Patents by Inventor Steven Michael Wilson

Steven Michael Wilson 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).

  • Method of increasing the load capacity of a radial tire
    Patent number: 7972550
    Abstract: An underground mine tire 20 having a nominal bead diameter of 20.0 inches or less has a carcass, a tread 25 and a pair of rubber sidewalls 23, each extending along the outer periphery of the carcass 21 below the tread 25. The tire 20 has a nominal bead width D greater than 8.50 inches and an overall diameter of less than 55 inches. The carcass 21 has at least one radial steel cord reinforced ply 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
    Inventors: Maurice Jacob Frank, Steven Michael Wilson, Lance Reed Wilkinson, Brian Ernest McMahon, Nicholas Lynn Sticklen