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...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281555 | Off-the-road tire The invention is to improve wear resistance and resistance to crack growth of an off-the-road tire having a gauge of a tread rubber of 60-200 mm, in which a plurality of widthwise grooves extending substantially in a widthwise direction of the tire are arranged in e... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7234495 | Underground mine tire An underground mine tire 20 having a nominal bead diameter of 20.0 inches or less has a carcass, a tread 25 and a pair of rubber sidewalls 23, each extending along the outer periphery of the carcass 21 below the tread 25. The tire ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7134467 | Low net to gross OTR tire A pneumatic off-the-road (OTR) tire has a plurality of central and shoulder lugs. The central lugs are arranged in a circumferentially continuous row and extend across the equatorial plane (EP). Each central lug is similar in shape and orientation relative to each c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6957676 | Tire for a vehicle wheel including at least two circumferential series of inclined incisions delimiting at least three rows of blocks The present invention relates to a tire designed to be fitted on the driving axles of a motor vehicle for medium or heavy load. This tire is provided with a tread comprising a plurality of full-depth transverse grooves and four circumferential series of inclined gro... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6802922 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing pneumatic tire A method and an apparatus of simple construction for manufacturing a pneumatic tire are provided. Belt wave and unevenness of belt gauge are restrained at a minimum, joining of joint parts is ensured, installation space can be smallest within the limit of necessity ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6705367 | Heavy duty pneumatic radial tire including lug groove having platform In a heavy duty pneumatic radial tire having a lug pattern formed on both sides of a tread portion, each of lug grooves forming lugs is extended from a position separated from an equatorial plane of the tire by a given distance up to each of tread ends and has a pla... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6386652 | Pneumatic driver tire for tracked vehicle A pneumatic driver tire (10) for tracked vehicles (1) has a carcass reinforcing structure (30) having two or more bias angled plies (32, 34), the cords of the first ply (32) being oppositely oriented relative to the cords of the second ply (34). The tire ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6347653 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire including lug grooves and shallow circumferential groove A heavy duty pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, a plurality of lug grooves formed in the tread portion so as to extend from a tread end toward an equator of the tire, and a central land portion formed between two circumferential lines passing throu... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6263933 | Industrial service agricultural tire A pneumatic agricultural tire (20) for an industrial type tractor or like vehicle has a plurality of central lugs (60) and a plurality of shoulder lugs (40, 50). The plurality of central lugs (60) are arranged in a circumferentially continuous row and ext... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6142201 | Pneumatic tire for sand cars A pneumatic tire for a sand car including a reinforced carcass having a tread support portion and opposed sidewalls, and a body of elastomeric material vulcanized to the carcass defining an asymmetric tread. The tread includes a single, generally radially... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5526858 | Pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire for truck and bus comprises a tread portion having a lug pattern, wherein an intersection angle θ1 defined by a standard line segment passing a lug edge with an obtuse angle with respect to tread side edge and a meridional lin... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5479973 | Pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire for truck and bus comprises a tread portion having a lug pattern, wherein an intersection angle θ1 defined by a standard line segment passing a lug edge with an obtuse angle with respect to tread side edge and a meridional lin... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5337814 | Agricultural tire comprising lugs of defined height and inclination An improved pneumatics radial drive tire 10 for agricultural use under dry and wet or moist soil conditions requiring a tire with high flotation and deep tread characteristics is described. The improvement comprises utilizing a tread 13 with a net-to-gros... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5180453 | Heavy duty pneumatic tires In a heavy duty pneumatic tire having a lug pattern and used for truck, bus, construction vehicle and the like, at least two lug grooves located in each half region of the tread portion are connected to each other through an auxiliary groove containing a ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5002110 | Off-road pneumatic tire with vibration-reducing lugged tread A pneumatic tire comprising a tread formed with a plurality of laterally extending groove portions and land portions which are alternatively arranged with a substantially constant pitch in a circumferential direction of the tire, wherein a land portion ra... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4830077 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire having asymmetric tread Heavy duty pneumatic tires having lug grooves at a tire tread surface are disclosed, wherein a width of a tread portion from a tire equator to one of tread edges which tread portion is to be located on a wheel-mounted outer side is larger than that of the... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4664167 | Radial tire for industrial vehicles A radial tire for industrial vehicles such as a forklift truck, shovel truck, and straddle carrier which are used for cargo handling, having a tread reinforced with a plurality of stiff cord layers placed one over the other such as steel cord which is sup... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4574857 | Tractor tire tread A pneumatic tire (10) has a tread (12) has a continuous center rib (24) extending circumferentially about the tread. A set of traction lugs (30,32) extend inwardly from each axial edge of the tread. Independent traction elements (58,60) are disposed circu... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4412575 | Heavy load pneumatic radial tire A heavy load pneumatic radial tire which has excellent wear resistance against heavy loads is herein disclosed. The radial tire has a tread portion which comprises long and short blocks for forming grooves which allow platforms to be disposed therein. Eac... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4289183 | Noiseless lug tires A noiseless lug tire which runs at a high speed under a heavy load and which satisfies the following conditions. (1) A ratio Wg/Wl is equal to or smaller than 1.0. (2) Each transverse groove for delimiting lugs is not inclined toward an opening of the transver... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4284115 | Tire tread A relatively high speed and heavy duty bias tire for use in trucks, buses, construction vehicles and the like. In case ଲ>γ wherein ଲ is the slant angle of the face of the groove walls on the center line side and γ is the slant angle of the f... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4265287 | Pneumatic tire having anti-transverse skid property for vehicles which run at high speed under heavy load A pneumatic tire having anti-transverse skid property for vehicles which run at a high speed under a heavy load comprising a depression provided in the tire sidewall near the shoulder and for circumferentially dividing the tire sidewall near the shoulder ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4254811 | Pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire comprising a radial carcass reinforcement and a tread reinforcement imparting to the tread a meridian curvature less than the circumferential curvature is improved by having the percentage of sculpting of the tread increase from the edges... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4178199 | Noise reduction in pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire having a tread design for reducing the amount of noise generated by the tire when rolled on a given surface, is disclosed. The tread comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced lugs defining therebetween respective grooves, the lugs... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4168732 | Vehicle tire and wheel construction with controlled deformation An improved tire and wheel for road vehicles, the tire being either of tubeless or inflatable tube arrangement and of the radial and belted type and includes flexurally deformable tire side walls. The improvement comprises side wall restraining annular me... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4055209 | Pneumatic radial tire tread pattern A pneumatic radial tire having tread, outer shoulder, and sidewall portions of elastomeric material over a radial carcass. The tread and outer shoulder portions comprise similar circumferentially overlapping patterns of lugs and grooves. The majority of t... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4034790 | Vehicle wheel equipped with pneumatic tire A vehicle wheel having a pneumatic tire which is only slightly outwardly arched or crowned and which has a carcass and a centrally located tread strip. The tread strip has sharply defined edges and has a length approximately one third the width of the fre... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3939890 | Wide base type pneumatic tire for construction vehicle A wide base type pneumatic tire for construction vehicle has a given sectional thickness distribution of crown portion, a tread pattern of lug arrangement and a crown radius of at least 75% of overall tire width, and is usable for dump truck, earth mover ... | 02/24/1976 |
