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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7857929 | Method of producing pneumatic tire Provided is a method of producing a pneumatic tire where occurrence of blisters caused by trapped air is prevented even if a thermoplastic resin film is used as an air permeation prevention layer. The method includes: wrapping a thermoplastic resin film (6) a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7419557 | Method for protecting tire innerliner using thermoformable film coated with pressure-sensitive adhesive A method is provided for protecting a virgin surface of a tire innerliner from contamination by a release agent during curing. A pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA)-coated thermoformable film is pressed onto an exposed virgin surface of a green tire innerliner to adhe... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416624 | Method for evaluating ply wire anomalies in a tire A method for detecting ply wire anomalies in a tire carcass ply having a plurality of spaced apart ply wires extending across a tire carcass, the method comprising the steps: constructing a green tire carcass in a diametrically expanded toroidal configuration, the c... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7398808 | Micro-cellular closed-cell sponge rubber outers The invention relates to a method of making an outer tire layer on a pneumatic tire microcellular closed-cell sponge rubber, method of making the aforesaid product. ... | 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 |
| 7389802 | Tire with double layer innerliner A pneumatic tire with a double layer innerliner structure bonded to an inner face of the tire carcass for reducing noise generated by air vibrations inside of the tire's air chamber, and a method of making the tire. The double layer structure includes a first innerl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7357733 | Golf ball with vapor barrier layer and method of making same A golf ball with at least one moisture vapor barrier layer is disclosed. The moisture vapor barrier layer is formed from a composition comprising a filler dispersed in a liquid or solven-born polymer of multi-olefin, iso-olefin, or a combination thereof. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351299 | Device and process for storing and transferring strip-shaped products for use in making a tire cover A device for storing and transferring strip sections of rubber produced intended for making a tire cover, includes a storage cylinder mounted to rotate about a horizontal axis of revolution on a frame which is in turn mounted on a support. A flexible strip forming a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350550 | Tire with electrically non-conductive tread which contains a self locking electrically conductive rubber strip extending through said tread to its running surface This invention relates to a tire having an electrically non-conductive tread which contains an electrically conductive rubber strip which extends through at least a portion of the tread to its running surface in a wave configured shape, and therefore not a continuou... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7329325 | Method of manufacturing a tire comprising at least one insert A method of manufacturing a tire (3), which includes a crown (5) having a molded tread pattern, and at least one insert (6) with a position that is set relative to the molded tread pattern. The method includes building an uncured tire around a c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328608 | Sensor unit A sensor unit includes a sensor body consisting of a detecting part which detects an inside pressure of a tire, and a transmitting part which transmits a pressure signal detected by the detecting part, and a base member which holds the sensor body. The base member i... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7316251 | Tire breakdown warning device and pneumatic tire A tire breakdown warning device includes at least one temperature sensor for detection of temperature of a pneumatic tire, and provides a warning when a breakdown of the tire is found on the basis of detection signals detected by the at least one temperature sensor.... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316757 | Method of producing radial tire for construction vehicle A method of producing a radial tire for a construction vehicle, the method enabling a vast reduction in facility costs. A first green tire is formed in a first step molding machine and then removed from it. After that, a vulcanizer bladder unit is installed on the t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7300981 | Abrasion resistant elastomeric compositions The present invention includes elastomeric compositions of BIMS elastomers suitable for abrasion resistant, high traction and/or barrier articles. The compositions and articles made from those compositions of the inventions can be described in any number of embodime... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287568 | High crown uni-stage tire building drum A tire building drum and a method of building a tire carcass is disclosed. The tire building drum has a center section comprised of a plurality of segments that are radially and axially movable. The building drum further comprises shoulder sections that are axially ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7276557 | Adhesive components and process for manufacture Resins and oligomer materials and/or combinations thereof grafted with an unsaturated acid or anhydride, such as maleic anhydride, are disclosed herein. The grafted materials are useful in adhesive formulations, particularly in hot melt adhesive applications. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7252728 | Method for forming a pneumatic tire A tire with a changing tread pattern is formed by first forming a tire having a tread, the tread having at least one circumferential or lateral groove. Formed separately is a wearable filler, the wearable filler having a configuration corresponding to at least a por... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252127 | Reflecting bicycle tires Bicycle wheels have integral reflective areas to increase visibility of the bicycle. These areas show through portions of the wheel tread, so that the tread protects the reflector material from wear. The reflecting areas are scattered over the wheel and situated at ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249620 | Pneumatic tire A tire with a changing tread pattern is formed by first forming a tire having a tread, the tread having at least one circumferential or lateral groove. A wearable filler, having a configuration corresponding to at least a portion of the circumferential or lateral gr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241353 | Method of manufacturing tire There is provided a method of manufacturing a tire wherein a uniformity of a tire having a reinforcing rubber layer of substantially a crescent-shaped section between a carcass and an innerliner and capable of mainly running at a run-flat state is improved by transf... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240708 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprising a skin layer which is formed by curing a polyurethane resin composition comprising a compound having active hydrogen atoms and an organic polyisocyanate compound, has an oxygen permeation coefficient at 23° C. under a relative humidity o... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7238249 | Producing method of high speed FV reducing tire It is an object of the present invention to reduce a high speed FV n-order component of a completed tire by specifying a mounting phase of a raw tire with respect to a vulcanization mold. A variation amount of a total gage of a tread portion of each of non-vulcanize... | 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 |
| 7226341 | Method of manufacturing laminated mold and laminated mold For manufacturing the laminated mold comprising the laminate (11) being formed of a plurality of thin sheets (11a) laminated on each other, laminate the thin sheets with the excess portions of respective thin sheets exceeding the profile of the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226615 | Expandable foam-like biomaterials and methods Liquid, injectable, aqueous solutions are transformed in situ to an expandable foam-like, space filling, and adherent biomaterial. Preferably, the foam-like biomaterial is the reaction product of a two-part liquid system to achieve the in situ formation thereof. The... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210635 | System and method for encapsulation and protection of components An apparatus and method for providing a radio frequency identification. A barrier system is adapted to encase at least a portion of a radio frequency identification device. The barrier system includes a first layer defining a first set of physical properties and a s... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7186308 | System and method for providing tire electronics mounting patches A method of making a mounting patch for mounting an electronic assembly in the inner liner or a pneumatic tire includes the steps of providing a power source, embedding the power source into a quantity of uncured rubber, and curing the uncured rubber by applying suf... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182702 | Golf ball with vapor barrier layer and method of making same A golf ball with at least one moisture vapor barrier layer is disclosed. In accordance to one aspect of the invention, the moisture vapor barrier layer may comprise butyl rubber. The butyl rubber may also be a halogenated butyl rubber such as bromobutyl rubber or ch... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172130 | Electronic device, rubber product, and methods for manufacturing the same The present invention aims to improve the durability of an RFID chip inlet. A module including an RFID chip amounted to an antenna is covered with polyimide film with an adhesive layer to make up an RFID inlet. The outer surface of the RFID inlet is then covered wit... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167194 | Printing a code on a product A method for printing is described. The method includes providing a printing system for printing a code on a product moving in a direction. The code is constructed from a plurality of pixels in a first data set indicating the positions of the pixels and generates a ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161476 | Electronic tire management system An electronic tire maintenance system is provided for measuring a parameter of a device at a first location. The system includes a sensor for measuring the device parameter and generating a data signal representing the measured parameter. The system also includes a ... | 01/09/2007 |
