Patents by Inventor Bradford M. Hicks

Bradford M. Hicks 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).

  • Pneumatic tire
    Patent number: 11541696
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a pair of annular bead areas (12), a pair of sidewalls, and a crown portion wherein a carcass ply (22) wraps around a radial inner side (RSj,2o) of each bead ring (20), for each bead area (12) a first layer of rubber material (30) is arranged radially inward from both the bead ring radial inner side (RSi,2o) and the carcass ply (22) and a second layer of rubber material (40) is arranged radially inward from the first layer of rubber material (30), each of the first layer of rubber material (30) and the second layer of rubber material (40) extending substantially across a full width (W20) of the corresponding bead ring (20), each of the first and second layer of rubber material (30, 40) having a modulus of elongation, where the modulus of elongation of the second layer of rubber material (40) is equal to or greater than substantially 125% of the modulus of elongation of the first layer of rubber material (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Bradford M. Hicks, Paul B. Winston, Mary Dungan Thomas, Donald Earl Leonard, Vittoria Madonna Blasucci
  • PNEUMATIC TIRE
    Publication number: 20200384811
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a pair of annular bead areas (12), a pair of sidewalls, and a crown portion wherein a carcass ply (22) wraps around a radial inner side (RSj,2o) of each bead ring (20), for each bead area (12) a first layer of rubber material (30) is arranged radially inward from both the bead ring radial inner side (RSi,2o) and the carcass ply (22) and a second layer of rubber material (40) is arranged radially inward from the first layer of rubber material (30), each of the first layer of rubber material (30) and the second layer of rubber material (40) extending substantially across a full width (W20) of the corresponding bead ring (20), each of the first and second layer of rubber material (30, 40) having a modulus of elongation, where the modulus of elongation of the second layer of rubber material (40) is equal to or greater than substantially 125% of the modulus of elongation of the first layer of rubber material (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Bradford M. Hicks, Paul B. Winston, Mary Dungan Thomas, Donald Earl Leonard, Vittoria Madonna Blasucci