Patents by Inventor Adam M. Ziebarth

Adam M. Ziebarth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sensory misalignment siping
    Patent number: 10836217
    Abstract: A wear detection system for truck steer tires is provided. A plurality of sipe groups are located in a tread rib of the tire. Each sipe group includes a first sipe group portion having an axially inward directed apex and a second sipe group portion having an axially outwardly directed apex, such that an axially directed wear force component causes the apex of the sipe group directed in the direction of the wear force component to be more tactilely detectable by a human fingertip than the apex of the other sipe group portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Adam M. Ziebarth
  • Sensory misalignment siping
    Patent number: 10814679
    Abstract: A wear detection system for truck steer tires is provided. A plurality of sipe groups are located in a tread rib of the tire. Each sipe group includes a first sipe group portion having an axially inward directed apex and a second sipe group portion having an axially outwardly directed apex, such that an axially directed wear force component causes the apex of the sipe group directed in the direction of the wear force component to be more tactilely detectable by a human fingertip than the apex of the other sipe group portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Adam M. Ziebarth
  • SENSORY MISALIGNMENT SIPING
    Publication number: 20170267032
    Abstract: A wear detection system for truck steer tires is provided. A plurality of sipe groups are located in a tread rib of the tire. Each sipe group includes a first sipe group portion having an axially inward directed apex and a second sipe group portion having an axially outwardly directed apex, such that an axially directed wear force component causes the apex of the sipe group directed in the direction of the wear force component to be more tactilely detectable by a human fingertip than the apex of the other sipe group portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Adam M. Ziebarth