Patents by Inventor Michael Christopher Kulton
Michael Christopher Kulton 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).
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Patent number: 8578991Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a carcass structure extending through a pair of opposing bead portions and an inner liner located inward of the carcass structure, each bead portion comprising a bead core about which is wrapped the carcass structure and a toeguard. Each bead portion has a bead toe, a bead base, and a bead heel, the bead base extending between the bead toe and the bead heel. The bead heel has a profile corresponding to a sector of an ellipse or approximates a sector of an ellipse by having a dual radius structure. The bead base may have a dual taper configuration. The bead core may be substantially centered in the bead portion, as determined by the material thickness at three locations about the bead core.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael David Kachner, Thulasiram Gobinath, David Louis Winter, Kelly Sue King, Michael Christopher Kulton, John Patrick Roman, Judy Ann Birt, Randall Raymond Brayer, Sr., Robert Allen Losey, Ching-Chih Lee
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Patent number: 8550136Abstract: A wrap-around toeguard 18 for a pneumatic tire 10 has a carcass ply 12 or plies 12, 14 with a locked tie-in construction. Each wrap-around toeguard 18 is a non cord reinforced elastomeric unitary strip wound 360.degree. in a singular annular bead. The wrap-around toeguard cord reinforced unitary strip 18 can be formed of a single elastomeric composition having a shore hardness D of greater than 40. Alternatively the wrap-around toeguard may additionally include an apex portion 29 and a chafer portion 27 along with the toeguard portion 28, each portion 27, 29 being co-extruded or otherwise hot formed and shaped with the toeguard portion 28 to form the unitary strip 18 and can have distinct elastomeric composition relative to the toeguard portion 28.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: James Oral Hunt, Michael Christopher Kulton, Paul Bryson Allen, Timothy Lee Fry
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Patent number: 7543620Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a carcass structure extending through a pair of opposing bead portions and an inner liner located inward of the carcass structure, each bead portion comprising a bead core about which is wrapped the carcass structure and a toeguard. Each bead portion has a bead toe, a bead base, and a bead heel, the bead base extending between the bead toe and the bead heel. The bead heel has a profile corresponding to a sector of an ellipse or approximates a sector of an ellipse by having a dual radius structure. The bead base may have a dual taper configuration. The bead core may be substantially centered in the bead portion, as determined by the material thickness at three locations about the bead core.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael David Kachner, Thulasiram Gobinath, David Louis Winter, Kelly Sue King, Michael Christopher Kulton, John Patrick Roman, Judy Ann Birt, Randall Raymond Brayer, Sr., Robert Allen Losey, Ching-Chih Lee
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Publication number: 20090020206Abstract: A wrap-around toeguard 18 for a pneumatic tire 10 has a carcass ply 12 or plies 12, 14 with a locked tie-in construction. Each wrap-around toeguard 18 is a non cord reinforced elastomeric unitary strip wound 360.degree. in a singular annular bead. The wrap-around toeguard cord reinforced unitary strip 18 can be formed of a single elastomeric composition having a shore hardness D of greater than 40. Alternatively the wrap-around toeguard may additionally include an apex portion 29 and a chafer portion 27 along with the toeguard portion 28, each portion 27, 29 being co-extruded or otherwise hot formed and shaped with the toeguard portion 28 to form the unitary strip 18 and can have distinct elastomeric composition relative to the toeguard portion 28.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventors: James Oral Hunt, Michael Christopher Kulton, Paul Bryson Allen, Timothy Lee Fry
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Patent number: 7441577Abstract: A pneumatic tire 10 has a carcass ply 12 or plies 12, 14 with a locked tie-in construction and a wrap-around toeguard 18. Each wrap-around toeguard 18 is a non cord reinforced elastomeric unitary strip wound 360 degree in a singular annular bead. The wrap-around toeguard cord reinforced unitary strip 18 can be formed of a single elastomeric composition having a shore hardness D of greater than 40. Alternatively the wrap-around toeguard may additionally include an apex portion 29 and a chafer portion 27 along with the toeguard portion 28, each portion 27, 29 being co-extruded or otherwise hot formed and shaped with the toeguard portion 28 to form the unitary strip 18 and can have distinct elastomeric composition relative to the toeguard portion 28.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CoInventors: James Oral Hunt, Michael Christopher Kulton, Paul Bryson Allen, Timothy Lee Fry
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Patent number: 6896021Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a carcass structure extending through a pair of opposing bead portions and an inner liner located inward of the carcass structure, each bead portion comprising a bead core about which is wrapped the carcass structure and a toeguard. Each bead portion has a bead toe, a bead base, and a bead heel, the bead base extending between the bead toe and the bead heel. The bead heel has a profile corresponding to a sector of an ellipse or approximates a sector of an ellipse by having a dual radius structure. The bead base may have a dual taper configuration. The bead core may be substantially centered in the bead portion, as determined by the material thickness at three locations about the bead core.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael David Kachner, Thulasiram Gobinath, David Louis Winter, Kelly Sue King, Michael Christopher Kulton, John Patrick Roman, Judy Ann Birt, Randall Raymond Brayer Sr., Ching-Chih Lee, Robert Allen Losey
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Patent number: D524719Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Joseph Kevin Hubbell, Graham Alexander Carney, Michael Christopher Kulton, Thomas Charles Lippello, III, Mark Anthony Canankamp
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Patent number: D528969Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Joseph Kevin Hubbell, Graham Alexander Carney, Michael Christopher Kulton, Thomas Charles Lippello, III, Mark Anthony Canankamp
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Patent number: D600196Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Mark Anthony Canankamp, Charles Joseph Ashton, Shannon Joseph Hughes, Daniel Patrick Curtis, Michael Christopher Kulton, Scott Kenneth Junod