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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C Tung, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Deborah A Tung, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Douglas D Callander, Akron, OH (US);
Richard G Bauer, Kent, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524 35 ; 524 36 ; 524572 ; 526335 ; 428297 ; 162 13 ; 162150 ; 1621576 ;
Abstract
Reinforced elastomeric articles, such as tires, wherein the reinforcement is reticulated bacterial cellulose are provided. Reticulated bacterial cellulose has an average diameter of about 0.1 micron and a substantially infinite aspect ratio. The reinforced article comprises about 2 phr to 10 phr of the cellulose reinforcement.