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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6834699 | Reinforcing tire bead for a radial tire A tire, designed to carry heavy loads, having a radial carcass reinforcement formed of at least one ply of inelastic reinforcing elements and anchored in each bead to a bead wire so as to form a turn-up whose end is a radial distance HRNC away from the ba... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6770160 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing tires The invention concerns a method of manufacture of tires and a tire assembly drum having a body with a receiving surface for the products to be assembled, the body being mounted on a center shaft, and at least one lifting device situated at one of the ends of the rec... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6543500 | Alarm safety insert A safety insert is designed to be mounted in an assembly including a tire and a rim of a vehicle, so that on bearing of the tire against the insert, the insert will generate multiple vibrating signals of the rotation frequency of the tire. In one embodime... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6536496 | Tire having crown reinforcement with profiled element and edging rubber A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement, which is surmounted by a crown reinforcement including at least two plies of reinforcement elements, which are crossed from one ply to the next, the two plies being of unequal axial widths, characterized in th... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6397670 | Device for detecting vibrating signal caused by tire engaging safety insert after pressure loss in tire A safety insert designed to be mounted in an assembly comprising a tire and a rim of a vehicle and device for detecting the bearing of the tire on an insert, so that the insert generates signals oriented parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire and ri... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6386256 | Crown reinforcement for a tire A tire with radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement embodying at least two working crown plies formed of inextensible cables, crossed from one ply to the next, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction, ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6204322 | Silica-filled elastomer composition which can be used for tires A sulfur-vulcanizable rubber composition which in vulcanized state is of improved hysteresis, comprising silica as reinforcing filler and a polymer which is coupled and/or starred by means of an agent having the general formula: (Y)m --R1 | 03/20/2001 |
| 6169137 | Tire having a base of precipitated silica with improved rolling resistance A radial carcass tire comprising a tread, two non-stretchable beads, two sidewalls connecting the beads to the tread, and a crown reinforcement located between the carcass and the tread, the crown reinforcement including a diene elastomeric rubber having,... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5851557 | Rigid-core mold for annular treads intended, in particular, for the recapping of tires An improved mold (1) for the molding and vulcanizing of annular treads inded, in particular, for the recapping of tires, which includes at least one rigid core (3) defining the inner surface of the tread and a collar (2) divided into sectors (21) which a... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5787950 | Rim, supporting ring and assembly thereof An integral rim intended for mounting a tire having at least two beads and including, when viewed in meridian section, at least a first rim seat, a second rim seat, and a rim base which is without a groove. The first rim seat slopes downwardly towards the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5789080 | Process for treating a body of stainless steel so as to promote its adherence to a rubber composition Process for treating a body of steel to promote its adherence to a composition which includes at least a rubber, containing the following points: a body at least the surface of which is of stainless steel is used, this steel containing at least 0.02% and ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5297604 | Tread for radial carcass tires for heavy vehicles Tread for heavy-vehicle tires with radial carcass having at least one cirferential groove (1) in the form of a broken line and wide transverse grooves (2) in the form of a broken line defining blocks, the wide transverse grooves (2) having walls of const... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5251881 | Methods and devices for the thermal treatment of metal wires upon passing them over capstans Process and device (1) for the heat treatment of at least one metal wire using capstans (2, 3) characterized by the following features: (a) the wire (4) is brought around at least two capstans (2, 3) which conduct the heat and which include recesses (11... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5247983 | Tire regrooving device This device, designed for recutting the grooves of pneumatic tire treads, is composed of a knife whose shape corresponds to the said groove section to be recut and an adjustable depth guide that presses against the bottom of the existing groove before mak... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5242520 | Method and device for applying threads on a support using a drum with rows of fixed and movable teeth A method and device (1) for applying threads (9) on a support (11) in order o obtain a ply (13) while imparting a sinuous form to the threads. There is used a rotary drum (2) having rows (4A) of fixed teeth (5A) and rows (4B) with movable teeth (5B) which ... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5232033 | Flat-base rim for heavy truck tubeless tire and assembly of such a rim with a tire The rim in accordance with the invention is a rim formed of a metal rim b (1) and two movable side rings (2), each of said rings (2) consisting of vulcanized rubber reinforced by a circumferentially stretchable annular element (41) the cross-section of w... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5232032 | Assembly consisting of a tire and a removable bead protector An assembly formed of a tire and removable protector, intended to be mounted and used on a rim having frustoconical seats. The tire has beads (5) the outer contour of which is formed primarily by a frustoconical zone (80) substantially parallel to the axi... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5221406 | Apparatus for manufacturing a tire by the laying of rubber products onto a rotating core The rubber products forming a part of the structure of a tire are laid onto a rigid core by means of a volumetric extruder having an outlet orifice of small size positioned close to the surface on which the rubber is to be applied. The rubber products are... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5196845 | Antenna for tire monitoring device An antenna to be used with transponder type devices. The antenna includes an inductance and a capacitor forming a resonant circuit. To avoid any heating and to have a sufficiently broad passband or operating range, there is in parallel with the inductance... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5185051 | Hook for use in an apparatus for making a tire reinforcement A cord retention arm for use in an apparatus for making a tire reinforcement from a continuous cord and applying the reinforcement to a tire core. The cord retention arm includes an extended support having a bent end terminating in a tip for supporting a ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5171394 | Method and apparatus of manufacturing a tire by the laying of rubber products onto a firm support The rubber products forming a part of the structure of a tire are laid onto a rigid core by means of a volumetric extruder having an outlet orifice of small size positioned close to the surface on which the rubber is to be applied. The rubber products are... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5134024 | Reinforcing ply for a penumatic tire containing reinforcing fibers in a sinusoidal pattern A device (1) making it possible to apply at least one thread (2) to a supt (3) and characterized by the following features: it has a front clamp (4) and a rear clamp (5) along a direction of advance (F1); it has means (6, 7) for opening and closing... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5127456 | Sheathed bead ring to pneumatic tires; method of producing such a bead ring; pneumatic tires having such a bead ring A bead ring for pneumatic tires comprises an assembly of wires which is covered by a sheath made of a material whose secant modulus in extension, measured at 10% elongation and at room temperature, is equal to at least 70 MPa.... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5104600 | Method of making prevulcanized treads of constant curvature A method of making a prevulcanized tread particularly useful for the recapping of tires having, in stress-free condition, a constant curvature in its longitudinal direction whose radius corresponds substantially to that of the tires to be recapped, the so... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5052484 | Electrical connector and contact assembly for vehicles An electrical connector device comprises an isolating support 20 and a conductive capsule 21 accessible from the exterior of the connector and fixed to the support 20 by a deformable membrane 22. The support 20, the membrane 22 and the capsule 21 define a... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5042544 | Deformable nonpneumatic tire with recesses extending crosswise over the entire axial width of the tire A deformable nonpneumatic tire includes a radially inner, substantially annular, base which may be connected to a rigid element such as a wheel, a radially outer, substantially annular, cap to which a tread having a pattern may be mounted, and a substanti... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5029468 | Elements necessary for the excitation and the monitoring of wheel modules in a system for monitoring the wheels of a vehicle A device for exciting and monitoring wheel modules for monitoring tires crises control lines (5, 6) which excite simultaneously all the wheel modules except one, which is monitored. For this purpose, it comprises one exciting and monitoring assembly (2) ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5011397 | Apparatus for producing prevulcanized treads An apparatus for producing prevulcanized tread particularly useful for the recapping of tires having, in stress-free condition, a constant curvature in its longitudinal direction whose radius corresponds substantially to that of the tires to be recapped, ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4981542 | Device and process for applying threads on a support A device (1) making it possible to apply at least one thread (2) to a supt (3) and characterized by the following features: it has a front clamp (4) and a rear clamp (5) along a direction of advance (F1); it has means (6, 7) for opening and closing... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4964621 | Apparatus for heat treating a carbon steel wire A process for heat treating a carbon steel wire to obtain a fine pearlite structure is characterized by the following steps: (a) cooling the wire until the wire reaches a given temperature which is below the AC1 transformation temperature; (b) ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4963207 | Method and apparatus of manufacturing a tire by the laying of rubber products onto a firm support The rubber products forming a part of the structure of a tire are laid onto a rigid core by means of a volumetric extruder having an outlet orifice of small size positioned close to the surface on which the rubber is to be applied. The rubber products are... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4952259 | Process for the manufacture of a tire reinforcement A process for producing a tire reinforcement is characterized by the fact that each reinforcement cord is projected individually into its place in the reinforcement. For this purpose, a machine is used which comprises laying members comprising essentially... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4946525 | Process for the butted connecting of the edges of a rubberized fabric intended for the manufacture of a carcass reinforcement, and the tire with radial carcass reinforcement obtained thereby The process for the butt connecting of the edges of a rubberized fabric wh is formed of reinforcement elements which are parallel to each other and spaced apart by a pitch p by injecting under pressure and heat between the reinforcement elements of the e... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4934856 | Attachment on the wheel rim of components necessary for monitoring a tire A support in which the electric elements for the monitoring of a tire are corporated is immobilized on a wheel rim by the use of a locking element which includes two sealing lips.... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4867217 | Nonpneumatic elastic tire The elastic tire (1) is composed of a plurality of elastic elements (3) ped between the nondeformable anchoring zone (2) and the tread (4). Each elastic element (3) comprises two connecting elements (34) and (35) the ends of which form a quadrilateral an... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4862939 | Stiffening ply formed . . . methods for obtaining such articles A stiffening ply intended for use in an article, particularly a pneumatic tire, is characterized by the fact that the ply is formed at least in part of a fabric having the following properties: (a) the fabric has a three-dimensional body and stiffening threads... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4860810 | Pneumatic tire having bead ring with sawtooth ridges A bead ring for reinforcing a bead of a pneumatic tire having a carcass ply comprises, on the bead ring surface, ribs made of a material whose secant modulus in extension, measured at 10% elongation and at 160° C., is equal to at least 70 MPa. Pneumatic ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4830684 | Process for heat treating a carbon steel wire A process for heat treating a carbon steel wire to obtain a fine pearlite structure is characterized by the following steps: (a) cooling the wire until the wire reaches a given temperature which is below the AC1 transformation temperature; (b) ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4823107 | Circuit and device for monitoring and/or management of the operating condition of a tire A device and electric circuit mounted on a wheel of a vehicle and to transmit via bearings an electrical signal for measurement of parameters such as the pressure and temperature of the tire. The measurement is made based on the conduction state of a semi... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4801344 | Method for the manufacture of reinforcements for tires The manufacture of a reinforcement for a tire comprises the following ste s: (a) a continuous cord is hooked to retention means disposed in two circles which are a distance apart which corresponds to the length of the path of a cord from one side of the ... | 01/31/1989 |
