Patents Represented by Attorney David L. King
  • Patent number: 6682620
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for welding materials has a flat anvil (12) having a width of at least two inches and a length of at least eighteen inches. A welding apparatus (14) having at least one welding head (22) is mounted on a rail (16) which is parallel to said anvil (12). The apparatus (10) may be mobile. In an illustrated embodiment, welding apparatus (14) is an ultrasonic welding unit, and apparatus (10) is used to weld thermoset materials. As illustrated, the method is used to weld thermoset plastic monofilament fabric (34) to provide a continuous method of treating the monofilament fabric (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robert John Gartland, Kenneth Michael Kot
  • Patent number: 6666073
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
  • Patent number: 6660122
    Abstract: A rubber tire component (10, 20, 30, 40) is laden with a mixture of fibers (12). The fibers (12) being sensitive to induction heating can be rapidly cured using a variety of methods. The preferred method permits a selective induction curing of the fiber laden component (10, 20, 30, 40) in combination with conventional curing presses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Amit Prakash, David Thomas Reese, Frederick Forbes Vannan, Jr., Terry Kenneth Woods
  • Patent number: 6655430
    Abstract: A low pressure tire 20 for off road use has a carcass 21 reinforced with carcass plies 22 and a composite structure including a tread 32, a belt or breaker reinforcement 26 and one or more low angle cord reinforced layers 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: William Michael Hopkins, Lewis Timothy Lukich, Terry John Waibel
  • Patent number: D483003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Toshimichi Shirouzo
  • Patent number: D483004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jürgen Schomburg, Bernd Löwenhaupt
  • Patent number: D483005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Satoshi Hirai
  • Patent number: D483006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Randall Raymond Brayer, Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Max Harold Dixon
  • Patent number: D483007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Randall Raymond Brayer, Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Noelle Elizabeth Russell, Kevin Alan Reid
  • Patent number: D483009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: William Earl Rayman
  • Patent number: D483010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Paul Bryan Maxwell
  • Patent number: D483319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Osamu Abe
  • Patent number: D483321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Okano Hiroko
  • Patent number: D484846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Maurice Graas
  • Patent number: D484847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Masahiro Hanya
  • Patent number: D484848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Pascale De Briey Terlinden
  • Patent number: D484849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Andrew Arpad Kunos, Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr., David Lee Bair, Mark Anthony Canankamp
  • Patent number: D485229
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Takehiko Murata
  • Patent number: D485802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Masataka Hiro
  • Patent number: D486122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr.