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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006733 | Pneumatic tire with leno cap ply and method of making same A pneumatic tire containing a tread, a carcass having at least one belt ply disposed below the tread, and a cap ply located between the carcass and the tread. The cap ply comprises at least one layer of an open construction leno weave tape having a pair of warp yarn... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7931062 | Pneumatic tire with leno cap ply and method of making same A pneumatic tire containing a tread, a carcass having at least one belt ply disposed below the tread, and a cap ply located between the carcass and the tread. The cap ply comprises at least one layer of an open construction leno weave tape having a pair of warp yarn... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926532 | Vehicle tire A tire for a two-wheeled motorcycle includes a continuous carcass-type reinforcement structure, having reinforcement elements and anchored on each side to a bead. Each bead extends radially by a sidewall, which meets up radially with a tread. Under the tread is a cr... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918259 | Pneumatic tire with triaxial fabric and method for producing the same This invention provides a pneumatic tire having a highly improved steering stability, wherein a reinforcing layer formed by spirally winding a strip-shaped triaxial fabric or triaxial fabric-rubber composite having a width W satisfying a relation of the following fo... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7857025 | Pneumatic tire with belt layer including a plurality of strip pieces and method of manufacturing the same A pneumatic tire has two belt layers, each having a plurality of strip pieces formed by pulling together and rubberizing a plurality of steel cords. Strip piece width, strip piece thickness, belt layer cord angle with respect to a tire circumferential direction, num... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7665497 | Radial tire for airplane with zigzag endless belt and method of manufacturing radial tire for airplane with zigzag endless belt In a belt layer structured by a plurality of zigzag endless belts which are layered in a tire radial direction and are folded-over at both ends in a tire widthwise direction and are disposed uniformly over an entire region, an angle θ1 of an inner side cord ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7475714 | Pneumatic tire with outer carcass ply comprising circumferentially spaced pieces A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each having a bead core therein, a carcass comprising an inner ply and an outer ply, the inner ply comprising a main portion extending between the bead cores through the... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7441576 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass 1 comprised of one or more carcass plies toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions, a tread rubber 2 arranged at an outer peripheral side of a crown portion of the carcass 1, a belt 5 arrang... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438104 | Radial tire A rubber-covered belt ply forms a belt layer. At least a majority of metal wires in the ply exist as metal wire bundles in which a plurality of metal wires of circular cross-sections and substantially equal wire diameters are aligned in parallel without being twiste... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431063 | Method for producing a belt structure for a vehicle tyre and vehicle tyre including the belt structure A method for producing a vehicle tire belt structure includes forming at least one belt strip including at least one circumferential edge with a profile extending along a broken line. A vehicle tire includes a carcass structure, tread band, and belt structure. At le... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7404425 | Belt package for super single truck tires A pneumatic tire with a belt ply helically wound on a carcass ply. The crown reinforcing structure of the tire includes a single helically wound belt ply reinforced with high elongation steel cords. A preferred steel cord construction for the reinforcing steel cords... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7387145 | Motorcycle radial tyre with bandage ply and edge reinforcing strips A motorcycle tire comprises a radial carcass ply (1), the carcass in each bead region being turned axially outward around a bead hoop (7) to form a turnup ply portion (8), the tire having a camber value C/L in the range 0.5 to 0.7 characterized ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7360571 | Pneumatic tire with composite belt structure A method of forming a composite belt structure for a tire is disclosed. The composite belt structure has cord reinforced layers including at least two radially outer zigzag belt layers. The cords per inch in the shoulder portion are greater than the cords per inch i... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347239 | Tire noise reducing system A tire noise reducing system comprises a pneumatic tire with a hollow, a wheel rim on which the tire is mounted so that said hollow forms a closed cavity, and a noise damper disposed in the closed cavity, wherein the noise damper is formed by fixing a strip of a por... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343948 | Pneumatic tire for two-wheeled motor vehicles A pneumatic tire for two-wheeled motor vehicles 1 comprises a belt layer 7 and a tread reinforcing layer 9 outside of a single carcass ply 6A made of organic fiber cords. The belt layer 7 is comprised of a belt ply 7A in whi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337817 | Radial tire with circumferential spirally wound belt layer At least one belt layer in which one or plural rubber-coated belt cords are arranged to be spirally wound almost in parallel with a tire circumferential direction on the outer circumference of a body ply. The belt cord is small in the increase rate of tensile load t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7306021 | Pneumatic radial tire with belt reinforcing layer between carcass layer and belt layer A belt durability is improved by effectively suppressing an interlayer separation between each widthwise outer end portion of a belt reinforcing layer 41 and a belt layer 34, in which each widthwise outer end 45 of one widest-width inner belt pl... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7275576 | Method of making reinforcement elements for a vehicle tyre, and a tyre for a vehicle wheel A method of making reinforcing elements for a vehicle tire includes laying down at least one continuous thread element on a support element of the tire according to a deposition path substantially concentric with a rotation axis of the tire. A tire for a vehicle whe... