Patents by Inventor Norbert Kendziorra

Norbert Kendziorra 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: 11453256
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a vehicle pneumatic tire wherein strengthening plies are provided with steel cords running parallel to one another. The belt plies can be used, as isolated electrically conductive plates, for supplying electricity to electrical consumers such as sensors and actuators installed in the tire. Adjacent belt plies can be connected by puncture sensors to be able to identify damage to the belt caused by metallic parts penetrating from the outside, such as nails, on the basis of a change in the electrical resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Kendziorra, Christian Weber
  • Publication number: 20210347213
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a vehicle pneumatic tire wherein strengthening plies are provided with steel cords running parallel to one another. The belt plies can be used, as isolated electrically conductive plates, for supplying electricity to electrical consumers such as sensors and actuators installed in the tire. Adjacent belt plies can be connected by puncture sensors to be able to identify damage to the belt caused by metallic parts penetrating from the outside, such as nails, on the basis of a change in the electrical resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Kendziorra, Christian Weber
  • Publication number: 20190030965
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a vehicle pneumatic tire wherein strengthening plies are provided with steel cords running parallel to one another. The belt plies can be used, as isolated electrically conductive plates, for supplying electricity to electrical consumers such as sensors and actuators installed in the tire. Adjacent belt plies can be connected by puncture sensors to be able to identify damage to the belt caused by metallic parts penetrating from the outside, such as nails, on the basis of a change in the electrical resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert Kendziorra, Christian Weber
  • Publication number: 20180339559
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tyre of radial type of construction, having a tread (1), having a carcass inlay (3), having electrically non-conductive sidewalls (7) and having at least one electrically conductive component (8) or element in a bead region, which component or element, in the case of a tyre mounted on a wheel rim, comes into contact with said wheel rim, wherein either the tread (1) is electrically conductive or, in the tread region, at least one electrically conductive component (10) is provided which is overlapped on the outside by the sidewalls (7) and which is connected in electrically conductive fashion to the tread outer surface, and wherein filaments provided with an electrically conductive coating are incorporated at least in a sidewall region, the coating of which filaments forms electrically conductive passages between the tread (1) or the component (10) and the at least one electrically conductive component (8) or element in the bead region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Kendziorra, Christian Weber
  • Publication number: 20180312015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire of a radial type of construction with a carcass (1) and a carcass turn-up (1a), wherein the carcass (1) and also the sidewall (5) consist of rubber compounds that are insufficiently electrically conductive, while the bead strip (7) consists of a rubber compound that is electrically conductive, and wherein at least the outer surface of the carcass (1) has electrically conductive, filament- or strip-shaped elements (12), which in the carcass turn-up (1a) lie radially on the inside. The invention is distinguished by the fact that an additional, electrically conductive component (9), which establishes a path of electrical conduction either from the one outer surface of the carcass (1) or from the inner surface of the carcass turn-up (1a) to the outer surface of the carcass turn-up (1a), is arranged on the end of the carcass turn-up (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Kendziorra, Christian Weber
  • Publication number: 20180290506
    Abstract: A cord (1) for use in an elastomer product, preferably in a pneumatic tire, comprising a reinforcement system (2) which is made of an electrically nonconductive material and which is sheathed by an electrically conductive layer (5). Located on the electrically conductive layer (5), covering same, there is a further, electrically insulating layer (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Kendziorra, Christian Weber
  • Patent number: 9856368
    Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in particular for pneumatic vehicle tires, straps, belts, and hoses, is disclosed which exhibits, among other things, improved rolling resistance behavior. The rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: 5 to 95 phr of at least one styrene-butadiene rubber, which is functionalized with phthalocyanine groups and/or hydroxy groups and/or epoxy groups and/or silane-sulfide groups and the styrene content of which is 0 to 12 wt % and which has a glass transition temperature (Tg) according to DSC of ?75 to ?120° C. in the unvulcanized state, 5 to 95 phr of at least one further rubber, and 20 to 300 phr of at least one silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Katharina Herzog, Carla Recker, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Kendziorra, Thomas Kramer, Thorsten Torbruegge, Norbert Mueller
