US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on June 17 for "Temperature stable polymeric blends for use in non-pneumatic tires" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,188, issued on June 17, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Temperature stable polymeric blends for use in non-pneumatic tires" was invented by Jared J. Griebel (Orange Village, Ohio) and Hyeonjae Kim (Copley, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are polymeric blends suitable for use in non-pneumatic tires, processes for preparing the polymeric blends, and non-pneumatic tires and components thereof incorporating the polymeric blend. The polymeric blends include a thermoplastic polyester elastomer, a high temperature thermoplastic polymer, a compatibilizer resin, a delayed cros...