Patents by Inventor Reubin R. Close

Reubin R. Close 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: 20210331528
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a tire having a three-dimensional tire sipe are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tire having a sipe is provided, the tire comprising: opposing tread element portions separated by the sipe, each opposing tread element portion including a plurality of positive elements and a plurality of negative elements, wherein the plurality of positive elements and the plurality of negative elements include three substantially quadrilateral-shaped planar surfaces, each planar surface being oriented relative to another planar surface by an angle of 90 degrees, and wherein the three planar surfaces meet at a rounded terminal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Reubin R. Close, Andrew T. Miklic, Andrew C. Budd, Brandon P. Nelson, Lee A. Fish, Charles D. Berry
  • Publication number: 20160313215
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining concentric mounting of a tire on a wheel is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for determining concentric mounting of a tire on a wheel is provided, the apparatus comprising: a head portion including a viewfinder; a body portion including at least one index member; and a neck portion connecting the head portion to the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Todd Alan Buxton, Jason R. Misutka, Steven Mark Sawyer, Christopher A. Swartzwelder, Guy Joseph Walenga, Reubin R. Close
  • Patent number: D837723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Schultz, Reubin R. Close
  • Patent number: D877697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Schultz, Reubin R. Close
  • Patent number: D882503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Schultz, Reubin R. Close
  • Patent number: D892721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Schultz, Reubin R. Close