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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096335 | Tire for heavy vehicle A heavy vehicle tire comprising at least four working plies formed of reinforcing elements which, from one ply to the next, cross one another, and comprising at least one protective ply. The tire is supplemented on each side of the circumferential mid-plane by a sin... | 01/17/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7416006 | Reinforcement layer for a tire tread A tire has a radial carcass reinforcement surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement which includes at least two working plies and two meridian reinforcement plies. The axially innermost ends of the meridian reinforcement plies are spaced axially ap... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7231950 | Pneumatic radial tire A pneumatic radial tire 1 including a carcass 6 and a belt layer 7 is provided with a cord-reinforced layer 12 with reinforcing cords of organic fiber being disposed at angles of 30 to 60 degrees with respect to a tire circumferential dir... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7213626 | Heavy vehicle tire with crown reinforcement half-plies The invention relates to a tire with radial carcass reinforcement, intended for equipping a heavy vehicle such as a transport vehicle or construction machinery. It refers in particular to a tire having an axial width greater than 37 inches. The tire according to the... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7172000 | Crown reinforcement with shoulder ply A tire intended to be fitted on a vehicle bearing a heavy load, such as a lorry, construction vehicle and/or aircraft, which tire comprises a carcass reinforcement radially surmounted by a crown reinforcement and a tread. The crown reinforcement is composed of at le... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7093634 | Two piece tire with improved tire tread belt A two-piece tire assembly has a removable tread belt 12 for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass 14. The tread belt has at least a pair of belt layers, and one layer comprising inextensible reinforcing cables inclined at substantially zero degrees re... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6986374 | Method of fitting tire for off road motorcycle, and tire for off road motorcycle A method of fitting a tire for an off road motorcycle. The diameter of the rim of a rear wheel (12) is one inch smaller than the diameter of the rim of a front wheel (18). Further, at least a tire (24) of the rear wheel is substantially a tire h... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6977020 | Method of mounting a pneumatic radial tire In the method of mounting a pneumatic radial tire comprising a spiral belt and a pair cross belt members arranged in parallel to each other at both sides of an equational plane of the tire and at a given opening space onto a vehicle body, the tire is mounted as a fr... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976518 | Pneumatic radial tires In a pneumatic radial tire comprising a belt of at least two belt layers, in which the belt comprises a maximum-width belt layer containing many cords slantly arranged with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire and a narrow-width belt layer arranged at the outs... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6959746 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire including a carcass, a belt arranged at the outside of the carcass in a radial direction and having at least two belt layers, at least one belt reinforcing layer arranged so as to overlap with the belt and extend over a widthwise outer end thereof, ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945294 | Crown reinforcement for an off-the-road tire Tire for heavy off-the-road vehicles including a radial carcass reinforcement anchored in each bead to an annular bead reinforcement element, and radially above it a crown reinforcement consisting of at least two working crown plies of inextensible metallic cables c... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6786261 | Pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass, a belt comprised of at least two belt layers, a belt reinforcement arranged between the carcass and the belt and comprised of at least one belt reinforcing layer, and a tread rubber, in which a widthwise outer end of a widest-wi... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6708747 | Pneumatic radial tires A pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass, a cross belt comprised of at least two belt layers, a belt reinforcing member arranged adjacent to the belt and comprised of at least one belt reinforcing layer containing a reinforcing element embedded therein and... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6668890 | Pneumatic radial tires In a pneumatic radial tire comprising a belt of at least two belt layers, in which the belt comprises a maximum-width belt layer containing many cords slantly arranged with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire and a narrow-width belt layer arranged ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6659147 | Tire crown reinforcement A tire with radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement which includes at least two working crown plies made of inextensible cables, crossed from one ply to the other, and an additional ply, axially continuous and formed of undulating metal... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6648040 | Radial tire for motorcycles and method of making the same A radial tire for motorcycles comprises a carcass extending between bead portions through a tread portion and sidewall portions, and a belt disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion and comprising two cross breaker plies of cords laid at ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6634398 | Chip resistance tire A chip resistant pneumatic tire (10) is provided. The tire has an original reinforced rubber sheet (22, 22b) embedded in or under its tread (18) and/or sidewall (20 ), and is used in off the road applications such as mining. Low sulfur rubber (17) is used... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6615889 | Heavy duty radial tire In a heavy duty radial tire, a reinforcement belt 8 outward in a radial direction of the tire and a high-strength belt 13 inward in the radial direction are arranged between a radial carcass 2 and a tread rubber 4, and an intersect angle between cord 6a o... | 09/09/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6609551 | Motorcycle tire having a crown reinforcement with a ply of circumferential elements A motorcycle tire including a highly convex tread joined by two sidewalls of low height to two beads, each bead being reinforced by an inextensible annular element around which is anchored a carcass reinforcement formed of textile reinforcement elements f... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6601626 | Crown reinforcement for a radial tire An aircraft tire, having a radial carcass reinforcement surmounted radially to the outside by a crown reinforcement and a tread, said crown reinforcement including: a) at least one ply of reinforcement elements of high modulus oriented circumferentially, ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6598639 | Tire for heavy equipment A tire for heavy equipment, having at least one radial carcass reinforcement surmounted radially to the outside by a crown reinforcement formed of at least three so-called working plies formed of inextensible metal cables, crossed from one ply to the next... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6585020 | Crown reinforcement for a radial tire A tire includes a radial carcass reinforcement surmounted by a crown reinforcement formed of at least one working reinforcement having two plies of inextensible metallic reinforcement elements, parallel to each other within each ply and crossed from one p... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6578611 | Heavy duty pneumatic radial tire having radius of curvature at side regions and radius of curvature at central portion A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a carcass ply, a belt disposed at an outside of the carcass ply in the radial direction and comprised of two or more belt layers, at least one auxiliary belt layer disposed in a widthwise central portion of the... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6568445 | Pneumatic tire comprising carcass and belt of organic fiber cords with specified modulus of elasticity A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass comprised of one or more carcass plies and a belt disposed on an outer periphery side of a crown portion of the carcass and comprised of one or more belt layers, wherein each of at least one carcass ply and at least on... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6561245 | Thread reinforcement means for extended mobility tire A pneumatic radial ply tire (50) having a tread (52), a carcass (60) with two sidewalls (77, 78), two or more radial plies (70, 72), two annular beads (36a', 36b'), a belt structure (56) located radially between the tread and the radial ply structure (58)... | 05/13/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6499523 | Tire with crown reinforcement including half-plies A tire having a form ratio under 0.80, a metallic radial carcass reinforcement, and a working crown reinforcement of two working plies formed of non-extensible reinforcement elements oriented at angles and ', with axial widths in the ranges... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6499522 | Tire with crown reinforcement including radial ply A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement, a crown reinforcement including at least two working crown plies of inextensible reinforcement elements, crossed from one ply to the other ply, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6474384 | Heavy duty pneumatic radial tire with four or more belt layers A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass, a belt and a tread, wherein the belt is comprised of four or more belt layers, cords of adjacent two belt layers among these layers are crossed with each other with respect to an equatorial pl... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6470939 | Radial tire with crown reinforcement including radial ply A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement of maximum axial width S0, including a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown plies of inextensible reinforcement elements, crossed from one ply to the other, forming angles of betwee... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6460587 | Crown reinforcement for radial tire A tire having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two beads and a crown reinforcement, the crown reinforcement including radially, from inside outward, a working block with at least one ply of parallel cords of ci... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6401778 | Crown reinforcement for heavy duty tires A tire with radial carcass reinforcement having a maximum axial width S0 and including a crown reinforcement composed of at least two working crown plies of inextensible reinforcing elements, crossing from one ply to the next at angles of betwe... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6343636 | Pneumatic tire including non-directional tread pattern A pneumatic tire which comprises a tread portion provided on each side of the tire equator with axial grooves extending axially inwardly from the tread edges, the axial grooves inclined to one direction with respect to the tire axial direction to form a n... | 02/05/2002 |
| 5996662 | Tire having crown reinforcement A radial "heavy vehicle" tire, of H/S form ratio of at most 0.60, with a wn reinforcement (2) composed of at least two crossed working plies (21, 22), and at least one ply (20) of circumferential cables arranged above the carcass ply (1) and a tread (10)... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5871601 | Pneumatic radial tire with load bearing rubber reinforcing layer A radial pneumatic tire having excellent run-flat durability. The tire is equipped with a belt (4), which includes a plurality of metal cord layers, and a tread (5) successively placed at a periphery of a crown portion (3) of a toroidal radial carcass (2)... | 02/16/1999 |
| 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 |
