Patents by Inventor Markus Groppe

Markus Groppe 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).

  • Method and Apparatus That Can Be Used in the Automated Construction of a Vehicle Tire
    Publication number: 20080190550
    Abstract: A method that can be used in the automated construction of a vehicle tire, using butt spliced tire components consisting of material webs, for example textile cords or steel cords that are embedded in a rubber mixture, to produce a carcass insert of the vehicle tire. The end sections of the cut material web can be clamped in a splicing device with pairs of upper and lower splicing elements, which can be displaced in relation to one another and the sections can be butt spliced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Markus Groppe, Jens Winkler