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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314073 | Device for producing a reinforcing structure for a tire, comprising a strip turning mechanism Apparatus for fabricating a strip-like reinforcement structure for a tire, which includes a laying head for laying the strip. The laying head includes a guidance passage for the strip formed by slots, rolling-down rollers intended to cooperate with a form, a cutter ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7273083 | Pneumatic tire using carcass ply A pneumatic tire has two or more carcass layers for reinforcing between a pair of annular beads. The pneumatic tire includes: (i) a region including or near a position having a tire maximum width, which region includes a radial region where cords constituting the ca... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7258149 | Tire for motorcycle A tire containing a carcass ply formed along a tread portion, a shoulder portion and a sidewall portion. The carcass ply is reinforced by a belt ply and a band ply and the belt ply includes a fold-back portion. A buffer layer is formed between the belt ply and the b... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7216684 | Pneumatic aviation tire Pneumatic tires for aircraft service having a belt package with shoulder reinforcement. The tire includes a belt reinforcing structure or belt package having multiple cut belts, multiple spiral wound belt layers positioned radially between the cut belts and the trea... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7201200 | Device and method for applying a strip to a rotary surface A reinforcement strip is laid on a rotating receiving surface during the manufacture of a tire. The strip passes through a guide which is moved alternatingly transversely relative to a travel path of the strip, whereby the strip is laid in an undulating pattern on t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6972062 | Process for the manufacture of a tire The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of a tire comprising the following steps: a) laying a carcass reinforcement on a generally flat receiving surface; b) turning up at least one lateral end of the carcass reinforcement over itself to obtain a semi-f... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6938657 | Tire for a vehicle wheel capable of withstanding the load at low pressure or zero pressure A tire for a vehicle wheel, capable of withstanding the load at low pressure or zero pressure, includes a carcass, a crown, two axially opposed sidewalls, two bead cores, two compression-resistant annular reinforcing elements, and, optionally, a belt structure. The ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6851463 | Composite comprising organic fibers having a low twist multiplier and improved compressive modulus The present invention provides an improved fiber-reinforced article comprised of at least two plies. Each of the plies comprises (a) rubber and (b) cord made from melt-spinnable, non-metallic, multifilament fibers for which the cord has a twist multiplier of less th... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6668887 | Vehicle tire with reinforcement beneath overwide circumferential tread groove A vehicle tire is described having at least one carcass ply extending between bead regions, a tread region (1) and a belt arrangement (3) disposed between the carcass and the tread as well as a tread profile provided in the tread region having at least on... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6588472 | Tire with asymmetrical crown reinforcement and method of mounting tire on vehicle A tire having a preferential fitting direction to a passenger car, the tire having a carcass reinforcement that extends from one tire bead to the other and, radially outside, a crown reinforcement of width Ls, formed by at least two crown plies, and in ad... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6546983 | Tire with buried overlay A pneumatic tire with a folded belt structure comprises a cut belt and an overlay encompassed by folded over edges of the folded belt. Low aspect ratio tires for high performance automobiles having this structure can be made using a variety of materials.... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6412534 | Pneumatic radial tires with specified steel belts A pneumatic radial tire includes a belt comprised of at least two rubberized steel wire element layers, in which the belt comprises an outermost slant element layer containing the steel wire elements obliquely arranged with respect to an equatorial plane ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6352093 | Continuous folded belt and splice therefor A tire (10) having a continuous folded belt construction (24) is shown to be more durable than conventional tire made using conventional steel reinforced cut belts. The folded belt construction of the invention is made by folding a reinforced (22) strip u... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6267165 | Pneumatic tire with specified aramid belt The belts of the reinforcing structure of a pneumatic tire are reinforced with high strength, light weight aramid cords having a linear density of 420 to 1100 dTex, the cords having a twist of 315 to 551 TPM (8 to 14 TPI). In alternative embodiments, over... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6058997 | Pneumatic radial tire having at least two zigzag belt layers A pneumatic radial tire has at least two belt layers disposed at a tread portion thereof, wherein the two belt layers are constituted by inclining a strip formed by aligning a plurality of reinforcing cords to a tire circumferential direction and extendin... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5885385 | Pneumatic tire with sidewall reinforcing rubber layer At least one reinforcing rubber layer is provided in the part of each of two side wall portions which is on the outer side of a carcass layer. The outer circumferential end portions of the reinforcing rubber layers extend to positions in which they are di... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5858147 | Method of making a reinforcing fabric for power transmission belts A method of making a reinforcing fabric having wide angles between the warp yarns and the weft yarns by helically folding on itself a strip of fabric which has been skewed such that the angle between the warp yarns and the weft yarns is from 100°... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5837077 | Pneumatic vehicle tire having belt wound from flattened tubular tape A pneumatic vehicle tire having a belt layer at the outside of a carcass layer of the tread, wherein a plurality of mutually parallel reinforcement cords are wound back and forth in a spiral at a predetermined angle to the longitudinal direction and embed... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5830295 | Pneumatic tire with belt structure including reinforced gum strips A radial ply tire (10) has a belt assembly (21) of at least one, and preferably two, belt plies (22, 23). At least one of the belt plies has a gum strip laying flat against a belt edge or folded over the edge of a belt ply such that there is at least one ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5718784 | Combination system of pneumatic semiradial tires for front and rear wheels A combination system of pneumatic semiradial tires for front and rear wheels comprises a carcass of two carcass plies and a belt of two belt plies, in which cord extending directions in each of the carcass and the belt are opposite to each other with resp... