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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7210512 | Tire with non-linear anchoring of the reinforcement structure A tire includes a carcass-type reinforcement structure anchored on either side of the tire in a bead. Each of the beads includes an anchoring zone having a plurality of circumferential cord windings cooperating with the adjacent portion of the reinforcement structur... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7093636 | Pneumatic tire The invention can firmly fix both ends of a carcass ply while maintaining a weight saving and an effect of inhibiting a bead damage high. A pneumatic tire is provided with a bead core (5) constituted by core separated pieces (20U, 20L) separated... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059373 | Tire with additional ring and bead having a seat inclined towards the outside The invention concerns a tire comprising at least a first and a second bead radially extending to at least a first and a second sidewall, respectively, and the sidewalls being joined to a tread; said first bead having a seat the generatrix of which has its axially i... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7000662 | Tire having an improved carcass reinforcement anchoring structure A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads of high elasticity modul... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997224 | Tire having an improved carcass reinforcement anchoring structure A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads of high elasticity modul... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994139 | Tire having an improved carcass reinforcement anchoring structure A tire includes two beads and a carcass reinforcement anchored in the beads. The carcass reinforcement has at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads. Each such circumferential alignment is, within each bead, bordered axially inwardly and o... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6973950 | 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... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966351 | Tire bead configuration A pneumatic tire has a compact bead configuration, and high interlocking forces between the carcass ply cords and the bead cords. The carcass ply is formed from one or more cords wound continuously between a first end and a second end, wherein the at least the first... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962184 | Extended-mobility tire with specified bead A tire for a vehicle wheel, comprising two sidewalls joined by a crown zone provided on its radially outer portion with a circumferential tread, a bead arranged at the radially inner portion of each of the sidewalls, each bead comprising a seat and an outer flange w... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6941992 | Tire for a vehicle wheel and method of manufacturing the tire A carcass structure for a vehicle wheel tyre includes at least one carcass ply comprising thread elements substantially disposed transversely of a circumferential extension of the carcass structure, and at least one pair of annular reinforcing structures disposed cl... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929045 | Pneumatic radial tires A pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass extending between a pair of bead portions each including two bead cores therein and reinforcing a pair of sidewall portions and a tread portion, wherein the radial carcass is comprised of a rubberized ply of a conti... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6766839 | Tire for vehicle wheels with improved bead structure A tire for vehicle wheels includes a carcass, a tread strip, and a belt structure. The carcass has a central crown portion and two axially opposite sidewalls terminating in a pair of beads. Each bead includes at least one circumferentially unextendable annular reinf... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6705371 | Pneumatic radial tire A pneumatic radial tire includes a bead portion having a plurality of bead cores, and one or plural radial carcass plies wound up from a tire inner side toward an outer side at the respective bead cores. One-half or more of the number of end portion(s) of the radial... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6494242 | Runflat tire having optimized carcass path The tire of the invention has an optimized path of the outermost carcass designed to maximize the extent of tensile stress in the sidewall and bead portions of the tire. The invention further provides separate reinforcement structures in the bead portion ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6463975 | Tire with at least two anchoring bead wires and at least one ply of circumferential reinforcement elements in each bead A tire, at least one radial carcass reinforcement of which is anchored within each bead B to two bead wires and to form an upturn, characterized in that, viewed in meridian section, an additional reinforcement armature, formed of at least one ply of circu... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6422280 | Heavy duty tire with specified bead design An improved heavy duty pneumatic tire designed to be mounted on an associated design rim having a flange portion is described. The rim flange has an axially inward surface contacting the axially outward portion of the bead area of the tire and an axially ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6378585 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the same A heavy duty pneumatic tire comprises a carcass toroidally extending between a pair of bead cores embedded in bead portions and comprised of at least one rubberized carcass ply, wherein the carcass ply is wound around the bead core from an inside of the t... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6374891 | Bias aircraft tires An aircraft tire having at least 6 pairs of bias carcass plies and three bead cores in each bead portion is disclosed. Each bead core is specifically designed to maximize the tires durability wherein the bead heel core has at least one more row or column ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 5971047 | Tire having beads of specified structure and assembly of rim and bearing support with same A tire has a carcass reinforcement (1) which, when viewed in meridian secn, is wound in each bead B about a bead wire (2) coated with a rubber mix, passing from the heel to the toe of the bead B, the upturn (10) being located in a profile (3) of rubber m... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5968296 | Tire having two wires in each bead A tire for mounting on rim with hump in which each bead: a) contains a main wire, around which the carcass fabric is wound, and a secondary wire placed outside the carcass fabric; b) the inner diameter of the main wire after mounting on the rim is greater than... