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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186405 | Heavy-load radial tire A heavy-load radial tire includes a bead apex rubber 8 composed of a high-elastic lower apex portion 11 and a low-elastic upper apex portion 12. The lower apex portion 11 has an L-shaped cross section composed of a bottom piece portion | 05/29/2012 |
| 8122928 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire according to the present invention includes bead units and a carcass layer at least. The bead units includes an inside bead core and an inside bead filler located in an inside under an equipment on a vehicle, and an outside bead core and an outside ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118073 | Tire having a carcass ply turn-up portion with a concave segment A tire having a section height, a maximum section width, an upper section above the maximum section width, and a lower section below the maximum section width is provided. The tire includes a circumferential tread, a pair of sidewalls, a pair of bead regions each ha... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8025084 | Pneumatic radial tire A pneumatic radial tire has a nominal section width of 255 mm or more, and an outer diameter of 720 mm or more. At least one carcass layer is constructed between paired right and left bead cores with the two end portions of the carcass layer being folded back from t... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8002007 | Pneumatic radial tire for heavy loads There is provide a pneumatic radial tire for heavy loads capable of more effectively preventing a breakdown due to separation of a rubber chafer in an area corresponding to a bead heal portion than before. A pneumatic radial tire 10 for heavy loads has a pair... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7987883 | Tire for heavy vehicles A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of inextensible reinforcement elements, which are crossed from one ply to the other, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumfere... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7971615 | Tire with turned down ply construction The tire includes a first and second axially-spaced bead core, a carcass having at least one belt extending under a tread, and a first ply layer having first and second ends, a first end is located axially outside and adjacent a first bead core, and a second end tha... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7954529 | Heavy duty tire A heavy duty tire comprises: a carcass ply of cords extending between bead portions; and a bead reinforcing layer disposed in each of the bead portion. The carcass ply has edges winded around the bead cores so that the winded portion has a base part extending along ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7934528 | Elastomeric composition including at least one salt or oxide of a transition metal and tyre and tread band including the composition An elastomeric composition includes at least one diene elastomeric polymer, at least one salt or oxide of a transition metal belonging to groups IIIA, IVA, VA, VIA, VIIA, or VIIIA of the Periodic Table, at least one vulcanization accelerator, sulphur or derivatives ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926533 | Pneumatic tire with increased lower sidewall durability A pneumatic tire may use a combination of high modulus and low modulus plies to provide increased fatigue compression durability without significantly increasing the weight of the tire. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7909077 | Heavy duty tire A heavy duty tire comprises a bead filler disposed in each bead portion (4). The bead filler (8) comprises: a main layer (13) having a complex elastic modulus E*2 of from 2.0 to 6.0 Mpa; and a fastening layer (12) having a complex ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7836929 | Tire having a sidewall reinforcement A tire, which has a maximum section width, an upper section above the maximum section width, and a lower section below the maximum section width, includes a circumferential tread, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of bead portions. The tire further includes at least o... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836930 | Tire whereof at least one bead seat comprises a rib Tire having two beads, at least one bead 1 of which has a seat 11 inclined toward the outside, this seat 11 being extended axially and radially to the outside by a lateral part 12. This bead 1 includes an anchoring device formed fr... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7810535 | Pneumatic radial tire Provided is an ultra-low profile pneumatic radial tire for SUV or the like having an aspect ration of 55% or less and a tire outer diameter of 720 mm or more, which has improved load durability while managing a weight reduction without deteriorating driveability. A ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7740038 | Pneumatic tire for motorcycle A tire 2 comprises a tread 4, a sidewall 6, a bead 8, a carcass 10 and a belt 12. The belt 12 includes a belt ply 26. The belt ply 26 is formed by a ribbon 28 wound spirally in a circumferential d... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7677288 | Pneumatic tire Provided is a pneumatic tire securing better driving stability and having enhanced load stability. Carcass plies are configured on respective two plies, and the direction of the cords of the two carcass plies crosses over each other and is set at an angle of 75 to 8... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7640958 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire (10) according to the present invention includes a first side reinforcement layer (110) and a second side reinforcement layer (120). The first side reinforcement layer (110) has a plurality of reinforcement cords (110 | 01/05/2010 |
| 7578328 | Heavy duty tire A heavy duty tire having an improved durability in bead portions and comprising a carcass ply of steel cords, the end portions of which are turned up around bead cores from the axially inside to the axially outside of the tire, and a core protecting rubber having a ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7575033 | Pneumatic tire In a pneumatic tire composed of a carcass layer crossing between a pair of left and right bead cores, the bead cores comprise a fastening bead core for fastening an end of the carcass layer to be turned up around the fastening bead core, and a non-fastening bead cor... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575032 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire whose rim slip resistance and durability are improved by optimizing the shape of the bead base is provided. A polygonal bead core 3 having a bottom 2 extending generally along the tire width direction is embedded in a bead porti... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7513283 | Heavy duty tire The present invention relates to a heavy duty tire being capable of preventing positional shift of carcass cords in the blowout direction while restricting rupture of the carcass cords for improving bead durability. A ply turnup portions 6b of a carcas... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7509987 | Tire with turned down ply construction A tire having an outside-in ply construction is provided which torques the tire bead into the rim of the wheel to which it is mounted. The tire has first and second axially-spaced bead cores, a carcass having at least one belt extending under a tread, and a first pl... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7493928 | Heavy duty tire A heavy duty tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, the bead core with an aspect ratio (HC1/WC) of from 0.43 to 0.58, and a carcass comprising a carcass ply of cords extending betwee... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493929 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire to be mounted on a rim, comprises a pair of bead portions each having a bead core therein, wherein in a meridian section of the tire under a non-mounted state that the tire is not mounted on the rim but the bead portions are held such that the bead ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7478658 | Tire having a carcass ply turn-up portion with a concave segment A tire having a section height, a maximum section width, an upper section above the maximum section width, and a lower section below the maximum section width is provided. The tire includes a circumferential tread, a pair of sidewalls, a pair of bead regions each ha... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7461679 | Heavy duty tire A heavy duty tire having a bead wind structure and comprising a bead reinforcing layer 15 having a U-shaped cross section disposed in each bead portion 4, wherein the axially outer portion 15o of the bead reinforcing layer 15 and its radi... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7438102 | Pneumatic tire with specified bead portion profile A bead portion 4 of a pneumatic tire 1 includes a vertical rising surface portion Sw1 which is connected to a bead base surface Sb through an arc bead heel surface Sh, and a straight or convex arc flange receiving surface portion Sw2 whic... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7416007 | Tyre for a vehicle wheel A tyre for a vehicle wheel includes a carcass structure, belt structure, tread band, and at least one pair of sidewalls. The carcass structure includes at least one first carcass ply and at least two annular reinforcing structures. The at least one first carcass ply... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406992 | Tire with low zone comprising a concentration of cords A tire comprising at least one reinforcement structure of the carcass type anchored on either side of the tire in a bead, the base of which bead is intended to be mounted on a rim seat, the reinforcement structure extending circumferentially from the bead towards th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398810 | Tire having an element or covering attached to a surface thereof A tire is provided, on a surface thereof, an applicaiton having a top layer exposed to the air and a bottom layer in contact with the tire. The top layer can be a rigid element and/or a marking covering, or a device for measuring or monitoring the tire. The bottom l... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387142 | Pneumatic tire with rim protector A pneumatic tire with rim protectors protruding outwardly from the outer side of a tire a distance greater than the outer surface on at least one outer surface of the sidewalls from the bead portions toward the tread and continuously formed in the tire circumferenti... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387146 | Heavy duty tire A heavy duty tire including bead portions each with a bead core, and a carcass ply containing a main portion extending between bead portions and a pair of edge portions wound around the bead cores, the wound edge portion including a turnback part extending axially i... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7347242 | Tire with low thermal expansion component The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component comprising a rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and an inorganic negative thermal expansion (NTE) filler comprising at least one compound selected from the gro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7320350 | Sidewall reinforcing layer for pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire may include a floating reinforcing layer disposed between a body ply and the sidewall of the tire. The reinforcing layer may extend from a point beneath the rim flange of the wheel to a point just above or below the maximum section width of the tire... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316254 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a cord-reinforced layer such as carcass, belt, bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords, each metallic cord is made up of six to twelve metallic filaments whose diameter is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45 mm, the metallic fil... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308924 | Pneumatic radial tire A pneumatic radial tire which includes a tread portion defining an overall diameter of the tire under a normally-inflated unloaded state and a ground contacting width under a normally inflated loaded state; a pair of sidewall portions defining an overall width of th... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7296605 | Extended-mobility tire with bead having symmetrical load distribution Vehicle tire including two sidewalls, beads which include a seat and an external flange which are intended to come into contact with a suitable rim, and a carcass reinforcement structure. At least one bead comprises a circumferential cord structure distributed in tw... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7281558 | Run-flat tire with variable rigidity sidewalls A tire includes at least one sidewall support exhibiting a substantially progressive increase in rigidity as the tire sags during depressurization. The support, which is disposed in the substantially median portion of the tire's sidewalls, includes a circumferential... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278457 | Aircraft tire An aircraft tire has an inflation pressure greater than 9 bar and a deflection greater than 30%. The tire includes a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement includes a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278458 | Tire with a reinforced sidewall and fabrication process A tire designed to be mounted on a mounting rim J of maximum diameter Dc the type comprising beads designed to cooperate with seats of the mounting rim, the beads comprising at least one annular bead reinforcement structure; a crown comprising a reinforce... | 10/09/2007 |
