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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127812 | Pneumatic tire having cap tread including crosslinked rubber particles A pneumatic tire capable of improving the wet performance and the low fuel cost performance at a good balance without deteriorating other properties of the tire such as abrasion resistance has a cap tread disposed to the radial outside of a tire and a base tread dis... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7891391 | Tire with tread having an outer cap layer and underlying transition layer containing at least one of depolymerized rubber, pre-cured rubber and coal dust The invention relates to a tire having a lug and groove configured rubber tread having an outer rubber cap layer with a running surface and an underlying specialized transition rubber layer. The transition rubber layer is specialized in a sense of containing at leas... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7789117 | Tire with circumferential rubber tread having a lateral outboard control element The invention relates to a tire having a circumferential tread of a cap/base configuration composed of an outer tread rubber cap layer with a running surface of the tread and an underlying tread rubber base layer, wherein said tread cap layer is composed of two long... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7559348 | Tire with rubber tread of circumferential zones with graduated physical properties The invention relates to a tire having a rubber tread comprised of cap/base construction where the tread cap layer provides the running surface of the tread and the tread base layer underlies the tread cap layer and thereby provides a transition between the tread ca... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7530378 | Speckled tire treads The present invention is directed towards speckled tire treads for tires. Specifically, the speckled tire tread includes a primary tread compound that serves as a matrix in which is distributed discrete particles of one or more secondary tread compounds, at least on... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7441573 | Pneumatic tire having a rubber component containing short untwisted cord The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a component including at least one diene based rubber and discontinuous textile cord having at least two textile yarns, wherein the cord is partially untwisted. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7398807 | Energy consumption efficiency improving agent and method, and article having improved energy consumption efficiency An energy consumption efficiency improving agent is disclosed which forms a substance having a large adherability to an applying object and a high adherence to a contacting object and greatly reduces energy loss, and attains improvement of an energy consumption effi... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7377300 | Elastic tire for measuring the grip of a vehicle equipped therewith on a ground An elastic tire according to the invention comprises a tread (1) which comprises at least one unit (3) for measuring the grip of the tire on the ground, the measuring unit (3) being intended to come into contact with the ground on each revolutio... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7253225 | Rubber composition for a tire tread The invention relates to a cross-linked rubber composition for a tire tread having a Shore A hardness greater than 45 and less than 57, measured in accordance with Standard ASTM D 2240, wherein the composition comprises greater tha... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249621 | Rubber composition and tire with component of diene-based elastomer composition with corncob granule dispersion This invention relates to a rubber composition and tire having at least one component of a rubber composition comprised of at least one diene-based elastomer, to the exclusion of butyl type elastomers, which contains an internal dispersion of corncob granules. Such ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7208550 | Blends of amorphous and semicrystalline polymers having shape memory properties Blends of amorphous and semicrystalline polymers having shape memory properties were prepared by blending a crystalline polymer such as poly(vinylidene fluoride), polylactide, poly(hydroxxybutyrate), poly(ethylene glycol) polyethylene, polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate,... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195045 | Tire having tread including glass fibers and particles having Moh's hardness of at least 5 A rubber composition which can improve performance on icy and snowy road sufficiently and a tire using the same. The rubber composition comprises 2 to 30 parts by weight of staple fibers having an average fiber diameter of 10 to 100 μm and an average fiber length o... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195799 | Polymer composition for traction on ice The present invention provides a composition comprising a polymer and methods of using the composition to increase the traction of an article of manufacture on an icy surface. The polymer can be a silicate polymer, a plancheite-derived polymer, a pinacol polymer, an... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175723 | Structure having nano-fibers on annular curved surface, method of making same and method of using same to adhere to a surface A curved surfaces for adhering to contact surfaces is provided. The structure includes a curved surface with a plurality of nano-fibers disposed thereon. When the curved surface is in a first position, at least one of the plurality of nano-fibers contacts the contac... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172001 | Pneumatic tire with short fibers and sipes having zigzag part and producing method thereof A tread portion has blocks that are provided with a plurality of sipes having a zigzag part. A tread rubber is formed of short fiber mixed rubber comprising 1.5 to 25 parts by weight of short fibers in 100 parts by weight of rubber component. The sipes comprise a th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160622 | Oil repelling agent An oil repelling agent to coat a dynamic pressure device, such as a fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, includes a UV coloring agent, a fluorine-based polymer and a solvent. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the concentration of the UV coloring agent c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144932 | Low-friction, high-dispersion synthetic resin composition containing fine particles of RB ceramic or CRB ceramic and a method for its preparation A synthetic resin composition includes at least one synthetic resin and RBC or CRBC particles dispersed in the resin. A method for preparing a synthetic resin composition includes mixing RBC or CRBC particles with a synthetic resin at a temperature near the melting ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140778 | Synthetic resin composites and bearings formed therefrom and method A resin composite for use in the manufacture of slide bearings is formed of a resin and fine particles of RBC or CRBC dispersed in the resin. The resin composite can be molded into slide bearings. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131476 | Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the tire A tread rubber G has a short-fiber-mixed rubber portion 10 forming a grounding surface. In a region Y1 between an outer grounding end Eo and a tire equator C located outside of a vehicle when a tire is mounted to the vehicle, the short fibers f are inc... