Patents by Inventor Joseph Henry Laco

Joseph Henry Laco 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 MANUFACTURING A SINGLE BELT/OVERLAY COMPONENT FOR A PNEUMATIC TIRE
    Publication number: 20170144400
    Abstract: A method in accordance with the present invention manufactures a tire with a biaxial monolayer belt component (MBC). The method comprises the steps of: winding a cord continuously about a first drum according to a pre-defined pattern to create a mesh of cords defining a single belt/overlay structure; adjusting the structure to a predetermined position on the first drum by laser lights; applying a tread component to the structure; transferring the structure and tread component to a second drum; applying the structure and tread component to a carcass component on the second drum; reducing pressure of the carcass component by a predetermined amount; and stitching the structure and tread component to the carcass component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Gilles BONNET, Vaidyanathan SANKAR, Phaniraj MUTHIGI, Steven Kris Herman LAERMANS, David Ray HUBBELL, Joseph Henry LACO
  • BIDIRECTIONAL MONOBELT CONSTRUCTION FOR A PNEUMATIC TIRE
    Publication number: 20160288572
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass reinforced by a carcass ply extending from a first bead to a second bead and a single belt ply disposed radially outward of the carcass ply in a crown portion of the pneumatic tire. The single belt ply includes a first group of cords oriented in a first direction relative to a centerline of the pneumatic tire and a second group of cords oriented in a second direction relative to the centerline of the pneumatic tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Phaniraj Muthigi, David Ray Hubbell, James Gregory Gillick, Joseph Henry Laco, Rebecca Lee Dando, Vaidyanathan Sankar, Thierry Royer, Gilles Bonnet
  • PRE-FORMED APEX/BEAD COMPOSITE AND TIRE WITH PRE-APEXED BEAD
    Publication number: 20160101581
    Abstract: The invention relates to preparation of an apex/bead composite as a pre-apexed tire bead, and pneumatic tire containing such pre-apexed bead. The invention relates to such pre-apexed bead where the apex is comprised of a rubber composition which contains a syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, James Joseph Golden, Joseph Henry Laco
  • PREPARATON OF APEX/BEAD COMPOSITE AND TIRE WITH PRE-APEXED BEAD
    Publication number: 20160101656
    Abstract: The invention relates to preparation of an apex/bead composite as a pre-apexed bead, and pneumatic tire containing such pre-apexed bead. The invention relates to such pre-apexed bead where the apex is comprised of a rubber composition which contains a syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, James Joseph Golden, Joseph Henry Laco
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D504388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Joseph Henry Laco, Tuck Foo Thum, William Thomas Adams, Jr., Karl Eric Sundkvist, James Ray Millard, Ryan Hampton Copeland
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D505111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: William Butterworth Allison, Karl Eric Sundkvist, Joseph Henry Laco
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D444110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Joseph Henry Laco, James McSherry Williams, Jr., Garland Grimes Hiser, Jr., Alan Scott Wasilewski
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D444739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Ronald Thomas Harris, Paul Keyser Blackiston, III, James McSherry Williams, Joseph Henry Laco, Daniel Edward Schuster
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D524726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Jerry Christos Candiliotis, Michael David Wood, Joseph Henry Laco
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D525192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jonathan James Shondel, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Joseph Henry Laco
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D528068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Theresa Marie Nopper, Joseph Henry Laco, Tuck Foo Thum, Jerry Christos Candiliotis, Robert Edgar Boore, Patrick Joseph King
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D530267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Theresa Marie Nopper, Joseph Henry Laco, Tuck Foo Thum, Jerry Christos Candiliotis, Robert Edgar Boore, Patrick Joseph King
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D531113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, William Thomas Adams, Karl Eric Sundkvist, Joseph Henry Laco
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D543498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Eric Matthew Luecke, Joseph Henry Laco
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D478865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Dale Edward Umstot, Joseph Henry Laco
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D480351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Joseph Henry Laco
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D480352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, William Thomas Adams, Jr., Joseph Henry Laco
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D481005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Max Harold Dixon, Robert Edgar Boore, Joseph Henry Laco, Theresa Marie Nopper, William Butterworth Allison, Donald Woodrow Gilliam, Tuck Foo Thum
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D488433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Jerry Christos Candiliotis, Joseph Henry Laco, Daniel Thomas Murphy
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D428368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Ronald Thomas Harris, deceased, Paul Keyser Blackiston, III, James McSherry Williams, Joseph Henry Laco