Patents by Inventor Alain Alphonse Zelie Samuel Klepper

Alain Alphonse Zelie Samuel Klepper 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).

  • Radial tire with improved ply line
    Patent number: 6941991
    Abstract: A radial ply, passenger vehicle tire has a tread with a substantially flat tread profile, a belt structure, and a carcass comprising two sidewalls, two beads and one or more plies. The one or more plies have a loaded shoulder ply radius that is smaller than the tire's unloaded shoulder ply radius. This design eliminates tread-lift and eliminates the need for decoupling grooves in the shoulder regions of the tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Gia Van Nguyen, Marco Joseph Eicher, Alain Alphonse Zelie Samuel Klepper
  • Radial tire with improved ply line
    Publication number: 20030136493
    Abstract: A radial ply, passenger vehicle tire has a tread with a substantially flat tread profile, a belt structure, and a carcass comprising two sidewalls, two beads and one or more plies. The one or more plies have a loaded shoulder ply radius that is smaller than the tire's unloaded shoulder ply radius. This design eliminates tread-lift and eliminates the need for decoupling grooves in the shoulder regions of the tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Gia Van Nguyen, Marco Joseph Eicher, Alain Alphonse Zelie Samuel Klepper
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D382520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Pierre Harpes, Richard Heinen, Alain Alphonse Zelie Samuel Klepper
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D388035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Pierre Harpes, Alain Alphonse Zelie Samuel Klepper, Bernard Croissant