Patents by Inventor Pentti Eromäki

Pentti Eromäki 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).

  • Patent number: 6619356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tire comprising a means for indicating the position of a tire among the set of tires of a vehicle. The means is a button, which is fitted in a recess made in the center of a pattern which illustrates the tire positions of the vehicle, so that the position of this particular tire among the set of tires of the vehicle can be indicated unambiguously by turning the button by means of the pattern on the button. The button has a groove and/or an embossment for turning the button by means of a screwdriver with a chisel head, a coin or a pair of pliers, for instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventor: Pentti Eromäki
  • Patent number: 6523586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wear indicator for a vehicle tire (1), the tread of said tire being provided with grooves (2) to improve the grip. As taught by the invention, the surface of the tread in contact with the road surface is provided with indicators (5) indicating the momentary groove depth (H) of the tire, said indicators forming at least one group of elements and extending in radial direction into the tire. The element depth grows by predetermined steps from the shortest element to the longest element. The indicator is formed from a sipe(5) the depth of which is advantageously smaller than the depth (H) of said groove and the cross-section of which in the direction of the tread forms a number, letter, sign or symbol, image or equivalent determining the groove depth of the tread on the height of the plane in the direction of the tread which is tangential to the bottom (2p) of the capillary groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Nokian Tyres PLC
    Inventors: Pentti Eromäki, Henri Kossi, Jouni Raatikainen
  • Patent number: 6374886
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle tire (50) comprising a tire carcass (51) and side walls (53); a layer or layers of rubber forming a tire tread (56) on top of the carcass; a tread pattern comprising a plurality of blocks (11) separated by grooves (22). There are anti-skid stud holes (12) in the blocks, said anti-skid stud holes having a total depth within said tread rubber layer and having a generally circular or oval cross-sectional form. Lamellar anti-skid studs (1) are inserted in the stud holes, the ratio of the total thickness (D1) of said lamellar studs to the width (L) of said lamellar studs in the orientation of the tread surface (20) being at maximum one-third. The diameter or respectively the main dimension of said circular/oval stud holes (12) is substantially smaller than the width (L) of the inserted lamellar studs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Nokian Tyres Plc.
    Inventor: Pentti Eromäki
  • Patent number: D550611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Nokian Tyres PLC
    Inventors: Mikko Liukkula, Pentti Eromäki, Juha Pirhonen
  • Patent number: D551614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Nokian Tyres PLC
    Inventors: Mikko Liukkula, Pentti Eromäki, Juha Pirhonen
  • Patent number: D559775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nokian Tyres PLC
    Inventors: Mikko Liukkula, Pentti Eromäki, Juha Pirhonen