Patents by Inventor Lothar BROHM

Lothar BROHM 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).

  • Patent number: 10759132
    Abstract: A plant for building tyres, includes: a shaping work station configured for receiving a carcass sleeve; at least one radially expandable/contractible toroidal forming drum engageable in the shaping work station; at least one work station configured for building at least one component of a crown structure on a radially external surface of a tyre being processed, defined starting from the carcass sleeve that is shaped and coupled to the forming drum; transfer devices configured for moving said forming drum along a closed-loop completion path and arranging it in proximity to the work station in order to obtain a green tyre, the closed-loop completion path being extended from an initial work station to a final work station coinciding with the shaping work station; and a pick-up device configured for picking up said green tyre decoupled from the respective forming drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Marchini, Stefano Sangiovanni, Pierangelo Misani, Lothar Brohm
  • Publication number: 20170368778
    Abstract: A plant for building tyres, includes: a shaping work station configured for receiving a carcass sleeve; at least one radially expandable/contractible toroidal forming drum engageable in the shaping work station; at least one work station configured for building at least one component of a crown structure on a radially external surface of a tyre being processed, defined starting from the carcass sleeve that is shaped and coupled to the forming drum; transfer devices configured for moving said forming drum along a closed-loop completion path and arranging it in proximity to the work station in order to obtain a green tyre, the closed-loop completion path being extended from an initial work station to a final work station coinciding with the shaping work station; and a pick-up device configured for picking up said green tyre decoupled from the respective forming drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio MARCHINI, Stefano SANGIOVANNI, Pierangelo MISANI, Lothar BROHM