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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151847 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire including a tread part contacting a road surface, at least two belt layers each formed of a plurality of parallel cords covered with rubber, and a pair of bead toes. An angle at which the line segment BQ and the line segment SW cross is 50° or smal... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7735534 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire with belt hard rubber layer A tire 2 has a belt 14 and a hard rubber layer 16. The belt 14 has a first ply 26, a second ply 28, a third ply 30 and a fourth ply 32. A width W3 of the third ply 30 is smaller than a width W1... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7562684 | Motorcycle radial tire with specified steel belt cord The durability is improved by using as a carcass ply cord or a belt cord of a tire a cord formed by twisting plural steel filaments having a tensile strength of not less than 2700 N/mm2, and a total elongation at break of the cord of 3.0-7.0% without sacr... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7472732 | Rubber composition and competition tire using the same The present invention provides a rubber composition, which has improved gripping performance that is required in a competition tire, high hardness and high stiffness. Specifically, the present invention provides a rubber composition comprising 10 to 100 parts by wei... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7469733 | Extended mobility tire with asymmetrically arranged beads A tyre for a vehicle wheel comprising two sidewalls, a tread, beads, the sidewall intended to be positioned on the interior side of the vehicle being shorter than that intended to be positioned on the exterior side of the vehicle, a reinforcement structure extending... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7438102 | Pneumatic tire with specified bead portion profile A bead portion 4 of a pneumatic tire 1 includes a vertical rising surface portion Sw1 which is connected to a bead base surface Sb through an arc bead heel surface Sh, and a straight or convex arc flange receiving surface portion Sw2 whic... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434605 | Tire for heavy vehicle The invention relates to a tire for heavy vehicle of the agricultural or construction type, comprising a carcass reinforcement radially surmounted by a crown reinforcement, itself topped radially by a tread, said tread being joined to two beads by means of two sidew... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7387142 | Pneumatic tire with rim protector A pneumatic tire with rim protectors protruding outwardly from the outer side of a tire a distance greater than the outer surface on at least one outer surface of the sidewalls from the bead portions toward the tread and continuously formed in the tire circumferenti... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7373287 | Finite element analysis tire footprint smoothing algorithm using multiple load cases A method and apparatus for predicting the shape of a contact region of a finite element model deformed against a contact surface. The contact surface may be a rigid body or another finite element model. The shape of a contact region is dictated by the node/element d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366578 | Method, program and system for designing shape of product, such as a tire Typical numeric data for specifying a shape of a first product having a typical size are stored in a storage portion. By an input portion (10), a size of a second product other than the typical size is input. A calculating portion (4) determines recomm... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7308924 | Pneumatic radial tire A pneumatic radial tire which includes a tread portion defining an overall diameter of the tire under a normally-inflated unloaded state and a ground contacting width under a normally inflated loaded state; a pair of sidewall portions defining an overall width of th... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7288160 | Method of making a tire using a high crown uni-stage tire building drum A tire building drum and a method of building a tire carcass is disclosed. The tire building drum has a center section comprised of a plurality of segments that are radially and axially movable. The building drum further comprises shoulder sections that are axially ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287568 | High crown uni-stage tire building drum A tire building drum and a method of building a tire carcass is disclosed. The tire building drum has a center section comprised of a plurality of segments that are radially and axially movable. The building drum further comprises shoulder sections that are axially ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281557 | Extended mobility tire with undulating sidewalls A tire includes at least one carcass-type reinforcement structure anchored on each side in a bead, each bead being extended radially towards the outside by a sidewall having at least one substantially resilient circumferential cord disposed in the substantially medi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275573 | Radial passenger tire with improved tread contour A pneumatic radial ply passenger tire (10) having a tread (20), a casing with two sidewalls (14, 16), one or more radial plies (18) extending from and wrapped about two annular beads (13) and a belt reinforcement structure (15 | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275575 | Tire with extended flange seat Disclosed are improved wheels and tires for simulating the appearance of larger-diameter wheels mounted within low-profile tires. The improved tires are intended to be mounted on wheels with an extended outer flange. An embodiment of the tire comprises an outboard t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7249622 | Tire with deep tread grooves A tire is manufactured on standard tire building equipment and cured in standard curing presses. The tire tread has at least one deep circumferentially extending groove. Within the groove is a separately assembled ring. The ring may be fitted into the deep groove af... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234495 | Underground mine tire An underground mine tire 20 having a nominal bead diameter of 20.0 inches or less has a carcass, a tread 25 and a pair of rubber sidewalls 23, each extending along the outer periphery of the carcass 21 below the tread 25. The tire ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231951 | Tire with chafer The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a pair of spaced apart bead components, a connecting carcass between said bead components, and a rubber chafer positioned around at least a portion of each of said bead components and intended for contacting a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225846 | Pneumatic tire with reinforced bead part The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire with a rubber lump applied to the bead part, and more particularly, to a pneumatic tire wherein the bead part is reinforced by applying a rubber lump on the side surface of the lower portion of the bead with a carcas... