Patents by Inventor Georges Marcel Victor Thielen
Georges Marcel Victor Thielen 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).
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Publication number: 20240043663Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rubber composition comprising at least rubber, and reinforcement materials, the reinforcement materials comprising silica particles and Kraft lignin nanoparticles, wherein the phr ratio between the silica particles and Kraft lignin nanoparticles is ranging between 3 and 20; wherein the Kraft lignin nanoparticles have an average diameter size ranging between 10 and 100 nm as determined by scanning electron microscopy; and wherein the Kraft lignin nanoparticles have a glass transition temperature of at least 150° C. as determined by Differential Scanning Calorimetry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Benoit Duez, Pascal Patrick Steiner, Philippe Schmit, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen, Ahilan Manisekaran, Jean-Sébastien Thomann
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Patent number: 11441021Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) 100 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.; (B) from 1 to 30 phr of a process oil; (C) from 20 to 80 phr of a hydrocarbon resin having a Tg of at least 30° C.; and (D) from 90 to 150 phr of silica.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Pascal Patrick Steiner, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen, Marc Weydert, Benoit Duez
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Publication number: 20210032443Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) 100 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.; (B) from 1 to 30 phr of a process oil; (C) from 20 to 80 phr of a hydrocarbon resin having a Tg of at least 30° C.; and (D) from 90 to 150 phr of silica.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Pascal Patrick Steiner, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen, Marc Weydert, Benoit Duez
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Patent number: 10544288Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 60 to about 40 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.; (B) from about 40 to about 60 phr of natural rubber; and (C) from about 5 to 40 phr of a process oil; (D) optionally, from about 5 to 15 phr of a hydrocarbon traction resin (E) from 60 to 90 phr of silica; wherein the weight ratio of silica to the sum of the amounts of oil and traction resin is greater than 2.2.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Nihat Ali Isitman, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen
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Patent number: 10428205Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a radially outer cap layer and radially inner cap layer underlying the outer cap layer; the outer cap layer comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 80 to about 20 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.; (B) from about 20 to about 80 phr of natural rubber; and (C) from 30 to 70 phr of a process oil; (D) from 70 to 150 phr of silica; wherein the weight ratio of silica to oil in the outer cap is less than 2.2; the inner cap layer comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising: (i) from about 60 to about 40 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Nihat Ali Isitman, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen
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Patent number: 10279626Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 50 to about 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?65° C. to ?55° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; (B) from about 50 to about 10 phr of polybutadiene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent and a Tg ranging from ?80 to ?110° C.; (C) from 30 to 80 phr of a combination of a resin having a Tg of at least 30° C. and an oil, wherein the weight ratio of resin to oil is greater than 1.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Nihat Ali Isitman, Claude Charles Jacoby, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen
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Publication number: 20190062529Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 60 to about 40 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.; (B) from about 40 to about 60 phr of natural rubber; and (C) from about 5 to 40 phr of a process oil; (D) optionally, from about 5 to 15 phr of a hydrocarbon traction resin (E) from 60 to 90 phr of silica; wherein the weight ratio of silica to the sum of the amounts of oil and traction resin is greater than 2.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Nihat Ali ISITMAN, Georges Marcel Victor THIELEN
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Publication number: 20190062533Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 80 to about 20 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.; (B) from about 20 to about 80 phr of natural rubber; and (C) from 30 to 70 phr of a process oil; (D) from 70 to 150 phr of silica; wherein the weight ratio of silica to oil is less than 2.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Nihat Ali ISITMAN, Georges Marcel Victor THIELEN
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Publication number: 20190062532Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a radially outer cap layer and radially inner cap layer underlying the outer cap layer; the outer cap layer comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 80 to about 20 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.; (B) from about 20 to about 80 phr of natural rubber; and (C) from 30 to 70 phr of a process oil; (D) from 70 to 150 phr of silica; wherein the weight ratio of silica to oil in the outer cap is less than 2.2; the inner cap layer comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising: (i) from about 60 to about 40 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?85° C. to ?50° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Nihat Ali ISITMAN, Georges Marcel Victor THIELEN
