Patents by Inventor Arne Heyden

Arne Heyden 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).

  • Patent number: 11148486
    Abstract: A method for designing a pneumatic tire to have improved vibration characteristics. Dynamic testing of the tire detects a) respective frequencies of a plurality of radial vibration modes of the tire, and b) respective frequencies of a plurality of torsional vibration modes of the tire. The testing may determine that a first interval between the frequency of an even-numbered radial vibration mode and the frequency of an even-numbered torsional vibration mode is less than a first threshold, and/or may determine that a second interval between the frequency of an odd-numbered radial vibration mode and the frequency of an odd-numbered torsional vibration mode is less than a second threshold. One or more design parameter of the tire is/are modified to increase at least one of first interval and the second interval to the respective first or second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arne Boden, David Scott Rohweder, Arne Heyden
  • Publication number: 20190126692
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has modified dimensions and/or materials characteristics and is designed and constructed for use in place of a conventional, standards-meeting tire of a standards-meeting tire/rim combination. The rim has a bead seat with an outer diameter established by a standards-setting organization to mate with a conventional tire. The modified pneumatic tire has a bead of an inner diameter established by: a) determining a conventional radial force exerted by the bead of the conventional tire on the rim, and b) setting the inner diameter such that, when mounted on the rim the bead exerts on the bead seat a modified radial force between 5% and 25% lower than the conventional radial force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arne Boden, David Scott Rohweder, Arne Heyden
  • Publication number: 20190126696
    Abstract: A method for designing a pneumatic tire to have improved vibration characteristics. Dynamic testing of the tire detects a) respective frequencies of a plurality of radial vibration modes of the tire, and b) respective frequencies of a plurality of torsional vibration modes of the tire. The testing may determine that a first interval between the frequency of an even-numbered radial vibration mode and the frequency of an even-numbered torsional vibration mode is less than a first threshold, and/or may determine that a second interval between the frequency of an odd-numbered radial vibration mode and the frequency of an odd-numbered torsional vibration mode is less than a second threshold. One or more design parameter of the tire is/are modified to increase at least one of first interval and the second interval to the respective first or second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Arne BODEN, David Scott ROHWEDER, Arne HEYDEN
  • Publication number: 20190009620
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for increasing damping capacity in a pneumatic tire by utilizing an extruded vibration-damping rope comprising a bundle of individual wires encased by a polymerized outer sheath. The rope is embedded into the tire during the molding process. The individual wires allow inter-wire friction to occur during part vibration. The core of the disclosed inventive concept for embedding in the tire comprises a bundle of wires having an outermost layer and a polymerized sheath formed over the bundle of wires. The sheath has an inner layer. At least some of the wires of the outermost layer of wires are embedded in the inner layer, whereby sliding movement of the surfaces of the wires relative to one another dampens resonant tire vibration. The wires are metal and the sheath is composed of a polymerized material that is preferably impermeable to the in-flow of rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: David Scott Rohweder, Arne Jontza, Arne Heyden
  • Patent number: D566035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Arne Heyden, Martin Kuhn, Klaus Wiese, Michaela Wolf, Dieter Jeromin