Patents by Inventor Bodo Aherns

Bodo Aherns 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).

  • Vehicle wheel with a particle collector
    Patent number: 12479236
    Abstract: A wheel assembly having a wheel rotation axis; a rim with an outer surface around the wheel rotation axis; wherein the outer surface comprising suction ports; two tires mounted on the outer surface of the rim; a particle collector adapted to trap particles entering said particle collector; a particle suction system with a bladed suction structure configured for generating a suction air flow in the rim upon rotation of said bladed suction structure about the wheel rotation axis; an air passage connecting the suction ports to the bladed suction structure via the particle collector in order to suck particles through the suction ports by means of the suction air flow generated by the bladed suction structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Frederic Ngo, Bodo Aherns, Vincent Jean-Emile Decouvreur
  • VEHICLE WHEEL WITH A PARTICLE COLLECTOR
    Publication number: 20240190172
    Abstract: A wheel assembly having a wheel rotation axis; a rim with an outer surface around the wheel rotation axis; wherein the outer surface comprising suction ports; two tires mounted on the outer surface of the rim; a particle collector adapted to trap particles entering said particle collector; a particle suction system with a bladed suction structure configured for generating a suction air flow in the rim upon rotation of said bladed suction structure about the wheel rotation axis; an air passage connecting the suction ports to the bladed suction structure via the particle collector in order to suck particles through the suction ports by means of the suction air flow generated by the bladed suction structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Frederic Ngo, Bodo Aherns, Vincent Jean-Emile Decouvreur