Patents by Inventor Manfred Gerresheim

Manfred Gerresheim 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: 6986373
    Abstract: An automobile pneumatic tire comprises a multiple-ply carcass extending in-between two bead rings having allocated bead fillers, a belt arrangement between the plies of the carcass and a tread strip, and rubber reinforcement plies in the sidewall sections assuming a supporting function where the tire is deflated. A first rubber reinforcement ply is inside a first ply of the carcass, a second rubber reinforcement ply is between the first ply of the carcass and the second ply of the carcass, and a third rubber reinforcement ply is between the second ply of the carcass and a third ply of the carcass. The three rubber reinforcement plies extend down with their ends staggered in relation to each other from the bead core area to the edge area of the belt ply. The three rubber plies have different heights in radial direction and different thickness over the height of the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Karlheinz Baumann, Günter Dietrich
  • Patent number: 6889733
    Abstract: A vehicle having a profiled tread, having tread blocks (1) in at least some regions of its circumference, characterized in that for at least some of the tread blocks (1) at least the tread block edges (2) running into the tire contact patch (11) and extending at an angle to the central plane of the tire are lowered over their entire length with respect to the central plateau (3) of the respective tread block (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Klaus Doring, Christof Mulhause
  • Patent number: 6889723
    Abstract: A sealing preparation for tire problems is proposed which seals in wet conditions, at low and high temperatures and with defects at the transition between the tread and the side wall of the tire. The sealing preparation contains natural rubber latex or a combination of rubber latex and compatible adhesive resin. Furthermore, various devices are proposed for introducing the sealing preparation into the tire and for the pumping up. An air compressor, or liquefied dinitrogenoxide, or sulphur hexafluoride are preferably used with these devices as a pressure source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Hans-Bernd Fuchs, Ulrich Steinbrecht, Norbert Stransky, Eduard Ditzel, Helmut Wolf
  • Patent number: 6796350
    Abstract: A vehicle tire having a non-uniformly profiled tread with respect to its center, with a circumferential extending superwide groove having a width of at least 30 mm provided in one half of the tread and two further circumferential grooves which are narrower in comparison thereto and which have at most a width of 15 mm being provided in the other tread half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Klaus Riehl, Saburo Miyabe, Hideaki Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20040140035
    Abstract: An automobile pneumatic tire comprises a multiple-ply carcass extending in-between two bead rings having allocated bead fillers, a belt arrangement between the plies of the carcass and a tread strip, and rubber reinforcement plies in the sidewall sections assuming a supporting function where the tire is deflated. A first rubber reinforcement ply is inside a first ply of the carcass, a second rubber reinforcement ply is between the first ply of the carcass and the second ply of the carcass, and a third rubber reinforcement ply is between the second ply of the carcass and a third ply of the carcass. The three rubber reinforcement plies extend down with their ends staggered in relation to each other from the bead core area to the edge area of the belt ply. The three rubber plies have different heights in radial direction and different thickness over the height of the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Karlheinz Baumann, Gunter Dietrich
  • Patent number: 6688357
    Abstract: An automobile pneumatic tire comprises a multiple ply carcass extending in-between two bead rings having allocated bead fillers, a belt arrangement between the plies of the carcass and a tread strip, and rubber reinforcement plies in the sidewall sections assuming a supporting function where the tire is deflated. A first rubber reinforcement ply is inside a first ply of the carcass, a second rubber reinforcement ply is between the first ply of the carcass and the second ply of the carcass and a third rubber reinforcement ply is between the second ply of the carcass and a third ply of the carcass. The three rubber reinforcement plies extend down with their ends staggered in relation to each other from the bead core area to the edge area of the belt ply. The three rubber plies have different heights in radial direction and different thickness over the height of the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Karlheinz Baumann, Günter Dietrich
  • Patent number: 6672351
    Abstract: A vehicle tire comprises a carcass ply (1) extending between two bead regions, a tread region disposed between side walls (7,8) and having a tread surface (6) curved in the axial direction and also a breaker (5) reinforcing the tread region and arranged between the carcass ply and tread region, characterised in that in the normally inflated state of the tyre mounted on a tyre rim, the vertical spacing of the tread surface (6) with respect to the breaker continuously reduces, starting from the region of the tyre centre (3), towards the breaker edges (13, 14) and in that the side walls (7, 8) are made at least substantially self-supporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Klaus Riehl, Saburo Miyabe, Hans-Joachim Winter
  • Patent number: 6668887
