Patents by Inventor Joe Guardalabene

Joe Guardalabene 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).

  • Publication number: 20210198530
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire including at least one sound absorber adhesively attached to the inner surface opposite the tread in the interior of said tire, wherein the at least one sound absorber adheres to an adhesive, and to an adhesive composition for securing at least one sound absorber to a surface of a pneumatic vehicle tire. The adhesive includes 10% to 80% by weight of at least one rubber, 11% to 80% by weight of at least one polyolefin and 2% to 20% by weight of at least one hydrocarbon resin. The adhesive has optimized flow characteristics and an optimized stickiness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Mikheil Doroshenko, Andreas Tyburski, Joe Guardalabene, Markus Dahlke, Daniel Mohr, Dean Kleinert, Sherry-Ann Tim Kee
  • Patent number: 10471781
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire is provided. The tire includes a tread, an inner surface lying opposite the tread, a self-sealing sealant and a sound-absorbing open-cell foam ring arranged inside the pneumatic vehicle tire. The foam ring is adhesively attached to the inner surface and adheres to the self-sealing sealant which is applied before the sound-absorbing open-cell foam ring is attached to the inner surface. The self-sealing sealant has, at least immediately after being applied, a tackiness required for an adhesive attachment of the sound-absorbing open-cell foam ring. A closed-cell material ring is arranged between the sound-absorbing foam ring and the self-sealing sealant to prevent a diffusion of the sealant into the open-cell foam ring. The closed-cell material ring effects an airtight condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Tyburski, Oliver Schuermann, Michael Schwarz, Joerg Goener, Joe Guardalabene
  • Publication number: 20190337250
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-sealing pneumatic vehicle tire having a belt package (2), a tread (1) arranged radially above the belt package (2) and an airtight inner layer (4) arranged radially on the inside, wherein the self-sealing of the pneumatic vehicle tire is obtained via a sealant layer (5) subsequently applied radially on the inside after the vulcanization of the pneumatic vehicle tire, wherein the sealant layer (5) has essentially the width of the belt package (2) and is arranged essentially in the projection thereof and has a cross section which is formed in a cross-sectional plane including the tire axis and has a surface (5a) running essentially parallel to the belt package in axial direction and a surface (5b) running essentially in radial direction. It is a feature of the invention that at least the surface of the sealant layer (5a) running essentially parallel to the belt package in axial direction has a circumferential coating (6) that contains at least elastomer particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Dahlke, Joe Guardalabene, Fabian Schax, Andreas Tyburski
  • Publication number: 20180281322
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-sealing pneumatic vehicle tire having a belt package (2), a tread (1) arranged radially above the belt package (2) and an airtight inner layer (4) arranged radially on the inside, wherein the self-sealing of the pneumatic vehicle tire is obtained via a sealant layer (5) subsequently applied radially on the inside after the vulcanization of the pneumatic vehicle tire, wherein the sealant layer (5) has essentially the width of the belt package (2) and is arranged essentially in the projection thereof and has a cross section which is formed in a cross-sectional plane including the tire axis and has a surface (5a) running essentially parallel to the belt package in axial direction and a surface (5b) running essentially in radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Dahlke, Nadja Schleer, Joe Guardalabene
  • Patent number: 9802446
    Abstract: Self-sealing tire sealants are provided which contain fragments and/or residues of expanded solids, where the solids are selected from the group containing expandable graphite and microspheres. In some aspects, the microspheres include at least isobutane and/or isopentane as blowing agents. The microspheres may also have a shell containing at least one polymer, and in some cases the polymer is at least one copolymer of acrylonitrile and methyl acrylate. The self-sealing tire sealant may further include graphene structures. In some aspects the interior of a pneumatic vehicle tire has the self-sealing tire sealant disposed on the inner surface, opposite the tire tread, and the layer thickness of the tire sealant may be from 0.5 to 8 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Dahlke, Dieter Jeromin, Joe Guardalabene, Thomas Völker, Fei Liu, Andreas Tyburski, Martin Convey
  • Publication number: 20170144491
    Abstract: Self-sealing tire sealants are provided which contain fragments and/or residues of expanded solids, where the solids are selected from the group containing expandable graphite and microspheres. In some aspects, the microspheres include at least isobutane and/or isopentane as blowing agents. The microspheres may also have a shell containing at least one polymer, and in some cases the polymer is at least one copolymer of acrylonitrile and methyl acrylate. The self-sealing tire sealant may further include graphene structures. In some aspects the interior of a pneumatic vehicle tire has the self-sealing tire sealant disposed on the inner surface, opposite the tire tread, and the layer thickness of the tire sealant may be from 0.5 to 8 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Dahlke, Dieter Jeromin, Joe Guardalabene, Thomas Völker, Fei Liu, Andreas Tyburski, Martin Convey
  • Publication number: 20170015146
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire is provided. The tire includes a thread, an inner surface lying opposite the thread, a self-sealing sealant and a sound-absorbing open-cell foam ring arranged inside the pneumatic vehicle tire. The foam ring is adhesively attached to the inner surface and adheres to the self-sealing sealant which is applied before the sound-absorbing open-cell foam ring is attached to the inner surface. The self-sealing sealant has, at least immediately after being applied, a tackiness required for an adhesive attachment of the sound-absorbing open-cell foam ring. A closed-cell material ring is arranged between the sound-absorbing foam ring and the self-sealing sealant to prevent a diffusion of the sealant into the open-cell foam ring. The closed-cell material ring effects an airtight condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Tyburski, Oliver Schuermann, Michael Schwarz, Joerg Goener, Joe Guardalabene
  • Publication number: 20160236428
    Abstract: Self-sealing tire sealants are provided which contain fragments and/or residues of expanded solids, where the solids are selected from the group containing expandable graphite and microspheres. In some aspects, the microspheres include at least isobutane and/or isopentane as blowing agents. The microspheres may also have a shell containing at least one polymer, and in some cases the polymer is at least one copolymer of acrylonitrile and methyl acrylate. The self-sealing tire sealant may further include graphene structures. In some aspects the interior of a pneumatic vehicle tire has the self-sealing tire sealant disposed on the inner surface, opposite the tire tread, and the layer thickness of the tire sealant may be from 0.5 to 8 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Dahlke, Dieter Jeromin, Joe Guardalabene, Thomas Völker, Fei Liu, Andreas Tyburski, Martin Convey
  • Patent number: 8821982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a tire sealant (C) with a polymeric base. A highly viscous first sealant component (A) (including a natural rubber component that is undiluted or diluted with at least one additional natural rubber component and mixture ingredients that are free of a solvent and an activator) is mixed with at least one second sealant component (B) (comprising a separately produced medium with low viscosity containing at least one activator), to combine to the tire sealant (C), wherein a cross linking occurs associated with the subsequent application of the tire sealant (C) to the inside of the tire. Appropriate method steps are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Sostmann, Martin Welzhofer, Joe Guardalabene, Casper Van De Pol
  • Publication number: 20100119715
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a tire sealant (C) with a polymeric base. A highly viscous first sealant component (A) (including a natural rubber component that is undiluted or diluted with at least one additional natural rubber component and mixture ingredients that are free of a solvent and an activator) is mixed with at least one second sealant component (B) (comprising a separately produced medium with low viscosity containing at least one activator), to combine to the tire sealant (C), wherein a cross linking occurs associated with the subsequent application of the tire sealant (C) to the inside of the tire. Appropriate method steps are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Sostmann, Martin Welzhofer, Joe Guardalabene, Casper Van De Pol