James Edwin Woodlee

US Patent:

20060055094, Mar 16, 2006

Filed:

Sep 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/941423

Inventors:

John Attinello - Uniontown OH, US
David Ball - Canton OH, US
Mark Trowbridge - Stow OH, US
James Woodlee - Kent OH, US

International Classification:

F16F 9/04

US Classification:

267064270, 267163000

Abstract:

An air spring mount includes an elastomeric member coupled to at least one support plate to define a pressurizable chamber. The support plate has a snap-in-place attachment comprising a mounting stud projecting perpendicularly from the plate, and three resilient fingers spaced around the periphery of the stud. Barbs disposed in terminal ends of the fingers are biased outwardly by the fingers to engage a mounting bracket to which the air spring is mounted, when the attachment is inserted through a hole formed in the mounting bracket.

US Patent:

62641786, Jul 24, 2001

Filed:

Jun 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/592247

Inventors:

Robert Charles Schisler - Munroe Falls OH
James Edwin Woodlee - Kent OH
Jeffrey Mark Frye - Uniontown OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

F16F 904

US Classification:

267 6427

Abstract:

The present invention is an air sleeve that has a tubular shape with opposing sleeve ends. At least one reinforcing ply extends from one sleeve end to the opposing sleeve end; the reinforcing ply has cords encapsulated in a ply coat compound and at least one end of the reinforcing ply terminates in one air sleeve end. According to the present invention, a reinforcement means is spaced from the end of the reinforcing ply by a distance greater than the ply coat compound.

US Patent:

40420035, Aug 16, 1977

Filed:

Sep 10, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/611929

Inventors:

Gerald E. Gaskill - Farmington Hills MI
James E. Woodlee - Kent OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B60C 1502

US Classification:

1523812

Abstract:

A tire bead retainer for mounting on a wheel rim in which a locking member is located adjacent a bead seat of the rim. The locking member is depressed by the beads during mounting of the tire on the rim and is moved back into the locking position for retaining the bead after the bead is seated in the bead seat. The bead retainer may be mounted on a rim prior to mounting of the tire and either the locking member or the complete retainer may be removable for removing the tire from the rim. Several retainers may be spaced around the wheel rim to engage the tire bead at several spaced-apart positions at one side of the rim.

US Patent:

52538508, Oct 19, 1993

Filed:

Jun 4, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/894379

Inventors:

Thomas E. Burkley - Akron OH
Edwin L. Haines - Fairlawn OH
Frank G. Mungo - Cuyahoga Falls OH
James E. Woodlee - Kent OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

F16F 904

US Classification:

267 6424

Abstract:

A method for producing an airspring which reduces the time of manufacture by the vulcanization of the airsleeve in the absence of beads. After vulcanization of the sleeve, and end portion of the sleeve is wrapped about a bead ring and crimped within an annular rolled portion of at least one end member.