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7252129 | Tire with cap ply layer A pneumatic tire has a tread, a carcass with belt plies disposed below the tread, and a cap ply layer between the tread and the belt plies of the carcass. The cap ply is a leno weave tape having warp yarn in the longitudinal direction and weft yarns in the weft dire... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252128 | Tire for heavy vehicles A tire includes a radial carcass reinforcement radially surmounted by a crown reinforcement composed of at least two working crown plies formed of metallic reinforcement elements crossed from one ply to the next and forming with the circumferential direction angles ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204285 | Motorcycle tire A radial motorcycle tire comprises a tread portion with a pair of tread edges, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, and a band disposed in the tread portion and composed of windings of at least one cord wound at an angl... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201198 | Tire for motorcycle A tire (10) includes a carcass (14). The carcass (14) has a first ply (17) and a pair of second plies (18) and (19). The first ply (17) is wound around a bead core (22) and is folded back outward. This portion ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168470 | Pneumatic radial tire Inside a tread portion and outside a belt layer along the radius direction thereof is formed a belt layer comprising a band ply formed by winding spirally a tape- and belt-form ply wherein one ore plural band cords are stretched and arranged to be embedded in a topp... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165589 | Pneumatic tire with spiral belt including both steel cords and fiber reinforcing cords A pneumatic tire comprises a spiral belt formed by spirally winding a cord(s) along a circumferential direction of a torus tread, wherein the spiral belt is comprised of at least one layer constructed with a combination of two different cords each having an initial ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165588 | Pneumatic tire with band cord modulus higher in side portion than in center portion of band A band (14) of a tire covers a belt (12). The band (14) is formed by a band ply (36). The band ply (36) includes a side portion (38) and a center portion (40). A band cord having a high modulus (Ms) is used for the si... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7128112 | Tire for two-wheeled vehicles comprising circumferential crown reinforcement elements A tire for a two-wheeled motorized vehicle and more particularly a motorcycle includes at least one carcass-type reinforcement structure, formed of reinforcement elements, anchored one either side of the tire to a bead intended to be mounted on a rim seat. Each bead... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7086440 | Pneumatic tire with annular reinforcing strip layer A pneumatic tire has a tread with shoulders, a belt structure located below the tread, and a carcass with two sidewalls, two inextensible annular beads, and a radial ply structure. The shoulders of the tire have a continuous curving radially outer profile so that th... | 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 |
| 7032638 | Tire with a protective crown ply made of very high twist aramid fiber A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a casing reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement, the crown reinforcement comprising radially, from the inside outwards, a working block and a protective block having at least one ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6994138 | Tire for two-wheeled vehicle The invention relates to a tire for a two-wheeled motorized vehicle and more particularly a motorcycle. Such a tire comprises at least one carcass-type reinforcement structure, formed of reinforcement elements forming with the circumferential direction an ang... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6953072 | Tire for vehicles, in particular for motorcycles A tire for vehicles, particularly for motorcycles, includes a 0°-cord coil incorporated in vulcanized rubber. The cord utilized for the 0°-cord coil has at least one rubberized strand of wires wound into a coil and has a load-elongation curve with an at least appr... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6935393 | Tire having an overlay for noise improvement A tire has a belt structure, the belt structure includes an overlay ply reinforced by parallel cords oriented circumferentially, the overlay ply having a pattern of cuts within discrete segments. Each segment has a repeated pattern of cuts arranged in six rows R | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926053 | Pneumatic tire variable elasticity modules metallic band cord A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass extending between the bead portions and a band disposed radially outside the carcass in a tread portion and made of at least one cord laid at an angle of not more than 5 degrees with respect to the tire equator, and the band cord... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6868882 | Belt package for super single truck tires A medium truck tire (10) and more specifically a super single truck tire (10) includes belt plies (24, 25) reinforced with steel cords which make an angle comprised between 0° and 5° with respect to the equatorial plane. At least one belt ply ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6843294 | Pneumatic tire for airplane with reinforcing layer having two or more joint portions in the circumferential direction In a pneumatic tire for an airplane of the present invention, a reinforcing layer, which is disposed at an outer side, in the radial direction of the tire, of a belt, includes plural cords, the cords being provided such that the longitudinal direction thereof forms ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6827114 | Method of manufacturing pneumatic tire A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire comprises making a rubber-coated cord-member by coating one or more cords with rubber, and making the tread reinforcement by putting together a plurality of the cord-members around a drum into a cylindrical network of the c... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6799618 | Pneumatic tire having an overlay reinforcement A pneumatic tire (10) comprises a radial ply (12) carcass, a tread portion disposed radially outwardly of the crown area (14) of the carcass and a crown reinforcing structure interposed between the tread portion (19) and the carcass. The ... | 10/05/2004 |
