Patents by Inventor Jean-Bernard Bodeux

Jean-Bernard Bodeux 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
    Patent number: 7552754
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has at least one carcass reinforcing ply and a pair of opposing bead portions. Each bead portion has a bead core and a bead apex, while the carcass reinforcing ply has a main portion and two turnups, with one turnup extending from each end of the main portion and having a terminal end. In each bead portion, there is a minimum distance DMIN between the carcass main portion and the carcass turnup, as measured perpendicular to the tire equatorial plane EP. The distance DMIN is not less than 50% of the maximum bead core width WB as measured perpendicular to the equatorial plane EP. In each bead portion, radially outward of the minimum distance DMIN, a radially outermost portion of the carcass turnup extends at an angle so the radially outermost portion of the carcass turnup is divergent from the carcass main portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Mingliang Du, Christopher Vincent Neal, Sr., Marc Borowczak, Thomas Sherwood Fleischman, Zhonghe Bo, Nagendra Prasad Venkata Akshantala, Laurent Licht, Jean-Marie Feller, Jean-Bernard Bodeux, Didier Winkin, Felix Maximo Vilchez Macuri
  • PNEUMATIC TIRE
    Publication number: 20090090449
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire, the tire comprising at least one carcass reinforcing ply and a pair of opposing bead portions. Each bead portion has a bead core and a bead apex, and the at least one carcass reinforcing ply has a down portion located axially inward of the bead and a turnup end located axially outward of the bead core. The turnup end of the ply is about parallel to the down portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Bernard Bodeux, Jean-Marie Feller, Richard William Scavuzzo, Dany Assaker, Denis Gerard, Laurent Licht, Didier Winkin, Felix Maximo Vilchez Marcuri, Wolfgang Karl Maegerle
  • Pneumatic tire
    Publication number: 20070137756
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has at least one carcass reinforcing ply and a pair of opposing bead portions. Each bead portion has a bead core and a bead apex, while the carcass reinforcing ply has a main portion and two turnups, with one turnup extending from each end of the main portion and having a terminal end. In each bead portion, there is a minimum distance DMIN between the carcass main portion and the carcass turnup, as measured perpendicular to the tire equatorial plane EP. The distance DMIN is not less than 50% of the maximum bead core width WB as measured perpendicular to the equatorial plane EP. In each bead portion, radially outward of the minimum distance DMIN, a radially outermost portion of the carcass turnup extends at an angle so the radially outermost portion of the carcass turnup is divergent from the carcass main portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Mingliang Du, Christopher Neal, Marc Borowczak, Thomas Fleischman, Zhonghe Bo, Nagendra Akshantala, Laurent Licht, Jean-Marie Feller, Jean-Bernard Bodeux, Didier Winkin, Felix Vilchez Macuri