Abad

Benjamin G. Abad, Escondido, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120198603	ELECTRONIC HELMET - An electronic helmet is provided that includes a helmet body and an integrated electronic system disposed in the helmet body, providing a number of convenient functions. The helmet body has a hard outer shell and a hard inner shell mounted to the outer shell such that a cavity is defined between the outer and the inner shells. The inner shell can include suitable material to provide the wearer effective RF shielding from the electronic system, such as, nickel-plated carbon fiber to provide RF shielding. The helmet body further includes a shock-absorbent structure disposed between the inner shell and the head of a wearer.	08-09-2012

Carlos Abad, Aberdeen GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140069645	METHODS TO DELIVER FLUIDS ON A WELL SITE WITH VARIABLE SOLIDS CONCENTRATION FROM SOLID SLURRIES - The application discloses a storable composition for oilfield application including a slurry of a carrier fluid and a particulate blend made of proppant; the particulate blend comprising at least a first amount of particulates having a first average particle size between about 100 and 5000 μm and at least a second amount of particulates having a second average particle size between about three and twenty times smaller than the first average particle size; such that a packed volume fraction of the particulate blend exceeds 0.74 and the particulate blend volume is sufficient to substantially avoid settling of the particulate in the carrier fluid.	03-13-2014
20140083700	Compositions and Methods for Plug Cementing - Compositions comprise water, an acrylate monomer or a methacrylate monomer or a combination thereof, a free-radical polymerization initiator and a water-soluble bromide salt. Such compositions have utility in the context of remedial cementing, plug cementing in particular. The compositions may be pumped into a subterranean well, where they polymerize and form a support on which a cement plug may sit. The support may maintain the position of the cement plug in the wellbore and minimize cement-plug contamination.	03-27-2014
20140157877	Downhole Determination Of Asphaltene Content - A system and method for determining the asphaltene content of a downhole oil sample are provided. In one example, the method includes obtaining a hydrocarbon sample from a hydrocarbon formation of a reservoir at a given depth using a downhole tool. A liquid phase of the hydrocarbon sample is isolated within the downhole tool and the liquid phase is subjected to downhole analysis within the downhole tool to create a chromatography sample. The downhole analysis is based at least partially on size exclusion chromatography. A first property of the chromatography sample is measured to obtain a measured value, and a second property of the chromatography sample is estimated based on the measured value and known calibration curves.	06-12-2014
20140174742	Well Treatment with Complexed Metal Crosslinkers - Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating subterranean formations, in particular, oilfield stimulation compositions and methods using polymer viscosified fluid crosslinked with metal complexes with amino and/or phosphonic acids to provide an increased crosslinking temperature and a low pH sensitivity. The metal complexes can be used with borate crosslinkers to provide continuous viscosification as the temperature is increased.	06-26-2014
20140174743	Well Treatment with Complexed Metal Crosslinkers - Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating subterranean formations, in particular, oilfield stimulation compositions and methods using polymer viscosified fluid crosslinked with metal complexes with amino and/or phosphonic acids to provide an increased crosslinking temperature and a low pH sensitivity. The metal complexes can be used with borate crosslinkers to provide continuous viscosification as the temperature is increased.	06-26-2014
20140196897	OXIDATIVE INTERNAL BREAKER SYSTEM WITH BREAKING ACTIVATORS FOR VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANT FLUIDS - Compositions and methods are given for delayed breaking of viscoelastic surfactant gels inside formation pores, particularly for use in hydraulic fracturing. Breaking inside formation pores is accomplished without mechanical intervention or use of a second fluid. Bromate oxidizing agents are used along with selected breaking activators for the bromate breaking compounds. Useful bromate breaking activators include acid-generating breaking activators, oxidizing sulfur containing breaking activators, and reducing agent breaking activators.	07-17-2014
20150175877	ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL ADDITIVE - A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method including the introduction a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous fluid composition comprising an aldehyde releasing compound.	06-25-2015
20150376999	DOWNHOLE POLYMER FOAM APPLICATIONS - A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore by contacting an energized fluid with the subterranean formation; and reducing a partial pressure of the energized fluid by an amount sufficient to form polymeric foam structure within the subterranean formation	12-31-2015

Carlos Abad, Sugar Land, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120111565	METHODS TO ENHANCE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF A WELL - The invention discloses a method of treating a subterranean formation of a well bore, including the steps of providing a first treatment fluid substantially free of macroscopic particulates; pumping the first treatment fluid into the well bore at different pressure rates to determine the maximum matrix rate and the minimum frac rate; subsequently, pumping the first treatment fluid above the minimum frac rate to initiate at least one fracture in the subterranean formation; providing a second treatment fluid comprising a second carrier fluid, a particulate blend including a first amount of particulates having a first average particle size between about 100 and 2000 μm and a second amount of particulates having a second average particle size between about three and twenty times smaller than the first average particle size, such that a packed volume fraction of the particulate blend exceeds 0.74; subsequently, pumping the second treatment fluid below the minimum frac rate; and allowing the particulates to migrate into the fracture.	05-10-2012

