Patents by Inventor Donald Chester Kubinski
Donald Chester Kubinski 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: 8685199Abstract: An apparatus for forming a continuous preparation ply of the type used to make vehicle tires from preparation ply sections having nonmetallic cords. An infeed conveyor successively feeds the preparation ply sections to a butt splicing machine that joins the ends of the two preparation ply sections to form a butt joint. A gum strip applier receives the continuous preparation ply from an outfeed conveyor and applies a gum strip over the butt joint. A method is provided for forming a continuous preparation ply by first automatically forming a butt joint, and thereafter automatically placing a gum strip on the butt joint.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Christopher David Dyrlund, Donald Chester Kubinski, Jeffrey Ford Bull, Frank A. Edwards
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Patent number: 7501033Abstract: A chipper and apex subassembly 100 as an intermediate article of manufacture in a pneumatic tire has an apex strip 30 formed as a continuous elastomeric strip of unvulcanized material having a bottom base portion 31 and two opposing sides 33, 34 extending towards the narrow outer tip 32 and a chipper ply strip 40 reinforced with parallel cords oriented on a bias angle relative to the length of the strip cojoined to the apex 30 along the length of the strips and attached to one side of the unvulcanized apex strips on an outer surface. The chipper 40 is spaced from the bottom base portion 31 of the apex 30 and extends widthwise towards the narrow outer tip 32 to form a subassembly 100 of a chipper 40 and apex 30 as an intermediate article of manufacture. Additionally the subassembly 100 can be attached to bead core 12 to make a subassembly 200 as a further intermediate article of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CoInventors: Richard Nicholas Hrycyk, Donald Chester Kubinski, Richard Joseph Piccin
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Publication number: 20080053595Abstract: A chipper and apex subassembly 100 as an intermediate article of manufacture in a pneumatic tire has an apex strip 30 formed as a continuous elastomeric strip of unvulcanized material having a bottom base portion 31 and two opposing sides 33, 34 extending towards the narrow outer tip 32 and a chipper ply strip 40 reinforced with parallel cords oriented on a bias angle relative to the length of the strip cojoined to the apex 30 along the length of the strips and attached to one side of the unvulcanized apex strips on an outer surface. The chipper 40 is spaced from the bottom base portion 31 of the apex 30 and extends widthwise towards the narrow outer tip 32 to form a subassembly 100 of a chipper 40 and apex 30 as an intermediate article of manufacture. Additionally the subassembly 100 can be attached to bead core 12 to make a subassembly 200 as a further intermediate article of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2006Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventors: Richard Nicholas Hrycyk, Donald Chester Kubinski, Richard Joseph Piccin
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Patent number: 7240710Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable bead, the method of constructing the cable bead and a tire constructed by a process incorporating the cable bead wherein the cable bead is formed with a bead core wound from a single filament of bead core wire having a rubber or elastomeric coating, first annular wrap of bead wrapping wire helically wound around the bead core, and a coating of lubricant or fatty acid disposed about the bead core.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2003Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Inventors: Richard Nicholas Hrycyk, Donald Chester Kubinski, Warren Paul Ripple
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Patent number: 7073552Abstract: An apparatus for forming a continuous preparation ply of the type used to make vehicle tires from preparation ply sections having nonmetallic cords. An infeed conveyor successively feeds the preparation ply sections to a butt splicing machine that joins the ends of the two preparation ply sections to form a butt joint. A gum strip applier receives the continuous preparation ply from an outfeed conveyor and applies a gum strip over the butt joint. A method is provided for forming a continuous preparation ply by first automatically forming a butt joint, and thereafter automatically placing a gum strip on the butt joint.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Christopher David Dyrlund, Donald Chester Kubinski, Jeffrey Ford Bull, Frank A. Edwards
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Patent number: 6972061Abstract: A pneumatic radial ply tire (500) comprises a tread (510), a belt structure (512), and a carcass (514). The carcass (514) has a radial ply (518) and two bead sections (530A, 530B). Each bead section (530A, 530B) has a bead (532) and a component apex (534) with a inner apex (534A), a middle apex (534B) and an outer apex (534C).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1999Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Donald Chester Kubinski, Mark Daniel Banas, Thomas Alan Murray
