Patents by Inventor James M. Duchaine

James M. Duchaine 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).

  • Protective coating for tire sidewalls and method for protecting tire sidewalls
    Patent number: 6443202
    Abstract: An aqueous coating composition which can be applied to a cured rubber surface, such as the white sidewall, colored sidewall, raised white lettering or raised colored lettering of a tire, to provide a protective coating against staining and scuffing. The composition includes (a) polyvinyl alcohol, (b) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and (c) one or both of (i) a silicon emulsion in an amount sufficient to provide increased scuff resistance to a coating prepared from the composition, and (ii) a thickening agent of a type and in an amount effective to render the composition shear-thinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignees: Quality Manufacturing, Inc., The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
    Inventors: James J. Burton, James M. Duchaine, Mortimer J. Huber, Bharat K. Kansupada, Fredrick L. Magnus