Christopher Abad, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090259748	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK VULNERABILITY DETECTION AND REPORTING - A system and method provide comprehensive and highly automated testing of vulnerabilities to intrusion on a target network, including identification of operating system, identification of target network topology and target computers, identification of open target ports, assessment of vulnerabilities on target ports, active assessment of vulnerabilities based on information acquired from target computers, quantitative assessment of target network security and vulnerability, and hierarchical graphical representation of the target network, target computers, and vulnerabilities in a test report. The system and method employ minimally obtrusive techniques to avoid interference with or damage to the target network during or after testing.	10-15-2009
20120144476	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK VULNERABILITY DETECTION AND REPORTING - A system and method provide comprehensive and highly automated testing of vulnerabilities to intrusion on a target network, including identification of operating system, identification of target network topology and target computers, identification of open target ports, assessment of vulnerabilities on target ports, active assessment of vulnerabilities based on information acquired from target computers, quantitative assessment of target network security and vulnerability, and hierarchical graphical representation of the target network, target computers, and vulnerabilities in a test report. The system and method employ minimally obtrusive techniques to avoid interference with or damage to the target network during or after testing.	06-07-2012
20120151594	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK VULNERABILITY DETECTION AND REPORTING - A system and method provide comprehensive and highly automated testing of vulnerabilities to intrusion on a target network, including identification of operating system, identification of target network topology and target computers, identification of open target ports, assessment of vulnerabilities on target ports, active assessment of vulnerabilities based on information acquired from target computers, quantitative assessment of target network security and vulnerability, and hierarchical graphical representation of the target network, target computers, and vulnerabilities in a test report. The system and method employ minimally obtrusive techniques to avoid interference with or damage to the target network during or after testing.	06-14-2012
20120151595	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK VULNERABILITY DETECTION AND REPORTING - A system and method provide comprehensive and highly automated testing of vulnerabilities to intrusion on a target network, including identification of operating system, identification of target network topology and target computers, identification of open target ports, assessment of vulnerabilities on target ports, active assessment of vulnerabilities based on information acquired from target computers, quantitative assessment of target network security and vulnerability, and hierarchical graphical representation of the target network, target computers, and vulnerabilities in a test report. The system and method employ minimally obtrusive techniques to avoid interference with or damage to the target network during or after testing.	06-14-2012
20120151596	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK VULNERABILITY DETECTION AND REPORTING - A system and method provide comprehensive and highly automated testing of vulnerabilities to intrusion on a target network, including identification of operating system, identification of target network topology and target computers, identification of open target ports, assessment of vulnerabilities on target ports, active assessment of vulnerabilities based on information acquired from target computers, quantitative assessment of target network security and vulnerability, and hierarchical graphical representation of the target network, target computers, and vulnerabilities in a test report. The system and method employ minimally obtrusive techniques to avoid interference with or damage to the target network during or after testing.	06-14-2012

Dennis Abad, Woodridge, IL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090304855	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL SEALING A FILLED CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT - The present disclosure provides a method for thermally sealing a filled chewing gum product. The fill material of the chewing gum product is heated to a temperature greater than about 40° C. which correspondingly heats the inner portion of the chewing gum material to an elevated temperature. The method further includes sealing the heated inner portion of the chewing gum material to form a sealed, filled chewing gum product. The present disclosure advantageously increases the bond strength of the sealed ends of the sealed and filled chewing gum product and reduces the amount of unacceptable product or leakers.	12-10-2009
20160000115	CENTER-FILLED CONFECTIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A method is provided for making a center-filled confection. The confection is made by preparing an extrudable confectionery shell material, preparing a center-fill composition which is capable of forming a pumpable liquid when heated, heating the center-fill composition to a temperature sufficient to convert it into a pumpable liquid, and holding it at a temperature sufficient to maintain it in a liquid state, coextruding the confectionery shell material and the center-fill composition as a liquid-filled rope, forming the filled rope into individual confectionery pieces, and allowing the confectionery pieces to cool to less than 26° C. to form a confectionery piece. After a period of time, the center-filling undergoes a phase change to become a fine crystalline filling.	01-07-2016

Dennis M. Abad, Woodridge, IL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110212234	APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING CENTER-FILLED CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT - The present disclosure provides center-filled confectionery products and apparatuses and methods for producing the center-filled confectionery products. The apparatuses include a forming device with cooperatively engaging first and second forming members. The center-filled confectionery products may be released from the forming device with or without the use of an ejection device. The ejection device may comprise plunger members that contact the center-filled confectionery or may comprise a non-contact ejection device. The apparatuses further include an extruder having a housing. The housing has an inlet for receiving a material, at least one extrusion screw within the interior of the housing, and at least device in cooperative communication with the inlet and the extrusion screw. The extruder provides a process that allows for improved blending of chewing gum ingredients and improved processability of the chewing gum product.	09-01-2011

