Patents by Inventor Thomas Gesenhoff
Thomas Gesenhoff 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).
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Patent number: 9623707Abstract: The present invention is directed to a tire comprising a tread comprising: a plurality of circumferential grooves separating circumferential ribs, each groove comprising a bottom and two sidewalls; one or more groove reinforcements, each groove reinforcement laterally spaced from any other of said one or more groove reinforcements; wherein each groove reinforcement is arranged adjacent one circumferential groove; wherein at least one circumferential groove has no groove reinforcement adjacent to it; and wherein each groove reinforcement extends from the radially inner surface of the tread in a radially outward direction at least to the bottom of the adjacent circumferential groove to form at least part of the bottom of that groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Claude Schweitzer, Thomas Gesenhoff, Jean-Louis Marie Félicien Thomas, Hans Leo Bert Geluykens, Phaniraj Muthigi, Jacques Camille Marie Nevouet, Germain Dehez, Hubert Anna Johanes Cox
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Publication number: 20160167440Abstract: The present invention is directed to a tire comprising a tread comprising: a plurality of circumferential grooves separating circumferential ribs, each groove comprising a bottom and two sidewalls; one or more groove reinforcements, each groove reinforcement laterally spaced from any other of said one or more groove reinforcements; wherein each groove reinforcement is arranged adjacent one circumferential groove; wherein at least one circumferential groove has no groove reinforcement adjacent to it; and wherein each groove reinforcement extends from the radially inner surface of the tread in a radially outward direction at least to the bottom of the adjacent circumferential groove to form at least part of the bottom of that groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Claude Schweitzer, Thomas Gesenhoff, Jean-Louis Marie Félicien Thomas, Hans Leo Bert Geluykens, Phaniraj Muthigi, Jacques Camille Marie Nevouet, Germain Dehez, Hubert Anna Johanes Cox
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Patent number: 9050859Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tire tread is disclosed, wherein the tread comprises one or more tread elements and one or more grooves, the tread having a radially outer surface and a non-skid tread depth as measured from the radially outer surface of the tread and a radially innermost surface of the grooves. The tread has a radially innermost layer comprised of a base tread compound, a radially outer tread cap layer and a middle tread cap layer located between the base layer and the outer tread cap layer. Wherein the radially outer tread cap layer has a defined depth D, except that there is at least one notched areas wherein the tread cap layer extends radially inward of the defined depth D.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Ralf Reinardt, Thomas Gesenhoff, Michel Jean Yves Windeshausen, Malik Djelloul-Mazouz
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Patent number: 9050860Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tire tread is disclosed, wherein the tread comprises one or more tread elements and one or more grooves, the tread having a radially outer surface and a non-skid tread depth as measured from the radially outer surface of the tread and a radially innermost surface of the grooves. The tread has a radially innermost layer comprised of a base tread compound, a radially outer tread cap layer and a middle tread caplayer located between the base layer and the outer tread cap layer. Wherein the radially outer tread cap layer has a defined depth D, except that there is at least one notched areas wherein the tread cap layer extends radially inward of the defined depth D.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Malik Djelloul-Mazouz, Michel Jean Yves Windeshausen, Ralf Reinardt, Thomas Gesenhoff
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Publication number: 20140041776Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tire tread is disclosed, wherein the tread comprises one or more tread elements and one or more grooves, the tread having a radially outer surface and a non-skid tread depth as measured from the radially outer surface of the tread and a radially innermost surface of the grooves. The tread has a radially innermost layer comprised of a base tread compound, a radially outer tread cap layer and a middle tread cap layer located between the base layer and the outer tread cap layer. Wherein the radially outer tread cap layer has a defined depth D, except that there is at least one notched areas wherein the tread cap layer extends radially inward of the defined depth D.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Ralf Reinardt, Thomas Gesenhoff, Michel Jean Yves Windeshausen, Malik Djelloul-Mazouz
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Publication number: 20140041777Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tire tread is disclosed, wherein the tread comprises one or more tread elements and one or more grooves, the tread having a radially outer surface and a non-skid tread depth as measured from the radially outer surface of the tread and a radially innermost surface of the grooves. The tread has a radially innermost layer comprised of a base tread compound, a radially outer tread cap layer and a middle tread caplayer located between the base layer and the outer tread cap layer. Wherein the radially outer tread cap layer has a defined depth D, except that there is at least one notched areas wherein the tread cap layer extends radially inward of the defined depth D.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Malik Djelloul-Mazouz, Michel Jean Yves Windeshausen, Ralf Reinardt, Thomas Gesenhoff
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Patent number: D715214Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Pierre Bernard Raoul Brochet, Stephane Pierre Pemmers, Edouard Leon Hoffman, Michel Jean Yves Windeshausen, Thomas Gesenhoff
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Patent number: D998539Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jonathan Daniel Azar, Thomas Gesenhoff, Olivier Di Prizio
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Patent number: D998543Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jonathan Daniel Azar, Olivier Di Prizio, Thomas Gesenhoff
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Patent number: D999147Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jonathan Daniel Azar, Thomas Gesenhoff, Olivier Di Prizio