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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322393 | Sealing material, tire for a vehicle wheel including the sealing material, and process for producing the tire A sealing material includes the following characteristics: a value of a dynamic elastic modulus, measured at a temperature of 80° C., at a frequency of 1 Hz, and with a deformation of 5%, that is at least 60% lower than a value of the dynamic elastic modulus measur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316253 | Sealant for prevention of blowout, tubeless tire, and tire tube The viscosity of a puncture-preventing sealant (7) is set in a range of 25 to 35 dPa·s, and a thixotropy index is set in a range of 6.5 to 11.0, the sealant (7) being filled in a sealant chamber (6) defined to extend along an outer periphery of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7287565 | Device and method for dealing with phenomena of loss of pressure and running flat with vehicle tires A centralized device for dealing with the phenomena of loss of pressure and running flat with a vehicle tire, including a means external to the mounted assembly, permanently fixed to the vehicle and able to inject or otherwise bring into the internal cavity of the t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7169830 | Tire sealant composition A tire sealant composition for use in pneumatic tires is provided. The tire sealant composition primarily serves to seal the tire around the wheel rim and particularly in the tread area of the tire against punctures. The composition includes a naturally derived visc... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7073550 | Pneumatic tire having built-in colored sealant layer and preparation thereof This invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a built-in non-black colored sealant layer and its preparation. The sealant layer is derived from a sealant precursor layer comprised of a butyl rubber, organoperoxide, particulate, synthetic amorphous silica and pla... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055569 | Tubeless tire compound and a system and method for retrofitting non-tubeless tires The present invention provides a compound, system, and method for retrofitting and converting standard bicycle rims and tires having tube to be tubeless. Standard tube tires are retrofitted by installing either rim tape or a rim strip with integral valve stem around... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7041626 | Lubricating composition for a safety support for a tire when traveling on a flat tire The present disclosure relates to a lubricating composition usable for lubricating an interface between a tire and a safety support mounted on a wheel rim within said tire, and a mounted assembly for an automobile provided with said lubricating composition. The lubr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037395 | Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the sane A pneumatic tire having a puncture preventive layer formed by windingly sticking a tube having seal material wrapped therein to the tire inner surface circumferentially of the tire and continuously and spirally with its side surfaces closely contacted each other: or... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004217 | Tire containing sealing agent In a sealant-containing tire, an outer liner is fastened to an inner surface of a tread of a tire body, and a sealant chamber that is filled with sealant is defined between the outer liner and the inner liner, with an air chamber filled with air also being defined w... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6962181 | Pneumatic tire having built-in sealant layer and preparation thereof This invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a built-in sealant layer and its preparation. The sealant layer precursor is a layer of a butyl rubber based composition which contains an organoperoxide. The butyl rubber of said precursor is a copolymer of isobutyl... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6949274 | Packaging systems and methods for applying sealant to panels Sealant is statically applied to the edges of panels by placing a sealant on the inner surfaces of the walls of a container holding the panels. A shrink wrap sleeve is preferably applied to the panel filled containers, causing contact between the inner surface of th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6944948 | Device for sealing a lubricant reservoir and method for lubricating the internal cavity of a tire A method of lubricating a tire cavity and more particularly the interface zone between a safety support and the inside the cavity of a tire enables lubricant to be dispensed in the interface zone only when the mounted assembly comprising the support, the tire and a ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6915826 | Puncture sealing pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire has a puncture sealing layer radially inward of the tire carcass layer. The puncture sealing layer is formed by co-extruding a sealant material and an skin compound. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6868881 | Tire containing sealer In a sealant-containing tire, an outer liner is fastened to an inner surface of a tread of a tire body, and a sealant chamber that is filled with sealant is defined between a central part of an inner linear and an inner surface of an outer liner by fastening left an... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6837287 | Self-sealing pneumatic tire and preparation thereof This invention relates to a pneumatic tire with puncture sealing property and a method for preparing such tire. Such tire is prepared by building an uncured butyl rubber-based layer, which contains a peroxide and a dispersion therein of a particulate precured rubber... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6786990 | Method of manufacturing sealant-containing tires, and sealant-containing tire A green tire (24) prepared by superposing an inner liner (2) onto the inner surface of a tire body (1) is set in an upper die (29) and a lower die (30). In this condition, a pressure bag (31) placed inside the green tire ( | 09/07/2004 |
| 6782931 | Tubeless tire compound and a system and method for retrofitting non-tubeless tires The present invention provides a compound, system, and method for retrofitting and converting standard bicycle rims and tires having tubes to be tubeless. Standard tube tires are retrofitted by installing either rim tape or a rim strip with integral valve stem aroun... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6626218 | Pneumatic tire and method for manufacturing pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire 1 having a toroidal shape in which bead portions 4 are connected to sidewall portions 3 extending radially inward from opposite ends of a tread portion 2 and a sealant 6 for preventing a blowout is disposed to extend in a circumferential ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6492436 | Tire sealer and inflating composition and method of use A tire sealer and inflating composition and products made therefrom are described. The tire sealer and inflating composition includes a sealant, a non-flammable propellant with an ozone depletion potential of zero or substantially close to zero, and one o... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6454892 | Preparation for sealing punctured tires and apparatus for the sealing and pumping up of tires A tire puncture sealing preparation is directed to sealing in wet conditions, at low and high temperatures and with defects at the transition between the tread and the side wall of the tire. The sealing preparation contains natural rubber latex or a combi... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6344499 | Puncture sealing agent A puncture sealing agent for sealing an inner surface of a tire comprises a deproteinized rubber latex that is formed by removing protein from a natural rubber latex. The puncture sealing agent includes nitrogen content at 0.1 wt. % or less of rubber soli... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6112790 | Puncture-durable tire structure A puncture-durable tire structure has a tire body which is covered with an outer radial ply at the inner side thereof. The outer radial ply is made up of an inner layer and an outer layer that are respectively extended over the bead wires at the edges of ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5648406 | Tire sealant and inflator A tire sealant and inflator composition for the repair of puncture wounds in pneumatic tires and the like. The composition utilizes a sealing component consisting of an acrylic resin dissolved in a suitable solvent and a hydrochlorofluorocarbon and/or hyd... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5618912 | Tire sealer and inflator compositions This invention relates to novel tire sealer and inflator compositions. The compositions may be aqueous or non-aqueous and comprise a petroleum residual resin sealant, an amorphous polyolefin, an organic solvent, a vapor pressure depressant, and a non-flam... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5479975 | Tire valve stem The present invention relates generally to a valve stem for a pneumatic tire and more specifically to a valve stem which is capable of allowing for the introduction of pulverulent matter into the tire directly through the valve while at the same time also... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5338776 | Tire sealer and inflator A tire sealant and inflator composition for the repair of puncture wounds in pneumatic tires and the like. The composition utilizes a sealing component consisting of an acrylic resin dissolved in a suitable solvent and a hydrochlorofluorocarbon and/or hyd... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5295525 | Puncture sealant formulation The present invention resides in a sealant composition for pressurized articles, and in the articles comprising the sealant. The present invention is particularly useful as a sealant for high pressure tires, adapted for pressures higher than 50 psig. The ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5116449 | Grooved drum for tire building machine An apparatus for building a tire having an inner liner to which a sealant strip is to be laminated, comprises a rotary drum having a surface in which a trough or "groove" is provided. The depth of the groove corresponds approximately to the thickness of a... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5099900 | Self-healing tire system having an inner tube and a puncture sealant layer A self-healing tire system containing a tire casing, a tacky sealant material, an inner tube and anti-tack material is described. In one embodiment, either the surface of the inner tube or the inner surface of the tire casing is coated with the tacky seal... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4957573 | Method for placing an inner tube into a tire lined with sealant A self-healing tire containing an inner tube is obtained by a method comprising coating either the surface of the tube or the inner surface of a tire casing with a tacky, non-flowing sealant material. Prior to insertion of the inner tube, the surface of t... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4919183 | Self sealing pneumatic tire Pneumatic rubber tire with a puncture sealing feature comprised of an enveloped open network structure containing a sealant composition on the inner portion of the tire.... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4743497 | Laminated puncture sealing composite and preparation thereof A composition useful in sealing punctured tires that includes asphalt, alkadiene-vinylarene copolymer, hydrocarbon resin and other materials. The composition is simple to install and lightweight.... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4616048 | Solution compounding process for achieving uniform, fine particle size dispersion of curing agents Rubber curing agents such as quinoids are solution compounded to achieve a uniform or homogeneous distribution thereof in a rubber composition. The curing agents are initially solubilized in an organic polar solvent and then mixed with the rubber masterba... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4607065 | Sealant compositions and method of producing the same A sealant composition for the puncture-sealing tire and a method of producing the same are disclosed. This sealant composition is crosslinking-reaction type and comprises (A) at least one rubber, (B) a tackifier, (C) an acryloyl or methacryloyl group-cont... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4071386 | Hybrid solid filled pneumatic tire A substantially conventional tubeless or tube-type tire casing is mounted on a wheel and contains a centrifugally distributed solid elastic fill material which is deflation proof. A heat curable elastomer is injected into the casing in liquid form, the ca... | 01/31/1978 |
| 3993114 | Pneumatic tire This invention relates to pneumatic tires and more particularly to a so-called safety tire comprising a carcass having a tube accommodated therein and spaced from the carcass to form inner and outer air chambers. A loose, circumferentially extending, punc... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3946783 | Pneumatic tires A tire and wheel assembly having a lubricant to enable it to be operated in a deflated condition without destructive heating in which one or more ingredients of the lubricant composition are enclosed in an enclosing means, the other ingredient or ingredie... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3942573 | Tire lubricating device This disclosure relates to a fluid reservior and dispensing means and pneumatic tire-rim combination containing the reservoir and dispensing means. The reservoir is a hollow annular structure adapted to be located in the drop center area of the rim. The d... | 03/09/1976 |