  • Patent number: 9815339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire (1) of radial design having a carcass (4) and having components (9, 10) which adjoin the carcass (4), wherein thread-shaped elements (11) are arranged on at least one of the two surfaces of the carcass (4) and preferably serve to discharge occluded air between the carcass (4) and the adjoining components (9, 10) during the construction of the tire. In order to improve the electrical conductivity of the pneumatic vehicle tire (1), at least one thread-shaped element (11) has a coating which is electrically conductive and jointly forms an electrically conductive, thread-shaped element (12) which has an electrical resistance of <1×107 Ohm/cm. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the electrically conductive coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schunack, Lars Sonnenberg, Güenter Wahl, Carole Justine, Mehmet Sadettin Fidan, Norbert Kendziorra, Christian Weber
  • Publication number: 20160194485
    Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in particular for pneumatic vehicle tires, straps, belts, and hoses, is disclosed which exhibits, among other things, improved rolling resistance behavior. The rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: 5 to 95 phr of at least one styrene-butadiene rubber, which is functionalized with phthalocyanine groups and/or hydroxy groups and/or epoxy groups and/or silane-sulfide groups and the styrene content of which is 0 to 12 wt % and which has a glass transition temperature (Tg) according to DSC of ?75 to ?120° C. in the unvulcanized state, 5 to 95 phr of at least one further rubber, and 20 to 300 phr of at least one silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Katharina Herzog, Carla Recker, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Kendziorra, Thomas Kramer, Thorsten Torbruegge, Norbert Mueller
  • Patent number: 9080042
    Abstract: A rubber blend, particularly for pneumatic vehicle tires, harnesses, straps and hoses. The rubber blend includes at least one rubber blend A of a solid styrene-butadiene rubber with an average molecular weight Mn of 100,000 to 5,000,000 g/mol and a liquid butadiene rubber with an average molecular weight Mn of 500 to 9000 g/mol, wherein the styrene-butadiene rubber is solution-polymerized or emulsion-polymerized, as well as 30 to 300 phr of at least one silicic acid and further blend components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Juergen Wagemann, Casper Van de Pol, Norbert Kendziorra, Katharina Herzog, Carla Recker, Norbert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20130289197
    Abstract: A rubber blend, particularly for pneumatic vehicle tires, harnesses, straps and hoses. The rubber blend includes at least one rubber blend A of a solid styrene-butadiene rubber with an average molecular weight Mn of 100,000 to 5,000,000 g/mol and a liquid butadiene rubber with an average molecular weight Mn of 500 to 9000 g/mol, wherein the styrene-butadiene rubber is solution-polymerized or emulsion-polymerized, as well as 30 to 300 phr of at least one silicic acid and further blend components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Juergen Wagemann, Casper Van de Pol, Norbert Kendziorra, Katharina Herzog, Carla Recker, Norbert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20130174951
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tyre (1) of radial design having a carcass (4) and having components (9, 10) which adjoin the carcass (4), wherein thread-shaped elements (11) are arranged on at least one of the two surfaces of the carcass (4) and preferably serve to discharge occluded air between the carcass (4) and the adjoining components (9, 10) during the construction of the tyre. In order to improve the electrical conductivity of the pneumatic vehicle tyre (1), at least one thread-shaped element (11) has a coating which is electrically conductive and jointly forms an electrically conductive, thread-shaped element (12) which has an electrical resistance of <1×107 Ohm/cm. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the electrically conductive coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schunack, Lars Sonnenberg, Guenter Wahl, Carole Justine, Mehmet Sadettin Fidan, Norbert Kendziorra, Christian Weber
  • Publication number: 20090188598
    Abstract: A run-flat pneumatic vehicle tire has at least one cross-sectionally crescent-shaped reinforcing profile incorporated in the region of each sidewall and respectively extending at least over a large part of the length of the sidewall. Bead regions with bead cores and bead profiles have at least one bead strip, arranged at least under the bead cores and forming the bead heel. The at least one bead strip, acting together with a rim seat, ensures the seating of the tire on the rim. In order to increase the static friction between the bead heel and the rim, the bead heel is formed of a soft rubber compound with a Shore A hardness of less than 70, at least radially underneath the core, on its outer surface that is facing the rim seat and rests on the rim seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Norbert Kendziorra, Ujwal Raj Joshi
  • Patent number: 6818693
    Abstract: A sulfur-curable rubber compound for a tire tread rubber of, in particular, a racing tire, which compound comprises at least one diene rubber, at least one filler and at least one plasticizer. The rubber compound comprises 5 to 90 phr of at least one layered silicate modified with alkylammonium ions and free of guest molecules that have been polymerized or swelled in by a prior treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gert Heinrich, Wolfram Herrmann, Norbert Kendziorra, Thomas Pietag, Carla Recker
  • Publication number: 20020095008
    Abstract: A sulfur-curable rubber compound for a tire tread rubber of, in particular, a racing tire, which compound comprises at least one diene rubber, at least one filler and at least one plasticizer. The rubber compound comprises 5 to 90 phr of at least one layered silicate modified with alkylammonium ions and free of guest molecules that have been polymerized or swelled in by a prior treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Gert Heinrich, Wolfram Herrmann, Norbert Kendziorra, Thomas Pietag, Carla Recker