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Publication number: 20180154696Abstract: The present invention is directed to pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a tread base layer and an outer cap layer disposed radially outward of the base layer, the outer cap layer comprising an axially central zone and two lateral zones each disposed axially adjacent to the central zone; the central zone comprising a central zone composition and lateral zones each comprising a lateral zone composition; the central zone composition and the lateral zone composition each comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), from about 50 to about 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?65° C. to ?55° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; from about 50 to about 10 phr of polybutadiene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent and a Tg ranging from ?80 to ?110° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Nihat Ali ISITMAN, Pascal Patrick STEINER, Marie Charlotte CHAIDRON, Georges Marcel Victor THIELEN
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Publication number: 20170334244Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 50 to about 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?65° C. to ?55° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; (B) from about 50 to about 10 phr of polybutadiene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent and a Tg ranging from ?80 to ?110° C.; (C) from 30 to 80 phr of a combination of a resin having a Tg of at least 30° C. and an oil, wherein the weight ratio of resin to oil is greater than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Nihat Ali ISITMAN, Claude Charles JACOBY, Georges Marcel Victor THIELEN
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Patent number: 9771469Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with tread for promoting a combination of wet traction and service at low temperatures of a rubber composition containing a styrene/butadiene elastomer, cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber, liquid high Tg styrene/butadiene polymer, resin and vegetable triglyceride oil.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen, Pascal Patrick Steiner, Nihat Ali Isitman
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Patent number: 9764594Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 50 to about 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?65° C. to ?55° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; (B) from about 50 to about 10 phr of polybutadiene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent and a Tg ranging from ?80 to ?110° C.; (C) from 30 to 80 phr of a combination of a resin having a Tg of at least 30° C. and an oil, wherein the weight ratio of resin to oil is greater than 1.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Nihat Ali Isitman, Claude Charles Jacoby, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen
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Publication number: 20170232795Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with a tread of a rubber composition that promotes a combination of winter traction at low temperatures and for promoting wet traction. The tread rubber composition contains a combination of low surface area silica and high softening point traction resin. Elastomers for the tread rubber composition are comprised of high cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber and styrene/butadiene rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2016Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Nihat Ali Isitman, Pascal Patrick Steiner, Manuela Pompei, Philippe Schmit, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen
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Patent number: 9650503Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with tread for promoting a combination of winter service at low temperatures and for promoting wet traction. The tread is of a rubber composition containing low Tg styrene/butadiene elastomer and cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber, along with high Tg liquid styrene/butadiene polymer, traction resin and vegetable triglyceride oil.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen, Pascal Patrick Steiner, Nihat Ali Isitman
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Publication number: 20170051135Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with tread for promoting a combination of wet traction and service at low temperatures of a rubber composition containing a styrene/butadiene elastomer, cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber, liquid high Tg styrene/butadiene polymer, resin and vegetable triglyceride oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen, Pascal Patrick Steiner, Nihat Ali Isitman
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Publication number: 20170037225Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 50 to about 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?65° C. to ?55° C.; (B) from about 50 to about 10 phr of polybutadiene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent and a Tg ranging from ?80 to ?110° C.; and (C) from 30 to 80 phr of a combination of an oil and a terpene phenol resin having a Tg greater than 100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Nihat Ali ISITMAN, Manuela POMPEI, Georges Marcel Victor THIELEN
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Publication number: 20160376427Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with tread for promoting a combination of winter service at low temperatures and for promoting wet traction. The tread is of a rubber composition containing low Tg styrene/butadiene elastomer and cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber, along with high Tg liquid styrene/butadiene polymer, traction resin and vegetable triglyceride oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen, Pascal Patrick Steiner, Nihat Ali Isitman
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Publication number: 20160376428Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with tread for promoting a combination of wet traction and service at low temperatures of a rubber composition containing a styrene/butadiene elastomer, cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber, liquid high Tg styrene/butadiene polymer, resin and vegetable triglyceride oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen, Pascal Patrick Steiner, Nihat Ali Isitman
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Patent number: 9416211Abstract: The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising: a functionalized elastomer comprising: a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and a functional group bonded to the backbone chain, the functional group comprising a multidentate ligand capable of complexing with a metal ion; and a metal ion. The invention is further directed to a pneumatic tire comprising the rubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Ralf Mruk, Frank Schmitz, Robert Fokko Roskamp, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen