Patents by Inventor Sebastien Willy Fontaine

Sebastien Willy Fontaine 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: 20240190180
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a tire comprising a sidewall, the sidewall having a surface comprising a surface portion including a hexagonal textured base pattern repeated over the surface portion so as to form a periodic textured pattern providing a high contrast to the surface portion. The hexagonal textured base pattern comprises protrusions and recesses, the protrusions and the recesses of the repeated textured base pattern cooperating to form respective lineal features extending over at least two of the repeated hexagonal textured base patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Michel Jean Yves Windeshausen, Wendy Therese Frida El-Sebaly, Vincent Pierre David Bylda
  • Publication number: 20240190172
    Abstract: A wheel assembly having a wheel rotation axis; a rim with an outer surface around the wheel rotation axis; wherein the outer surface comprising suction ports; two tires mounted on the outer surface of the rim; a particle collector adapted to trap particles entering said particle collector; a particle suction system with a bladed suction structure configured for generating a suction air flow in the rim upon rotation of said bladed suction structure about the wheel rotation axis; an air passage connecting the suction ports to the bladed suction structure via the particle collector in order to suck particles through the suction ports by means of the suction air flow generated by the bladed suction structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Frederic Ngo, Bodo Aherns, Vincent Jean-Emile Decouvreur
  • Publication number: 20240092125
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tire for a vehicle comprising: a rotation axis, a midplane at a central position along the rotation axis; a circumferential tread portion around the rotation axis, the circumferential tread portion comprising: a tread pattern exhibiting at least a first pitch pattern and a second pitch pattern each comprising: a center block crossed by the midplane, and two side block alignments, said side block alignments being inclined with respect to one another and extending from the center block; the first pitch pattern including: a first pitch length, a first number of blocks; the second pitch pattern including: a second pitch length which is shorter than the first pitch length, and a third number of blocks which is greater than the first number of blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Thomas Charles Pierre Roland, Armand René Gabriel Leconte, Frederic Ngo
  • Publication number: 20230311583
    Abstract: A tire having a high contrast design pattern is described, wherein one design has a first set of spaced apart wavy lines oriented in a first direction, and a second set of spaced apart wavy lines oriented in a first direction, wherein the first set of wavy lines is out of phase with the second set of wavy lines. A second high contrast design pattern is described, and is formed of a plurality of circles, wherein the plurality of circles do not overlap with each other and are tangent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Michel Jean Yves Windeshausen, Wendy Therese Frida El-Sebaly, Vincent Pierre David Bylda
  • Publication number: 20210268838
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a non-pneumatic tire comprising a hub portion, a ring member essentially concentrically arranged about the hub portion, a plurality of tread portions radially extending out of a radially outer surface of the ring member, and a plurality of spokes extending from a radially outer surface of the hub portion to a radially inner surface of the ring member for supporting the ring member on the hub portion. Moreover, the tire comprises a plurality of channels fluidly connecting the hub portion with radially inner sides of the tread portions. In addition, the present invention is directed to a kit comprising such a tire and a capsule receivable in the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Frederic Ngo, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Claude Ernest Felix Boes, Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Philippe Joseph Willy Proehs, Jean-Francois Vandeclee, Romain Lamacz
  • Publication number: 20210268837
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a non-pneumatic tire comprising a hub portion and a ring member arranged essentially concentrically about the hub portion, wherein the ring member comprises a tread portion on its radially outer side. Moreover, the tire comprises a sidewall connecting the hub portion with the ring member, wherein the sidewall comprises multiple sidewall members, each sidewall member being connected on a first side to the hub portion and on a second side to the ring member. Adjacent sidewall members overlap at least partially in a manner whereby they can move relatively to each other under tire loading conditions, such as when the tire is mounted on a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Frederic Ngo, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Claude Ernest Felix Boes, Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Philippe Joseph Willy Proehs, Jean-Francois Vandeclee, Romain Lamacz
  • Patent number: D931193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Frederic Michel-Jean Pons, Arnaud Caron, Marie Charlotte Chaidron, Marc Hoffmann, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Ananth Bhagavathapuram Srisailapathy, Michel Mottard
  • Patent number: D948413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Marc Francois Pierre Pautard, Julien Dominique Gilbert Majerus, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Karldev Orjela
  • Patent number: D948415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Marc Francois Pierre Pautard, Julien Dominique Gilbert Majerus, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Karldev Orjela
  • Patent number: D952547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Michel Mottard
  • Patent number: D960814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Marc Francois Pierre Pautard, Francois Dominique Etienne Humbert, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Sebastien Willy Fontaine
  • Patent number: D963553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Stephane Laurent Claude Bokken, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Samy Laroussi Mzabi, Sebastien Penin, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte
  • Patent number: D968316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Christophe Balducci
  • Patent number: D969728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Wendy Therese Frida El-Sebaly, Michel Mottard
  • Patent number: D971128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Veronique Marie-Jose Herbeuval, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Alex van der Meer, Michael Oscar Dooley, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte
  • Patent number: D989703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Christophe Balducci
  • Patent number: D1001725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Kevin Roger Marie Ghislain Colle
  • Patent number: D1005221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Veronique Marie-Jose Herbeuval, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Ananth Bhagavathapuram Srisailapathy, Didier Barriere, Marc Hoffmann, Juergen Rudi Hotz
  • Patent number: D1018442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Wendy Therese Frida El-Sebaly
  • Patent number: D1032491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Frederic Ngo, Christophe Balducci