Patents by Inventor Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner

Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner 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).

  • TREAD WEAR INDICATOR
    Publication number: 20200346496
    Abstract: A tread wear indicator for a tire is provided. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls and a tread and the tread includes a plurality of circumferential grooves and a plurality of lateral grooves. The tread wear indicator is formed in a selected one of the lateral grooves adjacent a selected one of the circumferential grooves. The indicator includes a plurality of step elements descending from a radially outward surface of the tread toward the base of the selected one of the lateral grooves. Each step element includes an axially-extending surface that is approximately parallel to and is radially inward of the radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements, and a radially-extending surface that extends approximately perpendicular to the axially-extending surface. The axially-extending surface of each step element is formed with indicia visible to a user of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Lynch Pulte, JR., Warren Lee Croyle, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Jesse Brian Serva
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D909952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D909953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D914588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Paul Bryan Maxwell
  • Tire
    Patent number: D920894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jonathan James Shondel, Dale Edward Umstot, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Shoulder for a tire
    Patent number: D922310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Amy Lynn Buehner
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D922311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D923559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D923560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Amy Lynn Buehner
  • Tire
    Patent number: D934155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jeremy Pierre Haas, Victor Pierre Le Nagard, Hans-Peter Guevara Leocadio, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Amanda Gari Maggelet, Brett Alan Bogner
  • Shoulder for a tire
    Patent number: D942369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Shoulder for a tire
    Patent number: D947112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Shaun Patrick Fox, Michael Thomas Driscoll, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D947114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Tire
    Patent number: D961494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Shaun Patrick Fox
  • Tire
    Patent number: D963552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Vincent Joseph Notaro, Jennifer Marie Basl, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Robert Wayne Schott
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D968313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D968314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Tire sidewall
    Patent number: D968315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Cheryl Lynn Hackathorn
  • Tire
    Patent number: D972492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Max Harold Dixon, Charles Joseph Ashton
  • Tire
    Patent number: D1021756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Hiram William Uphouse, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner