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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7105113 | Method for flatproofing a tire and wheel assembly and resulting flatproofed assembly A method is disclosed for flatproofing a tire and wheel assembly with a flexible, lightweight foam-fill by supplying at least two polyurethane reactive materials to a static mixer. The static mixer mixes the reactants, and a nucleating gas is supplied to the mixed r... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6209601 | Wheel for a vehicle including enclosed hollow foam member The invention relates to a novel wheel which serves for equipping with a pneumatic tire and essentially realizes two apparently incompatible properties of solid rubber tires and pneumatic tires, namely strength and good shock absorption, in a single wheel... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5685925 | Filling for a puncture-proof pneumatic tire A filling for a puncture-proof pneumatic tire is formed by two half-toruses of elastomer or of rubber which are juxtaposed along an equatorial plane inside a tire cover and which are formed with a plurality of parallel channels of preferably hexagonal cro... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5265658 | Puncture-proof tire having a core of elastomeric material A pressure chamber or core for an unpuncturable pneumatic tire is constituted by a toroidal cushion of elastomer material including mutually independent gastight cells containing a gas under pressure. The cells are substantially all of the same right cros... | 11/30/1993 |
| 4440208 | Composite, solid, vehicle tire A consolidated, rubber article such as a filler segment for composite solid rubber tires is made by reducing solid rubber articles to small pieces, placing the pieces in a mold having the configuration of the desired tire filler segment, and heating the p... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4324279 | Vehicle tire comprising pneumatic tire inserts A method and article of manufacture is herein disclosed for eliminating the need for pressurized air in a vehicular pneumatic tire. A resilient tubular insert is inserted and carried within a tire casing to simulate pneumatic conditions. The resilient mat... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4275782 | Pneumatic tire inserts A method and article of manufacture is herein disclosed for eliminating the need for pressurized air in a vehicular pneumatic tire. A resilient tubular insert is inserted and carried within a tire casing to simulate pneumatic conditions. The resilient mat... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4197893 | Reuseable puncture shield for tire casings A puncture resistant pneumatic tire including a casing and an inner tube where the side walls of the casing flex under load a known amount, the method of designing a puncture shield which does not fail from reversion when driven at high speeds. The shield... | 04/15/1980 |