Ehsan Masoumi Khalil Abad, Longueuil CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140114430	STENT DEVICES MADE OF A LATTICE WITH SMOOTH SHAPE CELLS IMPROVING STENT FATIGUE LIFE - A method for generating a lattice cell shape for a stent comprising generating a unit cell model representing a stent cell to be made of a given material, the unit cell model comprising elements each comprising points defining a G	04-24-2014

Frederic Abad, Valbonne FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110069887	ALGORITHM FOR DETECTING CONTOUR POINTS IN AN IMAGE - A method for detecting contour points of an object in an image obtained by a video camera comprising the steps of: (i) selecting a scan line of the image; (ii) identifying minimum intensity differences called transitions between pixels of the selected scan line; (iii) identifying plateaus at both ends of the identified transitions; (iv) determining contour points of the object between the identified plateaus; (v) generating a descriptor of the contour in one dimension; and (vi) beginning again with step (i) by selecting another scan line of the image according to a predefined order.	03-24-2011

Isabelle Abad, Bargemon FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140083131	DEVICE FOR DIRECTLY REFRIGERATING THE SKEWER OF KEBAB MEAT ON THE ROTARY SPIT AFTER THE LATTER HAS STOPPED TURNING - Device for refrigerating the skewer of kebab meat directly on the rotary spit, after the latter has stopped turning, and for limiting the exposure of the skewer of meat to the ambient air, to insects and to dust. The invention relates to a device that allows the skewer of meat to be kept in position on the rotary spit by diffusing coldness released by the layer of eutectic gel contained in the jacket and frozen to −	03-27-2014

Jorge Bravo Abad, Cambridge, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100166364	INTEGRATED SILICON-BASED NONLINEAR PHOTODETECTOR - Disclosed is a system including an integrated silicon-based structure including a microcavity configured to receive optical energy from an input beam carrying an optical signal and absorb the optical energy by a nonlinear multi-photon absorption process. For example, the multi-photon absorption process can be two-photon absorption (TPA). The integrated silicon-based structure further includes electrodes responsive to the nonlinear multi-photon absorption process in the microcavity for producing an electronic signal indicative of the optical signal. A related method is also disclosed.	07-01-2010
20120194901	EFFICIENT TERAHERTZ SOURCES BASED ON DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION IN TRIPLY-RESONANT PHOTONIC RESONATORS - A system for efficient generation of THz radiation is provided that includes a triply-resonant nonlinear photonic resonator coupled to at least one near-infrared (NIR) or optical waveguide and to at least one THz waveguide. The energy traveling through the at least one near-infrared (NIR) or optical waveguide is converted to THz radiation inside the triply-resonant photonic resonator via a nonlinear difference frequency generation (DFG) process.	08-02-2012

José Luis Abad, Madrid ES

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140271575	ADULT CARDIAC STEM CELL POPULATION - The present invention relates to the identification, isolation, expansion and characterization of a specific type of adult cardiac stem cell. These adult stem cells are characterised in that they naturally express a specific pattern of markers, which can be used to assist with their isolation and expansion. The cells of the invention display an unprecedented capacity for providing, activating and/or inducing repair of damaged cardiac tissue. These adult stem cells may be used as therapeutic agents including, without limitation, for the regeneration of tissue, particularly for regeneration of damaged cardiac tissue, such as myocardium.	09-18-2014

Juan Carlos Abad, Shanghai CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120118675	ELEVATOR SAFETY CIRCUIT - An elevator safety circuit can be used to decelerate an elevator car during an emergency stop in a controlled manner. The safety circuit includes a series chain of safety contacts having an input connected to a power source and a first safety relay deriving electrical power from an output of the series chain of safety contacts. A delay circuit is arranged between the output of the series chain of safety contacts and the first safety relay. Hence, if any of the safety contacts open to initiate an emergency stop, a process controlled by the operation of the first safety relay is delayed.	05-17-2012

Juan Carlos Abad, Rotkreuz CH

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120043165	ELEVATOR INSTALLATION DOOR OPERATION - An elevator installation can comprise an elevator cage, elevator doors, a drive, an elevator control and a counterweight, which is movable in opposite direction to the elevator cage. The elevator control comprises a door control module or is connectible with a door control module, which determines a standard door keeping-open time or an extended door keeping-open time depending on the respective load situation of the elevator cage.	02-23-2012

Juan Carlos Abad, Medellin CO

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140113946	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PRESBYOPIA, MILD HYPEROPIA, AND IRREGULAR ASTIGMATISM - The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for treating presbyopia, mild hyperopia, and irregular astigmatism. The compositions include a cholinergic agent, such as a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M	04-24-2014
20140200211	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PRESBYOPIA, MILD HYPEROPIA, AND IRREGULAR ASTIGMATISM - The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for treating presbyopia, mild hyperopia, and irregular astigmatism. The compositions include a cholinergic agent, such as a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M	07-17-2014

Marta C. Abad, Downingtown, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120157412	Substituted Pyrimidinyl Oxime Kinase Inhibitors - The present invention is directed to substituted pyrimidine compounds of formula (I):	06-21-2012
20140336170	INDAZOLE COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS KETOHEXOKINASE INHIBITORS - The present invention is directed to substituted indazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds and methods of use thereof. The compounds of the present invention are ketohexokinase (KHK) inhibitors, useful for treating or ameliorating a KHK mediated metabolic disorders and/or diseases such as obesity, Type II diabetes mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome X.	11-13-2014

Marta Cristina Abad, Downingtown, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110039352	METHODS TO MEASURE DISSOCIATION RATES FOR LIGANDS THAT FORM REVERSIBLE COVALENT BONDS - The crystal structure of the ligand binding domain of ERR-α in complex with a ligand that forms a reversible thioether bond to Cys325 of ERR-α, methods to measure dissociation rates for ligands that form reversible covalent bonds, and methods to design ligands that form reversible covalent bonds for use as modulators of ERR-α activity are disclosed. The crystal structure and methods provide a novel molecular mechanism for modulation of the activity of ERR-α and provide the basis for rational drug design to obtain potent specific ligands for use as modulators of the activity of this new drug target.	02-17-2011
20110046891	CO-CRYSTALLIZATION OF ERR-alpha WITH A LIGAND THAT FORMS A REVERSIBLE COVALENT BOND - The crystal structure of the ligand binding domain of ERR-α in complex with a ligand that forms a reversible thioether bond to Cys325 of ERR-α, methods to measure dissociation rates for ligands that form reversible covalent bonds, and methods to design ligands that form reversible covalent bonds for use as modulators of ERR-α activity are disclosed. The crystal structure and methods provide a novel molecular mechanism for modulation of the activity of ERR-α and provide the basis for rational drug design to obtain potent specific ligands for use as modulators of the activity of this new drug target.	02-24-2011
20120226021	Co-Crystallization of ERR-alpha with a Ligand that Forms a Reversible Covalent Bond - The crystal structure of the ligand binding domain of ERR-α in complex with a ligand that forms a reversible thioether bond to Cys325 of ERR-α, methods to measure dissociation rates for ligands that form reversible covalent bonds, and methods to design ligands that form reversible covalent bonds for use as modulators of ERR-α activity are disclosed. The crystal structure and methods provide a novel molecular mechanism for modulation of the activity of ERR-α and provide the basis for rational drug design to obtain potent specific ligands for use as modulators of the activity of this new drug target.	09-06-2012

Marta G. Abad, Downingtown, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110263559	INDAZOLE COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS KETOHEXOKINASE INHIBITORS - The present invention is directed to substituted indazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds and methods of use thereof. The compounds of the present invention are ketohexokinase (KHK) inhibitors, useful for treating or ameliorating a KHK mediated metabolic disorders and/or diseases such as obesity, Type II diabetes mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome X.	10-27-2011

Mathilde Abad, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 09 FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130289163	FUNCTIONAL DIENE ELASTOMER WITH A LOW PI AND IMPROVED COLD FLOW, AND RUBBER COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME - The invention relates to a functionalized diene elastomer composed:	10-31-2013
20130296492	FUNCTIONAL DIENE BLOCK ELASTOMER WITH A LOW PI AND IMPROVED COLD FLOW, AND RUBBER COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME - The invention relates to a functionalized diene elastomer composed a) of a specific block copolymer functionalized, at the chain end or in the middle of the chain, by a tin functional group, b) of a specific block copolymer star-branched by tin and c) of a content of less than 15% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the functionalized diene elastomer, of a specific non-tin-functional block copolymer.	11-07-2013

Pablo Abad, Schweinfurt DE

Pedro E. Hernández Abad, Arroyo, PR US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120238772	PROCESS FOR AND INTERMEDIATES IN THE PREPARATION OF CANFOSFAMIDE AND ITS SALTS - A process for and intermediates in the preparation of canfosfamide and its salts. Some of the intermediates have anticancer activity.	09-20-2012

Pierre Abad, Cagnes-Sur-Mer FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110030095	METHOD FOR INCREASING THE RESISTANCE OF A PLANT TO ENDOPARASITIC NEMATODES - The invention relates to a method for increasing the resistance of a plant to an endoparasitic nematode by inhibiting in said plant a microtubule associated protein of the MAP65 protein family.	02-03-2011

Robert Abad, Sunnyvale, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130069824	Global Navigation System Signal Tracking and Decoding - Disclosed are various embodiments of global navigation system tracking and decoding. In one embodiment a method includes obtaining a navigation signal including a sequence of navigation strings. Each navigation string includes symbol encoded navigation data symbols and a time mark sequence (TMS). A location of a TMS within the navigation signal is determined and the TMS and the symbol encoding is removed from a subsequent navigation string based upon the determined location of the TMS to provide a stripped navigation signal. In another embodiment, a global navigation receiver includes a RF front end that obtains a navigation signal including a sequence of navigation strings. The global navigation receiver determines a location of a TMS within the navigation signal and removes the TMS and symbol encoding from a subsequent navigation string based upon the determined location of the TMS to provide a stripped navigation signal.	03-21-2013

