Patents by Inventor WOLFGANG MILCHERS

WOLFGANG MILCHERS 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: 8887780
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular for heavy commercial trucks, having a tread with a number of circumferential grooves which run in the circumferential direction and which separate profile positives, such as block rows or profile ribs, from one another. The circumferential grooves are each bounded by a groove base and two groove edges. In order to effectively prevent the occurrence of tears at the groove base of the circumferential grooves, in particular at the groove base of the circumferential grooves which extend on the shoulder side, the groove base extends, viewed in cross section and in the axial direction, at an angle of inclination of 3 degrees to 15 degrees with respect to an envelope which encompasses the outer faces of the profile positives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Ackermann, Volkmar Fries, Wolfgang Milchers
  • Publication number: 20120024444
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular for heavy commercial trucks, having a tread with a number of circumferential grooves which run in the circumferential direction and which separate profile positives, such as block rows or profile ribs, from one another. The circumferential grooves are each bounded by a groove base and two groove edges. In order to effectively prevent the occurrence of tears at the groove base of the circumferential grooves, in particular at the groove base of the circumferential grooves which extend on the shoulder side, the groove base extends, viewed in cross section and in the axial direction, at an angle of inclination of 3 degrees to 15 degrees with respect to an envelope which encompasses the outer faces of the profile positives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: LUTZ ACKERMANN, VOLKMAR FRIES, WOLFGANG MILCHERS