Patents by Inventor Laurent Carmelo Joseph Andre PRAVATA

Laurent Carmelo Joseph Andre PRAVATA 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).

  • Pneumatic tire having a dual layer tread
    Patent number: 10427463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic tire comprising a carcass and a tread located radially outward of the carcass and extending between the tire sidewalls; the tread providing a radially outermost tread running surface; the tread comprising a first tread layer comprising a first rubber compound and a second tread layer comprising a second rubber compound; wherein the second tread layer is located radially adjacent to the first tread layer; wherein the first rubber compound is compositionally distinct from the second rubber compound; wherein the second tread layer comprises one or more integrally formed extensions of the second tread layer extending radially outwardly toward the tread running surface; wherein each of the integrally formed extensions of the second tread layer comprises a circumferentially continuous groove and a reinforcement zone disposed on a side of the groove; wherein the first rubber compound comprises 100 parts by weight of at least one diene based elastomer, and from 1 to 150 phr of sil
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Claude Schweitzer, Jean-Louis Marie Félicien Thomas, Bodo Ahrens, Giorgio Agostini, Laurent Carmelo Joseph Andre Pravata, Gabor Kaszas, Karen Karas Burke
  • PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING A DUAL LAYER TREAD
    Publication number: 20180134086
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic tire comprising a carcass and a tread located radially outward of the carcass and extending between the tire sidewalls; the tread providing a radially outermost tread running surface; the tread comprising a first tread layer comprising a first rubber compound and a second tread layer comprising a second rubber compound; wherein the second tread layer is located radially adjacent to the first tread layer; wherein the first rubber compound is compositionally distinct from the second rubber compound; wherein the second tread layer comprises one or more integrally formed extensions of the second tread layer extending radially outwardly toward the tread running surface; wherein each of the integrally formed extensions of the second tread layer comprises a circumferentially continuous groove and a reinforcement zone disposed on a side of the groove; wherein the first rubber compound comprises 100 parts by weight of at least one diene based elastomer, and from 1 to 150 phr of sil
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Claude SCHWEITZER, Jean-Louis Marie Félicien THOMAS, Bodo AHRENS, Giorgio AGOSTINI, Laurent Carmelo Joseph Andre PRAVATA, Gabor KASZAS, Karen Karas BURKE