Patents

US 12629967 B2: Tire comprising a pattern providing a high contrast

Granted
2026-05-19
Filed
2022-12-13 application 18064983
Type
Utility · 17 claims
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Abstract

An aspect of the present invention relates to a tire comprising a sidewall, the sidewall having a surface comprising a surface portion including a hexagonal textured base pattern repeated over the surface portion so as to form a periodic textured pattern providing a high contrast to the surface portion. The hexagonal textured base pattern comprises protrusions and recesses, the protrusions and the recesses of the repeated textured base pattern cooperating to form respective lineal features extending over at least two of the repeated hexagonal textured base patterns.

Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-05-19 (ipgb20260519.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 2,292 patentsUS company or organizationAkron, OHPTBLXML, file of 2026-05-19

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Sebastien Willy FontaineVichten, LU147PTBLXML, file of 2026-05-19
Michel Jean Yves WindeshausenMessancy, BE13PTBLXML, file of 2026-05-19
Wendy Therese Frida El-SebalySankt-Vith, BE10PTBLXML, file of 2026-05-19
Vincent Pierre David ByldaLangsur, DE2PTBLXML, file of 2026-05-19

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B60CVehicle tyres; tyre inflation; tyre changing; connecting valves to inflatable elastic bodies in general; devices or arrangements related to tyresB60C13/001PTBLXML, file of 2026-05-19

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2022-12-13Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
FONTAINE, SEBASTIEN WILLY signed 2022-12-09
WINDESHAUSEN, MICHEL JEAN YVES signed 2022-12-06
EL-SEBALY, WENDY THERESE FRIDA signed 2022-12-06
BYLDA, VINCENT PIERRE DAVID signed 2022-12-06
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, THE AKRON, OH62063/950PASDL, file of 2026-10-15

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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