Patents Represented by Attorney Richard B. O'Planick
  • Patent number: 7598877
    Abstract: A transponder carrier for embedded incorporation into a rubber article includes a bonding layer; a base layer affixed to the bonding layer, the base layer having a support surface for supporting a transponder device; and a reinforcement cap affixed to the base layer supporting surface at least partially covering the transponder device. The cap may be composed of textile cord reinforced rubber, the cap textile cords arranged in a substantially square woven configuration. A ratio of the cap to transponder device areas is within a range of 2:1 to 8:1 and the transponder device may further be coated with an adhesive to bond the transponder device to the cap and to the base layer. An antenna in a dipole antenna configuration is coupled to the transponder device in one construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lionetti
  • Patent number: D599277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, William Urbano Villamizar, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant
  • Patent number: D599282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Bernard Robert Nicolas
  • Patent number: D599283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Max Harold Dixon
  • Patent number: D599285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Hideki Misumi
  • Patent number: D599728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, William Urbano Villamizar, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant
  • Patent number: D599729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Teruka Kumamoto
  • Patent number: D599731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Daniel Scheuren
  • Patent number: D599732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Audrey Marie Simon, Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Jean-Nicolas Helt
  • Patent number: D600193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Surendra Nukala, Michel Marguerite Walther Ghislain Constant, Jerome Marcel Germain Delu
  • Patent number: D600195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Pascale de Briey-Terlinden
  • Patent number: D600196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Canankamp, Charles Joseph Ashton, Shannon Joseph Hughes, Daniel Patrick Curtis, Michael Christopher Kulton, Scott Kenneth Junod
  • Patent number: D600631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Teruka Kumamoto
  • Patent number: D601079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Shannon Joseph Hughes, Charles Joseph Ashton, Jonathan James Shondel
  • Patent number: D601080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Dale Edward Umstot
  • Patent number: D601082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Cazin-Bourguignon, Pascal Guillaume, Jean-Michel Alphonse Fernand Gillard
  • Patent number: D601085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Janesh, Max Harold Dixon, Brandon Jeffrey Gramoll
  • Patent number: D601086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Alexandre Andre Scharis, Jacques Collette
  • Patent number: D601485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Shannon Joseph Hughes, Charles Joseph Ashton, Jonathan James Shondel
  • Patent number: D601488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Fahri Ozel, Thorsten Richard Feider