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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900666 | Tire and method of securing an object thereto A tire and a method of securing an object thereto includes a two-piece fastening system having a first portion which is applied to an innerliner of a green tire prior to the green tire being cured and a second portion which includes an object, such as a radio freque... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896320 | Jounce bumper assembly and gas spring assembly including same A jounce bumper assembly includes a jounce bumper and a bumper retainer. The jounce bumper includes opposing end walls and a side wall extending therebetween. The bumper retainer includes a side wall for engaging the side wall of the jounce bumper and thereby restri... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896048 | Chucks and use in processing toroidal structures A chuck and a chuck system, and a method for processing a toroidal structure such as a tire carcass. The carcass includes an internal circumference and tapered ends. The chuck system comprises a plurality of chucks wherein each chuck includes a circumferential or su... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7882671 | Multi-layer co-extruded roofing membrane A multi-layer roofing membrane is provided including a top sheet including a co-extruded cap and inner layer and a bottom sheet. The use of a co-extrusion die allows for multi-layer sheets that reduce the need for expensive fillers in all but a cap layer of the memb... | 02/08/2011 |
| D630997 | Tire tread | 01/18/2011 |
| 7836929 | Tire having a sidewall reinforcement A tire, which has a maximum section width, an upper section above the maximum section width, and a lower section below the maximum section width, includes a circumferential tread, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of bead portions. The tire further includes at least o... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832263 | Tire having wireless micro and nano sensors A sensor system for obtaining data from an elastomeric article includes at least one wireless sensor. The sensor length-scales range from nano- to micro-scale devices that are small enough to avoid becoming occlusions within the article. The article may include sens... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7819153 | Tire including concave recesses in a circumferential tread A tire having an equatorial plane and a circumferential tread is provided. The tread includes at least one recess defined by at least one concave surface having a plurality of sipes formed therein. Optionally, the at least one concave surface can include one or more... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7795344 | Nano-particle preparation and applications A nano-particle composition including a poly(alkenylbenzene) core and a poly(conjugated diene), a poly(alkylene), or a poly(alkenylbenzene) surface layer is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter of less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can b... | 09/14/2010 |
| D623588 | Tire shoulder region | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790798 | Solution masterbatch process using finely ground fillers for low hysteresis rubber Methods are provided for making solution masterbatches containing a diene elastomer in an organic solvent and a silica filler, having a first average particle size, that is ground in an organic solvent to form a silica having a reduced second average particle size. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784771 | Spring body for gas spring assembly and method of forming same A spring body includes a filament structure formed from at least one length of filament material. An elastomeric wall at least partially defines a spring chamber and includes a first portion of the filament structure. A comparatively-rigid wall includes a second por... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780891 | Elliptical tire mold and method for making same A tire mold having a substantially elliptical base surface and a method for making a tire mold are provided. In one embodiment, a user selects a major axis length for the tire mold, then selects a ratio of the major axis length to a minor axis length. The tire mold ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779876 | Reinforced blade for use in a vulcanization mold to form a sipe in a tire A reinforced blade for use in a tire vulcanization mold is provided. The reinforced blade, having a thickness of less than 0.030 inches, is configured to form a sipe in a tread of a tire in the tire vulcanization mold. The reinforced blade includes a main segment an... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7776177 | Method for installing a roofing membrane A method for affixing covering products to building structures is described. The covering product includes a thermoplastic membrane, a layer in which a fabric that includes an adhesive coating, and a release liner. The layer is affixed to a primary surface of the me... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772521 | Method and system for marking tires A system and associated method of marking a molded vehicle tire with laser engraved information to provide both human visible and machine readable data concerning the tire. Information contained in a barcode on the tire is read at a first station and supplied to a c... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771807 | Self adhering membrane for roofing applications A preformed, self adhering single ply roofing membrane including a water impermeable membrane; a pressure sensitive, hot melt adhesive adhered to one side of the water impermeable membrane, and a release liner on the side of the pressure sensitive, hot melt adhesive... | 08/10/2010 |
| D621341 | Tire tread | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769567 | Method for designing tire noise pitch sequence A method of designing a pitch noise pitch sequence includes the steps of first defining the characteristics of the tire noise generated by tire tread lug stiffness variations and then defining a tire noise pitch sequence that yields the defined characteristics to pr... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7766591 | Method of transporting roof construction panels A method of transporting insulation panels to a location, the method comprising providing a plurality of insulation panels; placing a predetermined number of said insulation panels into stacks, said stacks including a top surface, lateral sides and a bottom surface;... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7749924 | Thermoplastic roofing membranes A membrane comprising at least one polymeric layer including i) a plastomer, ii) a low density polyethylene, iii) a propylene-based polymer, and optionally iv) flame retardant. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7739529 | System for conserving battery life in a battery operated device A system for conserving battery life in a battery operated device such as a tire tag where there are several modes of operation. The typical mode is the deep sleep mode where the tag is generally inactive (no clock is running; however, an RC watchdog timer is runnin... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733239 | Distance determining system and method A distance determining system includes a first transceiver and a second transceiver spaced a distance from the first transceiver and inductively coupled thereto. The first transceiver outputs a first electromagnetic wave. The second transceiver receives the first el... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717691 | Tire mold with vent inlet disposed under mold rib A die rib for a tire mold defines the inlets to vent passages of the mold through the sides of the die ribs so that the vent passages do not open through the contour surface of the mold. In one exemplary configuration, the invention provides a die rib having a vent ... | 05/18/2010 |
| D615921 | Tire tread | 05/18/2010 |
| D614120 | Tire tread | 04/20/2010 |
| D614116 | Tire tread | 04/20/2010 |
| D613671 | Tire tread | 04/13/2010 |
| D613236 | Tire tread | 04/06/2010 |
| D612801 | Tire tread | 03/30/2010 |
| D612800 | Tire tread | 03/30/2010 |
| D612799 | Tire tread | 03/30/2010 |
| 7677789 | Mixer rotor with spiral core ribs An improved rotor design is provided for an internal batch mixing machine. A rotor has a rotor body with an axially extending central cavity, and with a plurality of mixing wings defined on the outer surface of the rotor body. A plurality of internal reinforcing rib... | 03/16/2010 |
| D611894 | Tire shoulder | 03/16/2010 |
| D611893 | Tire tread | 03/16/2010 |
| 7665994 | Device and method for demonstrating stagger In one embodiment a device is provided for visually demonstrating stagger. In this embodiment, the device includes first and second tires coaxially mounted on an axle, wherein the first tire has a smaller diameter than the second tire. The device also includes a mem... | 02/23/2010 |
| D610074 | Tire tread | 02/16/2010 |
| D610072 | Tire tread | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658809 | Tire and method of securing an object thereto A tire and a method of securing an object thereto includes a two-piece fastening system having a first portion which is applied to an innerliner of a green tire prior to the green tire being cured and a second portion which includes an object, such as a radio freque... | 02/09/2010 |
| D609167 | Tire tread | 02/02/2010 |
