Patents by Inventor Joachim Thorns

Joachim Thorns 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).

  • Patent number: 4471826
    Abstract: A motor vehicle pneumatic tire is made of polyurethane or another similar moldable material which hardens into an elastic plastic material and which has a substantially cylindrical or cylindrical belt insert mounted beneath the tread substantially composed of threads, wires or similar stability support elements which are mounted in the circumferential direction of the tire in a spaced-apart manner at a distance of 0.5-3.0 mm and which elements have a cross section of 0.5-2.5 mm. The stability support and the plastic mass of the belt insert encompassing the same having a tensile strength in the circumferential direction of at least 3 Mill.N and the elements of the stability support have a breaking strength of at least 1,500 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: Phoenix Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Anders, Rainer Draeger, Klaus Jordan, Klaus Meier, Joachim Thorns
  • Patent number: 4312394
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire made of polyurethane elastomers or other moldable material which can be made into an elastic, plastic material by means of a chemical reaction is provided. The tire includes a belt which is mounted beneath the tread surface which essentially consists of threads of a stress carrier, which threads run in the circumferential direction of the stress carrier. Alternatively, the belt is made of a moldable material which can be hardened into an elastic, plastic material having an E-modulus larger than 20,000 N/cm.sup.2. The tire is characterized by the provision of an increasing bending radius of the neutral axis of the tire sidewall from the tire bead to the edge of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: Phoenix Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Thorns, Klaus Meier, Klaus Jordan