Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079393 | Pneumatic tire with narrow belt reinforcing layer immediately below with terminal end of folded belt layer A pneumatic tire 1 having a toroidal carcass 3 and a belt 7 consisting of belt layers 5, 6 arranged in the outer circumferential side of a crown portion 4 of the carcass 3. Between the adjacent belt layers 5, 6, the c... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7467653 | Aircraft tire with improved high speed properties An aircraft tire having a folded belt construction and a belt edge strip over the folded belt construction has improved high speed properties. The belt edge strip substantially covers the top surface and/or the bottom surface of the folded belt in addition to the fo... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7438961 | Plies sleeve for use in forming an elastomeric tire A plies sleeve for use in forming a core of plies and beads on a core build mandrel where the plies sleeve is woven as a tubular sleeve having a uniform circumference that will stretch laterally, increasing the sleeve circumference to fit over a top surface or crown... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7152391 | Steel cord for reinforcing off-the-road tires and conveyor belts A steel cord comprises a metal core strand and adjacent layer of steel elements. Between the metal core strand and adjacent layer of steel elements, a polymer layer with a minimum thickness of more than 0.02 mm is provided. These steel cords are to be used to reinfo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6637487 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises the following belt (A) or belt (B). The belt (A) comprises a ply made of waved monofilament steel cords and a ply made of multi-filament steel cords, wherein the waved monofilament steel cord is (1) spirally waved so that the wa... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6612353 | Crown reinforcement for a radial tire A tire having a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown plies (32, 34) having axial widths L32, L34 greater than the width L33 of an additional reinforcement (33) of inextensible, substantially radial rein... | 09/02/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6344499 | Puncture sealing agent A puncture sealing agent for sealing an inner surface of a tire comprises a deproteinized rubber latex that is formed by removing protein from a natural rubber latex. The puncture sealing agent includes nitrogen content at 0.1 wt. % or less of rubber soli... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6260593 | Race tire containing band element A pneumatic race tire has an elastomeric casing with a tread in the crown portion thereof, a pair of bead areas and a body ply carcass extending continuously between the bead areas and through the sidewalls and crown portion. A continuous thin annular ban... | 07/17/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5795417 | Pneumatic vehicle tire having a breaker arrangement surrounded at least in its edge regions by at least one cover ply and method of making the same A pneumatic vehicle tire comprises a single ply or multi-ply radial carcass anchored to beads, a tread, and a breaker arrangement provided between the carcass and the tread. The breaker arrangement is preferably built up of at least two cut breaker plies ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5396941 | Radial tire with spirally wound band having varied winding pitch A belted radial tire has a belt composed of a breaker and a band, the breaker disposed radially outside a carcass and comprising at least two plies of cords inclined with respect to the tire equator so that the cords in each ply cross the cords in the nex... | 03/14/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5277239 | Pneumatic radial tire including at least one folded belt layer A pneumatic radial tire characterized in that at least two belt layers reinforced with cords of a high elastic modulus extending at an angle of 14°-33° with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire are arranged between a tread and a carcass,... | 01/11/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5223061 | Belt structure for a radial pneumatic tire, including spirally wound strips reinforced by cords comprising aramid yarns A radial ply pneumatic tire (10) has carcass plies (13-15) reinforced by textile cords and folded axially around a pair of axially spaced bead cores (11,12) and a belt structure (30; 330) comprising at least two layers (32-34; 332-334) made of spirally wo... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5213642 | Vehicle tire including a breaker reinforcement layer comprising overlapping bandage strips A pneumatic vehicle tire with a radial carcass and a breaker reinforcement layer comprising a plurality of bandage strips each of which extend in the peripheral direction of the tire and which are differently overlapped when considered over the width of t... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5201969 | Radial tire for heavy duty vehicle including a folded belt layer A radial tire for heavy duty vehicles having a steel belt layer with triangular structure which is composed of at least three belt plies of steel belt disposed on a carcass, and a middle layer which contains cords of aromatic polyamide fibers which is lai... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4957799 | Reinforcing layers for bias tires Reinforcing layers for bias tires comprising a laminated structure of a steel cord ply and composite cord plies made of aramid yarns and nylon yarns, said composite cord plies being disposed radially outwardly of the steel cord ply maintaining a full spac... