Patents by Inventor Kevin J. Kosmac

Kevin J. Kosmac 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: 20240059104
    Abstract: A method of making a tire includes providing a first body ply having a first width and laying a second body ply above the first body ply. The second body ply has a second width less than the first width. The method also includes laying a third body ply above the second body ply. The third body ply has a third width greater than the first width. The method further includes laying a first bead at a first location above the third body ply, laying a second bead at a second location above the third body ply, laying a first stabilizer ply insert at a third location above the third body ply, and laying a second stabilizer ply insert at a fourth location above the third body ply. The third location is between the first location and the second location, and the fourth location is between the third location and the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin J. Kosmac, Austin J. Fischer, William H. Durivage
  • Patent number: 11833861
    Abstract: A tire includes a pair of beads and a plurality of body plies extending between the pair of beads, including at least a first body ply and a second body ply. The first body ply wraps around each of the pair of beads, and has a first pair of turn up portions having a first height. The second body ply wraps around each of the pair of beads, and has a second pair of turn up portions having a second height greater than the first height. Each of the second pair of turn up portions is axially inside each of the first turn up portions. The tire also includes a circumferential belt disposed radially above the plurality of body plies, a circumferential tread disposed radially above the circumferential belt, and a pair of sidewalls extending between the pair of beads and the circumferential tread. The tire also has a pair of stabilizer ply inserts, including a first stabilizer ply insert and a second stabilizer ply insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Kosmac, Austin J. Fischer, William H. Durivage
  • Publication number: 20210061026
    Abstract: A tire includes a pair of beads and a plurality of body plies extending between the pair of beads, including at least a first body ply and a second body ply. The first body ply wraps around each of the pair of beads, and has a first pair of turn up portions having a first height. The second body ply wraps around each of the pair of beads, and has a second pair of turn up portions having a second height greater than the first height. Each of the second pair of turn up portions is axially inside each of the first turn up portions. The tire also includes a circumferential belt disposed radially above the plurality of body plies, a circumferential tread disposed radially above the circumferential belt, and a pair of sidewalls extending between the pair of beads and the circumferential tread. The tire also has a pair of stabilizer ply inserts, including a first stabilizer ply insert and a second stabilizer ply insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin J. Kosmac, Austin J. Fischer, William H. Durivage
  • Patent number: 10160265
    Abstract: A tire includes a circumferential tread constructed of a base material. The circumferential tread has a plurality of bars, each of the plurality of bars having a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The circumferential tread further has a plurality of valleys disposed between the plurality of bars. A reinforcement layer covers at least some of the plurality of valleys and an outer layer covers at least a portion of the reinforcement layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel O. Givens, Dennis W. Snyder, Bradley J. Harris, Steven M. Sawyer, Kevin J. Kosmac, Jeffrey D. Parker, Masataka Uchiyama, Nobuo Shimizu, Leonard M. Shoun, Matthew T. Schreiner
  • Publication number: 20170021673
    Abstract: A tire includes a circumferential tread constructed of a base material. The circumferential tread has a plurality of bars, each of the plurality of bars having a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The circumferential tread further has a plurality of valleys disposed between the plurality of bars. A reinforcement layer covers at least some of the plurality of valleys and an outer layer covers at least a portion of the reinforcement layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicants: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel O. Givens, Dennis W. Snyder, Bradley J. Harris, Steven M. Sawyer, Kevin J. Kosmac, Jeffrey D. Parker, Masataka Uchiyama, Nobuo Shimizu, Leonard M. Shoun, Matthew T. Schreiner
  • Publication number: 20150290979
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a tire featuring curved bars are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin J. Kosmac, Dennis W. Snyder, Andrew T. Miklic, Richard S. Parr, Edward L. Smeltzer
  • Patent number: D746220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Kosmac, Dennis W. Snyder, Andrew T. Miklic, Richard S. Parr, Edward L. Smeltzer
  • Patent number: D944190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew A. Irwin, Kevin J. Kosmac, Daisuke Nakahara, David E. Schultz