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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7484545 | Radial tire for aircraft with specified merged cords A pneumatic tire for use on aircraft has a tread, a crown reinforcement, and a radial carcass reinforcement having at least one axially inner ply of textile cords wound around a pair of bead cores, at least one axially inner ply being wound around the bead core in e... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7350551 | Motorcycle tire with tread having main blocks and lower height sub blocks A motorcycle tire is provided that is capable of remarkably improving a traction characteristic and an anti-sideslip characteristic for cornering without deteriorating the mud expulsion characteristic especially on a dirt road. In embodiments, a motorcycle tire has ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7284582 | Pneumatic tire with electrically conductive cord extending between a bead portion and a tread portion of the tire A pneumatic rubber tire containing at least one electrically conductive cord extending between its bead and tread portions to provide a path of least electrical resistance. The electrically conductive cord is comprised of at least one electrically conductive metal f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284583 | Pneumatic tire with electrically conductive cord extending from its outer wheel-rim mounting surface to its internal tread portion This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire which contains at least one electrically conductive cord extending from an external outer surface of its wheel-rim mounting surface rubber component to an internal electrically conductive tread base layer rubber comp... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7240710 | Cable bead and method of manufacture The present invention relates to a cable bead, the method of constructing the cable bead and a tire constructed by a process incorporating the cable bead wherein the cable bead is formed with a bead core wound from a single filament of bead core wire having a rubber... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7128114 | Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the tire A carcass 7 includes first and second carcass plies 9 and 10. The first carcass ply 9 has a body portion 9A extending from a tread portion 2 to a bead core 5 through a sidewall portion 3, and a wound up portion... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6971427 | Pneumatic tire having multiple modulus body cord to reduce rolling resistance A pneumatic tire includes a body having a plurality of main body cords. The tire includes an upper section above the maximum section width and a lower section below the maximum section width. The modulus of the body cords is configured to be larger in the lower sect... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6938660 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire, comprising a carcass having a carcass ply_(6a) with a folded part (6b) folded up around a bead core (5) from the axial inside to the axial outside of the tire continuously fitted to a ply body part (6a | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935395 | Pneumatic tire with carcass ply including main cords and auxiliary cords A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass ply of cords extending between bead portions through a tread portion and sidewall portions, the carcass cords include main cords for reinforcing purpose and auxiliary cords for controlling the outflow of topping rubber during vul... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6834700 | Pneumatic radial tire with specified carcass strength coefficient A pneumatic radial tire wherein both end portions of at least one layer of a carcass layer are turned up around right and left bead cores from the inside to the outside of the tire, and at least two layers of belt layers formed by arranging reinforcing cords in such... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6796346 | Bias tire with specified tread rubber loss tangent A bias tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, a carcass extending between the bead portions and comprising two cross plies of cords, and a tread rubber disposed radially outside a crown por... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6695025 | Runflat tire construction with ply cords having a variable modulus of elasticity The tire (70) of the invention incorporates a carcass ply cord material (93) with variable modulus of elasticity to provide an active sidewall structure (82a, 82b). The variable modulus cord material is incorporated in the axially outwardmost ply (90) of ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6691755 | High transverse-curvature tire for two-wheeled vehicles including specified belt structure A high transverse-curvature tire for two-wheeled vehicles includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, and tread. The carcass structure includes at least two superimposed plies provided with reinforcing cords. The belt structure includes radially-outer... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6667110 | Hybrid steel cord for tires A hybrid steel cord and method of making such cord which includes, in contact with one or more carbon steel wire(s), at least one stainless steel wire whose microstructure contains less than 20% of martensite (% by volume). Articles made of plastic and/or... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6539996 | Tire with sidewall rubber insert A pneumatic tire has a sidewall rubber insert axially inward of at least one carcass ply. Such insert may, for example, be an apex extending radially outward from the bead core region of the tire into the sidewall. Alternatively, it may be positioned high... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536495 | Tread stiffening for two ply runflat tire A two-ply radial runflat tire having a belt structure, a ply structure, two inextensible beads and two wedge-insert reinforced sidewalls. The outer ply is reinforced by high-modulus, light-weight aramid. The aramid reinforcement material of the outer ply ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6460590 | Tire with a carcass reinforcement having two rigidities A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement covered radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement consisting of two working plies of reinforcement elements crossed over and making angles of between 10° and 45° with respect to the circumferential dir... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6412533 | High transverse-curvature tire for two-wheeled vehicles including specified belt structure A high transverse-curvature tire for two-wheeled vehicles includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, and a tread. The carcass structure includes at least two superimposed plies provided with reinforcing cords. The belt structure includes radially-out... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6408909 | Radial runflat passenger tire with improved tread contour with decoupling grooves A passenger tire having a tread, a casing with two sidewalls, one or more radial plies extending from and wrapped about two annular beads and a belt reinforcement structure located radially between the tread and the piles. The tread has a central rib with... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6345658 | Pneumatic radial tire with specified carcass strength coefficient A pneumatic radial tire wherein both end portions of at least one layer of a carcass layer are turned up around right and left bead cores from the inside to the outside of the tire, and at least two layers of belt layers formed by arranging reinforcing co... