Patents by Inventor David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent

David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent 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).

  • TIRE SEGMENT MODEL AND A METHOD OF MAKING A TIRE MOLD SEGMENT
    Publication number: 20240100747
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a 3D-printed tire segment model having a tread portion comprising a plurality of grooves, ribs and/or tread blocks, and a plurality of blades extending out of the ribs and/or tread blocks, wherein the tire segment model is made of a 3D-printed polymer. Moreover, the present invention is drawn to a method of making a tire mold segment, including the step of 3D-printing the above tire segment model with a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Jean-Philippe Aloyse Henri Sander, Antoine Francois Regnier
  • Tire segment model and a method of making a tire mold segment
    Patent number: 11872726
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a 3D-printed tire segment model having a tread portion comprising a plurality of grooves, ribs and/or tread blocks, and a plurality of blades extending out of the ribs and/or tread blocks, wherein the tire segment model is made of a 3D-printed polymer. Moreover, the present invention is drawn to a method of making a tire mold segment, including the step of 3D-printing the above tire segment model with a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Jean-Philippe Aloyse Henri Sander, Antoine Francois Regnier
  • Tire mold
    Patent number: 11007735
    Abstract: An advanced tire mold has been developed which offers the advantages of reducing the level of whiskers on the surface of the tire, reduces sticking to the mold, and which facilitates enhanced gas removal. This tire mold includes a mold segment having an inner side for contacting the uncured tire, an outer side opposite to the inner side, and a plurality of vent passages which allow gas to pass from the inner side of the mold segment to the outer side of the mold segment, the vent passages comprising vent slots, wherein each vent slots have an inlet at the inner side of the mold segment, and wherein the vent slots taper from the inlets to the outer side of the mold segment. This tire mold can be comprised of multiple mold segments which can be utilized in a tire curing press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Thomas Minisini, Babak Rabbanipour Esfahani, Gauthier Freddy E C V C Piret, Béni Rukundo, Guilherme Pacheco
  • TIRE SEGMENT MODEL AND A METHOD OF MAKING A TIRE MOLD SEGMENT
    Publication number: 20210138691
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a 3D-printed tire segment model having a tread portion comprising a plurality of grooves, ribs and/or tread blocks, and a plurality of blades extending out of the ribs and/or tread blocks, wherein the tire segment model is made of a 3D-printed polymer. Moreover, the present invention is drawn to a method of making a tire mold segment, including the step of 3D-printing the above tire segment model with a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Jean-Philippe Aloyse Henri Sander, Antoine Francois Regnier
  • TIRE MOLD
    Publication number: 20210039344
    Abstract: An advanced tire mold has been developed which offers the advantages of reducing the level of whiskers on the surface of the tire, reduces sticking to the mold, and which facilitates enhanced gas removal. This tire mold includes a mold segment having an inner side for contacting the uncured tire, an outer side opposite to the inner side, and a plurality of vent passages which allow gas to pass from the inner side of the mold segment to the outer side of the mold segment, the vent passages comprising vent slots, wherein each vent slots have an inlet at the inner side of the mold segment, and wherein the vent slots taper from the inlets to the outer side of the mold segment. This tire mold can be comprised of multiple mold segments which can be utilized in a tire curing press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Thomas Minisini, Babak Rabbanipour Esfahani, Gauthier Freddy E C V C Piret, Béni Rukundo, Guilherme Pacheco
  • Tire
    Patent number: D948413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Marc Francois Pierre Pautard, Julien Dominique Gilbert Majerus, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Karldev Orjela
  • Tire
    Patent number: D948415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Marc Francois Pierre Pautard, Julien Dominique Gilbert Majerus, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Karldev Orjela