Patents by Inventor Robert Barned

Robert Barned 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: 20240208170
    Abstract: A process for retreading a tire, the process comprising the steps of providing a tire casing, providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces, providing a cushion gum, wherein the cushion gum contains a cure system comprising at least one stable aryl dinitrile oxide compound, applying the cushion gum to the tire casing, and forming a tire composite by applying the second planar surface of the cured rubber component to the cushion gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Robert BARNED, Joshua ABELL, David BENDER
  • Publication number: 20220032566
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tread for agricultural tires, the method comprising providing an agricultural tire casing, providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces, providing a plurality of cushion gums, wherein the plurality of cushion gums contains a cure system comprising a stable dinitrile oxide compound, providing a plurality of lugs, and forming an agricultural tread composite by mating the lugs to a planar surface of the cured rubber component using the cushion gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Robert BARNED, Joshua ABELL, David BENDER
  • Publication number: 20220024166
    Abstract: A process for retreading a tire, the process comprising the steps of providing a tire casing, providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces, providing a cushion gum, wherein the cushion gum contains a cure system comprising at least one stable aryl dinitrile oxide compound, applying the cushion gum to the tire casing, and forming a tire composite by applying the second planar surface of the cured rubber component to the cushion gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Barned, Joshua Abell, David Bender
  • Patent number: 11148381
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tread for agricultural tires, the method comprising providing an agricultural tire casing, providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces, providing a plurality of cushion gums, wherein the plurality of cushion gums contains a cure system comprising a stable dinitrile oxide compound, providing a plurality of lugs, and forming an agricultural tread composite by mating the lugs to a planar surface of the cured rubber component using the cushion gum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Barned, Joshua Abell, David Bender
  • Publication number: 20190009489
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tread for agricultural tires, the method comprising providing an agricultural tire casing, providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces, providing a plurality of cushion gums, wherein the plurality of cushion gums contains a cure system comprising a stable dinitrile oxide compound, providing a plurality of lugs, and forming an agricultural tread composite by mating the lugs to a planar surface of the cured rubber component using the cushion gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Barned, Joshua Abell, David Bender
  • Publication number: 20180244007
    Abstract: A process for retreading a tire, the process comprising the steps of providing a tire casing, providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces, providing a cushion gum, wherein the cushion gum contains a cure system comprising at least one stable aryl dinitrile oxide compound, applying the cushion gum to the tire casing, and forming a tire composite by applying the second planar surface of the cured rubber component to the cushion gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Barned, Joshua Abell, David Bender