Patents Assigned to Artic Investments S.A.
  • Publication number: 20180370283
    Abstract: A tire comprising a plurality of cavities formed on each of the first and second tire sidewalls. The cavities are extending longitudinally from a cavity opening up to a predetermined distance in the radial middle portion, wherein each cavity comprises a bottom surface and at least one cavity sidewall surface extending from the bottom surface to the cavity opening, said bottom surface and at least one sidewall surface defining an unpressurised cavity space. At least one of the tire cavities comprises at least one structural element extending outwardly from at least one of the cavity surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: ARTIC INVESTMENTS S.A.
    Inventor: Dirk Impens
  • Patent number: 10112442
    Abstract: A tire (1) has a rubber tread portion (2) extending in circumferential direction of the tire (1) and being provided for contacting a ground surface and a truss ring (3), contacting and extending along the tread portion (2) for supporting the vehicle on the tread portion (2), made of truss members (4) forming two circumferential chords (5, 6) concentrically positioned with respect to the tread portion (2) and a truss web (7) interconnecting the chords (5, 6), wherein the truss members (4) are made of a rubber material having an E modulus of between 4-18 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Artic Investments S.A.
    Inventor: Hugo Van De Wiele
  • Publication number: 20180037067
    Abstract: A vehicle tire comprising: at least a first protrusion extending outwards from an outer surface of at least the first sidewall portion by a predetermined distance and arranged for increasing the tire width at the location of the first protrusion to an extended tire width. The first protrusion comprises a first intermediate region extending towards the tire shoulder portion and arranged for deflecting penetrating objects in a radial direction so as to prevent damage of at least the first sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Artic Investments S.A.
    Inventor: Dirk Impens
  • Patent number: 8826953
    Abstract: A wheel (1) comprising a solid tire (2) and a rim (3), the solid tire (2) comprising a rubber base layer (4) with a reduced height (16) extending in circumferential direction of the tire (2), an inner circumferential contact surface (8) of the rubber base layer (4) being provided to contact an outer circumferential contact surface (9) of the rim (3), the solid tire (2) upon mounting to the rim (3) being provided to be pulled over the circumferential outer contact surface (9) of the rim (3) along a mounting direction at least partly running along an axial direction of the tire (2), characterized in that for each position on the outer contact surface (9) of the rim (3) and the inner contact surface (8) of the tire (2), in mounting direction of the tire (2), at most one engaging set (10) of the protrusion (11) and the corresponding groove (12) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Artic Investments S.A.
    Inventor: Koenraad Pringiers
  • Publication number: 20130319591
    Abstract: A tire (1) has a rubber tread portion (2) extending in circumferential direction of the tire (1) and being provided for contacting a ground surface and a truss ring (3), contacting and extending along the tread portion (2) for supporting the vehicle on the tread portion (2), made of truss members (4) forming two circumferential chords (5, 6) concentrically positioned with respect to the tread portion (2) and a truss web (7) interconnecting the chords (5, 6), wherein the truss members (4) are made of a rubber material having an E modulus of between 4-18 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: ARTIC INVESTMENTS S.A.
    Inventor: Hugo Van De Wiele
  • Patent number: 8356646
    Abstract: A solid tire for a wheel comprising electrically conducting means (15) made according to the method of any one of claims 1-16 comprising a cured first cylindrical layer (1) comprising a first outer circumferential surface (10) provided for contacting the ground, the first layer (1) having an electrical resistance being larger than 1010 ?cm, the tire (5) comprising an electrically conducting path (6) in electrical connection with the electrical conducting means (15) and extending through the first layer (1), the electrical conducting path (6) comprising a path-filling material (16) having a lower electrical resistance than the electrical resistance of the first layer (1), characterized in that the first layer (1) comprises less than 2 pphr carbon black, in that the first layer (1) comprises more than 30 pphr reinforcing filling material and in that the electrically conducting path (6) has a ground contacting surface (19) having an area of at least 150 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Artic Investments S.A.
    Inventor: Koenraad Pringiers
  • Patent number: 8297718
    Abstract: A rubber crawler for a tracked vehicle involves an endless rubber belt body for revolving around first and second members that are spaced from each other, which belt body has an outer peripheral face including a plurality of lugs that protrude outwardly from the belt body, each of which lugs has a ground-contacting surface and a sidewall extending outwardly from the belt body to the ground-contacting surface, the sidewall having a groove extending transversely to the length direction of the belt body, and each of which lugs is at least partially made of material that is deformable, at the groove of the sidewall, when the belt body bends to facilitate removal of soil from the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Artic Investments S.A.
    Inventor: Koenraad Pringiers
  • Patent number: D743877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Wesley Dhanens, Lenn Tilley, Thomas Helin, Stijn Ardans, Dirk Impens
  • Patent number: D748042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Wesley Dhanens, Lenn Tilley, Thomas Helin, Stijn Ardans, Dirk Impens
  • Patent number: D748043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Helin, Dirk Impens
  • Patent number: D748568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Helin, Stijn Ardans
  • Patent number: D748570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Wesley Dhanens, Lenn Tilley, Thomas Helin, Stijn Ardans, Dirk Impens
  • Patent number: D752505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Wesley Dhanens, Lenn Tilley, Thomas Helin, Stijn Ardans, Dirk Impens
  • Patent number: D760154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: ARTIC INVESTMENT S.A.
    Inventors: David Anderson, Tim DeWitte, Upasaka P. D. N. Gunarathna, Hapunthanthrige D. A. Gunasekara, Thierry Miche
  • Patent number: D781779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: David Anderson, Tim DeWitte, Hapunthanthrige D. A. Gunasekara, Thierry Miche, Upasaka P. D. N. Gunarathna
  • Patent number: D904973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ARTIC INVESTMENTS S.A.
    Inventors: David Anderson, Lenn Tilley, Thomas Helin, Tim De Witte