Patents by Inventor Claudio Minoli
Claudio Minoli 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).
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Patent number: 11511571Abstract: Tyre (1) for heavy load vehicle wheels, having a tread band (8) comprising: —a plurality of circumferential grooves (3, 4, 5, 6); —a plurality of transverse grooves (15) extending between two axially consecutive circumferential grooves (3, 4, 5, 6), thus defining a plurality of blocks (21); —each block (21) comprising a radially outer top surface (7) and having a height (M) measured between said top surface and a bottom surface of a respective transverse groove (15); —said transverse grooves (15) comprising a first segment (16) having a width L1 and a second segment (17) having a width L2, where L2<L1; —said first segment (16) being at least partially delimited by walls of two circumferentially consecutive blocks (20, 21); —at least one filling element (18) contained within said first segment (16); —said at least one filling element (18) having a radially outer top surface (19), located radially inwardly relative to said top surface (7) of the block at a radial distance (D) between 5% and 50% of the heightType: GrantFiled: July 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.Inventors: Tommaso Pizzorno, Claudio Minoli, Daniele Lorenzetti
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Publication number: 20190225030Abstract: Tyre (1) for heavy load vehicle wheels, having a tread band (8) comprising: —a plurality of circumferential grooves (3, 4, 5, 6); —a plurality of transverse grooves (15) extending between two axially consecutive circumferential grooves (3, 4, 5, 6), thus defining a plurality of blocks (21); —each block (21) comprising a radially outer top surface (7) and having a height (M) measured between said top surface and a bottom surface of a respective transverse groove (15); —said transverse grooves (15) comprising a first segment (16) having a width L1 and a second segment (17) having a width L2, where L2<L1; —said first segment (16) being at least partially delimited by walls of two circumferentially consecutive blocks (20, 21); —at least one filling element (18) contained within said first segment (16); —said at least one filling element (18) having a radially outer top surface (19), located radially inwardly relative to said top surface (7) of the block at a radial distance (D) between 5% and 50% of the heightType: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.Inventors: Tommaso PIZZORNO, Claudio MINOLI, Daniele LORENZETTI
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Patent number: 9914329Abstract: A tire includes a tread provided with blocks formed among substantially longitudinal and transverse grooves, wherein among the blocks particularly broad intersections are formed, for example, by staggering substantially transverse grooves of circumferential rows axially in side-by-side relationship, of blocks with rounded corners, and wherein, inside such broad intersections, a stocky-shaped protrusion is arranged which has a lateral stiffness greater than the lateral stiffness of the surrounding blocks.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.Inventors: Claudio Minoli, Tommaso Pizzorno, Alessandro Ascanelli
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Publication number: 20160052345Abstract: A tire includes: a carcass structure including at least one carcass ply, a belt structure, a tread band radially superimposed on the belt structure; two sidewalls; the belt structure including: at least one pair of lateral reinforcing layers incorporating reinforcing elements oriented in a substantially circumferential direction; a first belt layer radially superimposed on the pair of lateral reinforcing layers, provided with reinforcing elements inclined with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire; a second belt layer radially superimposed on the first belt layer, provided with reinforcing elements inclined with respect to the equatorial plane in a direction opposite to those of the first belt layer; an external belt layer applied in a radially external position with respect to the first and the second belt layers. Preferably, the tire is a super single wide base heavy load vehicle tire. The tire is particularly useful for heavy load vehicles such as, for example, trucks, trailers, or buses.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.Inventors: Claudio MINOLI, Fabio MONTANARO, Tommaso Pizzomo
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Publication number: 20130263988Abstract: A tyre includes a tread provided with blocks formed among substantially longitudinal and transverse grooves, wherein among the blocks particularly broad intersections are formed, for example, by staggering substantially transverse grooves of circumferential rows axially in side-by-side relationship, of blocks with rounded corners, and wherein, inside such broad intersections, a stocky-shaped protrusion is arranged which has a lateral stiffness greater than the lateral stiffness of the surrounding blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Claudio Minoli, Tommaso Pizzorno, Alessandro Ascanelli
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Patent number: 8365783Abstract: A tire includes a tread band having a tread pattern defined by a plurality of grooves of substantially circumferential orientation and by a plurality of grooves of substantially transverse orientation, which grooves delimit a plurality of rubber blocks arranged in a plurality of rows of substantially circumferential orientation, each of the blocks being delimited by a contact face and at least three side faces, wherein at least some of the blocks include at least one side face of substantially transverse orientation provided with at least one irregularly shaped step having an upper face and a front face.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.Inventors: Claudio Minoli, Fabio Montanaro
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Publication number: 20100276050Abstract: A tire includes: a carcass structure including at least one carcass ply, a belt structure, a tread band radially superimposed on the belt structure; two sidewalls; the belt structure including: at least one pair of lateral reinforcing layers incorporating reinforcing elements oriented in a substantially circumferential direction; a first belt layer radially superimposed on the pair of lateral reinforcing layers, provided with reinforcing elements inclined with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire; a second belt layer radially superimposed on the first belt layer, provided with reinforcing elements inclined with respect to the equatorial plane in a direction opposite to those of the first belt layer; an external belt layer applied in a radially external position with respect to the first and the second belt layers. Preferably, the tire is a super single wide base heavy load vehicle tire. The tire is particularly useful for heavy load vehicles such as, for example, trucks, trailers, or buses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2005Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Claudio Minoli, Fabio Montanaro, Tommaso Pizzorno
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Publication number: 20100206452Abstract: A tire includes a carcass structure including at least one carcass ply of a substantially toroidal shape, having opposite lateral edges associated with respective right-hand and left-hand bead structures; a belt structure applied in a radially external position with respect to the carcass structure; a tread band applied in radially external position with respect to the belt structure; two sidewalls, each sidewall being applied laterally on opposite sides with respect to the carcass structure, the belt structure including at least one pair of lateral reinforcing layers substantially symmetrically arranged with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire and applied in correspondence with the axially external portions of the tire belt structure, the lateral reinforcing layers being provided with reinforcing elements oriented in a substantially circumferential direction; a first belt layer applied in a radially external position with respect to the at least one pair of lateral reinforcing layers, the first beltType: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.Inventors: Claudio Minoli, Fabio Montanaro
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Publication number: 20100000643Abstract: A tire includes a tread band having a tread pattern defined by a plurality of grooves of substantially circumferential orientation and by a plurality of grooves of substantially transverse orientation, which grooves delimit a plurality of rubber blocks arranged in a plurality of rows of substantially circumferential orientation, each of the blocks being delimited by a contact face and at least three side faces, wherein at least some of the blocks include at least one side face of substantially transverse orientation provided with at least one irregularly shaped step having an upper face and a front face.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventors: Claudio Minoli, Fabio Montanaro
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Patent number: D811321Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.Inventors: Tommaso Pizzorno, Claudio Minoli, Daniele Lorenzetti
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Patent number: D937185Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Inventor: Claudio Minoli