Patents by Inventor Charles McPillan

Charles McPillan 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).

  • TRUCK TIRE TREAD AND TRUCK TIRE
    Publication number: 20200298625
    Abstract: The invention provides for a heavy truck tire tread (2) having a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction and a thickness direction, said tread having a ground-engaging contact surface (CS) and having a main longitudinal center groove (5), two main longitudinal shoulder grooves (3, 7) and two main longitudinal intermediate grooves (4, 6), said five main longitudinal grooves defining six main longitudinal ribs (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), said five main longitudinal grooves comprising one hidden groove, two open grooves and two partially hidden grooves; wherein each of said two partially hidden grooves comprises openings (41, 61) to the ground-engaging contact surface and undersurface channels (42, 62) connecting adjacent openings, longitudinal sipes (43, 63) extending substantially along the longitudinal direction and connecting successive openings to the respective channel; and wherein said hidden groove (5) comprises an undersurface duct (52), a longitudinal sipe (53) extending substantially along the longitu
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: FANG ZHU, TERENCE WALLACE, STEFAN VOSS, VIRGILE AYGLON, CLARENCE HAIR, Jr., CHARLES MCPILLAN
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D765586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: MICHELIN RECHERCHE et TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: James F. Garrett, Kai Chun Yang, Charles McPillan
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D771556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: MICHELIN RECHERCHE et TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: David Pressley, Charles McPillan
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D823781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Fang Zhu, Terence Wallace, Kai Chun Yang, Charles McPillan, Clarence Hair, Jr., Paul Crehan
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D832777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Lisa Bachtel, Charles McPillan, Kai Chun Yang
  • Tire
    Patent number: D833966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventors: M'hamed Louzri, Corey Sullivan, Charles McPillan, Anang Somanchi
  • Tire
    Patent number: D837724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: M'hamed Louzri, Corey Sullivan, Charles McPillan, Anang Somanchi
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D856906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Paul Andrew Mayni, Virgile Ayglon, Charles McPillan
  • Tire
    Patent number: D886714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Virgile Ayglon, Charles McPillan, John R Davidson, Jr.
  • Tire
    Patent number: D984958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Stefan Voss, Brian P Gannon, Charles McPillan
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D999149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Lee A Montgomery, Cesar Enrique Zarak, Charles McPillan