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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171968 | Tire for construction vehicle A construction vehicle tire, in which a temperature rise at the tread portion is suppressed by enhancing the heat radiation property at the tire center portion (C). Lug grooves (22) are arranged in the tread shoulder regions (S) on both sides in the tire widt... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8042583 | Pneumatic tire for off-road traveling with tread including blocks having recess portions A pneumatic tire having an improved off-road traveling performance, which has a block pattern that a plurality of blocks 7 are provided in a tread portion, in which each of the blocks 7 includes a tread surface 9 facing radially outward and a wa... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8006729 | Pneumatic tire with tread having fine grooves Disclosed is a pneumatic tire including a plurality of land portions and a plurality of fine grooves. The plurality of land portions are formed of blocks and a rib, and are defined in a tread part of the pneumatic tire. The fine grooves with a depth of 0.1 mm to 0.8... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7921891 | Pneumatic tire for traveling on off road In a pneumatic tire for traveling on an off road, including a tread pattern in which a plurality of blocks are formed by at least three vertical grooves extending along a tire circumferential direction and a lateral groove intersecting the vertical grooves, each of ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7874331 | Pneumatic tire with tread having chamfer located in notch The tread of a pneumatic tire has a plurality of tread elements separated by at least one groove, the tread elements having a depth as determined from an initial tread surface and the base of the at least one groove. The tread has at least one chamfer. The chamfer i... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7849895 | Pneumatic tire having directional tread pattern The present invention provides a pneumatic tire which can obtain a high wet drainage performance, roadholding ability, and wear-resistant property without sacrificing other capabilities A directional pattern is formed by a circumferential wide major groove, a first ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7726368 | Pneumatic tire with tread having shallow groove extending between zigzag sipes A pneumatic tire includes a shallow groove provided between zigzag sipes adjacent in the circumferential direction of the tire, which can reduce production cost of the mold, facilitate trimming operation and decrease waste from trimming while reduction of driving st... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7637295 | Pneumatic tire with tread including sipes having bent portions formed with zigzag shape with amplitude in radial direction Disclosed is a pneumatic tire which is allowed to increase block stiffness not only during braking and driving but also during cornering, and is allowed thereby to compatibly enhance tire performances both during braking and driving and during cornering. The pneumat... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7562683 | Pneumatic tire with tread having blocks and bridge portions It is an object of the present invention to provide a pneumatic tire capable of securing rigidity of a tip end of a block, and effectively preventing deviated wear of a tread surface. In a tread surface of a pneumatic tire formed with a block 30 having a tip ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7478657 | Pneumatic tire with ground contact surface of land portion having circular arcs A pneumatic tire includes a tread surface having a plurality of main grooves extending straight in a circumferential direction of the tire. The plurality of main grooves defines land portions extending in the tire circumferential direction. The land portions each ha... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7461677 | Pneumatic tire having bell shaped wide width main grooves A pneumatic tire suitable for competitive sports has a specified tread pattern comprising a central region and both shoulder regions, in which a plurality of bell-shaped wide-width main grooves each extended substantially bell-shapedly into both sides approximately ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7438100 | Pneumatic tire for ice-bound or snow-covered road A pneumatic tire for ice-bound or snow-covered roads, which has fine grooves formed in a tread surface, thereby improving brake and drive performance on ice-bound roads in early periods of wear. This pneumatic tire for ice-bound or snow-covered roads has its tread p... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438101 | Pneumatic tire with tread having blocks The present invention aims to improve the wet performance while securing steering stability and holding down degradations in noise performance to minimum, and for this purpose, a pneumatic tire in which blocks are disposed at intervals at a tread portion thereof is ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434606 | Pneumatic tire with tread having continuous ribs and block rows A tread surface 2 is divided by inner and outer longitudinal grooves 3a and 3b located on opposite sides of the tire equator into a central land portion 4i, intermediate land portions 4m and shoulder lan... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7416003 | Pneumatic tire with tread surface having specified direction of rotation A tread surface the tire rotational direction of which is specified in one direction has a center region and shoulder regions on both sides of the center region. Blocks are defined in at least one of the shoulder regions by at least one first circumferential groove ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7380577 | Tread pattern having at least one inserted element A tread of rubber mix provided with a tread pattern formed by a plurality of elements in relief (1) defining grooves or incisions, this tread furthermore comprising at least one inserted element (3) arranged in a groove between two neighboring elements... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367370 | Surface profile of tread design components of a tire tread A tread for a heavy vehicle tire, comprising at least one tread design component (3) delimited by at least two grooves, each component comprising a contact face (4) limited by edges (7, 8); the contact face (4) having, viewed in a cross-s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350551 | Motorcycle tire with tread having main blocks and lower height sub blocks A motorcycle tire is provided that is capable of remarkably improving a traction characteristic and an anti-sideslip characteristic for cornering without deteriorating the mud expulsion characteristic especially on a dirt road. In embodiments, a motorcycle tire has ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347238 | Pneumatic tire with tread including chamfer portions A pneumatic tire having improved wet performance without sacrificing steering stability. A pair of central circumferential main grooves 14 and a pair of side circumferential main grooves 16 are arranged on a tread 12, to obtain a fundamentally h... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337816 | Tire tread with circumferential and lateral grooves having asymmetrical cross-section A pneumatic tire for dirt track racing comprising lateral and circumferential grooves forming blocks on the tread surface. The blocks have leading and trailing edge walls. The trailing edge walls of the blocks are buttressed by inclining the walls at an angle of 20Â... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7281554 | Pneumatic tire with tread having blocks including highland portions and convex surface that is smoothly chamfered and defines line edge at the top of block sidewall To provide a pneumatic tire in which noise can be reduced without changing the basic design of the block pattern, a chamfered portion 24 is provided at a tire widthwise-direction outer side end 18A of a leading edge 18A of a block 18. Whe... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267148 | Measurement of adherence between a vehicle wheel and the roadway A tire includes, among the conventional tread pattern elements, at least one measuring element having a central zone and an encircling zone. In normal operation, the central zone 10 of a measuring element slides over the ground while, conversely, the tread as... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7178570 | Pneumatic tire including main and auxiliary oblique grooves in axially inner region of tread A pneumatic tire is provided in the tread portion with circumferential grooves, main oblique grooves and auxiliary oblique grooves. The circumferential grooves include: a pair of axially outer grooves disposed one on each side of the tire equator; and at least one a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7143798 | Pneumatic tire having tread with axially adjacent block chamfer and rib chamfer A tire tread for a pneumatic tire has a center rib and a series of steeply slanted grooves in each side region of the tread, the circumferentially adjacent grooves form blocks extending through the tread side regions. The center rib has a serrated configuration alon... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140410 | Asymmetric truck racing tire An improved truck racing tire includes three belts and reduced tread and undertread thickness for weight reduction. An asymmetric shoulder design is provided and circumferential grooves having wear indicia therein at a preselected depth are incorporated into the tre... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128111 | Pneumatic tire having shoulder blocks with V-shaped axially inner edge and convexly curved axially outer surface A pneumatic tire which comprises a tread portion with a pair of tread edges, and a tire shoulder extending radially inwardly from one of the tread edges, provided with a curved surface comprising a convex curve, wherein, on a cylindrical surface centered on the tire... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128113 | ATV radial tire An ATV radial tire has a block pattern including a chamfered block. The chamfered block has a notch which comprises an inclined surface obtained by chamfering a corner between an upper surface of the block and a wall surface of the block on an outer side edge of the... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118702 | Tire mold The tire mold comprises a laminated peripheral crown having a stack in the circumferential direction of a plurality of thin sheets. Cutouts distributed over several adjacent sheets increase the venting ability of the mold. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114539 | Bicycle tire having tread with projecting ribs A bicycle tire 10 is described having a tread that comprises transverse channels defining a block tread pattern for improving grip when the tire is used in off-road conditions. Two axially spaced circumferentially continuous parallel ribs 14 straddle t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7096904 | Off road tire having variable width puncture preventing pads This invention relates to off-road tires, more specifically off-road tires for use with all-terrain vehicles, agricultural equipment, and construction equipment. A plurality of elongated pads are interposed between circumferentially adjacent lugs, preventing damage ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7041184 | Method of manufacturing tire including rotating rectilinear segment A method for reducing tire microsliding includes defining a rotation point and rotating a cross section profile about it. A cross section of a radially-external reference profile of a tread band includes a first rectilinear segment near at least one circumferential ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028733 | Pneumatic tire having circumferentially extending rib with chamfers A tire tread for a pneumatic tire has at least one circumferentially extending rib. The rib has a high siping density to provide flexibility to the rib. To provide support to the rib, circumferentially extending along, and attached to, the side of each rib is suppor... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6986372 | Serrated groove sides in a tire An improved tire tread has tread elements which form a tread pattern exhibiting two or more peripheral grooves and a plurality of transverse grooves extending inward from the outer (ground engaging) surface of the tread. Preferably the transverse grooves extend acro... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983777 | Tire tread with multi-planar chamfers A tire has a tread on the outer circumferential surface. The tread has circumferential and lateral grooves defining tread blocks. In at least one tread block, one of the circumferentially extending sides of the block has a multi-planar chamfer. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6968881 | Pneumatic tire including steeply slanted grooves, rib having sipes and blocks having sipes A tire tread for a pneumatic tire has a center rib and a series of steeply slanted grooves in each side region of the tread, the circumferentially adjacent grooves form blocks extending through the tread side regions. The center rib has a serrated configuration alon... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6929044 | All-terrain vehicle tire An All Terrain Vehicle Tire (10) for the drive axle positions has a tread (12) having three circumferentially continuous channels (61 62, 63). Two of the channels (62, 63) divide the elongated lugs (40, 42) into an axially inner po... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6920906 | Pneumatic tire with sidewall projections A pneumatic tire has an aggressive tread pattern for use on both on-road and off-road vehicles having at least a pair of intermediate ribs and a pair of shoulder ribs providing the ground engaging tread lugs. A plurality of circumferentially extending lug groups are... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6910512 | Pneumatic tire having peripheral protuberant portion on each block An end of a block 18 formed on a tread surface of a tire is chamfered in such a manner that a curvature of a chamfer increases toward the end of the block. Accordingly, a ground contact pressure which usually increases locally at the end of the block 18 | 06/28/2005 |
