Patents by Inventor Oliver Schurmann

Oliver Schurmann 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: 11305592
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire of a radial type of construction with a profiled tread (1), sidewalls (3), bead regions (2) and an airtight inner layer (4), which forms the inner side (4a) facing the interior space of the pneumatic vehicle tire, ribs (6) being formed on the inner layer (4), having been imprinted in it by a heating bladder introduced into the interior of the tire during the vulcanizing of the pneumatic vehicle tire in a tire heating mold, and a sound absorber (5) being provided so as to extend in an annular manner on a circumferential region (4b) of the inner side (4a) opposite from the tread (1). Grooves (7) have been formed by the heating bladder at least in a partial region of the circumferential region (4b) of the inner layer (4a) on which the sound absorber (5) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Schürmann
  • Patent number: 11072210
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire (1) having a profiled tread (2) that merges at either side into sidewalls (3), the end of which is formed by a tire bead (5, 6) insertable in an airtight manner into a wheel rim (7) of a vehicle wheel (8), wherein an absorber (10) has been integrated into the pneumatic vehicle tire (1) for sound absorption and the cohesive bond consists of an adhesion promoter (11) applied between the absorber (10) and the inner surface (9) of the pneumatic vehicle tire (1), has been further developed in accordance with the invention in that the inner surface (9) of the pneumatic vehicle tire (1) has mutually alternating adhesion promoter sections (12) and adhesion promoter-free sections (13), the adhesion promoter-free sections (13) having been coated with a separating agent (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Schürmann
  • Patent number: 10953704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire with a material ring (10) inside it, adhesively attached to the inner surface opposite from the tread (1), the material ring (10) adhering to a self-sealing sealant (8), which at least immediately after its application has a tackiness required for the adhesive attachment of the material ring (10). To improve the sealing effect, the material ring (10) arranged on the sealant (8) is closed-cell and airtight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Schürmann, Andreas Tyburski
  • Publication number: 20200254828
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire with a material ring (10) inside it, adhesively attached to the inner surface opposite from the tread (1), the material ring (10) adhering to a self-sealing sealant (8), which at least immediately after its application has a tackiness required for the adhesive attachment of the material ring (10). To improve the sealing effect, the material ring (10) arranged on the sealant (8) is closed-cell and airtight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Schürmann, Andreas Tyburski
  • Patent number: 10618359
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tyre with a sound-absorbing inner absorber (9) adhesively attached in its interior to the inner surface (7) opposite from the tread (1), wherein the inner absorber (9) adheres to an automatically sealing sealant (8), which at least immediately after being applied has the tackiness required for the adhesive attachment. In order not to influence the flow properties of the sealant disadvantageously and in order to ensure a reliable sealing effect of the sealant, a separating layer (10) is arranged between the sealant (8) and the inner absorber (9) and the separating layer (10) is made in such a way as to ensure a sufficient flowability of the sealant (8) for the sealing and a reliable adhesive attachment of the foam ring (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Tyburski, Oliver Schürmann, Nermeen Nabih
  • Publication number: 20180290505
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire of a radial type of construction with a profiled tread (1), sidewalls (3), bead regions (2) and an airtight inner layer (4), which forms the inner side (4a) facing the interior space of the pneumatic vehicle tire, ribs (6) being formed on the inner layer (4), having been imprinted in it by a heating bladder introduced into the interior of the tire during the vulcanizing of the pneumatic vehicle tire in a tire heating mold, and a sound absorber (5) being provided so as to extend in an annular manner on a circumferential region (4b) of the inner side (4a) opposite from the tread (1). Grooves (7) have been formed by the heating bladder at least in a partial region of the circumferential region (4b) of the inner layer (4a) on which the sound absorber (5) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Schürmann
  • Publication number: 20180244114
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire (1) having a profiled tread (2) that merges at either side into sidewalls (3), the end of which is formed by a tire bead (5, 6) insertable in an airtight manner into a wheel rim (7) of a vehicle wheel (8), wherein an absorber (10) has been integrated into the pneumatic vehicle tire (1) for sound absorption and the cohesive bond consists of an adhesion promoter (11) applied between the absorber (10) and the inner surface (9) of the pneumatic vehicle tire (1), has been further developed in accordance with the invention in that the inner surface (9) of the pneumatic vehicle tire (1) has mutually alternating adhesion promoter sections (12) and adhesion promoter-free sections (13), the adhesion promoter-free sections (13) having been coated with a separating agent (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Schürmann
  • Publication number: 20180236823
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire (1) having a profiled tread (2) that merges at either side into sidewalls (3, 4), the end of which is formed by a tire bead (5, 6) insertable in an airtight manner into a wheel rim (7) of a vehicle wheel (8), wherein an absorber (10) cohesively bonded to the inner surface (9) of the pneumatic vehicle tire (1) has been integrated into the pneumatic vehicle tire (1) for sound absorption and the cohesive bonding consists of a bonding agent (11) in an arrangement where it is not distributed over the full area between the absorber (10) and the inner surface (9) of the pneumatic vehicle tire (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Schürmann, Andreas Tyburski, Eduarda Gomes, Tomas Gargulak
  • Publication number: 20180079263
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tyre with a sound-absorbing inner absorber (9) adhesively attached in its interior to the inner surface (7) opposite from the tread (1), wherein the inner absorber (9) adheres to an automatically sealing sealant (8), which at least immediately after being applied has the tackiness required for the adhesive attachment. In order not to influence the flow properties of the sealant disadvantageously and in order to ensure a reliable sealing effect of the sealant, a separating layer (10) is arranged between the sealant (8) and the inner absorber (9) and the separating layer (10) is made in such a way as to ensure a sufficient flowability of the sealant (8) for the sealing and a reliable adhesive attachment of the foam ring (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Tyburski, Oliver Schürmann, Nermeen Nabih
  • Publication number: 20170313136
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle type for passenger vehicles or vans having at least one wide circumferential groove (1, 1?, 1?, 1??), which runs in the circumferential direction and is bounded on the tread periphery by two edge borders (1a, 1?a, 1?a, 1??a) which run parallel to one another and linearly, and has a groove base (13, 13?, 13?) as well as two groove edges (9, 10, 9?, 10?, 9?, 10?), wherein elements (11, 12, 11?12?, 11?, 12?) which project on the groove edges (9, 10, 9?, 10?, 9?, 10?) are formed alternately in the circumferential direction on one or other of the groove edges (9, 10, 9?, 10?, 9?, 10?), wherein each projecting element (11, 12, 11?, 12?, 11?, 12?) has a groove edge section (9a, 10a, 9?a, 10?a, 9?a, 10?a) lying opposite on the opposite groove edge (9, 10, 9?, 10?, 9?, 10?), which groove edge section (9a, 10a, 9?a, 10?a, 9?a, 10?a) runs least essentially in the radial direction starting at the edge border (1a, 1?a, 1?a, 1??a) as far as the groove base (13, 13?, 13?), wherein the groove base (13, 13
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Björn-Birk Gläser, Charles Henry Boston, Andreas Domscheit, Oliver Schürmann, Ulrich Behr
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20010008159
    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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Dodt, Klaus Kleinhoff, Oliver Schurmann, Frank Gauterin, Ivar Veit
  • 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