemicals in a reaction flow stream. In the method, chemicals from the reaction flow stream are directed to the apparatus for testing the physical properties of the chemicals, which is an indication of the state of the chemical reaction. Data measured by the apparatus is stored in a computer, and the computer may be used to analyze the data and to control the reaction parameters based on the analysis of the data. The apparatus used for the analysis comprises a rheometer having an actuated shaft and a concentric container, wherein the shear properties of the material sampled in the apparatus are measured when the actuator shaft is oscillated within the container. Various unique configurations of the apparatus are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Publication number: 20030171848Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for testing the properties of chemicals in a reaction flow stream. In the method, chemicals from the reaction flow stream are directed to the apparatus for testing the physical properties of the chemicals, which is an indication of the state of the chemical reaction. Data measured by the apparatus is stored in a computer, and the computer may be used to analyze the data and to control the reaction parameters based on the analysis of the data. The apparatus used for the analysis comprises a rheometer having an actuated shaft and a concentric container, wherein the shear properties of the material sampled in the apparatus are measured when the actuator shaft is oscillated within the container. Various unique configurations of the apparatus are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Publication number: 20030171849Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for testing the properties of chemicals in a reaction flow stream. In the method, chemicals from the reaction flow stream are directed to the apparatus for testing the physical properties of the chemicals, which is an indication of the state of the chemical reaction. Data measured by the apparatus is stored in a computer, and the computer may be used to analyze the data and to control the reaction parameters based on the analysis of the data. The apparatus used for the analysis comprises a rheometer having an actuated shaft and a concentric container, wherein the shear properties of the material sampled in the apparatus are measured when the actuator shaft is oscillated within the container. Various unique configurations of the apparatus are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 6578413Abstract: An extensional rheometer comprises a drive shaft connected to an armature, wherein the armature is further connected to a torque shaft, and two rotatable drums are mounted in the armature. One end of a sample is connected to each drum, and the drums are rotated, stretching the sample until the sample breaks. The torque in the apparatus caused by the stretching of the sample is measured. Environmental control may be provided for testing samples under different conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Publication number: 20030101829Abstract: An apparatus capable of characterizing the fluid content of chemicals in a reaction line comprises a rheometer. The apparatus can be connected to or included in a reaction flow stream, and has a retractable wall 26 that opens to provide an opening 28 that permits a portion of the reaction flow steam to enter into sampling chamber 12. The sample is isolated from the flow stream and rheometric data is obtained from the sample. In the method of the invention, data on the sample is collected and transferred to a computer. The computer is used to analyze the data, and optionally can be used to control reaction parameters in the reaction flow stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2003Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 6536702Abstract: A strip of sheet material is wound on a spool by a driving belt wrapped around spaced rollers of a surface winder which urge the sheet material into contact with the spool, rotating the spool, and at the same time, applying the sheet material to the spool, with layers of the material being separated by a liner wrapped around the spool as the sheet material is being applied.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: The Goodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyInventors: Richard David Vargo, Charles Terry Huffstetler, Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 6534010Abstract: An apparatus capable of characterizing the fluid content of chemicals in a reaction line comprises a rheometer. The apparatus can be connected to or included in a reaction flow stream, and has a retractable wall 26 that opens to provide an opening 28 that permits a portion of the reaction flow steam to enter into sampling chamber 12. The sample is isolated from the flow stream and rheometric data is obtained from the sample. In the method of the invention, data on the sample is collected and transferred to a computer. The computer is used to analyze the data, and optionally can be used to control reaction parameters in the reaction flow stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2000Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Patent number: 6467149Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for injecting material into a substrate. The apparatus 10 comprises a needle assembly having a needle 14, a movable central portion 26 and a substantially stationary top portion 26. The material to be injected 17 is threaded through apparatus 10 into needle 14, and is cut to the desired length by cutter 18. When needle 14 penetrates a substrate, an additional portion of material 17 is fed into the apparatus 10, and when needle 14 is removed from substrate 12, the additional material pushes into needle 14, forcing cut portion 16 to remain in the substrate. In the method of using the apparatus, additional steps for orienting the angle of the apparatus, and steps of controlling the concentration of the injected material in the substrate may be included.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Publication number: 20020069503Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for injecting material into a substrate. The apparatus 10 comprises a needle assembly having a needle 14, a movable central portion 26 and a substantially stationary top portion 26. The material to be injected 17 is threaded through apparatus 10 into needle 14, and is cut to the desired length by cutter 18. When needle 14 penetrates a substrate, an additional portion of material 17 is fed into the apparatus 10, and when needle 14 is removed from substrate 12, the additional material pushes into needle 14, forcing cut portion 16 to remain in the substrate. In the method of using the apparatus, additional steps for orienting the angle of the apparatus, and steps of controlling the concentration of the injected material in the substrate may be included.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2000Publication date: June 13, 2002Inventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
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Publication number: 20020072123Abstract: An apparatus capable of characterizing the fluid content of chemicals in a reaction line comprises a rheometer. The apparatus can be connected to or included in a reaction flow stream, and has a retractable wall 26 that opens to provide an opening 28 that permits a portion of the reaction flow steam to enter into sampling chamber 12. The sample is isolated from the flow stream and rheometric data is obtained from the sample. In the method of the invention, data on the sample is collected and transferred to a computer. The computer is used to analyze the data, and optionally can be used to control reaction parameters in the reaction flow stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2000Publication date: June 13, 2002Inventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat