Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316252 | Modular tire A device for serving as a wheel for motor vehicles, where the wheel has its tire tread replaceable when it is worn out via unique rims and molded tire features. An alternate internal structure prevents the tire from “going flat” or “blowing out” when it is p... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7299692 | Method for determining an indicator of the stresses to which a construction vehicle tire is subjected The invention relates to a method for determining an indicator of the stresses to which a construction vehicle fire is subjected during a given period in which the product of the load transported by the vehicle and the distance traveled by the vehicle during the per... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290577 | Tire with air-flow restrictor An improved tire provides an air-flow restrictor that may be installed inside a tire. The air-flow restrictor may restrict or prevent the flow of air in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the tire. Also, a method for saving fuel by inserting or r... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287565 | Device and method for dealing with phenomena of loss of pressure and running flat with vehicle tires A centralized device for dealing with the phenomena of loss of pressure and running flat with a vehicle tire, including a means external to the mounted assembly, permanently fixed to the vehicle and able to inject or otherwise bring into the internal cavity of the t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222651 | Tire for preventing rollover or oversteer of a vehicle A tire for preventing vehicle rollover or oversteer comprises a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions, a tread portion extending between the pair of sidewall portions, and a portion of low friction material positioned along an edge of the tread portion.... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201194 | Non-pneumatic tire A structurally supported tire includes a ground contacting tread portion, a reinforced annular band disposed radially inward of the tread portion, and a plurality of web spokes extending transversely across and radially inward from the reinforced annular band and an... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7172000 | Crown reinforcement with shoulder ply A tire intended to be fitted on a vehicle bearing a heavy load, such as a lorry, construction vehicle and/or aircraft, which tire comprises a carcass reinforcement radially surmounted by a crown reinforcement and a tread. The crown reinforcement is composed of at le... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159632 | Non-pneumatic bicycle tire A non-pneumatic bicycle tire has a main tire body and at least one rim retaining member. The main tire body includes a rim engagement portion and a ground contact portion with a ground contact surface. The at least one rim retaining member is fixedly attached to the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7093909 | Visual and thermal shield system There is disclosed herein a visual and thermal shield system that effectively obscures visual indicators and thermal signatures of wheel assemblies of a military vehicle to thereby address longstanding military concerns for vehicle and crew survivability. Our device... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7013940 | Device for attenuating cavity noise in a tire and wheel A device for attenuating noise generated in a rolling tire and wheel assembly includes strips arranged as a circumferential ring in the tire/wheel cavity. The strips are spaced circumferentially to provide a profile of ridges and gaps in the ring. The rings may be p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6935667 | Wheels for a wheeled vehicle A wheel assembly for a wheeled vehicle utilizes interchangeable wheel hubs to secure various types of tires to provide better performance and maintenance on the vehicles. The design of the hubs is such that fabrication costs are reduced as well as costs for maintain... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935024 | Method of manufacturing rims for motor vehicles A process of manufacturing a rim for a motor vehicle from an original pipe, in order to facilitate formation of projections for reducing road noise on the rim, comprises a projection forming step of partially extruding a ledge portion of an intermediate pipe for the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6906018 | Extrudable soap bars comprising high levels of sugars The invention provides bar compositions with high level of sugar or sugars (greater than about 25% by wt.) and which can be extruded. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6755483 | Tire noise reducing system A tire noise reducing system includes a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim and a noise damper disposed in a cavity formed between the rim and tire the noise damper is made of a porous material having a specific gravity of from 0.005 to 0.06 and secured on a surface facing ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6726289 | Tire noise reducing system A tire noise reducing system comprises a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim and a noise damper disposed in a cavity formed between the rim and tire when mounted as being surrounded by the tire and rim, the noise damper is made of a porous material having a specific gravity... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715842 | Vehicle wheel with a rim carrying sound-absorbing fiber material A vehicle wheel includes a wheel rim having an outside carrying airborne noise-absorbing fiber material in the form of a carrier layer having fibers projecting radially outwardly of an outside of the rim. The rim has an interior tire bead contact area which is space... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6619351 | Two piece tire with a convective cooling system A two-piece tire assembly 10 has a removable tread belt 12 for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass 14. The tread belt 12 has a radially outer ground contracting tread 15 and a radially inner belt reinforcing structure 100 having ply layer... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6591879 | Vehicle tire composition and method for dissipating heat from vehicle tire A vehicle tire and a method for dissipating heat from a vehicle tire where the tire has sidewalls, an uppermost area over the sidewalls, a bead area and an inner layer, the inner layer being impermeable to air, a rubberized reinforcement-containing carcas... