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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146633 | Pneumatic tire In a pneumatic tire, 48%≦HB/HA≦52%, 98%≦HC/HA≦100%, 108%≦WB/WA≦115%, and 55%≦WC/WA≦75% are satisfied, where, when a line from a position A of rim height FH in tire width direction is X-axis and a line in tire radial direction via center crown CL is Y... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136562 | Tire bead insulation A tire includes bead insulation compound that is formed by combining a rubber component, a bituminous hydrocarbon resin, and a processing oil that includes naphthenic oil. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8127814 | Safety tire and hollow ring body for safety tire It is to solve a problem of an elongation of a partition in a safety tire wherein hollow particles called as a foamable composition are filled in a hollow ring-shaped partition and to propose a safety tire with a partition structure sufficiently developing a functio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7975740 | Pneumatic tire and rim assembly with noise damper and pneumatic tire with noise damper To reduce road noise in running by disposing a noise damper made of a spongy material in a cavity of a tire, a tire and rim assembly is provided. The tire and rim assembly 1 including a rim 2, a pneumatic tire 3 attached to the rim 2, and... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7950429 | Tyre for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles A tire for vehicles which does not require pressurization by means of a pressurized fluid has a tread, two sidewalls, and two beads which are attached to a wheel rim made of elastomer material, and is provided with at least one tubular reinforcement body which is as... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7886789 | Pneumatic tire and interference fit noise damper A noise damper disposed in a tire cavity formed by a pneumatic tire and wheel rim is disclosed. A noise damper designed to use with a wheel rim comprises an annular body disposed around a damper-mounting portion of the wheel rim, and the annular body is made of a sp... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7836928 | Method of producing a tire composition having improved silica reinforcement Vulcanizable elastomeric compositions and vulcanizates are prepared by employing a nitrogen-containing heterocycle. The nitrogen-containing heterocycle is believed to enhance interaction between a silica particle and a silica-interactive compound. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823613 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic having a porous member mounted on an inner surface facing a cavity of the tire. The porous member has ends located on front and back sides thereof in the rotation direction of the tire. At least the back end has corners located on opposite sides thereof ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823614 | Pneumatic tire This invention relates to a pneumatic tire wherein at least one of a carcass (4) and a belt (6) comprises a layer of steel cords covered with a coating rubber, and as the coating rubber covering the steel cords in at least one of the carcass (4)... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7770620 | Reinforced air bladder for safety tire The present invention provides a reinforced lightweight air bladder for a safety tire which can effectively suppress a radial growth under the normal running condition even if it is used for a long tire and, on the other hand, to suppress an occurrence of a crack in... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7762299 | Self-supporting tire for wheels for bicycles, motor-cycles and the like Disclosed is a self-supporting tire for wheels for bicycles, motorcycles and the like comprising an outer surface layer (5), which establishes contact with the ground (8) and an inner supporting layer (6) realized by a flexible polyurethane elas... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7743808 | Assembly of pneumatic tire, noise damper and rim A pneumatic tire and rim assembly is provided in the cavity with a noise damper in which a sponge material extending in a circumferential direction of the tire and having a volume V2 of 0.4 to 20% of entire volume V1 of the cavity, wherein the noise da... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7717146 | Pneumatic tire and noise damper assembly A pneumatic tire and noise damper assembly comprises a pneumatic tire, a noise damper being attached to an inner surface of the tire and extending in the circumferential direction of the tire, and a protective cover being detachably attached to the tire and protecti... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7681613 | Pneumatic tire and noise damper assembly A pneumatic tire and noise damper assembly comprises a pneumatic tire manufactured by vulcanization using an expandable bladder for molding an inner surface of the tire, the bladder with at least one vent groove extending on its outer surface, the inner surface of t... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7665495 | Pneumatic tire Disclosed is a pneumatic tire enabling to even a weight balance thereof in a tire circumferential direction in realizing reduction of cavity resonance noise by using an annular object having cross-sectional areas which vary depending on locations in the tire circumf... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7604031 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire having a rubber sidewall including (A) 30 to 80 phr of natural rubber; (B) 20 to 70 phr of cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber; (C) from 10 to 100 phr of silica; and (D) ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7581577 | Low noise pneumatic tire A low noise pneumatic tire according to the present invention includes a belt-shaped sound absorbing member mounted on the radially inner surface of the tread by a fixing elastic band, the belt-shaped sound absorbing member being formed of a porous material. The bel... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7455092 | Assembly of pneumatic tire and rim, and a noise damper used therein A pneumatic tire and a rim includes a noise damper, fixed to a tire inner surface or a rim inner surface with the upper surface facing a tire inner space, and extending in the tire circumferential direction. The noise damper is made of a sponge having a volume rangi... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7435775 | Tire with component having oxirane resin The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component, the at least component comprising a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and an oxirane resin of formula I | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427646 | Natural rubber, rubber composition and pneumatic tire Natural rubber obtained by a deproteinizing treatment of a natural rubber latex and has a total nitrogen content adjusted in the range of 0.12 to 0.30% by weight and a rubber composition and a pneumatic tire using the natural rubber. The processability of natural ru... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7398810 | Tire having an element or covering attached to a surface thereof A tire is provided, on a surface thereof, an applicaiton having a top layer exposed to the air and a bottom layer in contact with the tire. The top layer can be a rigid element and/or a marking covering, or a device for measuring or monitoring the tire. The bottom l... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7368024 | Balanced tire assembly and method A balance material is applied to the inner surface of a tire at one or more selected locations to offset an imbalance of the tire. The balance material is fluently applied to the inner surface at a first viscosity, whereafter the balance material transforms to exhib... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347237 | Rubber composition containing resinous nanoparticle This invention relates to a tread rubber composition for tires with the addition of crosslinked resinous nanoparticles having a high glass transition temperature (Tg) into elastomeric base polymers. The invention demonstrates greatly improved handling per... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347239 | Tire noise reducing system A tire noise reducing system comprises a pneumatic tire with a hollow, a wheel rim on which the tire is mounted so that said hollow forms a closed cavity, and a noise damper disposed in the closed cavity, wherein the noise damper is formed by fixing a strip of a por... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7285584 | Tire with component comprised of rubber composition containing hydrophobated, pre-silanized silica The invention relates to a tire having at least one component comprised of a rubber composition which contains a hydrophobated, pre-silanized silica, namely a pre-silanized silica hydrophobated with an epoxidized soybean oil and/or epoxidized rubber tree seed oil in... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279531 | Rubbery polymers containing tin coupling agents and rubber compounds including the same The present invention is directed to rubbery polymers, such as polybutadiene rubber or styrene-butadiene rubber, that contain tin coupling agents and provide desirable dispersion of carbon black in rubber compounds, such as for use in tire treads. The tin coupling a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275574 | Thermoplastic elastomer composition and process for producing the same and pneumatic tire and hose using the same Thermoplastic elastomer composition dynamically vulcanized with a 50 to 95% gelation rate has superior heat resistance, durability, and air permeation prevention, is flexible and usable as a pneumatic tire air permeation preventive layer. A composition having reduce... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271831 | Image input apparatus and method An image input apparatus is provided which is capable of taking a still image with high quality and with easy operations. The image input apparatus disclosed herein has a video camera and an expansion board mounted on a personal computer. The video camera has a lens... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264868 | Overmolded grip The present invention discloses an article of manufacture comprising a soft thermoplastic elastomer composition overmolded onto a hard substrate, wherein the soft thermoplastic composition includes (a) 5 to 60 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin, (b) 5 to 70 pa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259199 | Tire with rubber containing in-situ resin There is disclosed a pneumatic tire having a component containing a rubber composition comprising (A) a sulfur-vulcanized rubber compound; and (B) the reaction product of (1) a methylen... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259205 | Pneumatic tire The invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread including a vulcanizable rubber composition including, expressed as parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) 60 to 95 phr of solution-polymerized s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250463 | Diene rubber composition for tire comprising a specific silica as reinforcing filler Diene rubber compositions are described containing a diene elastomer, a reinforcing inorganic filler, and a coupling agent wherein the inorganic filler includes a silica having the following characteristics: (a) a BET specific surf... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250465 | Rubber composition containing block copolymer and tire having component thereof This invention relates to a rubber composition which contains a block copolymer and a tire having at least one component comprised of such rubber composition. In one aspect of the invention, such rubber composition is comprised of a combination of at least one diene... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247663 | Eco tire An earth-friendly tire using raw materials derived from non-petroleum resources instead of all or part of raw materials derived from petroleum resources currently used for tires. The tire is prepared by using a natural rubber instead of a synthetic rubber; an inorga... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234498 | Self-luminescent pneumatic tire The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a component comprising at least one elastomer containing olefinic unsaturation; a radioactive source of radiation; and a phosphorescent agent capable of emitting visible light upon exposure to said radiation. | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234485 | Tire valve Hollow particle can be charged into a tire when a second stem is disconnected from a first stem in a tire valve of the present invention. When the second stem is fitted in the first stem, the hollow particle is sealed in the tire by a filter provided on the second s... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213624 | Noise damper and pneumatic tire with compensation tread groove A noise damper disposed in a tire cavity formed by a pneumatic tire and wheel rim is disclosed. A noise damper designed to use with a wheel rim comprises an annular body disposed around a damper-mounting portion of the wheel rim, and the annular body is made of a sp... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207366 | Two-piece tire The present invention relates to a two piece pneumatic tire comprising a carcass and a removable tread belt disposed radially about the periphery of the carcass, the tread belt and carcass meeting at an interface between a radially outermost surface of the carcass a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201813 | Pneumatic tire having a film-shaped electronic device and method of mounting the film-shaped electronic device A pneumatic tire having a film-shaped electronic device on a surface of the tire or inside the tire. The film-shaped electronic device is slidable between sheet-shaped members disposed on both surfaces of the film-shaped electronic device. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188649 | Runflat tire system and support ring therefor A runflat tire system comprises a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim on which the pneumatic tire is mounted, and a support ring made of elastic material and disposed in a cavity surrounded by an inner surface of the rim and an inner surface of the tire mounted thereon, whe... | 03/13/2007 |
