Patents by Inventor James Kenneth Niedermier

James Kenneth Niedermier 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).

  • Pneumatic tire with single non-continuous carcass ply
    Patent number: 8037913
    Abstract: A carcass for a pneumatic tire includes a first annular bead, a second annular bead, a first continuous radial ply, a second continuous radial ply, and a third non-continuous radial ply. The first radial ply has two shoulder portions and two lateral edge portions. One lateral edge portion of the first ply extends from one shoulder portion of the first ply radially inward to a location proximal to the first annular bead. The other lateral edge portion of the first ply extends from the other shoulder portion of the first ply radially inward to a location proximal to the second annular bead. The second continuous radial ply has two shoulder portions and two lateral edge portions. One lateral edge portion of the second ply extends from one shoulder portion of the second ply radially inward to a location proximal to the first annular bead. The other lateral edge portion of the second ply extends from the other shoulder portion of the second ply radially inward to a location proximal to the second annular bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: James Kenneth Niedermier, Michael Thomas Driscoll, Timothy Michael Rooney, Robert Anthony Neubauer, Robert Allen Losey
  • PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH SINGLE NON-CONTINUOUS CARCASS PLY
    Publication number: 20100043936
    Abstract: A carcass for a pneumatic tire includes a first annular bead, a second annular bead, a first continuous radial ply, a second continuous radial ply, and a third non-continuous radial ply. The first radial ply has two shoulder portions and two lateral edge portions. One lateral edge portion of the first ply extends from one shoulder portion of the first ply radially inward to a location proximal to the first annular bead. The other lateral edge portion of the first ply extends from the other shoulder portion of the first ply radially inward to a location proximal to the second annular bead. The second continuous radial ply has two shoulder portions and two lateral edge portions. One lateral edge portion of the second ply extends from one shoulder portion of the second ply radially inward to a location proximal to the first annular bead. The other lateral edge portion of the second ply extends from the other shoulder portion of the second ply radially inward to a location proximal to the second annular bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: James Kenneth Niedermier, Michael Thomas Driscoll, Timothy Michael Rooney, Robert Anthony Neubauer, Robert Allen Losey
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D556673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Lisa Marie Missik-Gaffney, Brian David Digman, John Fleming Brainerd, II, Timothy Michael Rooney, Karl Eric Sundkvist, Jonathan James Shondel, James Kenneth Niedermier
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D556674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Lisa Marie Missik-Gaffney, Brian David Digman, John Fleming Brainerd, II, Timothy Michael Rooney, Karl Eric Sundkvist, Jonathan James Shondel, James Kenneth Niedermier
  • Tire
    Patent number: D578954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Delwyn Lovell Harvey, Joseph Thomas Janesh, James Kenneth Niedermier, Michael Thomas Driscoll, Timothy Michael Rooney, Brian David Digman, Richard Mark Wieland