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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113251 | Anti-skid device for a tire An anti-skid tire device for increasing the grip of a tire of a vehicle on a road surface. The device includes a plurality of modules associated with each other to form substantially a chain disposed annularly around the tire's external surface. The modules each hav... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113250 | Tire with quadrangular studs Described herein are several embodiments of an anti-skid stud for insertion into the rubber tread of an air-filled vehicle tire. The stud can include a body that has a bottom flange, a shank element that extends outwardly from the bottom flange, and a hard cermet pi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8082961 | Tire with retractable stud A retractable stud pin assembly is described for use in a conventional tire. The stud pin assembly includes a housing having an elastomer compartment and a spring in cooperation with the elastomer. A stud pin is mounted to the spring. The assembly may further option... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7900669 | Tire with quadrangular studs The invention relates to a studded air-filled vehicle tire having a rolling direction and comprising a rubber tread with pattern blocks and grooves that-separate the blocks. Premade stud holes are arranged in the tread. Anti-slip studs each include a hard cermet pie... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7338571 | Method of manufacturing tire with metal studs A stud for vehicle tyres includes a central body, a tip connected to a first end of the central body, and a base provided on a second end of the central body. The first end of the central body is opposite the second end. The stud has at least one abutting shoulder a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329325 | Method of manufacturing a tire comprising at least one insert A method of manufacturing a tire (3), which includes a crown (5) having a molded tread pattern, and at least one insert (6) with a position that is set relative to the molded tread pattern. The method includes building an uncured tire around a c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7252728 | Method for forming a pneumatic tire A tire with a changing tread pattern is formed by first forming a tire having a tread, the tread having at least one circumferential or lateral groove. Formed separately is a wearable filler, the wearable filler having a configuration corresponding to at least a por... | 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 |
| 7249620 | Pneumatic tire A tire with a changing tread pattern is formed by first forming a tire having a tread, the tread having at least one circumferential or lateral groove. A wearable filler, having a configuration corresponding to at least a portion of the circumferential or lateral gr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7174935 | Automatic safety tire device An automotive device for increasing the traction on a supporting surface including a body mountable on a wheel hub and carrying a plurality of radially extending traction arms that are mounted for movement between retracted positions and extended positions in which ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7156936 | Camouflage or otherwise multicolored pattern tire and method of manufacturing A tire 2 having a colored pattern veneered surface 12 formed by one or more layers 46 of distinct colors applied to the outer surface of the tire 2 on the sidewall 5 and possibly the tread 7 is disclosed as well as the metho... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7083695 | Tires with non-black tread grooves A pneumatic tire comprising a black colored tread with at least one colored groove wherein the top surface of the tread designed to be ground-contacting is essentially free of non-black color. A non-black component is placed over the tread strip and covered with a t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066226 | Fuel efficient vehicle tire having a variable footprint and low rolling resistance A tire for vehicles offering low rolling resistance wherein the ground-contact surface area is variable as a portion of the tread part can be retracted and/or extended using pneumatic, mechanical or hydraulic force to withdraw from, or come into contact with the roa... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7032636 | Stud for a tyre The invention relates to a stud for a tyre comprising a socket-formed body portion (1), having at one end a hard metal peak (2) and at its other end a locking flange (3) retaining the stud in the tyre and being made of a light injection-mouldabl... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7000661 | Two-piece tire with improved tire tread belt and carcass A two-piece tire assembly has a removable tread belt 12 for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass 14. The tread belt has a pair of lateral ends each axially extending beyond the inflated unloaded carcass 14 at the circumferential ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6905564 | Process for creating expandable tire chamber A process for producing a tire having an expandable chamber utilized for extending and retracting studs provided in the periphery of the tire. In one embodiment, a non-stick film is strategically positioned between the casing and the tread prior to curing the tread ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6814115 | Spike for motor vehicle tires including out-of-round tip and out-of-round root and upper part in twisted relation A spike for the running surface of a motor vehicle tire, especially a snow tire, with, as seen from above, an out-of-round, elongated, plate-like spike root (2, 2a), the greatest extension of which defines a longitudinal axis (7a), and an... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6779571 | Tire with removable studs A tire with removable studs for allowing tires to be used year round. The tire with removable studs includes a tire member having an exterior circumferential surface and further having a plurality of boss members being spacedly and integrally disposed upon the exter... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6550508 | Rubber composition for tire tread having high performance on ice and pneumatic tire using the same A rubber composition for a tire tread, or a pneumatic tire using the same in a tire tread portion, wherein the tread portion contains a diene rubber; and carbon black and/or silica; and a gas-encapsulated thermoplastic resin and, further, a short fiber, a... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6533006 | Winter tire for vehicle, particularly a traction winter tire for heavy trucks The present invention relates to a traction winter tire with rows (A-F) of tread pattern blocks (11) and circumferential (a-e) grooves and transverse grooves (j-o) separating pattern blocks from each other, the tread pattern blocks comprising sipes (7, 8a... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6415837 | Pneumatic tire for wheels of multiple-track vehicles A pneumatic tire for a multiple-tracked vehicle is asymmetrical and has a convex tread section that is curved radially inward and extends to a tire sidewall.... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6386252 | Traction device for vehicle wheels A traction device for vehicle wheels comprises an expandable and contractible member (10) mounted next to a wheel (70) or in between dual wheels (12, 14). In another embodiment the device comprises an air chamber (106, 134) formed in the tread of the tire... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6374886 | Vehicle tire with lamellar studs The invention relates to a vehicle tire (50) comprising a tire carcass (51) and side walls (53); a layer or layers of rubber forming a tire tread (56) on top of the carcass; a tread pattern comprising a plurality of blocks (11) separated by grooves (22). ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6341635 | Traction device for a wheeled vehicle The present disclosure concerns an emergency traction device that may be easily and securely fitted on vehicles having tires of different diameters and widths. A single winch sizes and secures the traction device for the proper tire diameter and then for ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6263934 | Tire tread comprising incisions bounding rubber studs A tread is provided with at least one rubber stud of orientation XX' perpendicular or inclined with respect to the tread surface. The rubber stud has a side wall bounded by at least one incision and an outer end wall. The stud is joined to the tread at it... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6244666 | Traction device for vehicle wheels A tire as provided with a circumferential portion for contacting a road surface. Edge segments thereof include studs and an inflatable chamber at the edge segment is inflated and deflated to extend and withdraw the edge segments for engagement and disenga... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6199610 | Anti-skid member and tire equipped with the anti-skid member An antiskid device (A) mounted to a tread (20) of a tire (2) has a pin (10) and a heat insulating member (11) attached to an end of the pin (10). The pin (10) is made of a material having a higher hardness in a first temperature range not higher than a pr... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6092576 | Tire having anti-slip properties An automobile tire having an anti-skidding function and useful throughout all seasons is provided which permits the automobile to run while maintaining the anti-skidding function even if it encounters a snowless road during a travel on a snow-covered road... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6058994 | Rubber composition for tire-tread having high frictional force on ice and pneumatic tire using same 1. A rubber composition for a tire tread containing: (i) 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber, and (ii) 1 to 20 parts by weight of an elastic gas-encapsulated thermoplastic resin hollow particle having a particle size of 5-300 μm, which is obtained by e... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6044883 | Retractable anti-skid tread for dual tire vehicles An anti-skid device. The device is installed between tire pairs in vehicles using dual tires in wheel assemblies. The device increases friction between the wheeled vehicle and a slippery surface therebelow. Each of the two or more dual tire type wheel ass... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5897177 | Stud having a multifaceted surface for use on a tread element A stud for improving the traction of a tread element is provided. The stud includes a body portion including a head and an elongated shank portion extending from the head. A mound of particles of a hard and durable material is bound together on and to the... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5810451 | Traction device for vehicle wheels A traction device for vehicle wheels has tread segments that are expandable and contractible by secondary inflatable chambers to place studs either in engagement or out of engagement with a road surface. Alternatively, stud bearing tread segments are remo... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5800644 | Vehicle tire that can be elastically fitted with studs A vehicle tire comprising a tire carcass (3) and on top of this a cap (29) consisting of at least one rubber quality and forming the tread (7), the cap having anti-skid stud holes (5) extending from the tread to its inside. At the bottom (8) of the anti-s... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5785782 | Slip-preventing vehicle tire A slip-preventing tire improves braking and handling properties on a frozen, icy, or snow-packed road. A tire for use especially in winter has a number of slip-preventing structures which are embedded in the tire tread. A number of cylindrical grooves in ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5753365 | Rubber composition and all season type pneumatic tires made from a rubber composition A rubber composition includes a rubber component and particulates of a crystalline syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene resin dispersed therein. The particulates have an average particle diameter of 1 to 500 μm, and the melting point of the crystalline syndiot... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5733650 | Wearing surface for tires for winter conditions A wearing surface for tires includes a rubber or rubber mix and an admixture of friction-improving materials. The admixture of friction-improving materials include a mixture of crystalline chrysolite (olivine) and a metal powder. The metal powder can be s... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5707463 | Adjustable studded tire system for operation during the course of driving Adjustable studded tire system for operation while driving or parking. The system includes a hydraulic pump unit which by elastic tubes molded into the outer layer of the vehicle tire can move studs into and out of the vehicle tire without having any part... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5634994 | Anti-skid stud The invention relates to an anti-skid stud the operation of which is based on a larger than conventional diameter of the tip part (1) of the anti-skid stud and on its primarily annular contact with the road surface during normal driving, with a slight pro... | 06/03/1997 |
