Patent News.

Method of decorating
rubber extruded product
U.S. patent: 5,753,063
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventors: Yasuo Sakakibara, Keizo
Hayashi and Nobuya Kobayashi
Assigned: Toyota Gosei Co.

Processed meat and poultry
encased in natural rubber
thread with low nitrosamine
U.S. patent: 5,753,290
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventor: Roger M. Adam
Assigned: Globe Manufacturing Co.

Fluorosilicone coatings
U.S. patent: 5,753,318
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventors: Richard Paul Eckberg,
Edwin Robert Evans and Melvin Toub
Assigned: General Electric Co.

Power transmission belt
U.S. patent: 5,753,369
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventors: Masahiko Kawashima, Koji
Kitahama and Kyoichi Mishima
Assigned: Mitsuboshi Belting

Rubber composition and all
season type pneumatic tires
made from a rubber composition
U.S. patent: 5,753,365
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventors: Yoshiyuki Morimoto, Koji
Yamauchi, Seiichiro Iwafune, Tatsuro
Hamada, Masanori Aoyama, Eiji
Yamanaka, Koichi Nagakura and Koji
Ishiguchi
Assigned: Bridgestone and Ube Industries

Trans microstructure
directing initiator system
U.S. patent: 5,753,579
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventors: George Jalics and Adel
Farhan Halasa
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Chloroprene rubber adhesive with
chlorinated polyolefin and epoxy resin
U.S. patent: 5,753,727
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Kunihiro
Onishi and Kazuya Fujimoto
Assigned: Konishi Co.

Rubbery polymers with
improved color stability
U.S. patent: 5,753,772
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventors: Jaclyn Laurich, Gary Burroway
and James Horvath
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Unsaturated amine-functional
silane compounds and their use
in rubber compositions
U.S. patent: 5,753,732
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventors: Lawson Wideman, David
Zanzig, Theodore Evans and Charlie
Sun
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Method of preparing trans
polybutadiene blend for use in tires
U.S. patent: 5,753,761
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventors: Paul Sandstrom, David
Zanzig and Nissim Calderon
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Method and device for determining
the green tack of rubber blends
U.S. patent: 5,753,822
Issued: May 19, 1998
Inventor: Bernd Hock
Assigned: Pirelli Reifenwerke GmbH

Flange cover with smooth
exterior surface
U.S. patent: 5,755,071
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventor: Eric Drozd
Assigned: Standard Products Co.

Dental floss with TPE coating
U.S. patent: 5,755,243
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Michael Roberts, David
Anglin, Brad Castillo, Casper Chiang
and Jean Spencer
Assigned: Gillette Canada

Sealing assembly for subsea
wellheads
U.S. patents: 5,755,287
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: David E. Cain, Gerald
Wagerty and Robert R. Schoen
Assigned: FMC Corp.

Method for cementless
building of retreaded tires
U.S. patent: 5,755,904
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Trent Longo, Charles Wollenzier,
Gordon Franks, Patrick Quinlan
and Michael Shaffer
Assigned: Hercules Tire & Rubber

Waste tire treating apparatus
U.S. patent: 5,755,388
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Chin-Ching Yen and
Chih-Ming Lee

Innerliner for pneumatic tires
U.S. patent: 5,755,899
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Kenneth Hecker and
Richard Smith
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Autoclave for retreading
and/or repairing pneumatic
tires by vulcanization
U.S. patent: 5,755,920
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventor: Giovanni Magnabosco
Assigned: Bosco Trade International

Ethylene/[Alpha]-olefin/nonconjugated
polyene copolymer rubber
composition
U.S. patent: 5,756,575
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Masaaki Kawasaki, Hidenari
Nakahama, Tetsuo Tojo, Toshiyuki
Tsutsui, Kyoko Kobayashi and Toshihiro
Sagane
Assigned: Mitsui Petrochemical

Rubber-reinforced vinyl
aromatic (CO) polymer
U.S. patent: 5,756,579
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Vilma Fornasari, Davide
Preti, Anna Grazia Rossi and Roberto
Nocci
Assigned: Enichem S.p.A.

Vulcanizable rubber composition
with unsaturated and metal
compounds and organic peroxides
U.S. patent: 5,756,586
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Koichi Nishimura, Yoshiomi
Saito, Kazuyoshi Nakajima, Atsushi
Tanaka and Yasuaki Serizawa
Assigned: Nippon Zeon Co.

Polypropylene and other olefin
polymer thermoplastic elastomers,
novel catalyst for preparing the same
and method of preparation
U.S. patent: 5,756,614
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: James Chien and Marvin D.
Rausch
Assigned: Academy of Applied Science

Tire building drum having
adjustable axial length
U.S. patent: 5,755,922
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Viscardo Baldoni, Giancarlo
Scarpetti and Raffaele Muzi
Assigned: Bridgestone Corp.

Gel cushion comprising rubber
polymer and oil
U.S. patent: 5,756,195
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Bernie Allen and Zoran Petrovic
Assigned: Acushnet Co.

Scorch safety of curable
fluoroelastomer compositions
U.S. patent: 5,756,588
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Robert Kolb and Naiyong
Jing
Assigned: 3M

Silica reinforced rubber
composition and use in fires
U.S. patent: 5,756,589
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Paul Sandstrom, David
Zanzig and Mark Sinsky
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Process for preparation of N-halothiosulfonamide
modified terpolymer
U.S. patent: 5,756,590
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventor: Roger John Hopper
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Means to control particle size and
eliminate fouling in the synthesis of
syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene
U.S. patent: 5,756,606
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventor: Tang Hong Wong
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Resin-containing organosiloxane
compositions curable to silicone
elastomers having low weep
U.S. patent: 5,756,598
Issued: May 26, 1998
Inventors: Kyuha Chung and Stephen
Warren
Assigned: Dow Corning Corp.

Transmission belt and method of
manufacturing the same
U.S. patent: 5,779,584
Issued: July 14, 1998
Inventor: Tadahiko Noguchi
Assigned: Bando Chemical Industries

Heavy duty pneumatic radial
tires with particular belt
rubber configuration
U.S. patent: 5,779,828
Issued: July 14, 1998
Inventor: Yoichi Okamoto
Assigned: Bridgestone Corp.

Pneumatic tire having a single
carcass ply reinforced with metallic
cords, a high ending ply, turnup and
locked bead construction
U.S. patent: 5,779,829
Issued: July 14, 1998
Inventors: Amit Prakash, Donald
Gilliam and Gary Tubb
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Processing waste rubber
by steam pyrolysis
U.S. patent: 5,780,518
Issued: July 14, 1998
Inventors: Valery Mulyarchik, Vladimir
Drozdov, Anatoly Grebenkov, Gennady
Shzuravaky, Leonid Vinogradov and
Kuharev
Assigned: Science-Technical and
Product Innovative Center (Belarus)

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