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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404424 | Pneumatic tire with buffer rubber layer A pneumatic tire using an inner liner layer comprising a film of a thermoplastic resin, or a blend of a thermoplastic resin and an elastomer, having an air permeation coefficient of not more than 25×10−12 cc·cm/cm2·sec·cmHg and a Young's ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 6974519 | Tire core package for use in manufacturing a tire with belts, plies and beads and process of tire manufacture A system for manufacturing an elastomeric tire utilizing a separate formation of a package having a tire core shape and containing tire belts, plies and beads. The package is formed by a laying up of layers of pre-cure elastomer intradigitated with sections of porou... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6938659 | Runflat tire having crown-reinforcing insert extending into the sidewalls A pneumatic tire has a crown-reinforcing insert which extends from under the tread substantially, such as at least one-third of the sidewall height, into the sidewall of the tire. Apexes extend from the beads substantially, such as at least one-third of the sidewall... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6880600 | Tire including a carcass ply, an inner elastomeric layer and an elastomeric reinforcement layer between the ply and the inner layer The invention provides a tire having a carcass ply, an inner elastomeric layer for sealing against inflation gases and an intermediate elastomeric layer between the carcass ply and inner layer, in which the intermediate reinforcement layer is formed from a rubber co... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6698483 | Product based on rubber, a process for obtaining the product, tire made from the rubber-based product and process for reducing the rolling assistance of the said tire The present invention provides a rubber-based product usable as a tire cover which is composed of a buffer zone and a zone sensitive to oxidation (sensitive zone), the buffer zone being capable of trapping oxygen external to the product so as to protect f... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6691755 | High transverse-curvature tire for two-wheeled vehicles including specified belt structure A high transverse-curvature tire for two-wheeled vehicles includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, and tread. The carcass structure includes at least two superimposed plies provided with reinforcing cords. The belt structure includes radially-outer... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6634397 | Tire having floating reinforcement in the shoulder/sidewall A radial ply tire (10) has a floating reinforcement ply on the inside shoulder/sidewall region of the tire. The reinforcement ply comprises ply rubber having a gauge sufficient to delocalize flexing in the tire shoulder/sidewall region, and in one embodim... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6523591 | Tire bead without bead cord A tire to be mounted on a rim of axial width L, with flanges with rounded rim hooks, having a tread joined to two beads (3) by two sidewalls (2) and at least one carcass reinforcement (1) formed of at least one ply of reinforcement elements, characterized... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6491076 | Triangular bead configuration for pneumatic tire with extended load carrying capacity A pneumatic tire with an increased load carrying capacity (extended load index) but compatible with conventional, commercially available wheel rims, has a modified carcass ply line. The pneumatic tire (746) has a tread area (712) and a carcass structure (... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6443201 | Pneumatic tire with extended load carrying capacity A pneumatic tire with an increased load carrying capacity (extended load index) but compatible with conventional, commercially available wheel rims, has a modified carcass plyline. The tire has a tread area, a carcass structure including two bead areas ea... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6412533 | High transverse-curvature tire for two-wheeled vehicles including specified belt structure A high transverse-curvature tire for two-wheeled vehicles includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, and a tread. The carcass structure includes at least two superimposed plies provided with reinforcing cords. The belt structure includes radially-out... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6397911 | High transverse-curvature motor-bike tire A high transverse-curvature tire for two wheeled-vehicles comprises a carcass structure, a belt structure including radially-inner and radially-outer layers, and a tread. The radially-inner layer comprises at least one strip made of an elastomeric materia... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6382285 | Pneumatic tire with high hardness rubber sheet between carcass plies A pneumatic tire having at least two or more pieces of carcasses, wherein a high hardness rubber component sheet, which has tensile stress of 2.0 MPa or more when extended by 20% to a tire circumferential direction and JIS-A hardness of 65 or more, is arr... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6286575 | Pneumatic tire for front wheel of motorcycle A pneumatic tire for a front wheel of a motorcycle comprises a pair of bead cores, a radial carcass toroidally extending between the pair of bead portions, a belt disposed on a radially outer surface of the carcass, and a tread portion disposed thereon, w... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6142204 | Run-flat tire with tread reinforcing layer A run-flat tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions, a carcass comprising at least one carcass ply extending between the bead portions, a belt disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion, and a tr... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6129128 | Heavy duty radial tire with steel cord bead reinforcing ply A heavy duty radial tire comprises a radial carcass ply turned up around bead cores from the axially inside to outside of the tire, and a steel cord bead reinforcing ply disposed along the axially outer surface of the carcass ply turnup portion. The heigh... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6123132 | Tire with shoulders having a ply support strip between carcass and inner liner A pneumatic tubeless tire comprising a carcass ply of reinforcing cords extending between two tire bead regions through sidewall regions and a tread region and an innerliner disposed radially inwardly of the carcass ply is herein described. Between the si... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6112790 | Puncture-durable tire structure A puncture-durable tire structure has a tire body which is covered with an outer radial ply at the inner side thereof. The outer radial ply is made up of an inner layer and an outer layer that are respectively extended over the bead wires at the edges of ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6109321 | Tire carcass anchoring A tire having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass casing anchd in the two beads and having cords worked back and forth next to each other aligned circumferentially with, in each bead, loops each connecting back and forth cord portions, and in... | 08/29/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5988247 | Pneumatic tire with crown reinforcing rubber layer and side reinforcing rubber layers A pneumatic tire, more particularly a run flat tire, comprises at least three radial carcass plies each extending between bead portions through a tread portion and sidewall portions, the tread portion is provided between the radially outermost carcass ply... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5851323 | Pneumatic tire with air permeation preventive layer A pneumatic tire has an air permeation preventive layer comprising a film composed of a polymer composition containing a thermoplastic resin or a blend of a thermoplastic resin and an elastomer having an air permeation coefficient of not more than 25×10 | 12/22/1998 |
| 5820711 | Pneumatic radial tire including rubber spacer between axially adjacent carcass cords A pneumatic radial tire comprising a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, a carcass extending between the bead portions, a belt disposed radially outside the carcass and having a pair of edges,... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5746852 | Motorcycle radial tire with rubber member between carcass plies A motorcycle tire comprises a tread reinforced between its edges by a breaker assembly and having in its normally inflated fitted condition a camber value C/L of between 0.5 to 0.7, a reinforcing carcass ply of rubber covered cords radially inside the bre... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5645662 | Pneumatic radial tire with first and second damping rubber layers A pneumatic radial tire comprises a carcass comprising an outermost ply and an inner next ply, each made of organic fiber cords, a belt comprising a radially innermost ply and a radially outer next ply, each made of steel cords, a first damping rubber lay... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5639321 | Pneumatic radial tire including rubber spacer between axially adjacent carcass cords A pneumatic radial tire comprising a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, a carcass extending between the bead portions, a belt disposed radially outside the carcass and having a pair of edges,... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5626698 | Pneumatic radial tires with stiffeners composed of three stiffener members A pneumatic radial tire comprises a pair of bead cores, at least one radial carcass ply comprised of a main body and a turnup portion, and a stiffener arranged between the main body and each turnup portion wound around each bead core, in which each stiffe... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5622576 | Off-the- road pneumatic tire with specified bead area design An improved off-the-road 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. Each bead po... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5591283 | Pneumatic tire for bicycles with tire padding strips A pneumatic bicycle tire to be operated with an inner tube includes a tread and two sidewalls. A bead is connected to a free end of each one of the sidewalls for mounting the tire on a wheel rim with rim flanges having a maximum standard height limit. Eac... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5529103 | Off-the-road pneumatic tire with specified bead area design An improved off-the-road 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. Each bead po... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5526862 | Self-supporting tire for motor-vehicle wheels incorporating elastic support inserts in the sidewalls A tire, intended to be inflated but capable of running in a deflated condition, the carcass (2) of which incorporates, at each of the sidewalls (5) thereof, a first and a second reinforcing insert (16, 17) having in section a substantially lenticular form... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5439041 | Vehicle tire including lightweight stiffening spacer in each sidewall A vehicle tire (1), particularly for motor vehicles, defined by an outer tread (2) and two beads (3), each connected to the tread (2) by a respective annular sidewall portion (5); each sidewall portion (5) presenting an inner reinforcing cord assembly (6)... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5431209 | Passenger tire with low bead apex volume A passenger radial tire which comprises a tread portion, a pair of axially spaced bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions extending therebetween, a pair of bead cores disposed one in each bead portion, and a carcass extending between the bead portions ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5429168 | Off-the-road pneumatic tire with specified bead area design An improved off-the-road 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. Each bead po... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5427166 | Run-flat tire with three carcass layers The weight, space and convenience advantages of a run-flat tire can be substantial. This is especially true for the urban-economy car or family type vehicles which have limited space available for a spare tire and inadequate space for the removed flat tir... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5413160 | Self-supporting tire for motor-vehicle wheels incorporating elastic support inserts in the sidewalls A tire, intended to be inflated but capable of running in a deflated condition, the carcass (2) of which incorporates, at each of the sidewalls (5) thereof, a first and a second reinforcing insert (16, 17) having in cross-section a substantially lenticula... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5368082 | Radial ply pneumatic tire A radial ply pneumatic tire is described. The tire has a carcass with a bead portion, a carcass reinforcing structure, and a bead filler. The carcass reinforcing structure has two plies with turnup ends wrapped about each bead. The turnup end of the first... | 11/29/1994 |
| 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 |