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5909757 | Pneumatic tire with radially inner and radially outer bead core A pneumatic tire comprises a radially inner bead core disposed in at least one of the bead portions, a radially outer bead core disposed radially outside the inner bead core, a buffer rubber layer disposed between the radially inner bead core and radially... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5885387 | Pneumatic tire having endless carcass cord ply A a carcass has at least one endless carcass cord ply, which is formed by at least one carcass cord extending zigzag in the tire's circumferential direction while being folded at both outer ends of the endless carcass cord ply alternately to right and lef... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5759314 | Bias tire having crown reinforcement between carcasses and method of making same A bias tire includes a reinforcement member disposed between a first carcass and an additional carcass in the crown region of the tire for restricting the circumferential growth of the tire. The reinforcement member includes a plurality of cords oriented ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5743976 | Radial tire for airplanes with beads having two bead rings An airplane tire with radial carcass reinforcement (3) comprising at least one ply of turned-up textile cords (3A, 3B, 3C), wound around an axially inner bead ring (T2) extending axially from the inside to the outside in order to form an axiall... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5700336 | Bead core for a pneumatic tire A bead core for a pneumatic tire is built up from a ring element and a load carrying element wound into the ring element, wherein the load carrying winding is subdivided by a support wall of the ring element into two regions. The boundary walls at the edg... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5637164 | Aircraft tire with reinforcement insert An aircraft tire 10 has at least one circumferentially extending reinforcement insert. At least one reinforcement insert 90 is located on one side of the tire. Each insert 90 preferably has two cord reinforced members 91,92 having bias angled cords. The c... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5538063 | Aircraft tire with reinforcement insert An aircraft tire 10 has at least one circumferentially extending reinforcement insert. At least one reinforcement insert 90 is located on one side of the tire. Each insert 90 preferably has two cord reinforced members 91,92 having bias angled cords. The c... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5513686 | Tire bead structure for heavy vehicles A tire structure with radial carcass reinforcement for heavy vehicles and rticularly a tire bead structure which makes it possible to have, on unmodified rims, sidewalls the radii of curvature of which are sufficiently great to avoid premature fatigue of ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5509455 | Aircraft tire including reinforcement inserts An aircraft tire 10 has at least two circumferentially extending reinforcement inserts. At least one pair of reinforcement inserts 90 is located on each side of the tire. Each insert 90 preferably has two cord reinforced members 91, 92 having bias angled ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5460214 | Pneumatic tires having improved uniformity at tire-wheel assembled state A pneumatic tire having an improved uniformity at tire-wheel assembled state includes a pair of bead portions each closely fitted to a slant bead seat of a standard rim when the tire is mounted on the standard rim, the standard rim including for each bead... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5335707 | High speed heavy duty cross ply tire A heavy duty high speed cross ply tire has a carcass composed of at least one aromatic polyamide fiber cord ply, the product TÝa;D of the cable twist number T (turns/10 cm) of the belt cord and the square root of the total denier number D (deniers) of... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5323830 | Tire with beads having frustoconical seats and provided with at least one main bead ring and one auxiliary bead ring In order to remedy the drawbacks consisting of separations at the end of upturns (50) of the carcass reinforcement (1) of a tire having frustoconical seats as well as the rapid wear of the bead protectors, said tire is provided with beads (B) each of wh... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5232033 | Flat-base rim for heavy truck tubeless tire and assembly of such a rim with a tire The rim in accordance with the invention is a rim formed of a metal rim b (1) and two movable side rings (2), each of said rings (2) consisting of vulcanized rubber reinforced by a circumferentially stretchable annular element (41) the cross-section of w... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5105865 | Bias tire for aircraft A bias tire for an aircraft includes a laminate formed by laminating a plurality of plies intersecting with each other and reinforced by organic fiber cords having a large thermal contraction coefficient. Both ends of the plies are turned up around bead c... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4890660 | Pneumatic tire having a reversed bead tie-in The invention relates generally to pneumatic tires and in particular to pneumatic tires for heavy duty use comprising a diagonal ply carcass and two bead regions (1) each reinforced by two axially spaced apart bead cores (3,4). The present invention is ch... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4794969 | Heavy duty pneumatic bias tire A heavy duty pneumatic bias tire having a thick case gauge is disclosed, which comprises a carcass of a bias structure composed of a plurality of carcass plies each containing organic fiber cords and a plurality of bead rings spaced from each other in eac... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4700765 | Radial carcass pneumatic tire having two bead rings per bead The pneumatic tire is designed particularly to counteract unwedging of the tire. It is mountable on a rim having a protrusion (referred to as "hump") of ordinary shape. The bead has two bead rings, one of which is close to the bead tip while the other ass... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4554960 | Radial carcass tire which can be particularly used without an independent inner tube A tire which can be used without an inner tube on a standard "safety" rim, each of the beads of which tire has, on the one hand, a base of a width L2, comprising essentially a cylindrical zone of diameter D2, equal to the diameter D | 11/26/1985 |
| 4442880 | Heavy duty pneumatic tires A heavy duty pneumatic tire having an improved durability is disclosed. This tire comprises a carcass of a bias structure composed of at least 12 rubberized laminated ply layers each containing organic fiber cords embedded therein, and divided into three ... | 04/17/1984 |
