Patents by Inventor Ernest George Nicholls

Ernest George Nicholls 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 building apparatus
    Patent number: 3979249
    Abstract: An inflatable shaping bag or diaphragm for a tire building or shaping former. The bag is based on an elastomeric sheet radially expansible but has high lateral bending stiffness in part of its width owing to the presence of at least one pair of reinforcements of inextensible reinforcing elements, each element lying in a plane containing the axis of the bag. The reinforcement can consist, for example, of two layers of parallel steel cords, spaced apart by a layer of rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Dunlop Limited
    Inventors: Ernest George Nicholls, Bernard Charles Allitt