Patents by Inventor Eric Henry Searle

Eric Henry Searle 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).

  • Pneumatic tire and wheel rim assemblies
    Patent number: 4081014
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire and wheel rim assembly capable of being driven with the tire deflated comprising at least one circumferential band of magnetized rubber or plastics material on an interior surface of the assembly which contacts and is required to move relative to a further such surface when the tire is deflated and a magnetized liquid lubricant maintained in position by the band to facilitate relative movement between the contacting surfaces within the assembly when the assembly is driven with the tire deflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1978
    Assignee: Dunlop Limited
    Inventor: Eric Henry Searle
  • Tire grinding machines
    Patent number: 3977131
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for improving the uniformity of a tire and wheel assembly. The apparatus comrises a frame rotatable through four stations, and displaceable grinding and driving apparatus provided at two of the staions to drive the tire against a rotation grinding wheel, the direction of rotation of the tire and/or grinding wheel being reversed relative to the direction(s) at the previous station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Dunlop Limited
    Inventors: Eric Henry Searle, Bernard Charles Allitt