Patents by Inventor Ralf Schütte

Ralf Schütte 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: 11007824
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire with a tread comprising circumferential grooves (2) and at least one profile rib (1), which runs around in the circumferential direction and formed in which there are grooves (4) which at a groove flank (5) of a circumferential groove (2) that delimits the profile rib (1) open into it, wherein the groove flanks (5) of the circumferential groove (2) run at an angle (?) of 12° to 17° to the radial direction, thereby widening the circumferential groove (2) in the direction of the periphery of the tread. The grooves (4) run at an angle (?) of 45°±20° to the axial direction, end within the profile rib (1), have a maximum depth (t2) of 3.5 mm and open in each case into a local indentation (7), which is formed at the groove flank (5), reaches up to the periphery of the tread, is concavely rounded along the groove flank (5) and has a bottom (7a) that runs in particular parallel to the periphery of the tread and is at a distance (c), determined in the radial direction, of 0.5 mm to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ahmet Özüduru, Ralf Schütte, Bernhard Roeger
  • Publication number: 20210008929
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire with a tread comprising circumferential grooves (2) and at least one profile rib (1), which runs around in the circumferential direction and formed in which there are grooves (4) which at a groove flank (5) of a circumferential groove (2) that delimits the profile rib (1) open into it, wherein the groove flanks (5) of the circumferential groove (2) run at an angle (?) of 12° to 17° to the radial direction, thereby widening the circumferential groove (2) in the direction of the periphery of the tread. The grooves (4) run at an angle (?) of 45°±20° to the axial direction, end within the profile rib (1), have a maximum depth (t2) of 3.5 mm and open in each case into a local indentation (7), which is formed at the groove flank (5), reaches up to the periphery of the tread, is concavely rounded along the groove flank (5) and has a bottom (7a) that runs in particular parallel to the periphery of the tread and is at a distance (c), determined in the radial direction, of 0.5 mm to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ahmet Özüduru, Ralf Schütte, Bernhard Roeger