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6305452 | Pneumatic radical tire for passenger car with carcass ply cut-out zone A pneumatic radial tire for passenger car comprises a radial carcass comprised of at least one rubberized carcass ply containing organic fiber cords therein, and a belt comprised of plural belt layers, wherein at least one carcass ply has a cut-out zone i... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6273164 | Motorcycle tire with different modulus carcass layers A motorcycle tire comprises a carcass composed of a low-modulus layer disposed along the inside of the tire and a high-modulus layer disposed outside thereof, the high-modulus layer comprising a high-modulus ply, and the low-modulus layer comprising a low... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6135183 | Runflat tire with different modulus or elongation carcass cords A runflat radial ply pneumatic tire 10 has a carcass 30 which has a pair of sidewalls 20, each sidewall being reinforced with at least two sidewall fillers or runflat inserts 42, 46 and at least two cord reinforced plies 38, 40 and a bead core 26. The tir... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5938870 | Pneumatic radial tire having inner carcass ply cord tension smaller than the outer carcass ply cord tension A pneumatic radial tire comprises a carcass comprising an outer carcass ply made of cords having a first heat-shrinkage-percentage K1 and an inner carcass ply is made of cords having a second heat-shrinkage-percentage K2 different from the first heat-shri... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5908685 | Elastomeric composite structure An elastomeric composite structure 45 having two arrays of parallel cords 41, 43, each array of cords 41,43 being of different modulus or percent elongation. The array of cords 41,43 are spaced and provide different bending stiffness dependent on the dire... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5871600 | Runflat tire with different modulus or elongation carcass cords A runflat radial ply pneumatic tire 10 has a carcass 30 which has a pair of sidewalls 20, each sidewall being reinforced with at least two sidewall fillers or runflat inserts 42, 46 and at least two cord reinforced plies 38, 40 and a bead core 26. The tir... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5730815 | Pneumatic tire with different carcass cord elongations between main portion and turned-up portions A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass ply made of organic fiber cords extending continuously from one edge to the other and turned up around bead cores to form a pair of turned-up portions and a main portion disposed therebetween, the carcass cords having ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5656108 | Pneumatic radial tire having inner carcass ply cord tension smaller than the outer carcass ply cord tension A pneumatic radial tire comprises a carcass comprising an outer carcass ply made of cords having a first heat-shrinkage-percentage K1 and an inner carcass ply is made of cords having a second heat-shrinkage-percentage K2 different from the first heat-shri... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5616198 | Pneumatic tire with carcass ply increased in thickness partially in at least the tire shoulder portions A pneumatic tire comprises a toroidal carcass ply composed of cords arranged radially at the same angle to the tire equator and extending continuously between the bead portions through the tread portion and sidewall portion, and the carcass ply is increas... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5538572 | Method of making a pneumatic radial tire having inner carcass ply cord tension smaller than outer carcass ply cord tension A pneumatic radial tire comprises a carcass comprising an outer carcass ply made of cords having a first heat-shrinkage-percentage K1 and an inner carcass ply is made of cords having a second heat-shrinkage-percentage K2 different from the first heat-shri... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5490551 | Radial tires containing steel monofilament in the carcass ply The present invention relates to a pneumatic radial tire wherein the carcass ply contains a rubberized layer of steel monofilaments.... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5427166 | Run-flat tire with three carcass layers The weight, space and convenience advantages of a run-flat tire can be substantial. This is especially true for the urban-economy car or family type vehicles which have limited space available for a spare tire and inadequate space for the removed flat tir... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5244717 | Tire fabric with polyester/high wet modulus rayon filling Tire fabric woven from filling yarn which consists essentially of from 40% to 80% by weight of polyester and from 60% to 20% by weight of high wet modulus rayon and has a cotton count ranging from 10/1 to 40/1 and warp cords consisting of a material selec... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5025845 | Pneumatic bias tire with carcass plies having different cord angle A pneumatic bias tire including a two-ply carcass layer comprising an inner carcass ply and an outer carcass ply, which respectively comprise cords of an aromatic polyamide fiber and cords of nylon, the cords of the inner carcass ply crossing the cords of... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4972893 | Highly durable radial tires including nylon and polyester carcass plies Highly durable radial tires, particularly highly durable radial tires hav a plurality of carcass plies of organic fiber cords and used for light trucks as well as heavy duty vehicles wherein at least one of the plies is composed of polyamide cords having... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4962803 | Pneumatic tire including a barrier ply A pneumatic tire (10) comprising a pair of annular beads (12,12') spaced from one another with a liner (20) extending between the tire beads. A reinforcement ply (24) and a barrier ply (26) are provided extending between the beads and a circumferentially ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4914902 | High strength cored cords Very high strength cords are made and described which are composed of a core and a sheath of twisted yarns plied around the core in such a way that the cord exhibits greatly improved retained strength after use.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4896710 | Pneumatic radial tires for heavy vehicles Pneumatic radial tires for load vehicles include carcass plies reinforced with composite twisted filaments having a core-sheath structure, the core being made of polyester and the sheath being made of polyamide. The sheath accounts for 40-60 wt % of the e... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4852625 | Tire for two-wheeled vehicle in which individual cord belts contain both adhesive and reinforcing cords A tire for a two-wheeled vehicle, particularly, a bicycle intended for a racing purposes having an improved running stability, superior durability and impact resistance, and reduced weight. The tire includes a carcass layer formed by arranging cord belts ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4807682 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire for use under a high speed and a high internal pressure, is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of carcass cord layers of which cords are arranged at an angle from 90° to 75° with respect to a circumferential direct... | 02/28/1989 |
