Patents by Inventor Björn Ludwig

Björn Ludwig 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).

  • Rubber composition and a tire comprising a rubber composition
    Patent number: 11987705
    Abstract: A rubber composition comprising 50 phr to 100 phr of a styrene butadiene rubber; 0 phr to 50 phr of at least one diene based rubber; 95 phr to 200 phr of filler comprising i) 50 phr to 100 phr of silica, ii) 40 phr to 70 phr of carbon black and iii) 5 phr to 30 phr of an inorganic metal hydroxide; 40 phr to 80 phr of plasticizer comprising a hydrocarbon resin having a softening point within a range of 80° C. and 130° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Hans, Gary Terence Barrett, Steve Ludwig, Christian Jean-Marie Kaes, Anna Katharina Bier, Björn Springer
  • Orthodontic diagnostic method
    Patent number: 10165991
    Abstract: The invention relates to an orthodontic diagnostic method wherein at least one initial two-dimensional X-ray image (1) of a first zone (2) of a head (3) is taken. Then at least one three-dimensional X-ray image (4) of a second zone (5) of a dental situation is taken, and the three-dimensional X-ray image (4) is combined with the initial two-dimensional X-ray image (1) using a registration process in order to obtain a full image (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Ciamak Abkai, Kai Lindenberg, Björn Ludwig
  • Orthodontic Anchoring Screw
    Publication number: 20090240289
    Abstract: An orthodontic anchorage screw (1, 1?, 1?) with a barrel provided with a thread (8) and formed onto a screw head (2) shall guarantee a particularly high and lasting strength after having been put in place in the jaw bone. For this purpose, according to the invention, the thread (8) is designed, viewed along the longitudinal axis of the threaded barrel (4), with at least one non-constant thread parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Holger Zipprich, Björn Ludwig