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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6923233 | Runflat tire with sawtooth shaped insert A runflat radial ply tire (70) having a thread (72), a carcass (86) and a belt structure (74) radially located between the thread and the carcass has two sidewalls (80, 82) each reinforced with a circumferentially disposed wedge in... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6763866 | Reinforced wedge-insert construction for extended mobility tires A pneumatic radial ply tire (50) has a tread (52), a carcass (61) with two sidewalls (77, 78), a single radial ply (70) reinforced with inextensible metal cords, two annular beads (36a′, 36b′), and a... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6758249 | Grooved tire support ring A support ring for a tire is disclosed. The support ring is to be mounted on a tire wheel for support of the underside of the tire when the tire is operated at underinflated conditions. The outer surface of the support ring is provided with a set of grooves that per... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6058995 | Pneumatic radial tires with specified profile A pneumatic radial tire capable of effectively controlling the occurrence of wandering phenomenon when being used in vehicles such as passenger car, small-size truck, truck, bus and the like is provided, in which a second tread zone contacting with a moun... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6044884 | Pneumatic vehicle tire having reinforced sidewalls for improved emergency running properties A pneumatic vehicle tire has a carcass with at least one radial ply and beads having bead cores, whereby the carcass is anchored to the bead cores. A multi-ply belt is positioned radially outwardly on the carcass, and a tread is positioned radially outwar... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5186772 | Run-flat tire and rim assemblies for ATV A run-flat tire and rim assembly for All Terrain Vehicles comprising: (A) a run-flat tire having beads with a radially inwardly protruding toe and a bead apex; (B) a rim having bead seats with a circumferentially extending groove with which the toe is eng... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5145536 | Radial tire which runs safe after a loss of tire pressure The present invention relates to a radial tire and a radial tire-rim assembly. The radial tire (1) has a pair of beads (2), each bead having a bead core (3) and a bead apex (5), a carcass (4), with both edges thereof folded back around said bead core and ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5044413 | Wide tread radial tire-rim assembly with bead-rim interlock The present invention relates to a radial tire and a radial tire-rim assembly. The radial tire (1) has a pair of beads (2), each bead having a bead core (3) and a bead apex (5), a carcass (4), with both edges thereof folded back around said bead core and ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4328851 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire of braced tread construction has a tread width which is less than its bead width. The sidewalls of the tire each have a flex area located nearer to the tire tread than to the tire bead, which flex area is adapted to exhibit relatively gre... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4311180 | Pneumatic tire capable of being driven deflated A pneumatic tire having a tread and a pair of sidewalls each terminating in a tire bead in which, in use, of the tire on the wheel rim for which it is designed, the sidewalls are so shaped and reinforced that they are placed in tension when the tire is in... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4267992 | Tire/wheel concept A tire and wheel assembly is disclosed in which a low profile pneumatic tire having sidewalls which deflect inwardly under load and a wheel having a rim featuring a narrow central channel and extended rim flanges form the combination. The extended rim fla... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4203481 | Pneumatic tire, rim and combination thereof This disclosure relates to a tire, a rim and a combination thereof that yields improved stability characteristics when the tire is run flat. The combination of this invention yields a structure wherein the tire will operate normally under normal condition... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4061172 | Assembly of pneumatic tire and rim An assembly of a pneumatic tire and a wheel rim in which the tire is provided unitedly with at least one ring-formed projection area to the outside of the rolling axis direction of the tire and adjacent the rim flange, whereby safety and durability are ma... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4059138 | Run-flat tire and hub therefor A pneumatic vehicle tire having a run-flat capability and a hub adapted for use with such a tire are disclosed. The tire includes a carcass, a tread overlying the crown region of the carcass, sidewalls overlying the lateral portions of the carcass, the si... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4044810 | Pneumatic tire for airplanes A pneumatic tire for airplanes which can reduce a ratio of the load subjected to a tread center zone of the tire to the load subjected to two shoulder zones thereof and improve a high speed durability of the tire without sacrificing a wear resistance ther... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3983920 | Pneumatic tire This disclosure relates to a pneumatic tire construction which has a decoupled bead latch located axially outwardly of the rim flange in the lower sidewall area of the tire. This decoupled feature of the bead latch is obtained by incorporating a circumfer... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3983918 | Pneumatic tires A tire and a tire and wheel assembly in which the wheel rim has axially-outwardly-extending portions adjacent the bead seats and the tire has in the lower sidewall region a rubber buttress having a substantially axially-outwardly-extending radially inner ... | 10/05/1976 |