    Abstract: A vehicle tire is described having at least one carcass ply extending between bead regions, a tread region (1) and a belt arrangement (3) disposed between the carcass and the tread as well as a tread profile provided in the tread region having at least one overwide circumferential groove (2) disposed in particular away from the middle and on the inner side of the tire, with the tire region disposed beneath the overwide circumferential groove, which has in particular a width of more than 30 mm, being formed with additional localised reinforcement in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Klaus Riehl, Saburo Miyabe, Hans-Joachim Winter
  • Publication number: 20020166615
    Abstract: A vehicle having a profiled tread, having tread blocks (1) in at least some regions of its circumference, characterized in that for at least some of the tread blocks (1) at least the tread block edges (2) running into the tire contact patch (11) and extending at an angle to the central plane of the tire are lowered over their entire length with respect to the central plateau (3) of the respective tread block (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Klaus Doring, Christof Mulhause
  • Patent number: 6454892
    Abstract: A tire puncture sealing preparation is directed to sealing in wet conditions, at low and high temperatures and with defects at the transition between the tread and the side wall of the tire. The sealing preparation contains natural rubber latex or a combination of rubber latex and compatible adhesive resin. Furthermore, various embodiments are directed to introducing the sealing preparation into the tire and for the pumping up thereof. An air compressor, or liquefied dinitrogenoxide, or sulphur hexafluoride are preferably used as a pressure source with these devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Hans-Bernd Fuchs, Ulrich Steinbrecht, Norbert Stransky, Eduard Ditzel, Helmut Wolf
  • Publication number: 20020121331
    Abstract: A sealing preparation for tire problems is proposed which seals in wet conditions, at low and high temperatures and with defects at the transition between the tread and the side wall of the tire. The sealing preparation contains natural rubber latex or a combination of rubber latex and compatible adhesive resin. Furthermore, various devices are proposed for introducing the sealing preparation into the tire and for the pumping up. An air compressor, or liquefied dinitrogenoxide, or sulphur hexafluoride are preferably used with these devices as a pressure source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Hans-Bernd Fuchs, Ulrich Steinbrecht, Norbert Stransky, Eduard Ditzel, Helmut Wolf
  • Patent number: 6176285
    Abstract: Preparations for the sealing of tires with punctures are proposed, which contain the latex of synthetic isoprene rubbers or the latex of natural rubber together with latexes of synthetic isoprene rubbers, acrylate rubbers and/or methacrylate rubbers. The sealing preparations can contain an adhesive resin compatible with the latexes from the group comprising polyvinyl esters, polyvinyl alcohol and/or polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and also a pigment, with natural rubber latex, synthetic rubber latexes or their mixtures being used as rubber latex. Furthermore, an apparatus is described for the sealing and pumping up of the tire using an airbag inflation charge and also tires with an integrated sealing preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Hans-Bernd Fuchs, Ulrich Steinbrecht
  • Patent number: 6109317
    Abstract: A vehicle tire includes a tread portion provided on each side of the tire equator with a plurality of main grooves, displaced relative to one another in the circumferential direction, extending axially outwardly from starting positions near the tire equator beyond a position at 25% of the ground contact width from the tire equator. The main grooves on each side are inclined at an acute angle which becomes greater in the course of the longitudinal extent of the main grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wako Iwamura, Manfred Gerresheim, Jurgen Schomburg
  • Patent number: 5996661
    Abstract: A vehicle tire having a directionally bound tread pattern is described in which an inner circumferential groove is provided on both sides of a central circumferential rib and in each case has a smaller width than the circumferential rib, and in which an intermediate tread zone is in each case formed between the inner circumferential groove and the respective outer circumferential groove in which oblique grooves are provided which are curved in an arc-shaped manner in the direction of the shoulder regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Saburo Miyabe, Dieter Glotzbach, Joachim Riegel
  • Patent number: 5942069
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire comprising a tread strip which forms the tire tread and is made from an electrically insulating or poorly conducting material and comprising, beneath the tread strip, a layer which is a good electrical conductor wherein, in order to bring about an adequate dissipation of electrical charge from the vehicle bodywork, the layer which is of good electrical conductivity extends at least regionally up to and into the tire running surface when considered over the circumference of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: SP Reifenwerke GmbH.
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Eduard Ditzel, Jurgen Schomburg, Wilhelm Endres, Hubert Leinweber
  • Patent number: D437808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Juergen Schomburg, Wako Iwamura
  • Patent number: D438827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Juergen Schomburg, W. Iwamura
  • Patent number: D442524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Juergen Schomburg, Wako Iwamura
  • Patent number: D414450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: SP Reifenwerke GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Jurgen Schomburg, Wako Iwamura
  • Patent number: D414728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Dunlop GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerresheim, Jurgen Schomburg, Wako Iwamura