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4957151 | Radial tire for passenger cars including folded band layer at the belt edges A radial tire for passenger cars, comprising: a pair of bead cores; a radial carcass ply, the edges of which are turned up around bead cores; a tread; a belt layer composed of at least two plies of steel cords; and band layers folded over at the edges of ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4947914 | Airplane tire A tire for an airplane comprises a pair of bead cores; a carcass fixed around the pair of bead cores with its ends being turned up, the carcass having cords arranged at an angle of 60° to 90° with respect to an equator plane of the tire; a belt layer ha... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4889174 | Pneumatic radial tires 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... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4854360 | Pneumatic radial tire arrangement for vehicle A pneumatic radial tire arrangement for a vehicle wherein each tire has a belt structure formed of two belt layers respectively made of steel cords and aromatic polyamide fiber cords and which have their edge portions folded back. Each tire is mounted to ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4832101 | Pneumatic tires 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 two yarns of aramid filaments and a core yarn consisting of at le... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4711286 | Pneumatic radial tire for passenger car Disclosed herein is a pneumatic radial tire for a passenger car wherein, among a plurality of belt layers, a belt layer or layers consisting of aromatic polyamide fiber cords are disposed on the side of a carcass layer, a belt layer or layers consisting o... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4602666 | Pneumatic radial tire for passenger vehicles A pneumatic radial tire for passenger vehicles, having a belt reinforcement layer consisting of a steel cord layer and a layer of aromatic polyamide fiber cords having its side ends bent over toward each other, wherein the layer of aromatic polyamide fibe... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4518023 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire includes a tread, a pair of sidewalls and a pair of bead portions and further a carcass and a belt for reinforcing the tread, sidewalls and bead portions. The carcass consists of at least one layer of rubber coated cord ply whose organic ... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4469158 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire is disclosed which comprises a tread, a carcass cord layer and at least two belt reinforcing layers disposed between the tread and the carcass cord layer, wherein the reinforcing cord of one of the belt reinforcing layers has an angle of ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4469157 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic radial tire is disclosed which comprises a tread, a carcass cord layer and at least two belt reinforcing layers disposed between the tread and the carcass cord layer, the reinforcing cord of one of the belt reinforcing layers having an angle o... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4407347 | Pneumatic tire A radial ply pneumatic tire is provided with a tread reinforcement including a first layer of at least one ply of tire cord fabric wherein the cords have a high modulus of elasticity. A second layer which overlies said first layer is at least one composit... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4335771 | Tire with a reinforcing belt structure A tire with a reinforcing belt structure comprising three plies. The inner and outer plies each have a main body portion and a single folded end portion. The main body portions of the inner and outer plies have substantially the same width. The cords of t... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4328852 | Pneumatic vehicle tire employing cords having a single wire filament core and a mantle A pneumatic vehicle tire including a carcass, particularly a radial carcass, a tread, and a belt-like reinforcement formed of at least two cord plies radially superimposed one above the other. At least one of the plies has rubberized metallic cord element... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4307767 | Pneumatic tires for vehicle wheels A pneumatic tire for motor vehicles having a generally trapezoidal section with a top portion which is generally convex towards the outside and wider than any other part of the tire, beads, and two sidewalls. The sidewalls spread outwardly from the beads ... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4282917 | Radial carcass tire employing carcass expansion limiting block A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement and a tread reinforcement formed of at least two superimposed work plies of wires or cables is improved due to the fact that between the radial carcass reinforcement and the tread reinforcement there is arranged ... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4274464 | Radial carcass tire, particularly for earth-moving equipment employing carcass expansion limiting block A radial carcass tire is improved due to the fact that a limiting block composed of two crossed plies is interposed between the radial carcass reinforcement and the tread reinforcement. These two plies have wires or cables which have low extensibility and... | 06/23/1981 |
