Patents by Inventor Oliver Schürmann

Oliver Schürmann 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 for fixing a ring made of a sound-absorbing material on a rim and motor vehicle wheel having a ring made of sound-absorbing material fixed on the rim
    Patent number: 6598636
    Abstract: Motor vehicle wheel having a tire mounted on a rim and method of making the same. The wheel includes a ring made of a sound-absorbing material positioned inside the interior of the tire and encircling the rim. Threads are arranged to cover the ring to fix the ring to the rim. The threads are stretched over both sides of the ring one of towards or onto the rim. The method includes positioning the ring made of sound-absorbing material onto a circumferential area of the rim and stretching threads over the ring made of sound-absorbing material one of toward and onto the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Schürmann, Andreas Dieckmann, Anton Steiner, Thomas Dodt, Frank Gauterin, Mehmet Sadettin Fidan
  • Motor vehicle wheel with a tire placed on a rim and sound-absorbent insert as well as method of producing a sound-absorbent insert
    Patent number: 6244314
    Abstract: Motor vehicle wheel including a wheel rim and a tire having a tire interior enclosed by the wheel rim and the tire. The tire is mounted on the wheel rim, and the wheel also includes an insert composed of a ring-shaped sound-absorbing material that is positioned within the tire interior. The wheel further includes an acoustically transparent support element having tensile strength, at least in a circumferential direction of the tire, that is coupled to the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Dodt, Klaus Kleinhoff, Oliver Schürmann, Frank Gauterin, Ivar Veit