Patents by Inventor Franz-Josef Dopheide

Franz-Josef Dopheide 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).

  • Patent number: 9969224
    Abstract: A vehicle tire has outer shoulders and two tread halves. The tire includes a tread having six block rows and a plurality of circumferential grooves. Mutually adjacent ones of the block rows are separated from each other by a corresponding one of the plurality of circumferential grooves. Each of the block rows has individual blocks separated from each other by mutually parallel essentially straight transverse grooves running at an angle to the axial direction of the tire. The circumferential grooves include first circumferential grooves having a maximum profile depth and second circumferential grooves having a second profile depth less than the maximum profile depth. The transverse grooves have a depth approximately corresponding to a maximum profile depth at first outlet locations. The transverse grooves have a depth corresponding to the second profile depth at second outlet locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Anastassia Pokutta-Paskaleva, Amelia Olga Goncalves Ankiewicz, Jens Hoffmann, Alexander Wuest, Klaus Wiese, Ulrich Vermehr, Yeo Chun Yi, Moh Wahi Mohd Wahinuddin, Franz-Josef Dopheide
  • Publication number: 20150251500
    Abstract: A vehicle tire has outer shoulders and two tread halves. The vehicle tire includes a tire tread having six block rows and a plurality of circumferential grooves. Mutually adjacent ones of the block rows are separated from each other by a corresponding one of the plurality of circumferential grooves. Each of the block rows has a plurality of individual blocks and the individual blocks of each of the block rows are separated from each other by mutually parallel essentially straight transverse grooves running at an angle to the axial direction of the tire. The circumferential grooves includes first circumferential grooves having a maximum profile depth and second circumferential grooves. The block rows are arranged such that each tread profile half has two pairs of block rows. The pairs of block rows of each tread profile half are separated from each other by a corresponding one of the first circumferential grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Anastassia Pokutta-Paskaleva, Amelia Olga Goncalves Ankiewicz, Jens Hoffmann, Alexander Wuest, Klaus Wiese, Ulrich Vermehr, Yeo Chun Yi, Mohd Wahinuddin Moh, Franz-Josef Dopheide