Patents by Inventor Benjamin R. Rethmel

Benjamin R. Rethmel 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).

  • MULTI-CHAMBERED WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR RAPID TIRE INFLATION
    Publication number: 20190359014
    Abstract: A multi-chambered wheel assembly may include a wheel rim and a tire mounted on the wheel rim. The tire and the wheel rim may define an interior chamber. A divider wall may be disposed in the interior chamber. The divider wall may define a fill chamber and a gas cavity. A gas valve may be communicated with the gas cavity. The gas valve may be configured to allow pressurized gas to be introduced into the gas cavity. A fill valve may be communicated with the fill chamber. The fill valve may be configured to allow fill material to be introduced into the fill chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Rethmel, Samuel O. Givens, Anthony B. Duncan
  • Tire Construction With Discontinuous Body Ply Configuration
    Publication number: 20170021678
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a tire having a discontinuous body ply configuration are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Rethmel, Brian D. Steenwyk, Bradley J. Harris, Anoop G. Varghese, Dennis W. Snyder, Hans R. Dorfi, Samuel O. Givens
  • TIRE CONSTRUCTION HAVING A CONTINUOUS BODY PLY TURN UP STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20160303920
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire construction is provided using one or more folded body ply sheets constructed such that upon formation of the tire, the turn-ups in the sidewalls are looped turn-ups such that there are no free turn-up ends in the sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Samuel O. Givens, Hans R. Dorfi, Dennis W. Snyder, Anoop G. Varghese, Benjamin R. Rethmel, Brian D. Steenwyk
  • Tire construction having a continuous body ply turn up structure
    Patent number: 9469162
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire construction is provided using one or more folded body ply sheets constructed such that upon formation of the tire, the turn-ups in the sidewalls are looped turn-ups such that there are no free turn-up ends in the sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel O. Givens, Hans R. Dorfi, Dennis W. Snyder, Anoop G. Varghese, Benjamin R. Rethmel, Brian D. Steenwyk