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6422655 | Tire inside noise absorber A sound absorber for insertion into a pneumatic tire is composed of a support strip attached to the rim of the wheel on which the tire is mounted and a system or network of flexible fibers attached to the mounting strip and extending in the radial directi... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6343635 | Vehicle tire with air circulation arrangement A vehicle tire, which includes an outer tire fastened to a rim, a plurality of hooks, which secure the outer tire to the rim, an inner tube mounted within the outer tire and the rim, the inner tube having a plurality of pegs raised from a sidewall thereof... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6044313 | Method and apparatus for monitoring ton-miles-per-hour for tires on a mobile machine A method and apparatus to monitor ton-miles-per-hour on a plurality of tires on a mobile machine as the mobile machine hauls a load by determining the weight of the load on the tires, determining the ground speed of the mobile machine, and compensating fo... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5882450 | Radial tire/wheel assembly for high brake heat generated service A vehicle tire and wheel assembly for use in high brake heat generated service has an overall tire diameter (TD) of approximately 43 inches and an overall wheel diameter (WD) of approximately 24.5 inches to provide a ratio of approximately 1.76. The tire ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5599409 | Radial tire/wheel assembly for high brake heat generated service A vehicle tire and wheel assembly for use in high brake heat generated service has an overall tire diameter (TD) of approximately 43 inches and an overall wheel diameter (WD) of approximately 24.5 inches to provide a ratio of approximately 1.76. The tire ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5361817 | Heat-dissipating means of nest tire structure for a run-flat tire A heat-dissipating valve is formed on a steel rim of a car tire which includes an inner tire secured in an outer tire, whereby upon puncture of the outer tire, the inner tire, when compressed between the outer tire and the steel rim as loaded by a car wei... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5083596 | Pressurized with a fluid having a specific gravity greater than air A vehicle tire in which pressurized air is charged into an air tight inside of a tire together with from 5% to 95% by volume of a fluid having a specific gravity greater than that of air based on 100% by volume of the pressurized air and from 1% to 20% by... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4896921 | Wheel for vehicle The wheel of the present invention reduces road noise without using a special tire. The wheel includes a wheel body and a silencing chamber formed around the wheel body. The silencing chamber communicates with an air chamber in the tire via communication ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4790362 | Tire shield device A tire shield (10, 15) which mounts between the rim (100) and tire (101) and which covers the sidewall of the tire is described. The device has opposed convex and concave sides which have a radius of curvature smaller than that of the sidewall thus provid... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4771822 | Automobile tire, radiator and brake cooling system with passenger compartment water heater An automobile tire and brake cooling system using water to effect cooling comprises: a water tank located in the trunk; first valve control means located in the passenger compartment for actuating first water control valve means associated with the tank; ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4620580 | Tire cooling by fluid transfer element The cooling of a pneumatic tire (12) is provided for by a heat transfer element (21) contained within an inflation chamber (13) and drivingly coupled to the rim (14). The heat transfer element (21) extends away from the rim (14) into a volume of liquid co... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4480669 | Tire cooling structure The present invention relates to a novel means placed internally of a tubeless type pneumatic tire, placed upon the drop center rim to effectively transfer heat from the crown and shoulder portions to the sidewalls and the mounting rim during rotational o... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4381026 | Tire cooling structure The present invention relates to a novel means placed internally of a tubeless type pneumatic tire, placed upon the drop center rim to effectively transfer heat from the crown and shoulder portions to the sidewalls and the mounting rim during rotational o... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4362200 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire having a layer of heat-conducting elastomeric material between an inner carcass and tread assembly, and adjacent a heat conducting position of each sidewall, the layer and the portion dissipating heat from an internal area of the tire to ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4343338 | Tire cooling system and method A tire cooling system (10) for a vehicle having a wheel (12) with a tire (14) mounted on a rim (16). A heat transfer device (22) is positioned in a central cavity (18) defined by said rim (16) and tire (14). A first fluid (20) is contained in said central... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4287924 | Safety tire with sidewall support members having two parts with different flexibilities Safety tire comprising a tread (11) reinforced by an inextensible belt (23), spaced beads (12), and side walls (14) connecting the beads to the sides of the tread, defining below the latter a central inflatable chamber (15), each side wall at least being ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4252171 | Withstand-voltage tire A tire having excellent withstand-voltage property, wear resistance and resistance against heat build-up is disclosed. The tire has a tread, at least the contact area of the tread with road surface being made of a rubber composition containing a specifica... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4155393 | Pneumatic tire carcass A pneumatic tire carcass has a tread portion, a pair of sidewalls connected to the tread portion, each of the sidewalls having an outer surface, and a plurality of grooves formed in the outer surface of one of said sidewalls in a preselected pattern for r... | 05/22/1979 |
| 3951719 | Vehicle tire construction and method of making same A vehicle tire construction and method for retreaded (or new) tires involving the use of a single patch or more patches of cord of large mesh extending laterally of the tire casing between the buffed surface and tread rubber. The patch has stretchable or ... | 04/20/1976 |
