Patents Represented by Attorney Alan A. Csontos

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  • Tire bead core and filler construction
    Patent number: 6374888
    Abstract: The run-flat tire (10) of this invention includes spaced apart bead areas (30) having a unique design to include first (34) and second (36) bead fillers adjacent a bead core (32). The second bead filler (36) is bounded by the first bead filler (34) and bead core (32). The method for manufacturing the tire to eliminate voids at the bead core (32) of the cured tire is also provided. The bead fillers are made to be resilient so that the tire can be easily mounted on a rim, particularly improving the ability to mount a run-flat tire (10) on a rim (80). The bead core (32) and fillers (34, 36) are designed for helping to sustain the run-flat tire (10) on the rim (80) with a loss of inflation pressure and to improve the running performance of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Walter Lee Willard, Jr., James Milo Endicott, Jeffrey Scott Craddock
  • Two-piece segmented mold
    Patent number: 6318985
    Abstract: An improved two-piece segmented mold includes a plurality of tread mold segments mounted to a frustoconical seat in a mold back by a T-shaped guide bar inserted in a guide slot formed in the seat. The segments are biased to a normally closed position in abutment with adjacent segments and in abutment with a mold side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: John F. Heindel, Joe E. Birch, Jr., Richard A. Spivey, Lawrence W. Stachniak, Robert G. Tyler
  • Quick release device for a tire mold plate
    Patent number: 6315539
    Abstract: A mold for a tire includes a device for easily releasing a pocket plate from a recess in a side wall ring. The device includes a rod movably disposed in a hole in the mold part that extends from an outer surface to adjacent the recess. The distal end of the rod includes a cam surface wherein movement of the rod causes the cam to press on the pocket plate to urge it from the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Rechereche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Barry Stanley Yutronkie, Theodore Allan Seyler
  • Design pattern for a tire
    Patent number: 6253815
    Abstract: An opaque article having a surface and substantially asymmetric striae extending along the surface. A portion of the striae reside in a first area and have an orientation. Another portion of the striae reside in a second area and have an orientation substantially opposite the striae in the first area. The first area striae and the second area striae create an optical contrast therebetween at a wide range of viewing angles and illumination angles. The opaque article can be a tire. The striae can reside at numerous locations on the tire, including, for example, the sidewall, tread ribs or blocks, and stone ejectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Techniques S.A.
    Inventors: Preston Butler Kemp, Todd Stanton Ramsey
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D444741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Ellen MacDonald Williams
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D444742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Edward Lynn Dunlap
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D445368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Jane Kathleen Oliver
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D447098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Jane Kathleen Oliver
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D449816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: John Anthony Hutz
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D450021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Preston Butler Kemp, Jr.
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D450269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Jane Kathleen Oliver
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D450293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Ellen McDonald Williams
  • Set of colored tread bands for a tire
    Patent number: D451056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Philip B. Webb
  • Pattern for randomly positioned color-contrasting tread elements
    Patent number: D453129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Philip B. Webb, Jeffrey L. Cooper
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D454535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Preston Butler Kemp, Jr.
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D454536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Jane Kathleen Oliver
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D454833
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Jon Buresh, Sylvian Marie Christian Leynaert
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D455118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Jane Kathleen Oliver
  • Shoulder portions of a tire
    Patent number: D455682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: John Anthony Hutz, Stephen Lash
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D455710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Jane Kathleen Oliver