Patents by Inventor Benjamin Robert Rethmel

Benjamin Robert 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).

  • Patent number: 9764597
    Abstract: An agricultural tire has an equatorial plane separating first and second sides. First and second inner sixths of the treads extend between the equatorial plane and circumferential reference planes disposed axially one-sixth of a tread width on either side of the equatorial plane. First and second middle sixths of the tread extend between inner circumferential planes and middle circumferential reference planes one-sixth of the tread width from the inner circumferential reference planes. Outer sixths extend between the middle circumferential reference planes and outer circumferential reference planes disposed one-sixth of the tread width from the middle planes. Net tread volume ratio is approximately 40 percent, where between 36 and 39 percent of lug volume is in the inner sixths, between 32 to 35 percent in the middle sixths, and 27 to 30 percent in the outer sixths of the tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tires Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley J. Harris, Todd A. Buxton, Benjamin Robert Rethmel
  • Publication number: 20170144489
    Abstract: A pneumatic agricultural tire includes first and second rows of angled lugs. Each lug is provided with a leading wall rising up from a tread floor to a leading edge of the lug surface. The leading wall has a wedge shaped leading nose rising up from the tread floor and sloped in the trailing direction so that ground stubble is engaged by and pushed aside by the wedge shaped leading nose thereby reducing stubble damage at a root of the leading wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Wayne Birkenholz, Bradley J. Harris, Benjamin Robert Rethmel, Todd A. Buxton
  • Patent number: 9522575
    Abstract: A pneumatic agricultural tire includes first and second rows of angled lugs. Each lug is provided with a leading wall rising up from a tread floor to a leading edge of the lug surface. The leading wall has a wedge shaped leading nose rising up from the tread floor and sloped in the trailing direction so that ground stubble is engaged by and pushed aside by the wedge shaped leading nose thereby reducing stubble damage at a root of the leading wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Birkenholz, Bradley J. Harris, Benjamin Robert Rethmel, Todd A. Buxton
  • Publication number: 20150053318
    Abstract: An agricultural tire has an equatorial plane separating first and second sides. First and second inner sixths of the treads extend between the equatorial plane and circumferential reference planes disposed axially one-sixth of a tread width on either side of the equatorial plane. First and second middle sixths of the tread extend between inner circumferential planes and middle circumferential reference planes one-sixth of the tread width from the inner circumferential reference planes. Outer sixths extend between the middle circumferential reference planes and outer circumferential reference planes disposed one-sixth of the tread width from the middle planes. Net tread volume ratio is approximately 40 percent, where between 36 and 39 percent of lug volume is in the inner sixths, between 32 to 35 percent in the middle sixths, and 27 to 30 percent in the outer sixths of the tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Bradley J. Harris, Todd A. Buxton, Benjamin Robert Rethmel
  • Patent number: 8905097
    Abstract: An agricultural tire has an equatorial plane separating first and second sides. First and second inner sixths of the treads extend between the equatorial plane and circumferential reference planes disposed axially one-sixth of a tread width on either side of the equatorial plane. First and second middle sixths of the tread extend between inner circumferential planes and middle circumferential reference planes one-sixth of the tread width from the inner circumferential reference planes. Outer sixths extend between the middle circumferential reference planes and outer circumferential reference planes disposed one-sixth of the tread width from the middle planes. Net tread volume ratio is approximately 40 percent, where between 36 and 39 percent of lug volume is in the inner sixths, between 32 to 35 percent in the middle sixths, and 27 to 30 percent in the outer sixths of the tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley J. Harris, Todd A. Buxton, Benjamin Robert Rethmel
  • Publication number: 20140034199
    Abstract: A tire includes a circumferential tread constructed of a base material. The circumferential tread has a plurality of bars, each of the plurality of bars having a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The circumferential tread further has a plurality of valleys disposed between the plurality of bars. A laminate covers at least some of the plurality of valleys. The laminate has a greater elongation at break than the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Alan Buxton, Michael A. Berzins, Jon I. Stuckey, Benjamin Robert Rethmel, Kathleen Clemmer, Sam Givens
  • Publication number: 20130213541
    Abstract: A pneumatic agricultural tire includes first and second rows of angled lugs. Each lug is provided with a leading wall rising up from a tread floor to a leading edge of the lug surface. The leading wall has a wedge shaped leading nose rising up from the tread floor and sloped in the trailing direction so that ground stubble is engaged by and pushed aside by the wedge shaped leading nose thereby reducing stubble damage at a root of the leading wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Wayne Birkenholz, Bradley J. Harris, Benjamin Robert Rethmel, Todd A. Buxton
  • Publication number: 20130192729
    Abstract: An agricultural tire has an equatorial plane separating first and second sides. First and second inner sixths of the treads extend between the equatorial plane and circumferential reference planes disposed axially one-sixth of a tread width on either side of the equatorial plane. First and second middle sixths of the tread extend between inner circumferential planes and middle circumferential reference planes one-sixth of the tread width from the inner circumferential reference planes. Outer sixths extend between the middle circumferential reference planes and outer circumferential reference planes disposed one-sixth of the tread width from the middle planes. Net tread volume ratio is approximately 40 percent, where between 36 and 39 percent of lug volume is in the inner sixths, between 32 to 35 percent in the middle sixths, and 27 to 30 percent in the outer sixths of the tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Bradley J. Harris, Todd A. Buxton, Benjamin Robert Rethmel
  • Patent number: D731401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley J. Harris, Todd A. Buxton, Benjamin Robert Rethmel