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122090 | Process for preparing rubber sheet and tread and studless tire using same The present invention provides a studless tire excellent in performance on ice and snow in which digging friction is improved without losing adhesion friction. The studless tire has a tread comprising specific short fiber or plate-like material dispersed in diene ru... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118643 | Method of making tire with exo-belt skin The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method of making a tire with a skin covering at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the tire. In practicing the method, a partially cured tire and a partially cured skin are provided. The partially cured ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100655 | Aircraft tire with improved bead structure A pneumatic radial ply tire 100 for use on aircraft has a radial reinforced carcass 20 having at least one axially inner ply 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D of textile cords 21 wound around a pair of bead cores 33. The impro... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7059354 | Refrigerant transportation hose A refrigerant transportation hose having excellent processability and durability, as well as high resistance to gas permeation (gas barrier properties) and adequate flexibility. The refrigerant transportation hose containing a tubular rubber layer in which refrigera... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055568 | Cord-embedded rubber tape for making tire component, tire component and tire A cord-embedded rubber tape, a tire component made by winding such a tape, and a pneumatic tire comprising such a tire component are disclosed, wherein the tape is made of unvulcanized rubber and at least one cord is embedded therein along the length of the tape. Th... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053137 | Azodicarbonamide treatment for carbon black and rubber compounds A process for producing cured rubber is disclosed wherein the process comprises: A) mixing rubber, carbon black, and azodicarbonamide without other curative ingredients; B) adding the remaining curative ingredients... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044181 | Studless tire having tread including fibers oriented in thickness direction There is provided a studless tire that is excellent especially in performance on a snow or ice road. A studless tire, wherein non-metal staple fibers having an average fiber diameter of 1 to 100 μm and an average length of 0.1 to 5 mm are dispersed in a diene rubbe... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028734 | Truck tire with cap/base construction tread A pneumatic tire comprising a tread, the tread comprising a tread cap and a tread base in a tread base to tread cap volume ratio ranging from about 0.25 to about 1; the tread cap comprising, based on 100 parts by weight rubber (phr): 100 phr of cis 1,4 polyisoprene ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019063 | Rubber composition for inner liner The rubber composition of the present invention is used for producing an inner liner of a pneumatic tire, and is obtained by compounding a rubber component and a layered or plate-like mineral. The layered or plate-like mineral has an aspect ratio of 3 or more and le... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7005022 | Method of manufacturing strip of unvulcanized rubber compound A method of manufacturing a strip of unvulcanized rubber compound including short fibers oriented towards specific directions is disclosed, and the method comprises: extruding a mixture of unvulcanized rubber and short fibers to form a strip of the mixture and to or... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6952990 | Land mine overpass tread design A land mine pressure fuse avoidance system has a base. A tread on the base contacts the ground around a land mine and independently distributes pressures around the ground. The tread has plural independent closed cell foam rubber elements. Each element is separated ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6943807 | Image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program thereof An image processing apparatus is provided for accurately recognizing an edge direction to perform an accurate image interpolation. A direction determining unit recognizes an edge direction of a remarked pixel and outputs it with information on its position to a reli... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6899782 | Orientation of short fibers in a continuous process A method and apparatus for continuously processing fiber into an elastomeric component uses an expanding die (11, 11a) for orienting fibers in other than the processing direction of the extrusion. In one embodiment, an injection mold (50) is use... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6820666 | Tire, including fiber-reinforced elastomeric intermediate layer between the belt structure and tread band, and method of making the tire A pneumatic tire for vehicle wheels includes a radial carcass, a tread band, sidewalls and beads, and a belt structure. The tread band is provided with grooves on its surface for coming into contact with the ground and situated on a radial outer surface of the carca... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6805177 | High performance tire with tread band having an anisotropic underlayer stable with temperature variation A high performance tire includes a carcass provided with at least one carcass ply, a belt including two or more layers of reinforcing cords parallel to each other in a layer and crossed with respect to those of an adjacent layer, applied circumferentially on the car... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6736174 | Pneumatic tire having thin tread reinforcing layer embedded in the outermost layer of a tread portion In a pneumatic tire of the present invention, a tread reinforcing rubber layer composed of a rubber having larger tensile modulus of elasticity than that of a rubber composing the tread rubber layer and is less stretchable is provided in a thickness direction centra... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6719024 | Pneumatic tire having sipes In a pneumatic tire including sipes extending in zigzag provided on tread surfaces, both wall surfaces of each sipe, which face to each other, are inclined with respect to a diameter direction of the tire, constituted of triangular wall surfaces, each having two sid... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6666247 | Pneumatic tire including short fibers A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread rubber having a blended rubber portion constituted by a short fiber blended rubber obtained by adding a nonmetal short fiber to a rubber base material forming a tread surface and having a rubber hardness Hs1 (a duromete... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6626216 | Pneumatic tire having hollow particles in base rubber The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire that achieves, without degrading the steering stability, the reduction in road noise due to tire vibration when a vehicle drives on a rough road surface. The present pneumatic tire is characterized in that... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6588470 | Pneumatic radial tire reinforced with fibrillated sea-island short polymer fibers A pneumatic tire comprising a rubber member containing a short fiber (A') formed by the fibrillation of a short fiber (A) whose cross section takes a sea-island structure essentially composed of at least two polymers.... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6575215 | Studless tire including tread comprising short fibers A studless tire comprises a tread defining a ground-contacting region, the tread comprising at least a diene rubber and non-metallic short fibers oriented in the tire radial direction. The tire profile satisfies the following equation 1>TW/S>0.92-0.17×A ... | 06/10/2003 |
