Patents by Inventor Justin James Styer

Justin James Styer 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: 20230357543
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are tires having a tread with improved stiffness made from a rubber composition of specified ingredients including an elastomer component, a resin component including a terpene phenol resin having a specified hydroxyl value and a DCPD-based resin, a filler component including reinforcing silica filler and carbon black, optionally a liquid plasticizer, and a cure package. Also disclosed are methods for improving the stiffness of a tire tread by using a resin component comprising a terpene phenol resin having a specified hydroxyl value and a DCPD-based resin in a rubber composition comprising an elastomer component, a filler component including reinforcing silica filler and carbon black, optionally a liquid plasticizer, and a cure package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Justin James Styer
  • Publication number: 20220372253
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are tires having a tread with improved wet performance and improved stiffness made from a rubber composition of specified ingredients including an elastomer component, a terpene phenol resin having a specified hydroxyl value, a filler component including reinforcing silica filler and carbon black, optionally a liquid plasticizer, and a cure package. Also disclosed are methods for improving the wet performance and stiffness of a tire tread by using a terpene phenol resin having a specified hydroxyl value in a rubber composition comprising an elastomer component, a filler component including reinforcing silica filler and carbon black, optionally a liquid plasticizer, and a cure package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Justin James Styer
  • Publication number: 20220356329
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are tires having a tread having stiffness made from a rubber composition of specified ingredients including an elastomer component, a resin component including a terpene phenol resin having a specified hydroxyl value and a DCPD-based resin, a filler component including reinforcing silica filler and carbon black, optionally a liquid plasticizer, and a cure package. Also disclosed are methods for stiffness in a tire tread by using a resin component comprising a terpene phenol resin having a specified hydroxyl value and a DCPD-based resin in a rubber composition comprising an elastomer component, a filler component including reinforcing silica filler and carbon black, optionally a liquid plasticizer, and a cure package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Justin James Styer