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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8080120 | Method and apparatus of manufacturing annular concentric stranded bead cord A method of manufacturing an annular concentric stranded bead cord, wherein, while rotating an annular core at a fixed position in a peripheral direction, a reel, upon which a lateral wire is wound, repeatedly performs a pendulum swinging movement and a perpendicula... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8002920 | Method for winding up and splicing a structural tire part having a material thickness that varies from the perspective of the cross-sectional profile thereof A method for winding up and splicing a tire building component, comprising placing the tire building component on a winding drum having a winding drum main axis and an inclinationally-adjustable surface, which is adjustable in inclination relative to the winding dru... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7976661 | Bead member forming method and apparatus A method and an apparatus for forming bead members (D), capable of improving the working efficiency by allowing switching to the bead members with different widths in short a time. The apparatus includes sector segments (24) having first sidewalls (61-... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7862674 | Forming method for assembly of bead core and apex rubber In a forming method for forming an assembly of a bead core and an apex rubber, there is used a rotating body which comprises a rotating base substance having an assembly forming surface, and a core receiving portion projecting from the rotating base substance in the... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7288160 | Method of making a tire using a 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 |
| 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 |
| 7252260 | Winding method and winding apparatus Provided are a winding method and a winding apparatus in which it makes possible to expedite the winding cycle with a relatively simple construction. In a winding method in which a plurality of conductor wires are arranged in parallel and wound around a reel ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7175726 | Continuous rubber-strip forming apparatus and process An apparatus for continuously winding a rubber strip extruded from a rubber-strip extruding machine, on a tire-building drum, comprises: a rubber-strip extruding machine including a gear pump for delivering the rubber material outputted from the extruder to a formin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163652 | Process for producing co-extruded profiles A process for making co-extruded profiles includes forming a plurality of web-interconnected profiles, which travel together through a die. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7108233 | Wire ring net for rocky wall barriers and method for making it A wire ring net, particularly for providing barriers for rocky walls and the like comprises a plurality of braided wire rings, each wire ring comprising, at a starting end of its wire, a first curled portion wound about the wire of the first turn and, at the termina... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7048820 | Method and apparatus for producing tire bead cores A method and an apparatus for producing tire bead cores, in which a bead wire extending tangentially relative to a bead core winding drum is guided by a guide means that extends radially relative to the winding drum, and the guide means is moved toward clamp jaws of... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6972061 | Compound apex for vehicle tire A pneumatic radial ply tire (500) comprises a tread (510), a belt structure (512), and a carcass (514). The carcass (514) has a radial ply (518) and two bead sections (530A, 530B). Each bead section (530... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964719 | Process for manufacturing tires A process of manufacturing a pneumatic tire (300) with oppositely disposed annularly-shaped beads (324) for mounting on flange shoulders (304) of a wheel rim (302) with the opposed beads (324) spaced apart from one another by a dis... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6901985 | Taping device A manually-powered taping tool for taping an elongated object with tape, which consists of a radial bearing ring (5) provided with a cutout (7) of sufficient size so that the object can pass into the cutout (7); an inner part (6) rotatabl... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6802212 | System and method of producing tires and on-line testing electrical conductivity A system for producing tires having a toroidal carcass, a tread and defined internally by two annular beads. The system includes a production line for manufacturing the tires and a control station for measuring the electrical conductivity of each tire. The productio... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6786262 | Tire bead with locked end wire and its method of manufacture The present invention provides a method of making a tire bead core (40) by winding a length of wire into a coil with at least one radially outermost layer (30) having a side-by-side relationship where each successive winding of the wire is placed adjac... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6776603 | Bead curing finger mold A tire bundle is molded in a mold cavity formed by closing a mold having upper and lower mold halves with intermeshing fingers (20, 24) for enclosing bead wires and providing a molded bead ring for placing in a bead apex mold. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6630045 | Combined bead loading and apex application system A bead apex subassembly (2) which is formed simultaneously to the formation of a tire carcass (10) but independent of and spaced near the tire building machine (100) is disclosed. The subassembly (2) is transferred to the tire building drum (5) preassembl... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6554933 | Bead core with a clamp, tire incorporating same, and method of making same A tire includes a carcass, a tread band, at least a reinforcing belt between the tread band and the carcass, a pair of bead cores disposed one at each end of the carcass with ends of the carcass wrapped around the pair of bead cores to form a pair of bead... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6554039 | Tire comprising bead core material having characteristics of superelasticity and shape memory A tire includes a toroidal carcass and a tread band. The toroidal carcass includes a central crown and two sidewalls terminating in a pair of annular beads. Each annular bead includes a metallic bead core for anchoring to corresponding bead seats of a whe... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6546984 | Tire bead and its method of manufacture The present invention provides a method of making a tire bead (16) with a tape (10) composed of two parallel wires (12a, 12b) having a coating (28) of resilient elastomeric material and connected by a web (14). The tire bead (16) can be built by winding t... