Patents Assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
  • Reinforced rubber containing silylated triglyceride oil
    Patent number: 11220595
    Abstract: It has been unexpected found that silylated triglyceride oils can be incorporated into tire tread rubber formulations that include reinforcing fillers to provide improved wet traction characteristic, rolling resistance, and tread-wear without compromising cured stiffness (dry traction) and ultimate properties (chip/chunk resistance). The level of silica coupling agent needed in such formulation can also typically reduced. The present invention more specifically discloses a rubber formulation which is comprised of (1) a rubbery polymer; (2) a reinforcing filler, such as silica or carbon black; and (3) a silylated triglyceride oil. The silylated triglyceride oil will include silyl groups of the structural formula: —(CH2)n—Si(OR)3, wherein n represents an integer within the range of 1 to 8, and wherein R represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph John Kulig, Kelsey Elizabeth Cantwell, George Jim Papakonstantopoulos
  • Pneumatic tire
    Patent number: 11214667
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 20 to about 100 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.; (B) from 0 to about 40 phr of a natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene; (C) from 0 to about 30 phr of cis-1,4 polybutadiene having a Tg of from ?110° C. to ?90° C.; (D) from 0 to 50 phr of a process oil; (E) from 20 to 80 phr of a hydrocarbon resin having a Tg of at least 30° C.; and (F) from 90 to 150 phr of silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Pascal Patrick Steiner, Jérôme Joel Daniel Delville, Frida Nzulu, Claude Charles Jacoby, Jean-Paul Piret, Malik Djelloul-Mazouz, Manuela Pompei
  • Functionalized polymer, rubber composition and pneumatic tire
    Patent number: 11208518
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a functionalized elastomer comprising the reaction product of a living anionic elastomeric polymer and a polymerization terminator comprising the reaction product of a polyol of formula I with an alkoxysilane of formula II where R1 and R2 are independently C1 to C10 alkyl; k is an integer from 2 to 4; n is an integer from 2 to 3, and n+m=4; with the proviso that when k=2 or 3, n=2 and when k=4, n=2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Liqing Ma
  • Reduced weight aircraft tire
    Patent number: 11186122
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure, the belt reinforcing structure comprising: a zigzag belt reinforcing structure formed of a strip of one or more reinforcement cords, the strip of one or more reinforcement cords being inclined at 5 to 30 degrees relative to the centerplane of the tire extending in alternation to turnaround points at each lateral edge, wherein the zigzag strip of cords is formed from two different reinforcement cords made of different materials, and a low angle belt of the tire has a higher EPI than the zigzag belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Joanne Elizabeth Shaw, Frank Anthony Kmiecik, Leonard James Reiter
  • Functionalized initiator, method of making initiator and functionalized elastomer
    Patent number: 11180636
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a functionalized polymerization initiator, comprising the reaction product of an alkyl lithium compound and a compound of formula 1 wherein R1=alkyl (C1-C8), aryl, substituted aryl, or —SiR3 where R3 are independently C1-C8 alkyl, preferably —SiMe3 where Me is methyl, or —Si(CH3)2C(CH3)3; R2=C1-C8 alkyl, aryl, or substituted aryl, or —SiR3, preferably —CH3; and n=0-3. The invention is further directed to a method of making the functionalized inititiator, and a method of making a functionalized elastomer using the inititator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Aaron Patrick Murray
  • Belt structure for a tire
    Patent number: 11167594
    Abstract: A tire includes a carcass ply, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown region of the carcass ply, and a belt structure having an overall axial width substantially equal to a tread width interposed between the tread and the crown region in circumferential surrounding relation to the carcass ply. The belt structure includes a first belt layer and a second belt layer radially adjacent the first belt layer. The first belt layer includes a first reinforced composite with first reinforcement cords embedded in a first rubber matrix. The first reinforcement cords have a construction of 1100/4 dtex with a twist between 150 TPM and 250 TPM and a dipping tension between 100 mN/tex and 200 mN/tex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Teijin Aramid B.V.
    Inventors: Ceyhan Celik, James Gregory Gillick, Robert Edward Lionetti, Michel Henricus Jacobus van den Tweel, Tony Mathew
  • Tire
    Patent number: D935383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Suraj Sadananda, Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron, Pierre Vincent Veronique Ghislain Philipin, Stephane Laurent Claude Bokken, Jerome Boursin, Roland Willibrord Krier, Matthieu Pingenat
  • Tire
    Patent number: D935983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robin Moia, Jan Frans Leyssens, Olivier Guy Jacques, Xavier Jean-Francois Beot, Christian Jean-Marie Kaes, Marco Malago
  • Tire
    Patent number: D935987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Tlie Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Andrea Benvenuti, Marc Becker, Pierre Vincent Veronique Ghislain Philipin, Ettore Passante Spaccapietra, Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron
  • Tire
    Patent number: D935988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Matthieu Pingenat, Pierre Vincent Veronique Ghislain Philipin, Roland Willibrord Krier, Ettore Passante Spaccapietra
  • Tire
    Patent number: D937182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Shaun Patrick Fox
  • Tire
    Patent number: D937186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Franck Reygrobellet
  • Tire
    Patent number: D937187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Brian David Digman, Jillian Grace Roth, Christopher John Lane, Bart Wakefield Kimble, Travis Lynn Hollabaugh, Brett Alan Bogner
  • Tire
    Patent number: D937188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Pascale de Briey-Terlinden, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Stephane Jose Geelen, Jerome Marcel Germain Delu
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D937190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Bryan Maxwell, Cheryl Lynn Hackathorn
  • Tire
    Patent number: D940061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Christopher Byron Davis, Andrew John Norwood, Sagar Dilip Bafana, Ryan Eugene Zimmerman
  • Tire
    Patent number: D940641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: John Stephen Guilford, Daniel Thomas Murphy, Jeffrey Leon Sevart
  • Tire
    Patent number: D940642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: David Michael Pribula
  • Tire
    Patent number: D940643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Christopher Byron Davis, Andrew John Norwood, Sagar Dilip Bafana
  • Shoulder for a tire
    Patent number: D942369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner