Patents by Inventor Patrice Clausse

Patrice Clausse 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).

  • Air maintenance tire and elbow connector system
    Patent number: 8875762
    Abstract: An air maintenance tire and connector system includes a tire carcass having an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component of the tire carcass between an air inlet and an air outlet cavity and a connector assembly inserted within an outlet one of the cavities. The connector assembly includes a hollow right angled elbow-shaped body fitting within the outlet cavity. The elbow-shaped body's second housing segment has an axial length sufficient to project axially inward from the first housing segment through a tire wall thickness to a tire central cavity. A valve device attaches to a remote end of the second housing segment within the tire cavity, the valve device operative to regulate air flow between the elbow-shaped body central chamber and the tire cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Yannick Raymond Georges Haegel, Olivier Di Prizio, Gilles Bonnet, Andreas Frantzen, Raphael Beck, Patrice Clausse
  • AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE AND ELBOW CONNECTOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130160918
    Abstract: An air maintenance tire and connector system includes a tire carcass having an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component of the tire carcass between an air inlet and an air outlet cavity and a connector assembly inserted within an outlet one of the cavities. The connector assembly includes a hollow right angled elbow-shaped body fitting within the outlet cavity. The elbow-shaped body's second housing segment has an axial length sufficient to project axially inward from the first housing segment through a tire wall thickness to a tire central cavity. A valve device attaches to a remote end of the second housing segment within the tire cavity, the valve device operative to regulate air flow between the elbow-shaped body central chamber and the tire cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Yannick Raymond Georges Haegel, Olivier Di Prizio, Gilles Bonnet, Andreas Frantzen, Raphael Beck, Patrice Clausse