Patents by Inventor Roland Paul Close

Roland Paul 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).

  • Pneumatic tire
    Patent number: 7472735
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a carcass structure, a belt structure, and a tread. The belt structure has at least two plies of reinforcing cords, the cords in the at least two plies being inclined at angles greater than 5° relative to the tire centerline. The cords in the belt plies are inclined at equal but opposite directions relative to the tire centerline. The belt plies have a stiffness variation in the circumferential and meridional directions of the belt plies wherein the stiffness variation is in the range of 12 to 25% between a radially outermost belt ply and a radially innermost belt ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: John Christian Mathias Münster, Romain Fernand Hansen, Roland Paul Close
  • Pneumatic tire
    Publication number: 20080011400
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a carcass structure, a belt structure, and a tread. The belt structure has at least two plies of reinforcing cords, the cords in the at least two plies being inclined at angles greater than 5° relative to the tire centerline. The cords in the belt plies are inclined at equal but opposite directions relative to the tire centerline. The belt plies have a stiffness variation in the circumferential and meridional directions of the belt plies wherein the stiffness variation is in the range of 12 to 25% between a radially outermost belt ply and a radially innermost belt ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: John Christian Mathias Munster, Romain Fernand Hansen, Roland Paul Close
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D512012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jerome Marcel Germain Delu, Emmanuel Christian Rene Alfred Robinet, Richard Heinen, Christian Labbe, Roland Paul Close, Xavier Sebastien Benoit Fraipont
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D512013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jerome Marcel Germain Delu, Emmanuel Christian Rene Alfred Robinet, Richard Heinen, Christian Labbe, Roland Paul Close, Xavier Sebastien Benoit Fraipont
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D490045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jerome Marcel Germain Delu, Emmanuel Christian Rene Alfred Robinet, Andre Hardy, Roland Paul Close
  • Tire
    Patent number: D667361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Olivier Francis Bindner, Alexandre Andre Scharis, Tony Raymond Gery Deroo, Brian Rene Bourel, Roland Paul Close, Maurice Graas