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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7404426 | Hybrid cord for rubber reinforcement and rubber product employing the same A hybrid cord 1 for rubber reinforcement comprises a strand 2 having higher elastic modulus, made of PBO fiber or the like, which is disposed at the center of the cord, and strands 3 having lower elastic modulus, made of glass fiber or the like,... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7329459 | Polymer-based reinforcement material and tire cord compositions and methods of production thereof The subject matter herein is directed to a polymer-based cap ply reinforcement material that has a shrinkage component, wherein the reinforcement material is treated such that the shrinkage component increases at least about 10% over a reference shrinkage component ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7134267 | Wrapped yarns for use in ropes having predetermined surface characteristics A rope and method of making the same. The rope comprises a plurality of yarns. At least one of the yarns comprises first and second sets of fibers. The first fibers are formed of a first material, and the second set of second fibers at least partly surrounds the fir... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6843295 | Radial medium truck tire with organic polymer reinforced top belts A radial medium truck (RMT) tire has belt or breaker plies which are reinforced by organic reinforcement cords or filaments. In one embodiment, organic monofilaments are used in the belt or breaker plies which have the following characteristics: at least 2,000 denie... | 01/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6478063 | Radial medium truck tire with organic polymer reinforced top belt or breaker A radial medium truck (RMT) tire has belt or breaker plies which are reinforced by organic reinforcement cords or filaments. In one embodiment, organic monofilaments are used in the belt or breaker plies which have the following characteristics: at least ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6460586 | Multi-region band element for run flat tire A run flat pneumatic tire includes a thin annular band embedded in the crown portion of the tire wherein the band is formed with three distinct regions. Radially spaced inner and outer regions are formed of high modulus materials and a central region is f... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6401779 | Tire with zero-degree, metal reinforcing strap made of a shape-memory alloy A tire includes a carcass; a tread band on the carcass; a belt, positioned between the tread band and the carcass, including at least one layer of rubberized fabric; and at least one reinforcing metal strap in the at least one layer of rubberized fabric. ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6394160 | Tire with segmented belt The present invention is directed towards a pneumatic radial tire. The tire is comprised of a reinforcing belt structure wherein the belt plies are divided into at least three segments. The reinforcing cords in each segment of a ply are oriented in the sa... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6311747 | High-transverse-curvature tire, in particular for use in rear wheels of motor-vehicles A high-transverse-curvature tire (1), in particular for mounting onto the rear wheel of motor-vehicles, comprises a tread band (8), coaxially extended around a belt structure (6), wherein a plurality of rubber blocks (10), defined between a plurality of g... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6082423 | Low cost light weight radial tire A very light weight tire 10 has at least one radial ply 38 and a rayon belt structure 36, having two single cut belt layers 50, 51 covered by an overlay 59 having cords 80 selected from the group of aramid, rayon, PEN, PET and PVA. The tire 10 has a very ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6070631 | High-transverse-curvature tire, in particular for front wheels of motor-vehicles A high-transverse-curvature tire (1), in particular to be mounted on the front wheel of a motor-vehicle, comprises a belt structure (6) including, in a radially external layer (9a), a plurality of circumferential coils (7a), axially arranged side by side,... | 06/06/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6041839 | Metallic 4+3 cord for the reinforcement of elastomers A metallic cord for the reinforcement of elastomers has a 4+3 construction wherein the diameter of each filament ranges from 0.35 to 0.50 mm. The lay length of the four filaments in the core may be infinity. A pneumatic tire has a belt structure of at lea... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6016857 | Light weight aramid radial tire A very light weight tire 10 has at least one radial ply 38 and a aramid belt structure 36, having two single cut belt layers 50,51 covered by an overlay 59 having cords 80 selected from the group of aramid, rayon, PEN, PET and PVA. The tire 10 has a very ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6016858 | Light weight fiberglass belted radial tire A very light weight tire 10 has at least one radial ply 38 and a fiberglass belt structure 36 covered by an overlay 59 having cords 80 selected from the group of aramid, rayon, PEN, PET and PVA. The tire 10 has a very thin or reduced gauge (t) undertead 1... