Patents by Inventor Ernie Shirey

Ernie Shirey 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).

  • Publication number: 20080047645
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems associated with traction devices for vehicle tires are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a tire may include a tread material bonded with a casing, the tread material having a tread pattern and one or more tractive devices may be disposed within voids in the tread pattern. In some embodiments, a media passage may be disposed between the tread material and the casing substantially under one or more of the voids in the tread pattern, the chambers and/or channels being controllable to urge movement of a corresponding tractive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Jon Stuart Gerhardt, Frank James Jenkins, John Michael O'Brien, Ernie Shirey, Raymond Bryce Bushnell, Danny Robert Lewis