Patents by Inventor Tadeusz B. Pietrzyk

Tadeusz B. Pietrzyk 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).

  • Tire and method of selectively altering or controlling properties or characteristics thereof under varying conditions
    Patent number: 8899104
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment includes a method comprising providing a tire having a component constructed and arranged to cause at least one portion of the tire to have a first stiffness or resistance to force exerted thereon under a first condition and a second stiffness or resistance to force exerted thereon under a second condition and selectively causing the first or second condition to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: John C. Ulicny, William R. Rodgers, Tadeusz B. Pietrzyk, Keith S. Snavely, Mark A. Golden, Jonathan Darab
  • TIRE AND METHOD OF SELECTIVELY ALTERING OR CONTROLLING PROPERTIES OR CHARACTERISTICS THEREOF UNDER VARYING CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20100077848
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment includes a method comprising providing a tire having a component constructed and arranged to cause at least one portion of the tire to have a first stiffness or resistance to force exerted thereon under a first condition and a second stiffness or resistance to force exerted thereon under a second condition and selectively causing the first or second condition to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John C. Ulicny, William R. Rodgers, Tadeusz B. Pietrzyk, Keith S. Snavely, Mark A. Golden, Jonathan Darab