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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137495 | Method of producing a pneumatic tire A method of producing a pneumatic tire in which, a cord material of a secondary belt layer has a larger thermal shrinkage rate than that of the primary belt layer to effectively suppress the radial expansion of a tire and advantageously improve cutting-resistance of... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8083877 | Process for forming pneumatic tire with leno cap ply A pneumatic tire containing a tread, a carcass having at least one belt ply disposed below the tread, and a cap ply located between the carcass and the tread. The cap ply comprises at least one layer of an open construction leno weave tape having a pair of warp yarn... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075718 | Manufacturing method for heavy-duty pneumatic tire and tire manufactured by the same Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a heavy-duty pneumatic tire by winding a reinforcing belt disposed in a belt layer of a tread with an untopped spiral steel cord, and a tire manufactured by the same. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8052817 | Manufacturing method of pneumatic tire First, a first belt ply is wound around an outer peripheral surface of a belt drum having a curvature so as to be formed as a tubular shape, and a rubber layer protruding to an outer side than an end portion in a width direction of a belt reinforcing layer is arrang... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8012281 | Feed unit for feeding elastomeric material to a user unit A feed unit for feeding elastomeric material, extruded by at least one extruder, to at least one user unit, and wherein a variable-length conveyor is supported by a first and a second supporting device located at an input end and an output end of the conveyor respec... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007613 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing tyres The constituent elements of a carcass structure of a tire are formed by laying elementary components on a building support including an inflatable bladder set in an inflated condition in which it substantially reproduces the inner configuration of the carcass struct... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7998297 | Tire structural member fabricating method and apparatus for carrying out the same A tire structural member fabricating method fabricates a tire structural member by successively and contiguously attaching strips 1 to the convex outer surface having an outwardly convex cross section of a forming drum 11 by a strip feed device 21 | 08/16/2011 |
| 7976660 | Device and method for guiding a thread An apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcement from a thread laid down directly in its final location by projecting lengths of the thread onto a receiving surface (S). The apparatus has feed means for feeding thread from a source of thread, a rotary conduit (2 | 07/12/2011 |
| 7947140 | Strip member application system and method A strip member application system for feeding a ribbon-like rubber strip (4) through a clearance between application rollers forming a pair (11), and applying the rubber strip (4) onto a rotational member (2). A guide roller (7) to... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7931768 | Method and device for constructing a radial tire Device and method for building a radial tire. The device includes a first drum device for building a belt package and a transfer device for transferring the belt package from the first drum device to a second drum device having arranged thereon a carcass tube from a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931767 | Process for manufacturing elastomeric components of a tyre for vehicle wheels A process for manufacturing elastomeric components of a tire for a vehicle wheel includes feeding a continuous elongated element from a delivery member by exerting a feeding pressure inside the delivery member, rotating a building support around a geometrical rotati... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7909953 | Method for making tires for vehicle wheels A first carcass ply (3) is formed by depositing onto a toroidal support (11), strip-like lengths (13) cut to size from a continuous strip-like element and each comprising longitudinal thread-like elements (14) incorporated into a layer of... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7842148 | Method for determining the operating parameters of a device for laying a thread by projection A method for determining the operating parameters of a device for manufacturing a reinforcement from a thread (1) laid directly in its final position by projecting lengths of thread (10) onto a receiving surface (S). The device includes an assembly com... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7833373 | Guide for guiding reinforcement threads sprayed onto a surface during manufacture of a tire Device for manufacturing a reinforcement from a thread laid directly in its final position by spraying lengths of the thread onto a receiving surface. The thread lengths are delivered from a conduit to a guide as the conduit rotates about an axis. The guide includes... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7799159 | Device for manufacturing a reinforcement for tires The manufacturing device comprises a rotary distributor 6 in rotation about a rotation axis R, the rotary distributor comprising at least one elbowed tube 61, the elbowed tube having a corridor for receiving the wire on the radially internal side and f... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7510616 | Producing method of rubber strip winding body, and rubber strip winding apparatus An unvulcanized rubber strip (3) is supplied to an outer peripheral surface of a rotating cylindrical body (4) from a sending-out roller (16) which laterally moves in an axial direction of the cylindrical body (4), thereby spirally windin... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7449078 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing a tire reinforcement A cord is supplied continuously and on demand by a suitable distributor. The apparatus is used with a revolving form (1) on which the reinforcement is progressively built up by depositing sections of the cord along a desired trajectory for the cord on the sur... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7431063 | Method for producing a belt structure for a vehicle tyre and vehicle tyre including the belt structure A method for producing a vehicle tire belt structure includes forming at least one belt strip including at least one circumferential edge with a profile extending along a broken line. A vehicle tire includes a carcass structure, tread band, and belt structure. At le... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431786 | Apparatus and method for affixing tire component member In an apparatus for affixing a tire component member, a capacity of a driving means for a traveling head is decreased, and start end positions of affixing the tire component member are aligned in a peripheral direction of a drum and a widthwise overlap amount betwee... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426950 | Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the tire A radial pneumatic tire includes a body ply and two belts. Each of the body ply and the belts has ribbon pieces that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the tire. Each ribbon piece is joined with the adjacent ribbon pieces at the lateral sides. Each ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416625 | Rubber strip, method for manufacturing tire and tire component member using same, and apparatus therefor A green tire or a tire component member is built by winding and laminating a rubber strip having a cross section in which at least one edge viewed in the width direction has a thickness that is substantially zero, and thickness of the rubber strip gradually decrease... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7399374 | System for producing a reinforcing structure for a tire with volumetric control A tire reinforcement structure having parallel threads is made by providing a substantially toroidal rotatable form and a reinforcement-constructing an apparatus disposed adjacent the form. At a forming section of the apparatus a group of multiple parallel threads i... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396426 | Method for making a reinforcing structure for a vehicle tyre and a tyre made by the method A method for making a reinforcing structure for a vehicle tire includes laying down at least one continuous thread element onto a support element, generating one or more layers. A path of the at least one thread element is substantially concentric with a rotation ax... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7361243 | Tire manufacturing method and green tire manufacturing apparatus Using a core manufacturing method, a green tire is obtained in which edge portions of a carcass ply are turned up at bead cores. An inner liner 40 is set on an external surface of a hard core 12, and a carcass 46 is formed thereon. A blad... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360571 | Pneumatic tire with composite belt structure A method of forming a composite belt structure for a tire is disclosed. The composite belt structure has cord reinforced layers including at least two radially outer zigzag belt layers. The cords per inch in the shoulder portion are greater than the cords per inch i... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353852 | Carcass ply producing apparatus A carcass ply producing apparatus for producing a carcass ply constituting a carcass layer of a tire includes a supply head for supplying one or a plurality of ply cords, a head driving mechanism for reciprocating the supply head along a widthwise direction of the c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344614 | Tire breaker strip application method and tire fabricated therefrom A method for applying a breaker or other reinforcement layer to a carcass strip by strip includes the steps of calculating an end gap based upon a nominal strip width, the size of the carcass, and the end count desired; calculating a distributed gap required to dist... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341640 | Method of and apparatus for forming rubber strip materials for building tires and method of building tires Method for forming a rubber strip which enables a wider rubber of small thickness without lowering an extruding speed and enables to reduce a building cycle time, thereby increasing the efficiency of tire manufacturing. Temperatures at a main-part casing 11, ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329181 | Gaming machine with multilayered liquid crystal display for displaying images based on a priority order The gaming machine has the game result display means including the reels (3L, 3C, 3R), the liquid crystal display device (31) arranged at a more front side than a display area of the reels (3L, 3C, 3R) when seen from ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314073 | Device for producing a reinforcing structure for a tire, comprising a strip turning mechanism Apparatus for fabricating a strip-like reinforcement structure for a tire, which includes a laying head for laying the strip. The laying head includes a guidance passage for the strip formed by slots, rolling-down rollers intended to cooperate with a form, a cutter ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306019 | Pneumatic tire including toriodally continuous cells and method of producing same A rubber composition is provided with a large friction force even on a body having, for example, an ice face of a low friction coefficient. The composition is constituted by a foamed rubber having a rationalized foaming state. The composition is applied to an upper-... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299843 | Pneumatic tire crown reinforcement A tire comprising a crown extended by two respective sidewalls and two respective beads, a carcass structure anchored in each side of the tire in said beads, said crown comprising at least one reinforcing ply having parallel reinforcements oriented at an angle α re... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285176 | Oscillating-arm apparatus for producing a tire reinforcement from a single thread The thread 4, intended to form a carcass reinforcement, is laid in continguous hoops on a rigid core 1 by a system with at least two oscillating arms transporting an orifice 6 so as to enable it to pass over a core 1 and thus lay adjacent... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276131 | Method of making a tire for a vehicle wheel A method of making a tire includes making a carcass structure; applying a belt structure, tread band, and at least one pair of sidewalls; and vulcanizing the tire. Making the carcass structure involves formation of at least one first carcass ply, including preparing... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275576 | Method of making reinforcement elements for a vehicle tyre, and a tyre for a vehicle wheel A method of making reinforcing elements for a vehicle tire includes laying down at least one continuous thread element on a support element of the tire according to a deposition path substantially concentric with a rotation axis of the tire. A tire for a vehicle whe... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7238248 | Method of building a tyre and tyre for a two-wheeled vehicle A method of building a tyre includes forming a carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply, applying a belt structure at a radially external position with respect to the at feast one carcass ply, applying a pair of sidewalls at an axially external position... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235147 | Method of forming tire component member There is provided a tire structural member forming method capable of forming a structural member of a tire for a vehicle at a low cost, using a simple mechanism satisfactory in space efficiency and capable of setting a band-shaped member of a predetermined length on... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216684 | Pneumatic aviation tire Pneumatic tires for aircraft service having a belt package with shoulder reinforcement. The tire includes a belt reinforcing structure or belt package having multiple cut belts, multiple spiral wound belt layers positioned radially between the cut belts and the trea... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7189298 | Hot forming system to produce pre-cured innerliners Method for providing precured innerliners (50) having a predetermined cross sectional profile for use as part of a pneumatic tire assembly used in a bladder-less shaping and vulcanizing mold. The innerliner (50) is formed from a continuous strip of ela... | 03/13/2007 |
