Patents by Inventor Theresia Becker

Theresia Becker 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).

  • Patent number: 10696098
    Abstract: Pneumatic vehicle tire includes a carcass, a belt with at least three belt plies arranged one on top of the other in a radial direction and being arranged radially outside the carcass and a profiled tread arranged radially outside the belt. The at least three belt plies include a radially inner belt ply and a radially outer belt ply are working plies having parallel strength members that are embedded in rubber so that, when viewed in a circumferential direction of the vehicle tire, the strength members of the radially inner belt ply have an opposing axial direction of inclination to the strength members of the radially outer belt ply. A generally zero-degree ply is arranged between and in contact with the two working plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Theresia Becker, Maike Schulte
  • Patent number: 10272628
    Abstract: A method for making a vehicle tire wherein the vehicle tire includes a belt having at least one belt layer made of parallel steel cords embedded in rubber. The belt ply is built up on a building drum in order to produce a tire blank. Upon completion of the tire blank, the tire blank is shaped and vulcanized in a vulcanizing press. The method includes applying the belt ply made of parallel, extensible steel cords embedded in rubber to a building drum to build up the belt. After the tire blank is completed, the tire blank is shaped and vulcanized in a vulcanizing press to reduce the extensibility of the steel cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Theresia Becker
  • Patent number: 9481209
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire includes a carcass, a tire belt configured radially outside of the carcass and a profiled tread. The tire belt is formed of a plurality of tire belt plies, of which at least two tire belt plies are configured as working plies having parallel reinforcements made of steel and embedded in rubber, and having an angle of 10° to 24° with respect to the circumferential direction (U). The reinforcements of the one working ply have an axial direction of inclination opposite with respect to the reinforcements of the other working ply. The reinforcements of the first of the two working plies have an extendability D of D<0.2% at 10% of the breaking force, and the reinforcements of the second of the two working plies have an extendability D of D>0.2% at 10% of the breaking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Theresia Becker, Thomas Glasewald
  • Publication number: 20160272008
    Abstract: Pneumatic vehicle tire includes a carcass, a belt with at least three belt plies arranged one on top of the other in a radial direction and being arranged radially outside the carcass and a profiled tread arranged radially outside the belt. The at least three belt plies include a radially inner belt ply and a radially outer belt ply are working plies having parallel strength members that are embedded in rubber so that, when viewed in a circumferential direction of the vehicle tire, the strength members of the radially inner belt ply have an opposing axial direction of inclination to the strength members of the radially outer belt ply. A generally zero-degree ply is arranged between and in contact with the two working plies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Theresia BECKER, Maike SCHULTE
  • Patent number: 9381774
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire, comprising a carcass (5), a belt (9), and a profiled tread (10), wherein the belt (9) is composed of at least three belt plies (13, 14, 15) arranged one on top of the other from the radial inside to the radial outside, wherein the radially inner (13) and the radially outer (15) working plies have opposite axial inclination directions of the reinforcements (25), and wherein a belt ply (14) arranged between said two working plies (13, 15) has reinforcements (24), the orientations of which include an angle ? of 0°???5° with respect to the circumferential direction U, and wherein the orientations of the reinforcements (23, 25) of one of the two working plies (13, 15) include an angle ? of 10°??<45° with respect to the circumferential direction U, and the orientations of the reinforcements (25, 23) of the other of the two working plies (15, 13) include an angle ? of 45°???90° with respect to the circumferential direction U.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Theresia Becker, Maike Schulte
  • Patent number: 9315074
    Abstract: Vehicle pneumatic tire with belt and carcass. An inner working ply of the belt has first parallel steel strengtheners embedded in rubber oriented at an angle “?” relative to a circumferential direction and satisfy: 10°???45°. An outer working ply of the belt has second parallel steel strengtheners embedded in rubber oriented at an angle “?” and satisfy: 10°???45°. The inner working ply has a greater axial length. The angles “?” and “?” have opposite inclination. Another belt ply is arranged between the inner and outer working plies and has third parallel strengtheners embedded in rubber oriented at an angle “?” and satisfy: 0°???5°. The first and second strengtheners have a breaking force F greater than 1800 N and at 10% of the breaking force F, an extension D satisfies 0.22%?D?0.4%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Bederna, Maike Schulte, Theresia Becker
  • Patent number: 9132701