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Publication number: 20040118513Abstract: An apparatus for forming a continuous preparation ply of the type used to make vehicle tires from preparation ply sections having nonmetallic cords. An infeed conveyor successively feeds the preparation ply sections to a butt splicing machine that joins the ends of the two preparation ply sections to form a butt joint. A gum strip applier receives the continuous preparation ply from an outfeed conveyor and applies a gum strip over the butt joint. A method is provided for forming a continuous preparation ply by first automatically forming a butt joint, and thereafter automatically placing a gum strip on the butt joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicants: The Steelastic Company LLC, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Christopher David Dyrlund, Donald Chester Kubinski, Jeffrey Ford Bull, Frank A. Edwards
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Patent number: 6719236Abstract: A strip component (12) is carried by a liner (52) into a storage spool (24) having spiral grooved flanges (36, 38) for edges of the liner (52) which are guided into the grooves by guide rods (66, 74) which do not interfere with the transporting of the strip component (12) into and out of the spool (24).Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: The Goodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyInventors: Wayne Antoine Douglas, Donald Chester Kubinski, John Patrick Roman, Matthew Ray Cappelli
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Publication number: 20030145936Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable bead, the method of constructing the cable bead and a tire constructed by a process incorporating the cable bead wherein the cable bead is formed with a bead core wound from a single filament of bead core wire having a rubber or elastomeric coating, first annular wrap of bead wrapping wire helically wound around the bead core, and a coating of lubricant or fatty acid disposed about the bead core.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2003Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: Richard Nicholas Hrycyk, Donald Chester Kubinski, Warren Paul Ripple
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Patent number: 6533891Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for forming and reinforcing a butt splice (21) along the abutting edges (18, 20) of two elastomeric sheets (12, 14) which typically contain a plurality of reinforcing cords (16) extending parallel to one another and to the abutting edges (18, 20) of the sheets. Each butt splice (21) is reinforced with a splice strip (22, 24) which bridges the butt splice. The splice strip (22, 24) is applied to the butt splice (21) using a splice applicating device (60) containing at least one and preferably two applicator heads (66, 68) which move from a splice strip load position P1 to a third position P3 where an applicator head can press the splice strip (22, 24) into contact with the butt splice (21). First, the applicator heads (66, 68) rotate about an axis between the load position P1 and a second position P2 spaced from the butt splice (21). Then, one of the heads (66, 68) reciprocates toward and away from the splice strip application position P3.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2001Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Donald Chester Kubinski
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Patent number: 6524416Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for a sub forming an elastomeric extrusion into a bead apex filler and for applying the same to an annular bead (120) to form a bead/apex subassembly for use in the construction of a pneumatic tire. The apex filler (100) is formed from a triangular shaped extrusion (8) that is initially wrapped around a rotating mandrel (40) having a diameter of between about 50% to about 75% of the outer diameter of the annular bead to which the filler is attached. A helical former (50, 60) disposed around the mandrel causes the extrusion to move in a helical path as it traverses the mandrel. As the extrusion is removed from the mandrel, the extrusion is sufficiently uncoiled to relieve and compressive or tensile stresses. Then, the partially uncoiled extrusion is wrapped around the outer periphery of the bead to form a bead/apex filler subassembly (118) which is substantially without compressive or tensile stresses when mounted onto the tire being constructed.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Donald Chester Kubinski, Michael Wallace Smith
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Patent number: 6364981Abstract: Forming a tubular tire ply from a flat sheet of wire reinforced material, cutting the ply to length and applying the ply to a drum.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1999Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael Wallace Smith, Donald Chester Kubinski, Bruce Thomas Choate
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Patent number: 6330984Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an improved method for delivering a continuous strip material to a spool upon which it is to be wound. The method includes the step of reducing the effective width of the continuous strip material prior to its being wound on the spool by shaping the strip material into an arcuate cross-section. The shaping means is rotatable about an axis parallel with the axis of the spool. The method includes moving the shaping means axis of rotation while winding the strip material on the spool and maintaining the shaping means axis of rotation parallel with the spool.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1999Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Brandy Cyan Barker, Donald Chester Kubinski, Rodney Taylor Moffatt, Christopher David Dyrlund