Patents by Inventor Jennifer Ann McDougal

Jennifer Ann McDougal 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).

  • Tire having floating reinforcement in the shoulder/sidewall
    Patent number: 6634397
    Abstract: A radial ply tire (10) has a floating reinforcement ply on the inside shoulder/sidewall region of the tire. The reinforcement ply comprises ply rubber having a gauge sufficient to delocalize flexing in the tire shoulder/sidewall region, and in one embodiment may be reinforced with 0.50 to 6.0 phr fibers. Depending on the type of tire in which the reinforcement ply is used, the reinforcement has a total gauge of 0.005 inch to 0.175 inch (0.127 to 4.445 mm). When fiber is used in the illustrated embodiment, the fiber is oriented circumferentially in the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Thomas Reed Oare, Melissa Marie Beauvais, Jennifer Ann McDougal, Robert Allen Losey
  • Sulfur-vulcanized rubber compound having improved reversion resistance
    Patent number: 5736611
    Abstract: This invention relates to the discovery that the addition of a free triacrylate, tetraacrylate and/or pentaacrylate compound(s) to an uncrosslinked rubber which is then sulfur-vulcanized results in desirable reversion resistant rubber compound properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Edward John Blok, Paul Harry Sandstrom, Edward Roy Terrill, David John Zanzig, Jennifer Ann McDougal