Patents by Inventor Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger

Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger 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).

  • Variable footprint for a pneumatic tire
    Patent number: 8342216
    Abstract: An assembly adjusts functional characteristics of the assembly. The assembly includes a wheel for a vehicle, a pneumatic tire mounted on the wheel, a first electromagnetic structure attached to the pneumatic tire, and a second electromagnetic structure attached to the wheel. The assembly has a first condition characterized by the first and second electromagnetic structures being not energized and a second condition characterized by the first and second electromagnetic structures being energized. The first condition is characterized by a first footprint of the pneumatic tire with a shape different than a shape of a second footprint of the pneumatic tire in the second condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Laurent Rene Nicolas Haas, Pierre Bernard Raoul Brochet
  • VARIABLE FOOTPRINT FOR A PNEUMATIC TIRE
    Publication number: 20100186865
    Abstract: An assembly adjusts functional characteristics of the assembly. The assembly includes a wheel for a vehicle, a pneumatic tire mounted on the wheel, a first electromagnetic structure attached to the pneumatic tire, and a second electromagnetic structure attached to the wheel. The assembly has a first condition characterized by the first and second electromagnetic structures being not energized and a second condition characterized by the first and second electromagnetic structures being energized. The first condition is characterized by a first footprint of the pneumatic tire with a shape different than a shape of a second footprint of the pneumatic tire in the second condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Laurent Rene Nicolas Haas, Pierre Bernard Raoul Brochet
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D531116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Sebastien Morin, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D533133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D536663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D542217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Sebastien Morin, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D548680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D560598
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Tire
    Patent number: D571286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Tire
    Patent number: D580348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant, Alexander Ossipov
  • Tire
    Patent number: D581350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Tire
    Patent number: D595642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant, Alexander Ossipov
  • Tire
    Patent number: D599277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, William Urbano Villamizar, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant
  • Tire
    Patent number: D599728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, William Urbano Villamizar, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant
  • Tire
    Patent number: D606926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Alexander Ossipov, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Tire
    Patent number: D628952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: William Urbano Villamizar, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant, Manfred Josef Jung, Matthieu Pingenat, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Alexander Ossipov, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Richard Heinen
  • Tire
    Patent number: D639725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Maurice Graas, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Matthieu Pingenat, William Urbano Villamizar, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant, Alexander Ossipov, Ralf Reinardt
  • Tire
    Patent number: D641306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Maurice Graas, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Matthieu Pingenat, William Urbano Villamizar, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant, Alexander Ossipov, Ralf Reinardt