Patents by Inventor Patrick Wietor

Patrick Wietor 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).

  • Publication number: 20240424838
    Abstract: A tire may include a bead portion, a carcass, an apex, a belt package, and three gum layers. The carcass may be anchored around the bead core of the bead portion and may comprise a carcass plies portion and a turnup portion. The apex may be located between the carcass plies portion and the turnup portion. The belt package may be arranged between the carcass and a tread. The gum layers may include (a) a sidewall gum layer that extends from a first end located at the apex along the carcass plies to a second end; (b) a wraparound gum layer that wraps around an end of a first inner zigzag belt structure of the belt package; and (c) a belt gum layer that extends from a first end located between the belt package and the carcass plies along the carcass plies to a second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Gilles Reichling, Bernd Zotz, Philippe Joseph Auguste Muller, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Richard Mbewo Samwayera Fosam, Wojciech Franciszek Baran, Patrick Wietor
  • Publication number: 20240308273
    Abstract: A tire may include: a tread cap; a carcass that comprises a radially outermost ply; a belt structure interposed between the carcass and the tread, the belt structure comprising a radially innermost belt; a pair of sidewall portions, wherein radially outermost portions of each sidewall overlie lateral end portions of the tread cap; a pair of bead regions, wherein the radially innermost belt wraps around the bead regions; a pair wraparound gum layers, wherein each wraparound gum layer wraps around a lateral end portion of the radially innermost belt; and a pair of sidewall gum layers that each extend along an outer surface of the radially outermost ply, wherein a first end of each sidewall gum layer is between the radially outermost ply and the lateral end portion of the radially innermost belt and a second end of each sidewall gum layer is at the bead region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Gilles Reichling, Bernd Zotz, Philippe Joseph Auguste Muller, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Richard Mbewo Samwayera Fosam, Wojciech Franciszek Baran, Patrick Wietor