Vincent Abad, Clermont-Ferrand FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130072621	PNEUMATIC OBJECT PROVIDED WITH A GASTIGHT LAYER CONTAINING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER AND A THERMOPLASTIC - A pneumatic object or inflatable article is provided with a gastight elastomer layer. The gastight elastomer layer includes a thermoplastic polyisobutylene block elastomer and hot-melt polymer microdomains based on at least one thermoplastic material.	03-21-2013
20130096230	METHOD FOR OBTAINING A RUBBER COMPOSITION INCLUDING A THERMOPLASTIC FILLER - A process for the preparation of a rubber composition for the manufacture of tyres is presented. The composition is based on one or more diene elastomers, one or more reinforcing fillers, and a crosslinking system. The composition includes particles of one or more thermoplastic materials chosen from amorphous thermoplastic materials and semicrystalline thermoplastic materials, with the glass transition temperature of the amorphous thermoplastic material or materials and the melting point of the semicrystalline thermoplastic material or materials varying from 80° C. to 300° C. The particles exhibit a volume-average diameter of less than or equal to 200 μm.	04-18-2013
20130116376	RUBBER COMPOSITION COMPRISING A THERMOPLASTIC FILLER AND COMPATIBILIZER - A rubber composition, which can be used for manufacturing tyres, is based on one or more diene elastomers, on one or more reinforcing fillers, and on a crosslinking system. The rubber composition includes particles of one or more thermoplastic materials chosen from thermoplastic materials with melting or softening points varying from 80° C. to 300° C. The rubber composition also includes one or more compatibilizing agents chosen from block copolymers that includes at least one diene elastomer block and at least one thermoplastic block compatible with the one or more thermoplastic materials.	05-09-2013
20130174952	TYRE HAVING A TREAD COMPRISING A DEGRADABLE FILLER MATERIAL - A tyre tread includes a cellulose-based filler material placed in a cavity of the tread. The filler material includes a blend of a degradable cellulose-based thermoplastic and an unsaturated thermoplastic elastomer.	07-11-2013
20130196086	INFLATABLE OBJECT PROVIDED WITH A GAS-TIGHT LAYER CONTAINING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER AND A HYDROCARBON-BASED RESIN - A pneumatic object is provided with a layer that is airtight to inflation gases. The layer includes an elastomer composition having at least a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), as a sole elastomer or as a predominant elastomer by weight, and a hydrocarbon resin. A glass transition temperature of the hydrocarbon resin is above 0° C. The TPE is a copolymer that includes at least a central polyisobutylene block. Optionally, the elastomer composition includes an extender oil. Also optionally, the elastomer composition includes a platy filler selected from a group that includes graphites and phyllosilicates, such as micas, clays, and talcs. The pneumatic object may be an inner tube or a pneumatic tyre for a motor vehicle.	08-01-2013
20140076473	TYRE PROVIDED WITH A TREAD COMPRISING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER - A tyre includes a tread, a crown with a crown reinforcement, first and second sidewalls, two beads, and a carcass reinforcement anchored to the two beads and extending from the first sidewall to the second sidewall. The tread includes a thermoplastic elastomer that is a block copolymer, which includes at least one elastomer block and at least one thermoplastic block. A total content of the thermoplastic elastomer in the tread is within a range varying from 65 to 100 phr (parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer).	03-20-2014
20140090548	TIRE HAVING A COMPOSITE CORD IN THE TREAD - A tire includes a tread with an internal cavity. Positioned in the internal cavity is a composite cord structured to include an elastomer core and a sheath surrounding the elastomer core. The sheath is formed of a hollow cylindrical braid made of helically intertwined non-contiguous fibers. The tire may be pneumatic or non-pneumatic.	04-03-2014
20140205836	RUBBER COMPOSITE CORD FOR A TREAD OF A PNEUMATIC TIRE - A composite cord includes a rubber core and a rubber sheath surrounding, at least in part, the rubber core. A formulation of the core is different from that of the sheath. The rubber core includes at least one diene elastomer and more than 30 phr of a filler A. The filler A includes nanoparticles having a weight-average size of less than 500 nm. The rubber sheath includes at least one diene elastomer, from 0 to less than 30 phr of a filler A′, and more than 70 phr of a filler B. The filler A′ includes nanoparticles having a weight-average size of less than 500 nm. The filler B includes microparticles having a weight-median size of greater than 1 μm.	07-24-2014
20140305558	TYRE HAVING A TREAD COMPRISING AN IMPREGNATED FELT - A tyre is provided with a tread that includes a felt. The felt is impregnated with a thermoplastic elastomer material. Fibres of the felt are selected from a group that includes: textile fibres, inorganic fibres, and mixtures of textile fibres and inorganic fibres.	10-16-2014
20140326378	TREAD COMPRISING TREAD PATTERN ELEMENTS COVERED WITH A THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL - A tire tread having:	11-06-2014
20140348968	MOLDING ELEMENT COMPRISING CUTTING MEANS FOR MOLDING AND VULCANIZING A TIRE TREAD - A molding element for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread. This tread comprises a tread surface intended to come into contact with the ground when this tire is running. This molding element comprises a molding surface intended to mold part of the tire tread surface and a blade of length L and of height Hc intended to mold a sipe or a groove in the tread, the blade comprising a rounded end extending along the length of the blade in a direction of extension X. The molding element comprises two cutting means positioned on either side of the blade at a certain distance from this blade. Each cutting means comprises, at one end, an alternation of peaks and troughs extending in this direction of extension X. The distance of these peaks in relation to the molding surface is greater than or equal to the height Hc of the blade.	11-27-2014
20150030851	COMPOSITE REINFORCER SHEATHED WITH A RUBBER SELF-ADHESIVE POLYMER LAYER - A composite reinforcer capable of adhering directly to a diene rubber matrix, which can be used in particular as a reinforcing element for a tyre, comprises: one or more reinforcing thread(s), for example a thread or cord made of carbon steel; and a layer of a polymer composition which covers the said thread, individually each thread or collectively several threads, this layer comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, the glass transition temperature of which is positive, such as, for example, a polyamide, and an epoxidized diene elastomer, such as, for example, natural rubber or a butadiene homopolymer or copolymer. A process for the manufacture of such a composite reinforcer, and a finished article or semi-finished product made of rubber, in particular a tyre, incorporating such a composite reinforcer are also disclosed.	01-29-2015
20150034226	TYRE OF WHICH THE CROWN AREA IS PROVIDED WITH A SUB-LAYER COMPRISING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER - The present invention relates to a radial tyre (	02-05-2015
20150104533	MOLDING ELEMENT COMPRISING CUTTING MEANS FOR MOLDING AND VULCANIZING A TIRE TREAD - A molding element of a mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread, this tread comprising a tread surface intended to come into contact with the ground when the tire is running. The molding element comprises a molding surface intended to mold part of the tire tread surface and a blade of length L and of height H intended to mold a sipe or a groove in the tread. This blade comprises a rounded end extending along the length of the blade in a direction of extension X. The molding element further comprises two cutting means positioned on either side of the blade at a certain distance from this blade. Each cutting means comprises a cutting edge extending in the direction of extension, this cutting edge making an acute angle in a cutting plane perpendicular to this direction of extension, the height of this cutting edge being greater than or equal to the height of the blade.	04-16-2015
20150231925	TIRE PROVIDED WITH A TREAD INCLUDING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER AND CARBON BLACK - The present invention relates to a tire comprising a tread, a crown with a crown reinforcement, two sidewalls, two beads and a carcass reinforcement anchored to the two beads and extending from one sidewall to the other. The tread is based on at least one thermoplastic elastomer and on carbon black at a content by volume within a range extending from 5% to 30%, the thermoplastic elastomer being a block copolymer comprising at least one elastomer block and at least one thermoplastic block, and the total content of thermoplastic elastomer being within a range varying from 65 to 100 phr.	08-20-2015

