Patents by Inventor Bina Patel Botts

Bina Patel Botts 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: 8800620
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tire having a circumferential rubber tread of a cap/base construction composed of a cap rubber layer as the tire running surface and an internal base rubber layer underlying said tread cap layer. The said tread cap layer is composed of a primary tread cap portion and one or two lateral tread cap portions of rubber compositions containing precipitated silica and/or rubber reinforcing carbon black reinforcement and wherein the rubber composition of at least one of said lateral tread cap portions contains a dispersion of short carbon fibers. Said primary tread cap portion contains a major portion of the running surface of the tread and is comprised of a silica-rich or carbon black-rich, preferably silica-rich, reinforcement-containing rubber composition, and said lateral tread portion(s) contains a minor portion of the running surface of the tread and is comprised of a silica-rich or carbon black-rich, preferably carbon black-rich, reinforcement-containing rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, Walter Kevin Westgate, Bina Patel Botts, Rachel Rebekah Barnette
  • Patent number: 8277898
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David John Zanzig, David Andrew Benko, James Joseph Nespo, Terry John Waibel, Michael Julian Crawford, Timothy Michael Rooney, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh
  • Publication number: 20080245460
    Abstract: A pneumatic runflat tire comprising a sidewall component comprising a rubber composition comprising at least one diene based elastomer and from about 1 to about 40 phr of glass bubbles having a crush strength of at least 10,000 psi as measured by ASTM D3102-78 in glycerol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew David Brown, David John Zanzig, Bina Patel Botts, David Mark Frantz
  • Patent number: 7423089
    Abstract: This invention relates to preparation of rubber compositions comprised of EPDM and conjugated diene-based elastomer, particularly including cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, and particularly natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, blends and pneumatic rubber tire with an outer, visible sidewall layer of a rubber composition comprised of such rubber composition. For such preparation, a combination of at least two diverse EPDM elastomers is used together with a phase mixing process comprised of sequential phase mixing or parallel phase mixing in the sense of reinforcement filler and sulfur curatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Junling Zhao, Aaron Scott Puhala, Bina Patel Botts, Brad Stephen Gulas
  • Patent number: 7406990
    Abstract: A pneumatic runflat tire comprising a sidewall component comprising a rubber composition comprising at least one diene based elastomer and from about 1 to about 40 phr of glass bubbles having a crush strength of at least 10,000 psi as measured by ASTM D3102-78 in glycerol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Andrew David Brown, David John Zanzig, Bina Patel Botts, David Mark Frantz
  • Publication number: 20080115871
    Abstract: A tire having a sidewall component containing a dispersion of adhesive coated short carbon fiber reinforcement. Such sidewall component is comprised of at least one of an annular outer rubber layer and an annular sidewall internal rubber insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, Jay Joseph Robinson, Rachel Rebekak Barnette, Daniel Abe Alford, Matthew John Neidert, Jeremy Edward Whisner, Eric Matthew Luecke, Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Aaron Scott Puhala, Bina Patel Botts, Bernard Matthew Bezilla
  • Patent number: 7255762
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David John Zanzig, David Andrew Benko, James Joseph Nespo, Terry John Waibel, Michael Julian Crawford, Timothy Michael Rooney, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh
  • Patent number: 7156936
    Abstract: A tire 2 having a colored pattern veneered surface 12 formed by one or more layers 46 of distinct colors applied to the outer surface of the tire 2 on the sidewall 5 and possibly the tread 7 is disclosed as well as the method of manufacturing the tire 2. The colored pattern veneer can be used to make a camouflage tire among other patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David Mark Frantz, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh, James Robert Herberger, Sr.
  • Patent number: 6837287
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pneumatic tire with puncture sealing property and a method for preparing such tire. Such tire is prepared by building an uncured butyl rubber-based layer, which contains a peroxide and a dispersion therein of a particulate precured rubber selected from pre resin-cured butyl rubber and/or pre sulfur-cured diene-based elastomer, into an uncured tire and between an innerliner layer and the tire carcass. Upon curing the prepared tire under conditions of elevated temperature, a major portion of the uncured butyl rubber composition is depolymerized to form a tacky material, which contains said dispersion therein of said particulate precured rubber, which has puncture sealant properties. Such layer of depolymerized butyl rubber and dispersed precured rubber particles may be collectively referred to as the sealant layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David Michael Smith, Sr., Bina Patel Botts, John Richard White, Ronald James Dill, John Kotanides, Jr., Michael Brendan Rodgers
  • Patent number: 6769746
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two part endless vehicular rubber track comprised of a polyurethane based tread component and a rubber carcass component. In one aspect, the tread component may be comprised of a sulfur curable polyurethane or blend of sulfur curable polyurethane and sulfur curable elastomer. The invention includes a vehicle containing such track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Michael Brendan Rodgers, Bina Patel Botts, Ram Murthy Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20040144462
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments, wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David John Zanzig, David Andrew Benko, James Joseph Nespo, Terry John Waibel, Michael Julian Crawford, Timothy Michael Rooney, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh
  • Publication number: 20040020575
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: David John Zanzig, David Andrew Benko, James Joseph Nespo, Terry John Waibel, Michael Julian Crawford, Timothy Michael Rooney, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh
  • Publication number: 20030230376
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pneumatic tire with puncture sealing property and a method for preparing such tire. Such tire is prepared by building an uncured butyl rubber-based layer, which contains a peroxide and a dispersion therein of a particulate precured rubber selected from pre resin-cured butyl rubber and/or pre sulfur-cured diene-based elastomer, into an uncured tire and between an innerliner layer and the tire carcass. Upon curing the prepared tire under conditions of elevated temperature, a major portion of the uncured butyl rubber composition is depolymerized to form a tacky material, which contains said dispersion therein of said particulate precured rubber, which has puncture sealant properties. Such layer of depolymerized butyl rubber and dispersed precured rubber particles may be collectively referred to as the sealant layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: David Michael Smith, Bina Patel Botts, John Richard White, Ronald James Dill, John Kotanides, Michael Brendan Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20030094854
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two part endless vehicular rubber (flexible, elastomeric) track comprised of a polyurethane based tread component and a rubber carcass component. In one aspect, the tread component may be comprised of a sulfur curable polyurethane or blend of sulfur curable polyurethane and sulfur curable elastomer. The invention includes a vehicle containing such track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Brendan Rodgers, Bina Patel Botts, Ram Murthy Krishnan
  • Patent number: D480041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David John Zanzig, David Andrew Benko, James Joseph Nespo, Terry John Waibel, Michael Julian Crawford, Timothy Michael Rooney, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh
  • Patent number: D491136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David John Zanzig, David Andrew Benko, James Joseph Nespo, Terry John Waibel, Michael Julian Crawford, Timothy Michael Rooney, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh