Discrete Tread Blocks Or Ribs Arrayed On Plain Surface Patents (Class D12/579)
  • Heavy duty tire
    Patent number: 9168791
    Abstract: An off the road tire comprising a carcass, a tread located radially outward of the carcass, the tread having a plurality of lugs, the lugs extending radially outward from an inner tread and being located between first and second lateral tread edges, a first row of lugs extending from the tread lateral edge axially inwards toward the centerplane, a second row of lugs extending from the opposite tread lateral edge and axially inwards toward the centerplane and wherein the lugs of the first and second rows are separated by a plurality of shoulder grooves, a third row of lugs located between the first and second row of lugs, wherein all of the lugs in each row are aligned circumferentially, wherein the lugs in the third row have two or more ends formed by grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Neubauer, Dale Eugene Wells, Maurice Jacob Frank
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D737197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: ZHAOQING JUNHONG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinying Wang, Jingang Ding
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D741787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Inventor: Chuanzhu Wang
  • Motorcycle tire
    Patent number: D742304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi Ito
  • Tire
    Patent number: D743878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Atturo Tire Corp.
    Inventor: Michael Mathis
  • Tire
    Patent number: D744407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: CHENG SHIN RUBBER (XIAMEN) IND. LTD.
    Inventor: Shiu-Hsiung Chen
  • Tire
    Patent number: D744408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: CHENG SHIN RUBBER (XIAMEN) IND, LTD.
    Inventor: Shiu-Hsiung Chen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D746220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Kosmac, Dennis W. Snyder, Andrew T. Miklic, Richard S. Parr, Edward L. Smeltzer
  • Tire
    Patent number: D748043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Helin, Dirk Impens
  • Tire for automobile
    Patent number: D748569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Sueyoshi
  • Tire
    Patent number: D748570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Wesley Dhanens, Lenn Tilley, Thomas Helin, Stijn Ardans, Dirk Impens
  • Tire for automobile
    Patent number: D750551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Sueyoshi
  • Enlarged portion of a tire tread
    Patent number: D751974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Tire Mart, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Green
  • Tire
    Patent number: D752505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Wesley Dhanens, Lenn Tilley, Thomas Helin, Stijn Ardans, Dirk Impens
  • Tire
    Patent number: D756898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Tire
    Patent number: D761721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Tire
    Patent number: D761722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Takahashi, Yoshiki Sato, Shingo Kuwano
  • Tread portion of an automobile tire
    Patent number: D762555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shintaro Hayashi
  • Tread portion of an automobile tire
    Patent number: D763175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shintaro Hayashi
  • Center tread for a tire
    Patent number: D763176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Dale Edward Umstot
  • Tire
    Patent number: D763177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CHENG SHIN RUBBER (XIAMEN) IND. LTD.
    Inventor: Shiu-Hsiung Chen
  • Tire
    Patent number: D763781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Charles Joseph Ashton, Jonathan James Shondel
  • Tire
    Patent number: D763782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Charles Joseph Ashton, Jonathan James Shondel
  • Tire
    Patent number: D765583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: SHANDONG LINGLONG TYRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Haiyi Zhang, Changqing Yu, Haitao Sui, Xiaogang Ma, Tongjun Jiang
  • Tire
    Patent number: D766166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Hiram William Uphouse
  • Tyre
    Patent number: D766167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: CHENG SHIN RUBBER (XIAMEN) IND., LTD.
    Inventor: Shiu-Hsiung Chen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D767474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: MICHELIN RECHERCHE et TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Kevin Ray Reim, Patrick Jon Buresh
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D767483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Martin, David Colantoni
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D768057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin E. Scheifele
  • Tire
    Patent number: D768559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Center tread for a tire
    Patent number: D770372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Dale Edward Umstot
  • Vehicle tire
    Patent number: D770969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Schmidt, Bernd Zimmermann, Ralf Krieger, Nikolas Heinrich
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D772790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin E. Scheifele
  • Tire
    Patent number: D773383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NOKIAN HEAVY TYRES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Kivekäs, Tero Saari, Teppo Mäkelä
  • Tire
    Patent number: D773385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Tire
    Patent number: D773980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Takahashi
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D773982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Jeremy J. Jacobs
  • Tire
    Patent number: D775065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Matthew Hanlon
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D775066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Corey Sullivan, Kevin Ray Reim, Matthew J Hanlon
  • Vehicle tire
    Patent number: D775583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Wheel tread
    Patent number: D776604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Chris Mast, Jason Zychiewicz
  • Tire
    Patent number: D776605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Tire
    Patent number: D777652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Lippert, Florian Kristen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D780098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Omni United (S) Pte Ltd.
    Inventor: Gajendra Singh Sareen
  • Tire
    Patent number: D780674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: CHENG SHIN RUBBER (XIAMEN) IND., LTD.
    Inventor: Shiu-Hsiung Chen
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D780677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventor: Olivier Ropars
  • Tire
    Patent number: D781218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: GUIZHOU TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jia Zhang, Peng Zhang, Xiaoyong Lin
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D781219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Carlstar Group, LLC
    Inventors: John B. Williams, Charles A. Abas
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D781220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin E. Scheifele, Andrew T. Miklic, David M. Severyn
  • Tire
    Patent number: D781779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Artic Investment S.A.
    Inventors: David Anderson, Tim DeWitte, Hapunthanthrige D. A. Gunasekara, Thierry Miche, Upasaka P. D. N. Gunarathna