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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7213627 | Tire for motorcycle A tire which includes a carcass ply and a band ply for reinforcing the carcass ply, the carcass ply having an inner ply and an outer ply which are provided in a radial direction, the inner ply being wound from an inside toward an outside in the axial direction of a ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7100655 | Aircraft tire with improved bead structure A pneumatic radial ply tire 100 for use on aircraft has a radial reinforced carcass 20 having at least one axially inner ply 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D of textile cords 21 wound around a pair of bead cores 33. The impro... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093635 | Aircraft tire with improved bead structure A pneumatic radial ply tire 100 for use on aircraft has a radial reinforced carcass 20 having at least one axially inner ply 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D of textile cords 21 wound around a pair of bead cores 33. The impro... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7040366 | Tubeless pneumatic tire with carcass having butyl-based inner topping rubber layer A tubeless pneumatic tire is provided including a carcass having a carcass cord web and topping rubber layers covering the opposite sides of the carcass cord web, the carcass extending from a tread portion through a sidewall portion to a bead portion and turned up a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7017635 | Tire with outside-in ply construction A pneumatic tire for trucks having reduced weight and less material usage. The present invention utilizes an outside-in radial ply construction, which aids to torque the tire bead into the rim of the wheel to which it is mounted and allows the rim to provide greater... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6913052 | Tire with composite ply structure and method of manufacture The tire construction and method of building a tire 10 comprises the steps of cylindrically applying a pair of radial cord reinforced sidewall plies 17a, 17b, fixing the axial spacing between the bead cores; applying a crown ply 50... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6883568 | Tire with asymmetrical and reinforced sidewalls A tire comprising two beads, a crown and sidewalls that connect the crown to said beads, the tire being reinforced by a carcass reinforcement anchored in each bead to at least one annular anchoring element, each sidewall comprising an additional, inextensible sidewa... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6834694 | Tire with reinforced sidewalls Tire comprising a carcass reinforcement of at least one ply of reinforcing elements parallel to one another within each ply and making with the circumferential direction an angle α such that 60° | 12/28/2004 |
| 6752188 | Pneumatic tire with specified bead portion A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass ply extending between bead portions and is turned up around a bead core in each bead portion to form two turnup portions and a main portion therebetween; each of the turnup portion extends radially outwardly and adjoins the main ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6648041 | Aircraft tire with improved bead structure A pneumatic radial ply tire 100 for use on aircraft has a radial reinforced carcass 20 having at least one axially inner ply 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D of textile cords 21 wound around a pair of bead cores 33. The improved bead structure 30 has a flipper 50 having... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6609550 | Runflat tire with steel cord bead reinforcing layer A pneumatic tire comprises a rubber bead apex extending radially outwards from a bead core; a carcass composed of an inside carcass ply and an outside carcass ply, the inside carcass ply turned up around the bead core in each bead portion from the tire in... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6595257 | Carcass reinforcement for aircraft tires An aircraft tire, inflated to a high pressure, comprising a tread connected to two beads 2 by way of two sidewalls 6, each bead having at least one annular reinforcing element 3, a crown reinforcement and a radial carcass reinforcement 1 comprising a numb... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6530411 | Pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass comprised of at least one carcass ply containing a steel cord(s) arranged at a cord angle of 70-90° with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire and toroidally extending between a pair of bead cores and turned up a... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6510883 | Pneumatic vehicle tire including rubber reinforcing plies in side wall regions The invention relates to pneumatic tires for a motor vehicle comprising a multi-layer carcass. Said multi-layer carcass extends between two bead rings, a set of bracing plies provided between the layers of the carcass and a tire tread, and rubber reinforc... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6422279 | Pneumatic run flat tire A run flat tire has a plurality of reinforcing wedges located in the tire sidewall with the hardness of each wedge generally diminishing in the radially inward direction of the sidewall. Since the bead filler is harder than the radial innermost wedge, the... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408914 | Pneumatic tire with locked bead construction A tire (10) has three carcass reinforcing structures (15, 16, 17). The second carcass reinforcing structure (16) is folded radially outwardly around each bead core 16 (20), so that the edges (36) of the second carcass reinforcing structure (16) are each l... