Patents Represented by Attorney David L. King
  • Patent number: 6739186
    Abstract: A method for minimizing the radial runout of a tire and rim assembly (10) having the steps of measuring the runout of the tire and rim assembly (10), locating the position of maximum radial runout of the tire (1) and the minimum runout of the rim (J). The method minimizes first harmonic vibrations caused by the normal assembly of these components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Alphonse Schartz, Jean-Pol Hansenne, Didier Winkin, Joe Maleto, Patrick Yasse
  • Patent number: 6733702
    Abstract: A tire mold 2 for curing new or retreaded tires 20 has an upper platen 4, a lower platen 6, and a central rim 30 with a frangible member 50 designed to open when a predetermined pressure P1 in excess of the normal curing pressure Pc is observed. The frangible member 50 preferably includes a rupture disk 60 that breaks upon exposure to the pressure P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Clifford Jack Ciesa, Jean-Marc Francois Fortin, Joseph Alan Incavo, Michael Eugene Porter
  • Patent number: 6722188
    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: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Martin Lamar Sentmanat
  • Patent number: D488770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Karl Eric Sundkvist, Kevin Christopher Legge, Eric John Marazzi
  • Patent number: D488771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: William Urbano Villamizar
  • Patent number: D488772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Andrew Arpad Kunos, David Lee Bair, Timothy Patrick Lovell, Mark Anthony Canankamp, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr., James Oral Hunt, Stephanie Carol Brown
  • Patent number: D490045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jerome Marcel Germain Delu, Emmanuel Christian Rene Alfred Robinet, Andre Hardy, Roland Paul Close
  • Patent number: D490047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Xavier Sebastien Benoit Fraipont, Kenneth Jenner Powell
  • Patent number: D490048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Xavier Sebastien Benoit Fraipont, Kenneth Jenner Powell
  • Patent number: D490049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Xavier Sebastien Benoit Fraipont, Kenneth Jenner Powell
  • Patent number: D490358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Toyoto Taniguchi
  • Patent number: D490359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Wataru Isaka
  • Patent number: D490360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Michael Jackson, Gianni Mario Zannoni, Chris Michael Zawistowski
  • Patent number: D490361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Rooney, Shigehiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: D490770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Wataru Isaka
  • Patent number: D490771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Paul Bryan Maxwell
  • Patent number: D491129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Paul Bryan Maxwell
  • Patent number: D491131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Christian Labbe, Claude Lardo
  • Patent number: D491132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robert Brown, Alan Nicholls
  • Patent number: D491134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Randall Raymond Brayer, Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr.