Patents Examined by Robert D. Haran
  • Pneumatic tire having a component containing high trans styrene-butadiene rubber
    Patent number: 7048023
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having at least one component comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition, wherein the vulcanizable rubber composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), from about 30 to 100 phr of high trans random SBR, and from about zero to about 70 phr of at least one additional elastomer, wherein the high trans random SBR comprises from about 3 to about 30 percent by weight of styrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: James Robert Herberger, Sr., Kenneth Allen Bates, John Joseph Andre Verthe
  • Pneumatic tire having a component containing high trans styrene-butadiene rubber
    Patent number: 6758251
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having at least one component comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition, wherein the vulcanizable rubber composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), from about 30 to 100 phr of high trans random SBR, and from about zero to about 70 phr of at least one additional elastomer, wherein the high trans random SBR comprises from about 3 to about 30 percent by weight of styrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Bates, Brian David Holden, John Joseph Andre Verthe