Patents by Inventor Brian Ernest McMahon

Brian Ernest McMahon 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: 7972550
    Abstract: An underground mine tire 20 having a nominal bead diameter of 20.0 inches or less has a carcass, a tread 25 and a pair of rubber sidewalls 23, each extending along the outer periphery of the carcass 21 below the tread 25. The tire 20 has a nominal bead width D greater than 8.50 inches and an overall diameter of less than 55 inches. The carcass 21 has at least one radial steel cord reinforced ply 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
    Inventors: Maurice Jacob Frank, Steven Michael Wilson, Lance Reed Wilkinson, Brian Ernest McMahon, Nicholas Lynn Sticklen
  • Publication number: 20110030865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having its internal cavity filled with a closed cellular rubber contained within the tire cavity by a non-foamed rubber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Katherine Ann Folk, George Frank Balogh, Maurice Jacob Frank, Leonard James Reiter, Brian Ernest McMahon
  • Publication number: 20080142136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having its internal cavity filled with a closed cellular rubber contained within the tire cavity by a non-foamed rubber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Katherine Ann Folk, George Frank Balogh, Maurice Jacob Frank, Leonard James Reiter, Brian Ernest McMahon
  • Patent number: 7234495
    Abstract: An underground mine tire 20 having a nominal bead diameter of 20.0 inches or less has a carcass, a tread 25 and a pair of rubber sidewalls 23, each extending along the outer periphery of the carcass 21 below the tread 25. The tire 20 has a nominal bead width D greater than 8.50 inches and an overall diameter of less than 55 inches. The carcass 21 has at least one radial steel cord reinforced ply 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Maurice Jacob Frank, Steven Michael Wilton, Lance Reed Wilkinson, Brian Ernest McMahon, Nicholas Lynn Sticklen
  • Publication number: 20040045654
    Abstract: A method for expanding and curing formable elastomeric material 2, which is placed in the cavity 14 of a previously molded tire 10, is disclosed. The tire 10 when filled with foamable rubber material 2 is mounted on a curing rim 20 and contacted with heat to simultaneously foam and cure the elastomeric material 2 within the tire cavity 14. The curing rim 20 has a finished or a coated surface 30 that permits the cured foam filled tire 10 to be removed after curing by slipping the cured tire 10 off the coated surface 30 of the curing rim 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Brian Ernest McMahon, George Wiley Lang, Larry Dean Tucker
  • Patent number: 6623580
    Abstract: A method for expanding and curing formable elastomeric material 2, which is placed in the cavity 14 of a previously molded tire 10, is disclosed. The tire 10 when filled with foamable rubber material 2 is mounted on a curing rim 20 and contacted with heat to simultaneously foam and cure the elastomeric material 2 within the tire cavity 14. The curing rim 20 has a finished or a coated surface 30 that permits the cured foam filled tire 10 to be removed after curing by slipping the cured tire 10 off the coated surface 30 of the curing rim 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Brian Ernest McMahon, George Wiley Lang, Larry Dean Tucker
  • Publication number: 20020166223
    Abstract: A method for expanding and curing formable elastomeric material 2, which is placed in the cavity 14 of a previously molded tire 10, is disclosed. The tire 10 when filled with foamable rubber material 2 is mounted on a curing rim 20 and contacted with heat to simultaneously foam and cure the elastomeric material 2 within the tire cavity 14. The curing rim 20 has a finished or a coated surface 30 that permits the cured foam filled tire 10 to be removed after curing by slipping the cured tire 10 off the coated surface 30 of the curing rim 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Brian Ernest McMahon, George Wiley Lang, Larry Dean Tucker