    Abstract: A vehicle pneumatic tire for utility vehicles includes a carcass (5), a belt (9) and a profiled tread (10), wherein the belt (9) has three belt layers (13, 14, 15). The radial inner (13) and the radial outer (15) belt layers are working layers having reinforcements (23, 25) made of steel. The belt layer (14) is arranged between the two working layers (13, 15) and is a belt layer configured as a zero degree layer. The two working layers (13, 15) are wider than the belt layer (14) and are coupled to each other in the axial direction outside of the belt layer (14) at a length (p) of p>0 mm so that the distance (s) of the reinforcement (23) of the one working layer (13) to the reinforcement (25) of the other working layer (15) is given as s<1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Theresia Becker
  • Publication number: 20140008001
    Abstract: A vehicle pneumatic tire for utility vehicles includes a carcass (5), a belt (9) and a profiled tread (10), wherein the belt (9) has three belt layers (13, 14, 15). The radial inner (13) and the radial outer (15) belt layers are working layers having reinforcements (23, 25) made of steel. The belt layer (14) is arranged between the two working layers (13, 15) and is a belt layer configured as a zero degree layer. The two working layers (13, 15) are wider than the belt layer (14) and are coupled to each other in the axial direction outside of the belt layer (14) at a length (p) of p>0 mm so that the distance (s) of the reinforcement (23) of the one working layer (13) to the reinforcement (25) of the other working layer (15) is given as s<1.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Theresia Becker
  • Publication number: 20130327467
    Abstract: A method for making a vehicle tire wherein the vehicle tire includes a belt having at least one belt layer made of parallel steel cords embedded in rubber. The belt ply is built up on a building drum in order to produce a tire blank. Upon completion of the tire blank, the tire blank is shaped and vulcanized in a vulcanizing press. The method includes applying the belt ply made of parallel, extensible steel cords embedded in rubber to a building drum to build up the belt. After the tire blank is completed, tire blank is shaped and vulcanized in a vulcanizing press to reduce the extensibility of the steel cords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutchland GmbH
    Inventor: Theresia Becker
  • Publication number: 20130248073
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire includes a carcass, a tire belt configured radially outside of the carcass and a profiled tread. The tire belt is formed of a plurality of tire belt plies, of which at least two tire belt plies are configured as working plies having parallel reinforcements made of steel and embedded in rubber, and having an angle of 10° to 24° with respect to the circumferential direction (U). The reinforcements of the one working ply have an axial direction of inclination opposite with respect to the reinforcements of the other working ply. The reinforcements of the first of the two working plies have an extendability D of D<0.2% at 10% of the breaking force, and the reinforcements of the second of the two working plies have an extendability D of D>0.2% at 10% of the breaking force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Theresia Becker, Thomas Glasewald
  • Publication number: 20130042954
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire, comprising a carcass (5), a belt (9), and a profiled tread (10), wherein the belt (9) is composed of at least three belt plies (13, 14, 15) arranged one on top of the other from the radial inside to the radial outside, wherein the radially inner (13) and the radially outer (15) working plies have opposite axial inclination directions of the reinforcements (25), and wherein a belt ply (14) arranged between said two working plies (13, 15) has reinforcements (24), the orientations of which include an angle ? of 0°??<5° with respect to the circumferential direction U, and wherein the orientations of the reinforcements (23, 25) of one of the two working plies (13, 15) include an angle ? of 10°??<45° with respect to the circumferential direction U, and the orientations of the reinforcements (25, 23) of the other of the two working plies (15, 13) include an angle ? of 45°???90° with respect to the circumferential direction U.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Theresia Becker, Maike Schulte
  • Publication number: 20120318426
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tyre for commercial vehicles, comprising a carcass (5), a breaker belt (9) built up radially outside the carcass (5) and a profiled tread rubber (10) built up on the breaker belt (9) radially outside the breaker belt (9), wherein the breaker belt (9) is formed by at least three belt plies (13, 14, 15) arranged lying one on top of the other from the inside outwards in the radial sense wherein the radially inner belt ply (13) and the radially outer belt ply (15) are working plies, with steel reinforcing elements (23, 25) embedded in rubber and arranged at an angle in relation to the circumferential direction of 10°-45°, and wherein the belt ply (14) arranged between these two working plies (13, 15) is a belt ply (14) formed as a zero degree ply with parallel reinforcing elements (24), which are embedded in rubber and in their alignment include an angle ? in relation to the circumferential direction U where 0°???5°, wherein the reinforcing elements (23, 25) of the two working plies (13, 15) e
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Bederna, Maike Schulte, Theresia Becker