Michael L Rodgers

US Patent:

6769746, Aug 3, 2004

Filed:

Jul 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/193387

Inventors:

Michael Brendan Rodgers - Copley OH
Bina Patel Botts - Stow OH
Ram Murthy Krishnan - Munroe Falls OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B62D 5524

US Classification:

305166, 305165, 305178

Abstract:

The invention relates to a two part endless vehicular rubber track comprised of a polyurethane based tread component and a rubber carcass component. In one aspect, the tread component may be comprised of a sulfur curable polyurethane or blend of sulfur curable polyurethane and sulfur curable elastomer. The invention includes a vehicle containing such track.

US Patent:

6799815, Oct 5, 2004

Filed:

Jul 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/201737

Inventors:

Ram Murthy Krishnan - Munroe Falls OH
Lewis Timothy Lukich - Akron OH
Michael Brendan Rodgers - Copley OH
Ray Eugene Beery - Akron OH
Glenn Charles Rabatin - St. Marys OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B62D 5524

US Classification:

305165, 305178, 524492, 525 98

Abstract:

The invention relates to an endless vehicular rubber track designed for extreme cold temperature working environment. The invention particularly relates to such track having a combination of tread, supporting carcass and guide lug components of rubber compositions intended for such purpose.

US Patent:

6837287, Jan 4, 2005

Filed:

Jun 13, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/171057

Inventors:

Bina Patel Botts - Stow OH, US
John Richard White - Wadsworth OH, US
Ronald James Dill - Copley OH, US
John Kotanides, Jr. - Canton OH, US
Michael Brendan Rodgers - Copley OH, US

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B29C 7316
B60C 1912

US Classification:

152503, 156115, 523166

Abstract:

This invention relates to a pneumatic tire with puncture sealing property and a method for preparing such tire. Such tire is prepared by building an uncured butyl rubber-based layer, which contains a peroxide and a dispersion therein of a particulate precured rubber selected from pre resin-cured butyl rubber and/or pre sulfur-cured diene-based elastomer, into an uncured tire and between an innerliner layer and the tire carcass. Upon curing the prepared tire under conditions of elevated temperature, a major portion of the uncured butyl rubber composition is depolymerized to form a tacky material, which contains said dispersion therein of said particulate precured rubber, which has puncture sealant properties. Such layer of depolymerized butyl rubber and dispersed precured rubber particles may be collectively referred to as the sealant layer.

US Patent:

6913329, Jul 5, 2005

Filed:

Oct 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/685372

Inventors:

Michael Brendan Rodgers - Copley OH, US
Ram Murthy Krishnan - Munroe Falls OH, US
Ray Eugene Beery - Akron OH, US
Paul Harry Sandstrom - Tallmadge OH, US
Bill Bud Gross - Stow OH, US
Lewis Timothy Lukich - Akron OH, US

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B60D055/205

US Classification:

305157

Abstract:

The invention relates to an endless vehicular rubber track. The invention particularly relates to such track having hard rubber guide lugs with a softer guide support layer. It is to be appreciated that such guide lugs may also be positively driven drive lugs. The invention further relates to a vehicle having such track.

US Patent:

20030004262, Jan 2, 2003

Filed:

Apr 5, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/116897

Inventors:

Charles Drvol - Tallmadge OH, US
Sherman Taylor - North Canton OH, US
Tom Linster - Gilsdorf, LU
Michael Rodgers - Copley OH, US
Fahri Ozel - Eischen, LU

International Classification:

C08F008/34

US Classification:

524/525000, 525/333900

Abstract:

A tire is provided having a circumferential tread of a cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber based rubber composition reinforced with a carbon black/silica composite, wherein said carbon black/silica composite is a treated carbon black having silicon-containing domains, namely domains of silica, primarily on the surface of the carbon black, where said silica domains contain hydroxyl groups on their surface, wherein said silica domains cover at least 50 percent of the carbon black surface, and where said rubber composition contains a coupling agent as bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl) polysulfide having an average of from 2 to 2.6 connecting sulfur atoms in its polysulfidic bridge, exclusive of a bis (3-trialkoxysilylalkyl) polysulfide having an average of greater than 2.6 sulfur atoms in its polysulfidic bridge; wherein said rubber composition contains from zero to a maximum of about 15 phr of unmodified carbon black and wherein said rubber composition contains from zero to a maximum of about 10 phr of precipitated silica and exclusive of any other carbon black and exclusive of any other silica.

US Patent:

20030188818, Oct 9, 2003

Filed:

Apr 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/119410

Inventors:

Charles Drvol - Tallmadge OH, US
Shahir Azer - Fairlawn OH, US
Marc Henoumont - Habay-la-Neuve, BE
Michael Rodgers - Copley OH, US

International Classification:

B60C001/00
B60C009/02
B60C009/18
B60C009/00

US Classification:

152/564000, 152/537000, 428/465000, 428/295400, 428/382000

Abstract:

This invention relates to an unvulcanized rubber tire which has at least one wire reinforced rubber component which contains wire reinforcement encapsulated with an unvulcanized rubber composition comprised of natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, and liquid polyisoprene polymer. The said encapsulation rubber composition of the tire component is then sulfur cured together with the curing of the tire itself. Such tire component may be, for example, a carcass ply and/or belt ply.

US Patent:

62963295, Oct 2, 2001

Filed:

Jan 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/493371

Inventors:

Michael Brendan Rodgers - Copley OH
Ram Murthy Krishnan - Munroe Falls OH
Paul Harry Sandstrom - Tallmadge OH
Neil Arthur Maly - Tallmadge OH
Larry Ashley Gordon - Akron OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B62D 5524

US Classification:

305165

Abstract:

The invention relates to an endless vehicular rubber track. The invention particularly relates to such track having a ground-contacting tread component of a rubber composition.

US Patent:

53109210, May 10, 1994

Filed:

Aug 26, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/935324

Inventors:

Joseph A. Kuczkowski - Munroe Falls OH
Michael B. Rodgers - Akron OH
Kevin L. Rollick - Munroe Falls OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

C07D51318
C08K 546

US Classification:

548126

Abstract:

This invention relates to bis-(2,5-polythio-1,3,4-thiadiaxoles), a method for their preparation and their use in rubber compounds. Use of these compounds provide for excellent vulcanization of rubbers and result in an improved final rubber vulcanizate possessing good physical properties.