Vincent Abad, Domicile FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140044964	COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT COATED WITH A SELF-ADHESIVE POLYMER LAYER WHICH ADHERES TO RUBBER - Composite reinforcer (R-2) capable of adhering directly to a diene rubber matrix, which can be used as a reinforcing element for a pneumatic tyre, comprising:	02-13-2014
20140051312	RUBBER COMPOSITE REINFORCED WITH A TEXTILE MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH A THERMOPLASTIC ADHESIVE - Rubber composite, and in particular tyre, reinforced with a sized textile material, such as a fibre or a film, at least one portion of which is coated with an adhesive layer, capable of adhering directly via curing (crosslinking) to an unsaturated rubber matrix, such as a natural rubber matrix, characterized in that said layer comprises an adhesive composition or thermoplastic adhesive, in the liquid or solid state, which is based on at least one unsaturated thermoplastic styrene (TPS) elastomer and a poly(p-phenylene ether) (PPE).	02-20-2014

Vincent Abad, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 9 FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130177764	Composite Reinforcement - Composite reinforcer (R-	07-11-2013
20130273366	Composite Reinforcement and Manufacturing Process Therefor - Composite reinforcer (R-	10-17-2013
20130280511	Tire Cover Comprising a Self-Adherent Composite Reinforcement - Pneumatic tire comprising a composite reinforcer (R-2) that is self-adhesive by curing to a diene rubber matrix, comprising: one or more reinforcing thread(s) (	10-24-2013
20140045983	COMPOSITE REINFORCER SHEATHED WITH A LAYER OF POLYMER THAT IS SELF-ADHESIVE TO RUBBER - Composite reinforcer (R-2) capable of adhering directly to a diene rubber matrix, which can be used as a reinforcing element for a pneumatic tyre, comprising:	02-13-2014
20140045984	Auto-Adhesive Composite Reinforcement - Composite reinforcer (R-	02-13-2014
20140083589	TYRE HAVING A CROWN REGION PROVIDED WITH AN UNDERLAYER COMPRISING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER - A radial tyre for a vehicle includes a crown with a tread having a radially outer part intended to contact a road surface; two beads; two sidewalls connecting the beads to the tread; a carcass reinforcement that extends into the sidewalls and is anchored in the beads; a crown reinforcement positioned circumferentially between the radially outer part of the tread and the carcass reinforcement; and an underlayer. The underlayer:	03-27-2014
20140326377	TYRE HAVING A TREAD COMPRISING A FELT - A tire is provided with a tread that includes a felt. Fibers of the felt are fibers selected from a group that includes: textile fibers, inorganic fibers, and mixtures of textile fibers and inorganic fibers.	11-06-2014
20150034230	METHOD FOR RETREADING A TYRE OF WHICH THE CROWN AREA IS PROVIDED WITH A SUB-LAYER COMPRISING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER - The present invention relates to a process for retreading a radial tyre (	02-05-2015
20150079323	PNEUMATIC OBJECT PROVIDED WITH A GASTIGHT LAYER BASED ON A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER AND ON A LAMELLAR FILLER - A pneumatic object or inflatable article includes a gastight elastomer layer. The elastomer layer is formed of a material that includes at least one thermoplastic polyisobutylene block elastomer and a platy filler, such that relationships of:	03-19-2015

