Patents by Inventor Pater Raymond Appleton

Pater Raymond Appleton 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).

  • Tire with shoulders having a ply support strip between carcass and inner liner
    Patent number: 6123132
    Abstract: A pneumatic tubeless tire comprising a carcass ply of reinforcing cords extending between two tire bead regions through sidewall regions and a tread region and an innerliner disposed radially inwardly of the carcass ply is herein described. Between the sidewall region and the tread region is a tire shoulder region. In each of these shoulder regions, there is a circumferentially extending ply support strip disposed radially between the carcass ply and the innerliner. The ply support strip comprises a rubber compound containing short discontinuous fibrillated aramid fibers in an amount of between 7 and 15 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited
    Inventor: Pater Raymond Appleton