Patents by Inventor Florian Kristen

Florian Kristen 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: 20210178824
    Abstract: The invention relates to a utility vehicle tire having a tread with at least two circumferential channels (3), which are formed to a profile depth (T) and which separate central profile positives (1) and shoulder-side profile positives (2) from one another, the circumferential channels (3) having channel flanks (5a, 5b) toward the central profile positives (1) and the shoulder-side profile positives (2) having shoulder flanks (6) running toward the side wall. At least one channel flank (5a, 5b) of at least one circumferential channel (3) and/or at least one shoulder flank (6) is provided with depressions (7, 7?) which extend into the profile positives (1, 2) and are open toward the surface of the tread and which, determined in each case at the periphery of the tread, have with respect to the level of the channel flank (5a, 5b) or shoulder flank (6) a depth (t1, t1?) of 2.0 mm to 5.0 mm and at the level of the channel flank (5a, 5b) or shoulder flank (6) a width (b1, b1?) of 4.0 mm to 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Kristen, Alexander Wuest
  • Publication number: 20210178826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a utility vehicle tyre having a tread with at least one circumferential channel (2, 2?, 2?) with a channel base (5) and channel walls (4, 4?), wherein base elevations (7, 7?, 7?) are formed on the channel base (5) in a manner distributed over the circumference and acting centrally as stone ejectors, with a height (h1, h3) of 25% to 60% of the profile height (T1) and a greater extent in the circumferential direction than in the axial direction, which base elevations (7, 7?, 7?) either contact the channel walls (4, 4?) or are at distances (a1) of up to 4.0 mm therefrom in the axial direction and are bounded in the radial direction by a top surface (8, 8?, 8?) having an encircling surface edge, wherein the channel walls (4, 4?) between the base elevations (7, 7?, 7?) have wall portions (4a, 4?a) which converge toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Publication number: 20210170803
    Abstract: A tread profile of a vehicle tyre having profile elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) which are separated from one another by channels (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) and are delimited radially outwardly by a radially outer surface (12), and with additional shallow grooves (13) which are formed in the radially outer surface (12) of profile elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and are delimited inwardly in the radial direction R by a groove base (14), and are formed with decreasing depth T along the extent of the groove (13), starting from a position of the greatest depth TMAX of the groove (13) to the extent end of the groove (13) pointing away from the deepest point, characterized in that the groove base (14) is formed with a constantly rising depth profile along the extent of the groove (13), starting from a position of the greatest depth TMAX of the groove (13) to the extent end of the groove (13) pointing away from the deepest point and formed in the radially outer surface (12), and in that, at least in a first extent portion which exte
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Kristen, Alexander Wuest
  • Publication number: 20210129593
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular commercial vehicle tire, having a tread having in each case one shoulder-side profile rib (1) which is separated in each case from a central tread portion (3) by a wide circumferential groove (2) which is made to profile depth (T) and which runs around rectilinearly in the circumferential direction, wherein the circumferential groove (2) has a rounded groove base (8) and is delimited at the profile rib (1) by a rib flank (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Naglatzki, Florian Kristen, Christian Meiners, Frank Lippert
  • Publication number: 20200247190
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular a commercial vehicle tire, having a tread with transverse grooves (3, 3?), which are continuous over the tread width and which, at least in sections, are formed to the profile depth and are the main grooves of the tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Naglatzki, Florian Kristen, Christian Meiners, Frank Lippert
  • Publication number: 20200247189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread with profile block rows (1, 2) with profile blocks (5) delimited by channels (3, 4), which channels (3, 4) form T-shaped intersections in plan view and are delimited by a channel base (6, 6?) and by block flanks (5a, 5?a), wherein, in channels (3), there are formed projections (7, 7?) which, in a radial direction, have at their highest point a height (h1, h?1), in relation to the lowest point of the channels (3), of 10% to 80% of the profile depth. The projections (7, 7?) are positioned in intersection regions of T-shaped intersections of the channels (3, 4) and are attached to that block flank (5a) which is situated opposite the opening-in point of the opening-in channel (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: 10618358
    Abstract: Tread profile of a pneumatic vehicle tyre—in particular for commercial vehicles—comprising a regroovable tread profile with radially raised profile elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and with grooves (6, 7, 8, 9), which respectively separate two adjacent profile elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) from one another, wherein the grooves (6, 7, 8, 9) are bounded inwards in the radial direction R by a groove base (10) and on both sides in the axial direction by a profile element flank, forming the groove wall (12, 13), and wherein at least one regrooving indicator (14) for indicating the regrooving depth is respectively formed in one or more grooves (3), characterized in that, in at least one groove (8), all of the regrooving indicators (14) formed therein are formed in a groove wall (12) at a height H measured in the radial direction R of H>0 mm above the groove base (10), wherein the height H corresponds to the maximum radial abrasion position of the tyre for regrooving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Publication number: 20200023686
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular a commercial-vehicle tire, having a one- or multi-ply carcass, a multi-ply belt or breaker and having a profiled tread with grooves formed to a profile depth, wherein the profiled tread is provided at the tire shoulders either with a respective block row (2) or with a respective profile rib (7), wherein the blocks (1) of the shoulder-side block rows (2), or the shoulder-side profile ribs (7) each have a peripheral edge (1a, 7a) laterally delimiting the ground contact patch of the tire, or a shoulder rounding with a radius of up to 30.0 mm, wherein shoulder flank surfaces that extend in a radial direction adjoin the peripheral edges or the shoulder roundings, and wherein, in the case of shoulder roundings, an imaginary section line is defined between an envelope of the tread that is continued beyond the shoulder rounding and the shoulder flank surface that is continued beyond the shoulder rounding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Lippert, Florian Kristen, Christian Meiners, Paul Naglatzki
  • Patent number: D864104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Kristen, Christian Meiners, Frank Lippert, Paul Naglatzki
  • Patent number: D864850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D867271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D867977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D871319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D886032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D886033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D886035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D886726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D893405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D925439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D931195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen