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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061399 | Medallion assembly secured to a tire sidewall A medallion assembly for a pneumatic tire, in accordance with the present invention, includes a protruding portion, a fastener, and a medallion. The protruding portion is integrally formed with a sidewall of the tire and extends away from the sidewall of the tire. T... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061400 | Fastener assembly secured to a tire sidewall A fastener assembly for a pneumatic tire includes a protruding portion, a fastener, and a securable attachment. The protruding portion is integrally formed with a sidewall of the tire and extends away from the sidewall of the tire. The protruding portion has an annu... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8028733 | Green tire and method for manufacturing pneumatic tire A green tire includes a surface layer defining a green tire surface and made up of a plurality of windings of an unvulcanized rubber tape. A part of each of the windings is exposed on the green tire surface so that the exposed part has a width of from 50% to 80% of ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7975741 | Pneumatic tire and producing method of pneumatic tire A sidewall rubber disposed outside of a carcass layer, reinforcing a portion between beads, in a widthwise direction of the tire is configured from a wide rubber ribbon having a width of 20 to 100 mm wound spirally along a circumferential direction of the tire outwa... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7418990 | Tire with acrylic polymer film The sidewall of a tire is coated with an acrylic polymer, formed by application of an aqueous solution of the acrylic polymer and a volatile counter ion, which dries to form a non-tacky, glossy and water resistant film. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7387144 | Tire having a textured marking and method of making same A tire is provided with at least one textured marking on an outer surface of a sidewall of the tire. The at least one textured marking includes crumb rubber adhered to the sidewall of the tire. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7364635 | Manufacturing method of pneumatic tire The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a pneumatic tire in which a line, a letter or the like having a different color from a main body rubber is formed in a side wall portion. A manufacturing method of a pneumatic tire in which a portion having a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7332047 | Adherent, removable barrier film for tire carcass A bond of a rubbery component to a virgin surface of a tire's cured innerliner which virgin surface has never been contaminated by the remnants of a release agent left after buffing with a wire brush and solvent-cleaning the cured innerliner, is unexpectedly stronge... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7294376 | Tire with indicia The present invention provides a pneumatic tire, wherein the tire comprises one or more indicia formed from an elastomeric coating comprising an elastomer selected from the group consisting of: a graft-modified fluoroelastomer grafted to a grafting agent; a hydrogen... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278369 | Temperature indicator using thermochromic materials A temperature indicator for a rubber article comprises a thermochromic material, wherein the thermochromic material is a component of a rubber article selected from the group consisting of tires, belts and hoses. A rubber article containing a temperature indicator i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264249 | Seal A hub unit including a hub and a flange integrally formed with the hub, and a seal including a core metal and an elastic body integrally molded with the core metal. The elastic body includes one or more lips in sliding contact with one or both of the hub and the fla... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261785 | Process and mold for depositing a colored motif on a tire A process of depositing at least one uncured colored rubber mix forming a contrasting motif on an outer surface of a tire includes preparing a blank of the uncured tire to be moulded, including all the constituents except for the colored rubber mix(es), depositing t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255762 | Camouflage tire The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7247669 | Rubber prepared with precipitated silica and carbon black pellet composites of controlled hardness and tire with component derived therefrom This invention relates to a rubber composition prepared with reinforcement comprised of a combination of precipitated silica aggregates and pelletized rubber reinforcing carbon black composites of carbon black and organic binder of a controlled hardness and to a tir... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232498 | Tire with raised indicia The present invention provides a pneumatic tire comprising raised indicia on a sidewall of the tire, the raised indicia comprising a plurality of superposed layers of a curable elastomer composition. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7156936 | Camouflage or otherwise multicolored pattern tire and method of manufacturing A tire 2 having a colored pattern veneered surface 12 formed by one or more layers 46 of distinct colors applied to the outer surface of the tire 2 on the sidewall 5 and possibly the tread 7 is disclosed as well as the metho... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152642 | Tire for a vehicle wheel and process for producing the tire A tire for a vehicle wheel includes at least one first component and at least one second component. The at least one first component includes a first elastomeric material crosslinked in substantial absence of sulfur. The at least one second component includes a seco... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7128942 | Vehicle tire A vehicle tire provided with a protective film which covers a surface of the tire is disclosed, wherein the protective film is indicative of at least one of tire data including tire conicity and radial force variation of the tire and can be washed away with water. A... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118643 | Method of making tire with exo-belt skin The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method of making a tire with a skin covering at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the tire. In practicing the method, a partially cured tire and a partially cured skin are provided. The partially cured ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112251 | Glow-in-the-dark tire sidewalls The present invention relates to a tire having a portion thereof such as a sidewall component that glows-in-the-dark due to the presence of a phosphorescent layer thereon. The present invention also relates to a tire having, and to a process for incorporating, a pho... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093629 | Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing rubber component therefor A method of manufacturing a rubber component for a pneumatic tire which comprises a process of overlap-winding at least one rubber tape into a target cross sectional shape for the rubber component, wherein each rubber tape has a thickness of from 0.3 to 3.0 mm and a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6953071 | Pneumatic tire having an outer layer of a fluorinated silane coating A pneumatic tire having a tread and an outer-facing sidewall area extending from opposing edges of a belt reinforcing structure to corresponding tire beads, the improvement comprising an outer layer of a coating of a fluorinated silane. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6932132 | Tire with rubber sidewall containing trans polybutadiene and brominated copolymer A pneumatic rubber tire having a sidewall of a rubber composition of elastomers comprised primarily of a combination of a brominated copolymer of isobutylene and para-methylstyrene and high trans 1,4-polybutadiene polymer, of which a minor portion thereof is one or ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6834697 | Tire having sidewall of rubber composition containing functional liquid polymer, polybutadiene, and brominated copolymer of isobutylene and para-methylstyrene A tire having a visible sidewall of a rubber composition containing a combination of: (A) a liquid ethylene/butylene copolymer having a terminal hydroxyl group on one end of the copolymer and either a partially hydrogenated polyiso... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6832638 | Pneumatic tire with sidewall having concave portion adjacent convex mark or convex portion adjacent concave mark A pneumatic tire, in which a concave portion adjacent to a convex mark is provided on a surface of a sidewall portion, and a ratio of a volume v of the concave portion to a volume V of the convex mark is set as: 0.8V≦v≦1.2V, alternatively, a convex portion adjac... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6726012 | Manufacturing a tire tracking identification unit A weather and wear resistant rubber ID unit for a tire with a selected pattern on the ID unit is made by scanning a outer layer of the rubber unit with a laser beam from a high powered CO2 laser operated at a less than full power output, to ablate the out... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6619356 | Vehicle tire comprising a means for indicating the tire position in the set of tires of a vehicle The present invention relates to a tire comprising a means for indicating the position of a tire among the set of tires of a vehicle. The means is a button, which is fitted in a recess made in the center of a pattern which illustrates the tire positions o... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6619355 | Pneumatic tire having white sidewall rubber layer disposed between black sidewall rubber layers and wing rubber layer A pneumatic tire has radially outer black sidewall rubber, radially inner black sidewall rubber, white sidewall rubber therebetween and a wing rubber layer contacting carcass, tread rubber layer and radially outer black sidewall rubber and white sidewall ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6612352 | Tire for motor vehicle wheels having a surface-worked annular surface at the sidewalls thereof A tire (1) having sidewalls (3) with an annular strip (8) within which a plurality of ribs (9) is formed. The ribs are disposed in mutual side by side relation and circumferentially distributed. The annular strip (8) is made in the form of a hollow on a s... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6561243 | Tire having tread with colored sidewall in connection with a plurality of colored tread grooves The present invention relates to a tire with a colored sidewall joined with a plurality of colored grooves in its tread. In particular, the present invention relates to a tire of a black-colored rubber composition having a non-black colored sidewall porti... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6546982 | Mounting transponders in pneumatic tires Method and apparatus for mounting a transponder module (602, 602a, 702, 951, 1000, 1020, 1102, 1102', 1402) and an antenna (740, 740', 862, 940, 1140, 1140', 1200, 1300, 1320, 1360, 1360', 1440, 1460) in a pneumatic tire (312, 630, 1204, 1350, 1350'), and... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6513560 | Tire with inlay ring mounted in sidewall The invention relates to a pneumatic tire with a toroidal shaped tire carcass having sidewalls and a tread. The tire carcass terminates at opposite bead regions for mounting on a tire rim. The tire has at least one of the sidewalls having a circumferentia... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6474382 | Tire with color compounds A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement and a crown reinforcement composed of at least two crown plies and of inextensible reinforcing elements, preferably wire, crossed from one ply to the next by forming an angle with the circumferential direction ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6443202 | Protective coating for tire sidewalls and method for protecting tire sidewalls An aqueous coating composition which can be applied to a cured rubber surface, such as the white sidewall, colored sidewall, raised white lettering or raised colored lettering of a tire, to provide a protective coating against staining and scuffing. The c... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6431236 | Pneumatic tire using long afterglow phosphorescent rubber composition A pneumatic tire having a non-black rubber composition provided at the at least one portion thereof, at least a portion of said non-black rubber composition comprising 100 part by weight of at least one synthetic rubber and 5 to 100 parts by weight of str... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427740 | Protective coating for the tire sidewalls Coating composition for forming a protective film of a colored rubber portion of a tire sidewall and a protective film formed thereby are provided whereby contamination of a colored rubber portion is effectively prevented when transporting or storing tire... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6397913 | Pneumatic tire having crescent sectional shape reinforcing liner layer A pneumatic tire constituting part or all of the part members constituting the pneumatic tire by a rubber composition containing, based on a total 100 parts by weight of a rubber containing at least 70 parts by weight of an ethylenic unsaturated nitrile-c... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397912 | Pneumatic tire with colored thermoplastic elastomer layer adjacent a black-concealing layer A pneumatic tire having an air permeation preventive layer comprising a low permeability thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer having a thermoplastic resin composition as a continuous phase and a rubber composition as a ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6382286 | Pneumatic tires The object of the present invention is to provide a pneumatic tire having a sidewall rubber, which has improved weatherability and flexing fatigue resistance and is not discolored. The pneumatic tire comprises a pair of bead cores, a toroidal carcass fixe... | 05/07/2002 |
