Patents by Inventor Robert J. Scribner
Robert J. Scribner 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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Method for measuring imbalance forces of a tire/hub assembly of vehicle during motion of the vehicle
Patent number: 11982586Abstract: A method is provided for collecting measurement parameters related to imbalance forces of a tire/hub assembly of a vehicle during motion of the vehicle. An apparatus is removably attached to the tire/hub assembly of the vehicle via lug nuts of the tire/hub assembly. The apparatus includes a disk, a plurality of cup-shaped objects, and one or more inertial measurement units (IMU's) mounted to the disk. Each of the cup-shaped objects are rigidly fixed at one end to the disk and extend perpendicularly outward from the disk. The plurality of cup-shaped objects are arranged a fixed radial distance from a radial center of the disk in a pattern that matches the lug nuts of the tire/hub assembly. The one or more inertial measurement units (IMU's) are mounted to the disk and configured to measure parameters that are used for calculating the imbalance forces during motion of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: NVH TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Eric L. Canfield, David M. Scribner, Scott J. Soma, Robert P. Alston, David A. Fenimore, Zoe Kane, Rachel Foster, Meer Gujral, Joseph H. Cottingham, Saahas S. Yechuri, Aron Sun, Ethan Reiland, Anish Sudini, Amish Saini, William Liao, Rohan Epur, Ryan M. Larue, Brandon T. Fanti -
Patent number: 11180639Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making a silica masterbatch that contains hydrophobated silica, solution-made rubber and emulsion-made rubber. Hydrophobated silica is mixed into a latex emulsion. Solution-rubber crumb in an aqueous suspension is mixed into the latex emulsion, which is coagulated, and a crumb is recovered, further homogenized, dried and baled to yield the silica masterbatch. A well-dispersed mixture of hydrophobated silica and emulsion-made rubber is added into a steam distillation step of a solution-rubber process from which a silica masterbatch is recovered. The emulsion-made rubber can be omitted to make a silica masterbatch of solution rubber and silica without emulsion rubber. The silica masterbatch has physical properties similar to those found in a comparable dry-mixed composition, but the silica masterbatch can be incorporated more easily and less expensively into tires and other rubber products than the dry-mixed composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Industrias Negromex, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Christopher J. Hardiman, Xuan Fu, Robert J. Scribner, Julian Maldonado Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20190322841Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making a silica masterbatch that contains hydrophobated silica, solution-made rubber and emulsion-made rubber. Hydrophobated silica is mixed into a latex emulsion. Solution-rubber crumb in an aqueous suspension is mixed into the latex emulsion, which is coagulated, and a crumb is recovered, further homogenized, dried and baled to yield the silica masterbatch. A well-dispersed mixture of hydrophobated silica and emulsion-made rubber is added into a steam distillation step of a solution-rubber process from which a silica masterbatch is recovered. The emulsion-made rubber can be omitted to make a silica masterbatch of solution rubber and silica without emulsion rubber. The silica masterbatch has physical properties similar to those found in a comparable dry-mixed composition, but the silica masterbatch can be incorporated more easily and less expensively into tires and other rubber products than the dry-mixed composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Industrias Negromex, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Christopher J. Hardiman, Xuan Fu, Robert J. Scribner, Julian Maldonado Valenzuela
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Patent number: 10344146Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making a silica masterbatch that contains hydrophobated silica, solution-made rubber and emulsion-made rubber. Hydrophobated silica is mixed into a latex emulsion. Solution-rubber crumb in an aqueous suspension is mixed into the latex emulsion, which is coagulated, and a crumb is recovered, further homogenized, dried and baled to yield the silica masterbatch. A well-dispersed mixture of hydrophobated silica and emulsion-made rubber is added into a steam distillation step of a solution-rubber process from which a silica masterbatch is recovered. The emulsion-made rubber can be omitted to make a silica masterbatch of solution rubber and silica without emulsion rubber. The silica masterbatch has physical properties similar to those found in a comparable dry-mixed composition, but the silica masterbatch can be incorporated more easily and less expensively into tires and other rubber products than the dry-mixed composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Industrias Negromex, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Christopher J. Hardiman, Xuan Fu, Robert J. Scribner, Julian Maldonado Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20170313857Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making a silica masterbatch that contains hydrophobated silica, solution-made rubber and emulsion-made rubber. Hydrophobated silica is mixed into a latex emulsion. Solution-rubber crumb in an aqueous suspension is mixed into the latex emulsion, which is coagulated, and a crumb is recovered, further homogenized, dried and baled to yield the silica masterbatch. A well-dispersed mixture of hydrophobated silica and emulsion-made rubber is added into a steam distillation step of a solution-rubber process from which a silica masterbatch is recovered. The emulsion-made rubber can be omitted to make a silica masterbatch of solution rubber and silica without emulsion rubber. The silica masterbatch has physical properties similar to those found in a comparable dry-mixed composition, but the silica masterbatch can be incorporated more easily and less expensively into tires and other rubber products than the dry-mixed composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Industrias Negromex, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Christopher J. Hardiman, Xuan Fu, Robert J. Scribner, Julian Maldonado Valenzuela
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Patent number: 9738776Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making a silica masterbatch that contains hydrophobated silica, solution-made rubber and emulsion-made rubber. Hydrophobated silica is mixed into a latex emulsion. Solution-rubber crumb in an aqueous suspension is mixed into the latex emulsion, which is coagulated, and a crumb is recovered, further homogenized, dried and baled to yield the silica masterbatch. A well-dispersed mixture of hydrophobated silica and emulsion-made rubber is added into a steam distillation step of a solution-rubber process from which a silica masterbatch is recovered. The emulsion-made rubber can be omitted to make a silica masterbatch of solution rubber and silica without emulsion rubber. The silica masterbatch has physical properties similar to those found in a comparable dry-mixed composition, but the silica masterbatch can be incorporated more easily and less expensively into tires and other rubber products than the dry-mixed composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Industrias Negromex, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Christopher J. Hardiman, Xuan Fu, Robert J. Scribner, Julian Maldonado Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20150252176Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making a silica masterbatch that contains hydrophobated silica, solution-made rubber and emulsion-made rubber. Hydrophobated silica is mixed into a latex emulsion. Solution-rubber crumb in an aqueous suspension is mixed into the latex emulsion, which is coagulated, and a crumb is recovered, further homogenized, dried and baled to yield the silica masterbatch. A well-dispersed mixture of hydrophobated silica and emulsion-made rubber is added into a steam distillation step of a solution-rubber process from which a silica masterbatch is recovered. The emulsion-made rubber can be omitted to make a silica masterbatch of solution rubber and silica without emulsion rubber. The silica masterbatch has physical properties similar to those found in a comparable dry-mixed composition, but the silica masterbatch can be incorporated more easily and less expensively into tires and other rubber products than the dry-mixed composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: Industrias Negromex, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Christopher J. Hardiman, Xuan Fu, Robert J. Scribner, Julian Maldonado Valenzuela
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Patent number: 4020354Abstract: Apparatus for treating running lengths of tire ply stock, gum stock, chafer, chipper, and similar components of diverse widths by electron radiation from a high voltage electron accelerator in a shielded chamber, facilitates handling by plural parallel conveyors which can operate individually for lesser widths or in synchronism as one conveyor to carry greater widths through the treatment chamber. Letoff and windup units are associated with individual conveyors and with the combined conveyors.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1976Date of Patent: April 26, 1977Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Glenn C. Fauss, Robert J. Scribner