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5645658 | Tire with two treads having between treads a reinforcement ring whose load-elongation curve is non-linear In a tire comprising two identical treads (1A) and (1B) reinforced by two own reinforcements (2A) and (2B) and separated by a connecting zone (6) formed of a groove (8) and a ring (7), the ring (7) has a curve representing the circumferential tensile load... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5535801 | Pneumatic tire with zigzag cord belt A pneumatic tire which comprises a belt disposed radially outside a carcass and inside a tread and having opposite axial edges, the belt comprising a cord continuously wound around the carcass while running zigzag between the edges of the belt to defining... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5503205 | Radial tire with reduction of uneven wear of shoulder portions A radial tire improved in the ground pressure distribution, in which the thickness (A) of the tread rubber at the tire equator is larger than the thickness (B) at an effective belt edge point (P), a belt edge camber height (CH) is in the range of from 0.5... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5441093 | Motorcycle radial tire with folded breaker ply and spirally wound band ply A motorcycle radial tire which comprises a tread curved so that the maximum cross section width of the tire lies between the tread edges, a carcass having at least one ply of organic fiber cords extending between beads of the tire and turned up around bea... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5437321 | Belt reinforcing structure for a pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire has a belt reinforcing structure comprising a folded belt ply and a spirally wound structure extending transversely between the folded edges of folded portions of the folded belt ply. No cut belts are used in the assembly. In an illustrat... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5355922 | Pneumatic radial tire for passenger caps A pneumatic radial tire for passenger cars having a plurality of grooves formed in the tread and extending at least circumferentially of the tire, the tread being provided with two belt plies therein. The grooves have a depth in the range of 6.0 to 8.5 mm... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5332018 | Folded belt reinforcing assembly including spirally wound strip for a pneumatic tire A radial ply tire (10) has a belt assembly (21) of at least two belt plies (22, 23). At least one of the belt plies has at least one folded portion (24, 25), such that there is at least one folded portion of a belt ply on each lateral side of the belt ass... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5323829 | Tire with carbon fiber reinforcement A pneumatic tire with carbon fiber cord reinforcement wherein the carbon fiber cords have a round cross sectional shape and a twist per inch (TPI) of 1.2 to 1.6 turns per inch (TPI) is provided. Preferably, the carbon fiber cords are coated with an RFL or... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5246051 | Pneumatic radial tires including belt cords with filament resin composite bodies A pneumatic radial tire comprises a belt comprised of plural belt layers, in which at least one belt layer is formed by arranging particular twisted cords, which are obtained by twisting particular filament-resin composite bodies, at a particular end coun... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5176769 | Radial tire for aircraft including both a circumferential breaker ply and an intersecting breaker ply A radial tire for an aircraft includes a toroidal carcass layer consisting of carcass plies having cords embedded therein intersecting at angles of 70°-90° with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire, a tread rubber arranged radially outwardly of th... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5105866 | Radial tire for motor cycles having folded belt layers A radial tire for motor cycles having a belt layer composed of a first belt ply B1, a second belt ply B2 and a third belt ply B3 with includes a respective base part of A1, A2 and A3 superimposed one upon another on a carcass. The first belt ply B1 has la... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5088538 | Radial ply tire with shoulder reinforcement between belt and carcass A radial ply pneumatic tire (1) has carcass plies (16, 17), folded axially around a pair of axially spaced apart bead cores (2). The crown reinforcement (5) has one belt ply (7) folded around at least two unfolded plies (8, 9) and a shoulder reinforcing s... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5076336 | Pneumatic tire with a reinforcing layer formed by spirally hooping two continuous materials A pneumatic tire comprising a carcass made up of layers of cord materials and extending from one bead to the other bead, a tread portion disposed radially outwardly of the carcass and extending in a circumferential direction of the tire, a belt layer of a... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5036896 | Pneumatic tire with oriented carcass plies, the plies having aramid filaments A radial ply pneumatic tire (10) has carcass plies (13,14,15) reinforced by cables comprising only yarns of aramid filaments, and belt plies (31-35) reinforced by cables comprising at least one yarn of aramid filaments twisted together with at least one y... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5005626 | Pneumatic radial tire having a folded belt including a polyvinyl alcohol cords A pneumatic radial tire having a low noise and an improved cornering stability has a belt structure of at least two belt layers composed of at least one layer containing cords each obtained by twisting organic fibers and at least one layer containing stee... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4987938 | Pneumatic tires including spirally wound auxiliary layer outside belt Pneumatic tires are disclosed, which each comprise a pair of beads, a toroidal carcass composed of at least one carcass ply which extends between the beads and is composed of cords arranged substantially in a radial direction of the tire, a belt layer sup... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4971127 | Pneumatic radial tires with a folded belt and high strength vinylon fiber cords A pneumatic radial tire having improved cornering stability, service durability and rolling resistance is provided by using high-elasticity, high-strength vinylon fiber having specified elongation and strength as a cord material for at least one belt laye... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4966214 | High inner pressure heavy duty pneumatic radial tire including folded belt layers A high inner pressure heavy duty pneumatic radial tire includes a carcass of a plurality of plies made of laminated organic fiber cord layers of which one ply is turned up about bead cores, and a belt made of a plurality of laminated cord reinforcing laye... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4889173 | Tire reinforcing component A tire reinforcing component, preferably a breaker for a radial tire, is formed from an elastomeric ply reinforced by a single continuous cord (7) which extends back and forth from edge (14) to edge (15) across the ply in a zig-zag formation in which trav... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4749016 | Radial tire having an improving durability A radial tire having excellent cornering stability and high-speed durability is disclosed. The tire has a belt composed of a first structural body, which consists of a single rubberized cord layer containing cords of twisted metal wires and is folded at b... | 06/07/1988 |