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6276418 | Pneumatic radial tire with turned down carcass layer A pneumatic radial tire having carcass layers of three plies each constituted by organic fiber cords and in which both end portions of a first one and a second one of the carcass layers enumerated from an inner side to an outer side direction of the tire ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6186205 | Pneumatic tire for passenger cars including specified steel cord A pneumatic tire for a passenger car having a pair of bead portions, a toroidal carcass portion extending over both bead portions, at least two belt layers provided in a crown portion of the carcass, a tread portion positioned at an outer peripheral side ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6182728 | Pneumatic run flat tire A run flat tire has a plurality of reinforcing wedges located in the tire sidewall with the hardness of each wedge generally diminishing in the radially inward direction of the sidewall. Since the bead filler is harder than the radial innermost wedge, the... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6138732 | Pneumatic tires with run flat reinforcing strip rubber A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass of at least one rubberized ply of a radial arrangement, a belt comprised of two or more cross cord layers, a pair of thick reinforcing strip rubbers located at an inner face side of the carcass and a bead filler rubber... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5971049 | Tubeless pneumatic tire with carcass having butyl-based inner topping rubber layer A tubeless pneumatic tire is provided including a carcass having a carcass cord web and topping rubber layers covering the opposite sides of the carcass cord web, the carcass extending from a tread portion through a sidewall portion to a bead portion and ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5938870 | Pneumatic radial tire having inner carcass ply cord tension smaller than the outer carcass ply cord tension A pneumatic radial tire comprises a carcass comprising an outer carcass ply made of cords having a first heat-shrinkage-percentage K1 and an inner carcass ply is made of cords having a second heat-shrinkage-percentage K2 different from the first heat-shri... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5849117 | Tire with radial carcass reinforcement having specified turn-up A tire has a radial carcass reinforcement which is anchored in each bead to a bead ring, going from the outside to the inside, forming a turn-up which is substantially parallel to the generatrix of the rim seat J on which the bead is mounted. Each turn-up... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5769982 | Tire with reinforced beads An airplane tire, inflated to a high pressure, with radial carcass reinfoment (1), comprising at least two axially inner plies (1A, 1B, 1C) of textile cords, wound around a bead wire (3) in each bead from the inside to the outside, forming turn-ups (10A,... | 06/23/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5688343 | Tubeless pneumatic tire with carcass having butyl-based inner topping rubber layer A tubeless pneumatic tire is provided including a carcass having a carcass cord web and topping rubber layers covering the opposite sides of the carcass cord web, the carcass extending from a tread portion through a sidewall portion to a bead portion and ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5688345 | Tire with radial carcass with outside to inside turn-ups In a tire having an aspect ratio H/S of less than 0.8 the radial carcass nforcement (1) is wound in each bead (B) around an anchoring bead ring (2) going from the outside to the inside to form a turn-up (10), the turn-up being located on the inside of an... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5656108 | Pneumatic radial tire having inner carcass ply cord tension smaller than the outer carcass ply cord tension A pneumatic radial tire comprises a carcass comprising an outer carcass ply made of cords having a first heat-shrinkage-percentage K1 and an inner carcass ply is made of cords having a second heat-shrinkage-percentage K2 different from the first heat-shri... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5647929 | Pneumatic motorcycle tire for improved cornering and straight running stability A pneumatic motorcycle tire provided with a spiral belt and a pair of axially spaced reinforcing layers radially inside of the belt to improve the cornering stability and straight running stability of a motorcycle.... | 07/15/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5529107 | Pneumatic radial tire with low twist organic carcass cords A pneumatic radial tire having a tread portion, a pair of axially spaced bead portions with a bead core, a pair of sidewall portions, a carcass having a carcass ply of radially arranged cords extending between the bead portions and turned up around the be... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5522443 | High speed heavy duty tire and rim assembly whose tire includes a buffer layer in each bead portion A pneumatic tire for high speed and heavy duty use, in which durability of the bead and lower sidewall region is improved. The tire includes: a carcass comprising a radial ply of cords turned up around bead cores from the axially inside to the outside, th... | 06/04/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5476129 | Radial tire for aircraft with specified bead portions A radial tire for aircraft, which aims to prevent damage at the bead portion thereof, wherein the modulus MS of sidewall rubber at 100% elongation, modulus MS2 of 2nd stiffener rubber at 100% elongation, modulus MC of rubber chafer rubber at 100% elongati... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5427167 | Pneumatic radial tires for airplanes including zig-zag belt cords A pneumatic radial tire for airplanes comprises a toroidal carcass of at least two carcass plies, a tread rubber superimposed on the carcass, and a belt disposed between the carcass and the tread rubber, in which the belt is comprised of a plurality of ra... | 06/27/1995 |
| 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 |
