Patents by Inventor Richard Heinen

Richard Heinen 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).

  • Pneumatic tire tread having groove with peaks and valleys
    Patent number: 6415835
    Abstract: A tire tread 10 for a pneumatic tire. An external surface 12 of the tread having at least one groove 14 for enclosing and channeling water during use of the tire on wet pavement. The respective groove 14 having at least two surfaces defining a channel. The two surfaces including two side surfaces. A series of peaks 22 and valleys 24 extending across at least one surface. In a preferred embodiment, the peaks 22 and valleys 24 being on two opposing surfaces and having identical wavelengths. The peaks 22 and valleys 24 on a first side surface 16 being 180 degrees out of phase from the peaks 22 and valleys 24 on the second side surface 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D503375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D454832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D455998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Georges Nicolas Hilbert
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D456764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Sebastien Fontaine
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D457125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D457483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D462647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D470101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D471148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D472201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D483008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D484848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Pascale De Briey Terlinden
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D486123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Pascale de Briey-Terlinden
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D490047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Xavier Sebastien Benoit Fraipont, Kenneth Jenner Powell
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D490048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Xavier Sebastien Benoit Fraipont, Kenneth Jenner Powell
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D490049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Xavier Sebastien Benoit Fraipont, Kenneth Jenner Powell
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D492642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Sebastien Morin
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D496324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Maurice Graas, Richard Heinen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D496327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Jaroslaw Antoni Kotwica