Patents by Inventor Kenneth Wayne Rudd

Kenneth Wayne Rudd 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).

  • NONPNEUMATIC TIRE ASSEMBLY METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200207042
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a nonpneumatic tire is described. The method includes the steps of: mounting a rim on a spindle; providing a spoke structure having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, expanding the inner diameter and mounting the spoke structure over the rim; compressing the outer diameter of the spoke structure and then mounting a tread and shearband assembly over the outer diameter to form a nonpneumatic tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Ray DOWNING, James Alfred BENZING, II, Wesley Glen SIGLER, Laura Mechala CHAN, Kenneth Wayne RUDD, Michael Thomas DRISCOLL
  • NONPNEUMATIC TIRE ASSEMBLY METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190184658
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a nonpneumatic tire is described. The method includes the steps of: mounting a rim on a spindle; providing a spoke structure having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, expanding the inner diameter and mounting the spoke structure over the rim; compressing the outer diameter of the spoke structure and then mounting a tread and shearband assembly over the outer diameter to form a nonpneumatic tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Ray DOWNING, James Alfred BENZING, II, Wesley Glen SIGLER, Laura Mechala CHAN, Kenneth Wayne RUDD, Michael Thomas DRISCOLL
  • NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE
    Publication number: 20170368879
    Abstract: A structurally supported tire includes a ground contacting annular tread portion, an annular shear band and at least one spoke disk connected to the shear band, wherein the spoke disk has at least one spoke, wherein the spoke extends between an outer ring and an inner ring in a first parabolic curve. The spoke disk may further includes a second spoke having a second parabolic curve different from the first curve, and overlapping with the first spoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Carmine LETTIERI, Robert Allen LOSEY, James Alfred BENZING, II, Addison Brian SIEGEL, Andrew Brent MENDENHALL, Timothy Michael ROONEY, Rani HARB, Kenneth Wayne RUDD, Mahdy MALEKZADEH MOGHANI
  • Spokes
    Patent number: D803749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Joseph Carmine Lettieri, Robert Allen Losey, James Alfred Benzing, II, Addison Brian Siegel, Andrew Brent Mendenhall, Kenneth Wayne Rudd, Rani Harb, Mahdy Malekzadeh Moghani
  • Spokes
    Patent number: D803750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Joseph Carmine Lettieri, Robert Allen Losey, James Alfred Benzing, II, Addison Brian Siegel, Andrew Brent Mendenhall, Kenneth Wayne Rudd, Rani Harb, Mahdy Malekzadeh Moghani
  • Spokes
    Patent number: D804389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Joseph Carmine Lettieri, Robert Allen Losey, James Alfred Benzing, II, Addison Brian Siegel, Andrew Brent Mendenhall, Kenneth Wayne Rudd, Rani Harb, Mahdy Malekzadeh Moghani, Jonathan James Shondel
  • Spokes
    Patent number: D804390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Joseph Carmine Lettieri, Robert Allen Losey, James Alfred Benzing, II, Addison Brian Siegel, Andrew Brent Mendenhall, Kenneth Wayne Rudd, Rani Harb, Mahdy Malekzadeh Moghani, Jonathan James Shondel