Tire Tread Including Tie Bar Patents (Class D12/901)
  • Patent number: 8833410
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread strip configured in such a way that, beyond a predetermined radial wear threshold, at least one pair of first and second sounding cavities is exposed. Each first and second sounding cavity is arranged respectively in a first and second circumferential groove of the tread strip. Each sounding cavity of the pair is connected to the other sounding cavity of the pair by a sounding channel formed in the tread strip. Each cavity of the pair and the associated channel: open radially to the outside of the tyre, and are configured so that they are closed by a ground surface in a substantially airtight manner as they pass through a contact patch where the tyre makes contact with the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Antoine Paturle
  • Patent number: D505387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Mie Nonaka
  • Patent number: D516015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Chikako Ikeda
  • Patent number: D516999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Craig David Miller, Paul Bryson Allen, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Kevin Lee Burnworth, Daniel Ray Beha
  • Patent number: D517000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Bryson Allen, Craig David Miller, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Kevin Lee Burnworth, Brian David Digman
  • Patent number: D517471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Michel Pierre Charles Robert
  • Patent number: D517472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: William Butterworth Allison
  • Patent number: D520939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Bryson Allen, Craig David Miller, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Daniel Ray Beha
  • Patent number: D533133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger
  • Patent number: D533498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Daniel Scheuren, Aake Martin Wickstroem, Phuoc Thuan Le, Michel Pierre Charles Robert, Georges Gaston Feider, Franck Jean-Louis Nicolas Bouffay
  • Patent number: D548172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Dale Edward Umstot, Mark Leonard Bonko
  • Patent number: D549155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Max Harold Dixon, Michael David Wood, Karl Eric Sundkvist
  • Patent number: D549156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Dale Edward Umstot, Michael David Wood, Max Harold Dixon
  • Patent number: D549163
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Alexandre Andre Scharis
  • Patent number: D551158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jean Joseph Victor Collette, Laurent Rene Nicolas Haas, Claude Charles Jacoby, Pascale de Briey-Terlinden
  • Patent number: D551161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Josepha Beaubras, Michel Marguerite Walther Ghislain Constant
  • Patent number: D558129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Sato, Asuka Nakamura
  • Patent number: D585362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naruhiko Honda
  • Patent number: D586730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
  • Patent number: D586733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Kazunori Shinohara
  • Patent number: D500288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
  • Patent number: D593485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Inventors: John R. Davidson, Jr., Joseph A. Stain, Paul Phillip Grosskopf, Robert C. Radulescu
  • Patent number: D594400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Solideal Holding S.A.
    Inventor: Koenraad Pringiers
  • Patent number: D596559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Daniel Scheuren
  • Patent number: D601488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Fahri Ozel, Thorsten Richard Feider
  • Patent number: D606928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Xingyuan Tyre Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenguang Song
  • Patent number: D610071
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Xingyuan Tyre Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenguang Song
  • Patent number: D610075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Xingyuan Tyre Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenguang Song
  • Patent number: D613241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Xingyuan Tyre Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenguang Song
  • Patent number: D626501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Cazin-Bourguignon, Phuoc Thuan Le
  • Patent number: D627713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Phuoc Thuan Le, Jean-Francois Cazin-Bourguignon
  • Patent number: D634266
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoling Shan, Bo Wang, Qian Zheng
  • Patent number: D646217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Shuhei Muto
  • Patent number: D646220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Tamura
  • Patent number: D646629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: D647469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Societe de Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Prasit Youkong
  • Patent number: D647471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Societe de Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Prasit Youkong
  • Patent number: D648671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Nobunaga
  • Patent number: D652784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Lange, Thomas Buchinger-Barnstorf
  • Patent number: D667362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Shannon Joseph Hughes, Dale Edward Umstot, Max Harold Dixon
  • Patent number: D731960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Otani, Keiichi Kato
  • Patent number: D753055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Sato, Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: D768055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SHANDONG LINGLONG TYRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Mei Li, Mingrui Ye
  • Patent number: D771550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Christopher Byron Davis, Shannon Joseph Hughes, Richard Mark Wieland, John David Coots, Jonathan James Shondel
  • Patent number: D795177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Devin Curtis Dickerhoof, Leandro Forciniti, Ashley Amanda Jones
  • Patent number: D813796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Leyla Kristen Renner, Derek John Becker, Ashley Amanda Jones
  • Patent number: D813797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Ashley Amanda Jones
  • Patent number: D832777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Lisa Bachtel, Charles McPillan, Kai Chun Yang
  • Patent number: D864102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: OMNI UNITED (S) PTE LTE.
    Inventor: Gajendra Singh Sareen
  • Patent number: D879024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Kurt A. Thieman