Vincent Abad, Chamalieres FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090160078	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF A PROFILED ELEMENT FROM AN ELASTOMERIC THERMOPLASTIC GEL - A device for preparing a flat profiled element from an elastomeric thermoplastic gel includes:	06-25-2009
20110108186	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF A PROFILED ELEMENT FROM AN ELASTOMERIC THERMOPLASTIC GEL - A device for preparing a flat profiled element from an elastomeric thermoplastic gel includes:	05-12-2011
20110165408	Self-Sealing Elastomer Composition - Self-sealing elastomer composition that can in particular be used as puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, comprising at least 30 phr of a saturated thermoplastic stirene elastomer, at most 70 phr of an unsaturated thermoplastic stirene elastomer and more than 200 phr of an oil extender. Inflatable article, such as a tire, provided with a puncture-resistant layer comprising, as self-sealing composition, an elastomer composition according to the invention. Advantageously, the puncture-resistant layer is combined with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber, so as to constitute, in the inflatable article, a puncture-resistant airtight laminate.	07-07-2011
20110180193	Puncture-Resistant Air-Impermeable Laminate for an Inflatable Article - Airtight and puncture-resistant multilayer elastomer laminate that can be used in particular in an inflatable article, such as a pneumatic tire for a vehicle, comprising at least the following three layers (phr signifying parts by weight per hundred parts of rubber (elastomer) in each composition considered): as an airtight first layer, a first elastomer composition comprising at least 50 phr of a diene elastomer; as a puncture-resistant second layer, a self-sealing second elastomer composition comprising at least 50 phr of a saturated thermoplastic stirene elastomer and more than 200 phr of an extender oil; as an adhesive third layer or interphase between the above two layers, a third composition comprising at least 30 phr of an unsaturated thermoplastic stirene elastomer.	07-28-2011
20110181100	Sealing Device and Process for Placing Said Device on a Rim - A sealing device forming an annular band intended to be associated with a rim for a wheel designed to accept a tire, the rim having a rim bottom extended by two flanges, the device being adapted to be fitted in such a way as to cover at least the rim bottom. The annular band comprises at least one elastomeric material comprising at least one copolymer thermoplastic elastomer containing blocks of polystirene and polyisobutylene, and a polybutene oil. Also disclosed is a mounted assembly having a wheel comprising a rim associated with a sealing device and of a tubeless tire. In addition, a method is disclosed for fitting a sealing device onto a rim.	07-28-2011
20110315291	Pneumatic Object Provided with a Gas-Tight Layer Comprising a Thermoplastic Elastomer and Expanded Thermoplastic Microspheres - An inflatable article provided with an elastomer layer impermeable to the inflation gas, such as air, said layer comprising at least, as major elastomer, a thermoplastic polystirene/polyisobutylene block copolymer, such as an SIBS (stirene/isobutylene/stirene) copolymer, and expanded thermoplastic microspheres with a preferential content between 1 and 30 phr. Preferably, this copolymer comprises between 5% and 50% stirene by weight, its number-average molecular weight is between 30 000 and 500 000 g/mol and its Tg is below −20° C. Optionally, the gastight elastomer layer also contains, as plasticizer, an extender oil, especially a polybutene oil, with a preferential content between 5 and 100 phr. This gastight layer not only has excellent impermeability properties, but also a density and a hysteresis that are both reduced compared with layers based on butyl rubber. The inflatable article can be a pneumatic tire for a motor vehicle.	12-29-2011
20120003409	Pneumatic Object Provided with Gas-Tight Layer Comprising Two Thermoplastic Elastomers - Inflatable article equipped with an elastomer layer impermeable to the inflation gases comprising at least: as first thermoplastic stirene elastomer, at least 50 phr of a copolymer containing polystirene and polyisobutylene blocks, in particular SIBS; as second thermoplastic stirene elastomer, at most 50 phr of a thermoplastic stirene copolymer of unsaturated type, in particular SIS; and optionally an extender oil, in particular polybutene, at a content preferably between 5 and 100 phr. This gastight elastomer layer has very good impermeability properties and a lower hysteresis compared to layers based on butyl rubber. The inflatable article can be, in particular, an inner tube or a pneumatic tire for a motor vehicle.	01-05-2012
