Patent News.

Block copolymers of polyisobutylene
and polydimethysiloxane
U.S. patent: 5,741,859
Issued: April 21, 1998
Inventors: Anil Kumar Saxena and
Toshio Suzuki
Assigned: Dow Corning

High flexible propylene/
ethylene copolymers and
process for preparing same
U.S. patent: 5,741,862
Issued: April 21, 1998
Inventors: Patrik Muller and Meinolf
Kersting
Assigned: BASF Aktiengesellschaft

Methods for reducing allergenicity of
natural rubber latex articles
U.S. patent: 5,741,885
Issued: April 21, 1998
Inventor: Jeffrey S. Dove
Assigned: Baxter International

Slip-coated elastomeric flexible
articles and their method
of manufacture
U.S. patent: 5,742,943
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventor: Mao C. Chen
Assigned: Johnson & Johnson Medical

Articulated windshield
wiper blade assembly
U.S. patent: 5,742,974
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Peter H. Jeffer and Michel
Fernandes
Assigned: New-View Windshield Wiper

Seal for simultaneously sealing a
door window pane and a door
opening on a motor vehicle
U.S. patent: 5,743,047
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Andreas Bonne, Klans
Glagow and Michael Haas
Assigned: Metzeler Automotive
Profiles GmbH

Low volume, high strength, high
melting point single jacket
elastomer lined fire hose
U.S. patent: 5,743,303
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventor: Duane Leonhardt
Assigned: Mercedes Textiles Limited

Multi-layer fuel and vapor tube
U.S. patent: 5,743,304
Issued: April 28,1998
Inventors: Frank L. Mitchell, David L.
Noone and Tao Nie
Assigned: ITT Corporation

Elastic mount having two axially
compressed elastic members
U.S. patent: 5,743,509
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Ryouji Kanda and Hideki
Nishimura
Assigned: Tokai Rubber Industries

Compression piston ring seal
U.S. patent: 5,743,535
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventor: Sydney Gilbert Hodgins
Assigned: Auto-Motive Improvements
Pty Ltd.

Tire with electrically
oriented composite
U.S. patent: 5,743,973
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventor: Ram Murthy Krishnan and
Gary Thomas Belski
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Pneumatic fire having
pitch sequencing
U.S. patent: 5,743,974
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventor: Piotr Janusz Wesolowski
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Radial medium truck tire with
organic polymer reinforced
top belt or breaker
U.S. patent: 5,743,975
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Italo M. Sinopoli, John
Gomer Morgan, Anthony Hardy and
Murat Yasar Susutoglu
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Radial tire for airplanes with
beads having two bead rings
U.S. patent: 5,743,976
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Jorge Fernando Pena,
Robert Postic and Pierre Roux
Assigned: Compagnie Generale des
Etablissements Michelin-Michelin &
Cie

Tread ring transferring
apparatus for use in a green
tire building system
U.S. patent: 5,743,993
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventor: Kazuya Suzuki
Assigned: Sumitomo Rubber
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