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5958162 | Tire with a specified two-ply steel-aramid belt package The tire of this invention has a belt package with a combination of a steel refinforced inner belt ply and an aromatic polyamide reinforced outer belt ply. The strength per unit width of the aromatic polyamide reinforced ply is made to be within 30 percen... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5935354 | Tire having reinforcement ply with discontinuous substantially circumferential metal wires or cables A tire, having at least one carcass reinforcement, furthermore comprises itional reinforcement ply (1) of maximum circumferential length L, composed at least of lengths (20) of metal wires or cables, of lengths of between 0.1 L and 0.5 L, arranged substa... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5928445 | Pneumatic tires with specified profile A pneumatic tire having an aspect ratio of not more than 55% comprises a carcass composed of a single carcass ply, in which a turnup end portion of the carcass ply is disposed between an end portion of a belt and a crown portion of the carcass ply, and di... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5902425 | High-transverse-curvature tire, in particular for a two-wheeled vehicle A front tire for-wheeled vehicles comprising a carcass of toric form having a high transverse curvature and provided with a central crown and two sidewalls terminating in a pair of beads for anchoring to a corresponding mounting rim, a tread band located ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5879483 | Pneumatic vehicle tire with breaker ply arrangement cushion layers A pneumatic vehicle tire comprises a carcass, a tread strip, and a breaker arrangement arranged between the carcass and the tread strip. The breaker arrangment includes at least two breaker plies which have threads or cords which serve as load-carrying me... | 03/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5863362 | Tire with a specified two-ply steel-aramid belt package The tire of this invention has a belt package with a combination of a steel refinforced inner belt ply and an aromatic polyamide reinforced outer belt ply. The breaking strength, tensile modulus, secant modulus and other material properties for the reinfo... | 01/26/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5759313 | Pneumatic tire having V-shaped subgrooves A pneumatic tire in which sub-grooves extending at least in the widthwise direction of the tire are provided in a center portion of a tread surface and shoulder portions thereof on both sides of the center portion at a predetermined pitch, both the width ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5746853 | Radial heavy-duty truck tire with crown reinforcement having a multipartite ply A radial tire has a crown reinforcement (3) having at least two work crown lies (31, 32) of crossed inextensible metal cords, making angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction XX', and two limiting blocks (40) each composed of at le... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5743975 | Radial medium truck tire with organic polymer reinforced top belt or breaker A radial medium truck (RMT) tire has belt or breaker plies which are reinforced by organic reinforcement cords or filaments. In one embodiment, organic monofilaments are used in the belt or breaker plies which have the following characteristics: at least ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5711829 | Three- belt tire The radial pneumatic passenger car tire of this invention has three belt plies. The inner and outer plies are constructed essentially the same having the same cord material disposed at an angle of approximately 15 to 20 degrees. The belt reinforcing membe... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5698051 | Pneumatic tires with specified stiffener dimensions A pneumatic radial tire comprises a pair of bead cores, a carcass extending toroidally between the bead cores, a stiffener disposed one on each of bead cores and a belt comprising rubberized cord plies and disposed on a crown portion of the carcass, where... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5695578 | Tire with a reinforced belt band of alternating first and second cords A pneumatic tire particularly adapted for cars, is provided with belt strips (7, 8) each comprising a first and a second series of cords (7a, 7b, 8a, 8b) made of different materials, alternated with each other axially across the width of the tire accordin... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5683543 | Pneumatic radial tire with zigzag organic fiber cored belt layer A pneumatic radial tire is formed by disposing a single steel cord belt layer on the outer side of a carcass layer in a tread, and providing a cylindrical organic fiber cord belt layer of a double structure on the outer side of the steel cord belt layer b... | 11/04/1997 |