20120003413	Airtight Multilayer Laminate for a Pneumatic Object - A multilayer elastomer laminate that is impermeable to inflation gases, which is capable of adhering to a diene elastomer composition and which can be used in an inflatable article provided with such a diene composition, said laminate comprising at least two superposed elastomer layers (phr signifying parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer, in each elastomer composition considered): as a gastight first layer, a first elastomer composition comprising more than 50 phr of a copolymer containing polystirene and polyisobutylene blocks; as an adhesive second layer, a second elastomer composition comprising more than 50 phr of an unsaturated thermoplastic stirene copolymer and optionally a liquid plasticizing agent at a content from 0 to less than 100 phr. This multilayer laminate possesses very good impermeability properties and a reduced hysteresis compared to layers based on butyl rubber, and also a high adhesion to a diene elastomer third layer.	01-05-2012
20120128972	Self-Adhesive Composite Reinforcement, in Particular for Tires, and Associated Manufacturing Method - Composite reinforcement (R-	05-24-2012
20120141696	ELASTOMER COMPOSITION MADE FROM A THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER, INFLATABLE OBJECT PROVIDED WITH A GAS BARRIER MADE FROM SUCH A COMPOSITION - Elastomer composition comprising at least, as predominant elastomer, a thermoplastic SIBS elastomer comprising a “polyisobutylene” block and, at least one of the ends of the “polyisobutylene” block, a thermoplastic block of specific structure having a Tg greater than or equal to 100° C. The elastomer composition according to the invention may be used as an elastomer layer impermeable to the inflation gases in an inflatable object. This inflatable object is, in particular, an inner tube or a pneumatic tyre for a motor vehicle.	06-07-2012
20120142840	Method for Manufacturing and Handling Elastomer Thermoplastic Gels - Method of manufacturing granulates or continuous strips intended for feeding an extrusion machine, formed of a gel comprising at least, as majority elastomer, a styrene thermoplastic elastomer and more than 200 phr of an extender oil, each element of the granulate having a given surface area. The granulate element is sized so that the compactness, of a granulate element, is less than a value decreasing from 1500 m	06-07-2012
20120149822	PNEUMATIC OBJECT PROVIDED WITH A GASTIGHT LAYER MADE OF A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER AND LAMELLAR FILLER - An inflatable object is equipped with a layer for sealing in an inflation gas. The layer is formed of an elastomeric composition that includes a predominant elastomer by weight, a block thermoplastic elastomer, and a lamellar filler. The block thermoplastic elastomer includes a polyisobutylene block with a number-average molecular mass ranging from 25,000 to 350,000 g/mol and a glass transition temperature of less than or equal to −20° C., and, at at least one end of the polyisobutylene block, a thermoplastic block made from at least a polymerized monomer other than a stirene monomer, the polymerized monomer having a glass transition temperature greater than or equal to 100° C. The lamellar filler has an equivalent diameter (D	06-14-2012
20120156400	PNEUMATIC OBJECT PROVIDED WITH A GASTIGHT LAYER CONTAINING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER AND A PLATY FILLER - An inflatable article is provided with a layer impermeable to inflation gases. The layer has an elastomer composition that includes at least, as a predominant elastomer by weight, a thermoplastic styrene (TPS) elastomer and a platy filler. The platy filler has an equivalent diameter (D	06-21-2012
20120180921	Pressure-Sensitive Composite Reinforcement - Composite reinforcement (R-	07-19-2012
20120267023	Self-Adhesive Composite Reinforcement - Composite reinforcer (R-	10-25-2012
20120285597	PNEUMATIC OBJECT PROVIDED WITH A GAS-TIGHT LAYER COMPRISING A STYRENE THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER AND A POLYPHENYLENE ETHER - Inflatable article provided with an elastomer layer which is airtight to the inflation gases, the said airtight elastomer layer comprising at least one styrene thermoplastic elastomer comprising a polyisobutylene block, characterized in that the said airtight elastomer layer additionally comprises a polyphenylene ether (“PPE”).	11-15-2012
20130168001	PNEUMATIC OBJECT PROVIDED WITH A GAS-TIGHT LAYER COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER AND A BUTYL RUBBER - An inflatable article is provided with an elastomer layer that is airtight to inflation gases used to inflate the article. The elastomer layer includes at least one blend of a thermoplastic elastomer and a butyl rubber. The thermoplastic elastomer includes a polyisobutylene block. The thermoplastic elastomer is present in a proportion A, and the butyl rubber is present in a proportion B, with a ratio A/B being in a range of 1 and 20, and with A and B being expressed by weight.	07-04-2013