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6524416 | Stress neutralization of an apex filler for a tire bead subassembly A method and apparatus are provided for a sub forming an elastomeric extrusion into a bead apex filler and for applying the same to an annular bead (120) to form a bead/apex subassembly for use in the construction of a pneumatic tire. The apex filler (100... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6470933 | Tire containing at least part of an electrical current generator intended for the supply of sensors and/or other electrical devices present within the tire, and method for manufacture the said tire A tire for a vehicle wheel includes a toroidal carcass, a tread band, and a first inductive element of an electrical generator. At least one tire bead includes an annular core including a steel strip spirally wound to form at least two radially-superposed... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6461460 | Process for the manufacture of a tire without bead wire A process for the manufacture of a tire the beads of which are without anchoring bead wires and are reinforced by complexes of layers of reinforcement elements of low angle, around which complexes the radial carcass reinforcement is anchored by winding, s... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6457505 | Vehicle tire building drum including bead drum positioning and side wall formation features A drum for the formation of a vehicle tire carcass including bead positioning features, the drum including multiple subsystems which are operatively and cooperatively interconnected to enhance the definition of embryonic sidewalls of the tire.... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6413342 | Method of forming a bead with an anchored trailing end The method of forming a bead 10 having a trailing end 12 of at least one bead wire 14 being anchored in the bead 10. The method including the steps of (i) securing a leading end of the bead wire 14; (ii) winding the bead wire 14 about a former 42 a plural... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6378585 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the same A heavy duty pneumatic tire comprises a carcass toroidally extending between a pair of bead cores embedded in bead portions and comprised of at least one rubberized carcass ply, wherein the carcass ply is wound around the bead core from an inside of the t... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6352602 | Bead wire winding device and winding method A bead wire winding device is provided with a winding guide(s) (3) which is rotated with a molding support body (1), and which approachingly and retreatingly displaces with respect to each side portion of the molding support body (1). A bead wire (W) is s... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6328835 | Structure and method for automatic supply of bead-with-filler A structure and a method for supplying a bead-with-filler automatically to a tire molding machine are provided. The structure comprises a bead-with-filler preset apparatus for presetting a filler to an annular bead; a bead supply apparatus positioned at a... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6270606 | Pneumatic tire and its manufacturing method A a carcass has at least one endless carcass cord ply, which is formed by at least one carcass cord extending zigzag in the tire's circumferential direction while being folded at both outer ends of the endless carcass cord ply alternately to right and lef... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6264780 | Method of manufacturing bead filler and apparatus for forming filler portion A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a bead filler which does not deteriorate the uniformity of a pneumatic tire are provided. The apparatus extrudes a rubber composition at a surface velocity V1 in a top portion 28 and at a surface velo... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6228198 | Method of and apparatus for producing single wire beads for tires A method of producing at least two single wire tyre bead cores comprising drawing off at least two bead wires from separate coils (20) of wires, passing the wires through wire processing means (23) to coat the drawn-off wires with rubber material, passing... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6089294 | Rubber element for tire and method of manufacturing the same A rubber element for tire comprising a bead core which is generally an annular shape, and an apex which is generally an annular shape and attached to the bead core. The apex comprises a first portion whose sectional configuration is generally a rectangle,... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5997974 | Invisible seam electrostatographic belt An endless flexible seamed belt with a mechanically and electrically invisible seam, substantially equivalent in performance to a seamless belt, is formed by joining two ends of substrate material, each end of which has a plurality of mutually mating elem... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5989374 | Method for applying an apex filler to a bead ring The assembly applies an apex filler to the outer circumferential surface of an annular bead ring. The apex filler applying assembly incorporates an apex filler applicator that is preferably operable in conjunction with a plurality of server mechanisms. On... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5882458 | Tire bead forming method and apparatus Th leading end of a tire bead wire is gripped in the usual manner radially inwardly of the inside diameter of the bead as a forming drum is rotated to form a hoop-like bead of multiple convolutions of the wire. Upon release by the gripper members, the lea... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5820717 | Metal tire bead manufacturing method To form a metal bead for a tire, two integral portions of a single length of wire are wound in opposite directions about an axis to form a bundle; and the free ends of the two portions are positioned substantially coaxially and adjacent to each other alon... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5735995 | Apparatus for applying an apex filler to a bead ring The assembly applies an apex filler to the outer circumferential surface of an annular bead ring. The apex filler applying assembly incorporates an apex filler applicator that is preferably operable in conjunction with a plurality of server mechanisms. On... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5651849 | Method for looping a coating structure around a bead core in motor-vehicle tires A method and apparatus for applying a ribbon-like coating structure to the outer surface of a tire bead core. A bead core (2) is coaxially placed around a support drum (6) carrying an inflatable air bag (7) disposed in a deflated condition. Clasping secto... | 07/29/1997 |