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7204283 | Pneumatic tire with specified bead portion profile A pneumatic tire comprises a pair of bead portions each having a bottom face and an axially outer side face which contact with a bead seat and a flange of a wheel rim, respectively, wherein the axially outer side face comprises a radially outer part for contacting w... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201199 | Tire with bead core with hexagonal section A tire for a vehicle wheel includes a carcass, a tread band radially external to the carcass, and a pair of axially distanced sidewalls. The carcass includes at least one carcass ply including ends associated with bead cores. Each bead core is incorporated in a resp... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188655 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire including a radial carcass (5) of at least one carcass ply including a main body portion (3a) and a turnup portion (3b), and a reinforcing member (7) including at least two reinforcing layers. The at least t... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7156407 | Wheelchair tire A wheelchair tire has a carcass having a running profile applied to an interior side and optionally having a raised lettering. At least on an exterior tire wall, starting from a region later adjoining with wheel rim edges, to at least a first boundary plane extendin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137425 | High-performance, low profile tire for four-wheeled passenger car and method of mounting the tire A high-performance, low-profile tire for four-wheeled passenger car comprises a carcass comprised of at least two carcass cord plies each extending between a pair of bead cores and wound around the respective bead core from an inside of the tire toward an outside th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133736 | Method for designing a tire and method for producing at least one tire A method for designing a tyre includes defining at least one profile of the tyre based on a group of predefined dimensional constraints; defining at least one additional profile of the tyre based on predefined dimensional values of structural parts of the tyre; defi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128114 | Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the tire A carcass 7 includes first and second carcass plies 9 and 10. The first carcass ply 9 has a body portion 9A extending from a tread portion 2 to a bead core 5 through a sidewall portion 3, and a wound up portion... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7096909 | 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... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093635 | 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... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094302 | Method of forming a belt structure in a tire, in particular for motorcycle wheels A method of forming a belt structure for a tire includes forming at least one laying layer of elastomer material on an outer surface of a support mandrel and helically winding up at least one continuous bare cord on the at least one laying layer to form a plurality ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093633 | Self-supporting pneumatic tire A self-supporting pneumatic tire is molded in such a manner that ride comfort is improved, durability is increased, and a greater run-flat capability can be achieved. The self-supporting run-flat tire is molded such that the molded bead base width is equal or less t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086438 | Pneumatic tire having a stabilizing system for under-inflated conditions A stabilizing system for a pneumatic tire and wheel assembly includes complimentary projections and grooves on internal regions of the tire which contact each during an under-inflated condition. The projections and grooves mate with each other during the under-infla... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082977 | Pneumatic tire using carcass ply A pneumatic tire includes two or more carcass layers for reinforcing between a pair of annular beads, and a reinforcing layer having a cord arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the carcass layer below a tread surface in a circumferential direction of a tire. T... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059373 | Tire with additional ring and bead having a seat inclined towards the outside The invention concerns a tire comprising at least a first and a second bead radially extending to at least a first and a second sidewall, respectively, and the sidewalls being joined to a tread; said first bead having a seat the generatrix of which has its axially i... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048022 | Tire tread with anti-puncture pads A pneumatic tire has a tread designed primarily for off-road activities, comprising large lugs. The tread can be defined as having a central tread width that is divided into a central tread zone and opposing lateral tread zones. The tire also has shoulder regions ex... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041626 | Lubricating composition for a safety support for a tire when traveling on a flat tire The present disclosure relates to a lubricating composition usable for lubricating an interface between a tire and a safety support mounted on a wheel rim within said tire, and a mounted assembly for an automobile provided with said lubricating composition. The lubr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036541 | Pneumatic tire A standard grounding surface shape F0 becomes a maximum grounding length Lc at a tire equator C and becomes a shortest grounding length Lm between the tire equator C and a grounding edge TE. The shortest grounding length Lm is located in a region away from th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025101 | Pneumatic radial tire with specified tread portion bending rigidity ratio There is provided a pneumatic radial tire for a motorcycle capable of developing an excellent steering stability in a high-speed cornering subjected to a large camber angle, and having an aspect ratio of 0.50–0.85, in which a tensile strength at break of a carcass... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025846 | Self-supporting tyre for vehicle wheels and method for manufacturing the same A self-supporting tyre (1) has reinforcing structures at the beads (4) defining rest surfaces (4a) for a corresponding rim (1a) which have a profile converging towards the tyre rotation axis away from the equatorial plane (X... | 04/11/2006 |
