Patents by Inventor Claude Jacque

Claude Jacque 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: 7249620
    Abstract: A tire with a changing tread pattern is formed by first forming a tire having a tread, the tread having at least one circumferential or lateral groove. A wearable filler, having a configuration corresponding to at least a portion of the circumferential or lateral groove formed in the tire, is located in the radially outer portion of the circumferential or lateral groove or a portion of the circumferential or lateral groove, and secured within the grooves so as to create a groove void radially inward of the wearable filler, the void being exposed upon wear of the tire tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Bernard Croissant, Claude Jacque, Alain Emile Francois Roesgen, Peter Phelps Roch, Marc Weydert, Marc Ernest Ginter, Andrew Frederick Weimer, Gia Van Nguyen, Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron
  • Publication number: 20060005905
    Abstract: A tire with a changing tread pattern is formed by first forming a tire having a tread, the tread having at least one circumferential or lateral groove. A wearable filler, having a configuration corresponding to at least a portion of the circumferential or lateral groove formed in the tire, is located in the radially outer portion of the circumferential or lateral groove or a portion of the circumferential or lateral groove, and secured within the grooves so as to create a groove void radially inward of the wearable filler, the void being exposed upon wear of the tire tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Bernard Croissant, Claude Jacque, Alain Roesgen, Peter Roch, Marc Weydert, Marc Ginter, Andrew Weimer, Gia Nguyen, Anne-France Gabrielle Cambron