Patents by Inventor Johannes-Josef Baumhöfer

Johannes-Josef Baumhöfer 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: 6640860
    Abstract: A vehicle pneumatic tire and a process of forming a vehicle pneumatic tire are disclosed, wherein the tire includes a patterned tread, a belt brace including at least one layer, bead areas having bead cores, and a carcass having at least one layer, which is arranged through the sidewalls, around the bead cores, and back into the sidewalls as turn-ups. The carcass, in a region between the belt binding point and the bead binding point, is formed with a length shorter than that of a theoretical carcass between the belt binding point and the bead binding points determined in accordance with an equilibrium figure. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Axel Metge, Burkhard Wies, Mario Walczok, Johannes Josef Baumhöfer
  • Patent number: 6439287
    Abstract: Vehicular tire and process of making the same. The tire includes a carcass made of rubber, sidewalls, and tread. The carcass, in a sidewall region, includes at least one carcass ply having parallel textile reinforcements embedded in the rubber and two carcass ply ends, and the two carcass ply ends are arranged to overlap in a circumferential direction, thereby forming an overlapping point. A sidewall rubber strip is positioned to cover the carcass in the sidewall region, and a moiré pattern is formed on the sidewall rubber strip. The process includes circumferentially overlapping the two carcass ply ends of the carcass, thereby forming an overlapping region, covering the overlapping region on the outside with a sidewall rubber strip, and forming a moiré pattern on the sidewall rubber strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Johannes Josef Baumhöfer
  • Patent number: 6439286
    Abstract: Vehicular pneumatic tire having an asymmetric tread formed in relation to a circumference of a running surface and process of making vehicular pneumatic tire. The vehicular pneumatic tire includes an outside region that includes an outside shoulder block row and an outside circumferential groove, an inside region that includes an inside shoulder block row and an inside circumferential groove, and a center region that is laterally delimited by the outside circumferential groove and the inside circumferential groove. A plurality of transverse grooves are arranged within the inside shoulder block row, and the plurality of transverse grooves further are arranged to extend into the center region. No more than about one-half of the plurality of transverse grooves are arranged to at least nearly entirely traverse the center region and are oriented to form an angle to a circumferential equator line of no more than approximately 30° over at least one-third of their longitudinal extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes-Josef Baumhöfer, Burkhard Wies, Michael Jansen