Patents by Inventor Werner K. Hess

Werner K. Hess 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 with cap ply layer
    Patent number: 7874335
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread, a carcass with belt plies disposed below the tread, and a cap ply layer between the tread and the belt plies of the carcass. The cap ply is a leno weave tape having warp yarn in the longitudinal direction and weft yarns in the weft direction. The leno weave tape is wound in a flat helically wound around the belt plies, and cover with a tread of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Dany Michiels, Geert Broos, Willy Delanoy, Werner K. Hess, Boudewijn Snauwaert
  • Tire with cap ply layer
    Patent number: 7252129
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread, a carcass with belt plies disposed below the tread, and a cap ply layer between the tread and the belt plies of the carcass. The cap ply is a leno weave tape having warp yarn in the longitudinal direction and weft yarns in the weft direction. The leno weave tape is wound in a flat helically wound around the belt plies, and cover with a tread of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Dany Michiels, Geert Broos, Willy Delanoy, Werner K. Hess, Boudewijn Snauwaert
  • Radial tire
    Patent number: 4739814
    Abstract: There is described a novel fabric for use in tire building. The fabric is of open square construction and has a tackified finish to ease construction of tire carcases. A method of making the fabric is described as well as a method of making a tire using the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Milliken Industrials Limited
    Inventors: Charles N. Berczi, Werner K. Hess, Herbert J. Lohr