Patents by Inventor Alan John Bourne

Alan John Bourne 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).

  • Pneumatic tire containing gel lubricant
    Patent number: 4051884
    Abstract: A lubricant gel is made from a poly(alkylene oxide) lubricant, a finely divided silica and a gel-strengthening amount of an ionic salt having a pH of 5.5-8.5 when in 0.1 M aqueous solution. The gel is useful in the inflation chamber of a pnemuatic tire to enable it to run safely in a deflated condition for which purpose the gel should have the required viscosity and mechanical stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Assignee: Dunlop Limited
    Inventors: Alan John Bourne, Trevor John Walton
  • Pneumatic tires
    Patent number: 3946783
    Abstract: A tire and wheel assembly having a lubricant to enable it to be operated in a deflated condition without destructive heating in which one or more ingredients of the lubricant composition are enclosed in an enclosing means, the other ingredient or ingredients of the composition being placed in the inflation chamber of the assembly. The enclosing means release the first ingredient or ingredients into the inflation chamber, upon loss of inflation pressure, to form the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: Dunlop Limited
    Inventors: Reginald Harold Edwards, Geoffrey Lionel Coulter, Alan Michael Dodd, Michael John Kenney, Alan John Bourne, David Alexander Bird