Patents by Inventor Thorsten Torbruegge

Thorsten Torbruegge 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: 20130237659
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for a commercial vehicle with a tread, wherein at least the part of the tread which comes into contact with the road contains a sulphur-vulcanized rubber mixture. The sulphur-vulcanized rubber mixture contains 90 to 50 phr (parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight, of all of the rubbers in the mixture) of natural rubber, 10 to 50 phr of at least one polybutadiene having a glass transition temperature Tg of ?110 to ?65° C. and 5 to 50 phr of at least one aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon resin having a softening point (ring and ball to ASTM E 28) of 0 to 150° C., and a mean molecular weight Mn of less than 2000 g/mol and a polydispersity D=Mw/Mn of 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Recker, Philipp Koelle, Thomas Kramer, Christoph Jocher, Thorsten Torbruegge, Fabian Dettmer, Norbert Daldrup
  • Patent number: 8450424
    Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture which, for improved abrasion characteristics with no significant deterioration in rolling resistance and in wet grip, comprises at least one functionalized diene rubber, the functionalization of which is along the polymer chain and/or at the end and enables attachment to fillers, the diene rubber having a glass transition temperature Tg of ?110 to ?15° C., at least one aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon resin with a softening point (ring and ball to ASTM E 28) of 50 to 150° C. and a mean molecular weight Mn of 200 to 2000 g/mol, and a polydispersity D=Mw/Mn of 1 to 5, and at least one filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Koelle, Christoph Jocher, Thomas Kramer, Fabian Dettmer, Thorsten Torbruegge, Carla Recker
  • Publication number: 20120289647
    Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture which, for improved abrasion characteristics with no significant deterioration in rolling resistance and in wet grip, comprises at least one functionalized diene rubber, the functionalization of which is along the polymer chain and/or at the end and enables attachment to fillers, the diene rubber having a glass transition temperature Tg of ?110 to ?15° C., at least one aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon resin with a softening point (ring and ball to ASTM E 28) of 50 to 150° C. and a mean molecular weight Mn of 200 to 2000 g/mol, and a polydispersity D=Mw/Mn of 1 to 5, and at least one filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Philipp Koelle, Christoph Jocher, Thomas Kramer, Fabian Dettmer, Thorsten Torbruegge, Carla Recker