Patents by Inventor Tuck Foo Thum

Tuck Foo Thum 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).

  • Thermal detection of standing waves
    Patent number: 6644106
    Abstract: A thermal detecting device can be used to detect standing waves in a tire. A one degree F. differential has been found to exist between the high flexing points and the low flexing points in a standing wave, and thermal imaging can be used to map the wave. Information on the standing waves can be used by the tire designer to improve a design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Tuck Foo Thum, John Michael Fenkanyn
  • Thermal detection of standing waves
    Publication number: 20020162398
    Abstract: A thermal detecting device can be used to detect standing waves in a tire. A one degree F. differential has been found to exist between the high flexing points and the low flexing points in a standing wave, and thermal imaging can be used to map the wave. Information on the standing waves can be used by the tire designer to improve a design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Tuck Foo Thum, John Michael Fenkanyn
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D504388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Joseph Henry Laco, Tuck Foo Thum, William Thomas Adams, Jr., Karl Eric Sundkvist, James Ray Millard, Ryan Hampton Copeland
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D515018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Tuck Foo Thum
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D528068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Theresa Marie Nopper, Joseph Henry Laco, Tuck Foo Thum, Jerry Christos Candiliotis, Robert Edgar Boore, Patrick Joseph King
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D530267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Theresa Marie Nopper, Joseph Henry Laco, Tuck Foo Thum, Jerry Christos Candiliotis, Robert Edgar Boore, Patrick Joseph King
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D556124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Tuck Foo Thum, Dale Edward Umstot
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D481005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Max Harold Dixon, Robert Edgar Boore, Joseph Henry Laco, Theresa Marie Nopper, William Butterworth Allison, Donald Woodrow Gilliam, Tuck Foo Thum
  • Tire
    Patent number: D568233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Joseph Thomas Janesh, Dale Edward Umstot, Tuck Foo Thum
  • Tire
    Patent number: D579859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Brian David Holden, Jeffrey Joe McElfresh, Tuck Foo Thum
  • Tire
    Patent number: D614119
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Eric Jon Berryman, Shannon Joseph Hughes, Tuck Foo Thum