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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151842 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire is provided which has sufficient total properties and mass productivity of a tire without reducing drainage capability due to narrowed circumferential grooves, achieves high design flexibility of tread patterns and stiffness of land portion as inten... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7975738 | Pneumatic tire with tread having lateral grooves Provided is a pneumatic tire which employs pitch variation for suppressing pattern noise and has uniformity further improved. Pitches 3a, 3b and 3c with different pitch lengths are formed so that a pitch with a larger pitch ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7757735 | Pneumatic tire having buttress part A pneumatic tire has longitudinal grooves formed continuously in a circumferential direction of the pneumatic tire in a region of a buttress part disposed between a tread part and a sidewall part; a plurality of transverse grooves formed continuously with the longit... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7280951 | Method of making finite element model of tire having fine groove A method of making a finite element model of a tire is disclosed. The tire is provided in a tread portion with a fine groove having a dead end including at least the bottom. The tread portion is divided into elements so that the elements include first elements on on... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7114546 | Tire mold and method for making a tire mold A tire mold according to the invention includes a plurality of tread sectors for forming a tread portion of a tire and two shell inserts for molding the sidewalls of a tire wherein the tread sectors and the shell inserts are castings formed from the same model. A me... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6955782 | Method of molding a tire and mold therefor A tire molding method as disclosed wherein a segmented mold (2) has lugs (40) in the shoulder regions of the segments (4) with complimentary lug extensions (30) in the sidewall forming annular rings (6,8). The lug extensions (30... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6697772 | Method for determining preselected performance characteristics of a tread of a tire A method for determining preselected performance characteristics of a tire tread includes the steps of dividing the tread into a 3-D grid of cells; dividing a tread contact area into longitudinal and transversal strips; associating a longitudinal or trans... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6531012 | Pneumatic tire designing method When a single performance or a plurality of antinomical performances are to be achieved, the best mode of a tire is designed under a given constraint condition. Each of blocks included in two pitch groups designated in a pitch array is modeled (100), an o... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6446689 | Pneumatic tire having 80 to 105 pitches A pneumatic tire having improved snow traction and tread wear, and improved noise and handling properties, has 80 to 105 pitches and a sipe density of 1.0 to 1.1. The tire has a substantially square footprint, and has a footprint shape factor (FSF) of 1.0... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6439285 | Pneumatic tire having 98 pitches A pneumatic tire having improved snow traction and treadwear, and improved noise and handling properties, has 80 to 105 pitches and a sipe density of 1.0 to 1.1. The tire has a square footprint, and has a footprint shape factor (FSF) of 1.0 to 1.25. The t... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6435237 | Pneumatic tire having generally rounded footprint shape A pneumatic tire having improved snow traction and tread wear, and improved noise and handling properties, has 80 to 105 pitches and a sipe density of 1.0 to 1.1. The tire has a substantially rounded footprint, and has a footprint shape factor (FSF) of 1.... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6415836 | Pneumatic tire including axial grooves having different widths and tread elements having different lengths A pneumatic tire having an improved tread pattern which is capable of improving the steering stability, tire uniformity and the like without increasing a tread pattern noise is disclosed. The tire comprises rows of circumferentially arranged tread element... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6341633 | Tire tread including sipe having legs defining V-shape A tread for a vehicle tire includes at least one circumferentially extending longitudinal groove and transverse grooves emanating from the longitudinal groove for defining blocks in a pattern and sipes arranged in the tread. Each sipe defines a sipe depth... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6336485 | Pneumatic radial tire including blocks having different lengths A pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass, a belt, and a row of many blocks having different lengths along a circumference of a ground contact region under pitch variation defined in a tread rubber of the tread portion by at least two straight ma... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6123130 | Tire having improved wet stopping capability A tire tread has a total of four circumferential ribs and three circumferential grooves. The four ribs include two intermediate ribs and two outer ribs, and the three grooves include a center groove and two outer grooves. The two intermediate ribs are bet... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5628843 | Pneumatic tire with groove having three different cross-sectional shapes A pneumatic tire is provided which has an improved tread portion capable of preventing a wandering phenomenon caused by the rain-grooves of the roads and reducing the running noise of the tire. The circumferentially extending main groove is made up of par... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5618360 | Pneumatic tire including pitches A pneumatic tire having a tread portion capable of reducing the running noise. The tread portion is provided with a circumferentially extending main groove and lateral grooves extending from the main groove towards one side thereof, the circumferential pi... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5246049 | Pneumatic vehicle tire with wave-shaped circumferential grooves A pneumatic vehicle tire which is especially suitable for non-driven axles of commercial vehicles is provided with wave-shaped circumferential grooves. The wave amplitude at the bottom of the groove is greater than at the tread periphery. This is achieved... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5205879 | Pneumatic vehicle tire tread having transverse grooves A profiled pneumatic vehicle tire is provided that comprises a tread surface that includes grooves that, when viewed in plan, extend at an angle relative to the circumferential direction of the tire. The grooves have sides that extend at an angle relative... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5178698 | Pneumatic tire tread with varying block lengths and varying main groove widths A pneumatic tire which has a tread portion (2) provided with a pair of circumferentially extending main grooves (G) one on each side of the tire equator (C) to define an axially outermost circumferential part (SH) between each main groove and each tread e... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4777993 | Tire tread pattern In a tire tread pattern in which a plurality of block patterns are disposed on a tire tread surface in the circumferential direction and their pitch lengths are varied, lug grooves inside of said block patterns extend in the direction of a grounding width... | 10/18/1988 |
