Patents by Inventor Jean-Marie Pilger

Jean-Marie Pilger 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).

  • Method for forming a pneumatic tire
    Patent number: 7252728
    Abstract: A tire with a changing tread pattern is formed by first forming a tire having a tread, the tread having at least one circumferential or lateral groove. Formed separately is a wearable filler, the wearable filler having a configuration corresponding to at least a portion of the circumferential or lateral groove formed in the tire. After both the tire and the wearable filler have been cured, the wearable filler is located in the radially outer portion of the circumferential or lateral groove or a portion of the circumferential or lateral groove, and secured within the grooves so as to create a groove void radially inward of the wearable filler, the void being exposed upon wear of the tire tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Marc Weydert, Alain Emile Francois Roesgen, Jean-Marie Pilger, Denis Dominique Nicolas Lambert, Uwe Ernst Frank
  • Method for forming a pneumatic tire
    Publication number: 20060005912
    Abstract: A tire with a changing tread pattern is formed by first forming a tire having a tread, the tread having at least one circumferential or lateral groove. Formed separately is a wearable filler, the wearable filler having a configuration corresponding to at least a portion of the circumferential or lateral groove formed in the tire. After both the tire and the wearable filler have been cured, the wearable filler is located in the radially outer portion of the circumferential or lateral groove or a portion of the circumferential or lateral groove, and secured within the grooves so as to create a groove void radially inward of the wearable filler, the void being exposed upon wear of the tire tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Marc Weydert, Alain Roesgen, Jean-Marie Pilger, Denis Lambert, Uwe Frank