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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7886791 | Pneumatic radial tire for passenger car A pneumatic radial tire for a passenger car having a pair of bead portions and a carcass having at least one carcass ply toroidally extending between a pair of bead cores embedded in the respective bead portions and containing organic fiber cords. The organic fiber ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7798190 | Carcass reinforcement for tire intended to bear heavy loads A carcass reinforcement for a tire which is intended to bear heavy loads, comprising a composite fabric which comprises a rubber composition of reduced hysteresis and metal cables reinforcing the composition. The elastomeric matrix thereof comprises natural rubber o... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7434605 | Tire for heavy vehicle The invention relates to a tire for heavy vehicle of the agricultural or construction type, comprising a carcass reinforcement radially surmounted by a crown reinforcement, itself topped radially by a tread, said tread being joined to two beads by means of two sidew... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7380579 | Metal cable usable in a tire carcass reinforcement The present invention relates to a metal cable usable for reinforcing a carcass reinforcement for a tire, such as a heavy-vehicle tire, to a composite fabric usable as a ply for such a carcass reinforcement, to a carcass reinforcement comprising this fabric and to a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7335122 | Low modulus belt for automotive applications A low modulus drive belt for an automotive accessory drive system is disclosed that allows for relatively high elongation during installation and that maintains a relatively high percentage of its install tension throughout the useful life of the belt. In addition, ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7308923 | Dipped cord using hybrid cord and a radial tire using the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a hybrid dip cord consisting of rayon yarn and lyocell yarn to apply to the carcass ply or cap ply (belt reinforced layer) of pneumatic radial tire used in a car and a radial tire using the same. And also, accordin... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299843 | Pneumatic tire crown reinforcement A tire comprising a crown extended by two respective sidewalls and two respective beads, a carcass structure anchored in each side of the tire in said beads, said crown comprising at least one reinforcing ply having parallel reinforcements oriented at an angle α re... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281557 | Extended mobility tire with undulating sidewalls A tire includes at least one carcass-type reinforcement structure anchored on each side in a bead, each bead being extended radially towards the outside by a sidewall having at least one substantially resilient circumferential cord disposed in the substantially medi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270164 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire is provided which includes a carcass extending between bead portions, and a belt disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion. At least one of the carcass and belt includes a cord ply of a polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate fiber cord. The p... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258402 | Method for producing a bicycle wheel rim, apparatus for implementing the method and bicycle wheel rim obtained thereby A bicycle wheel rim and a method of making a bicycle wheel rim are provided. The rim provided is made of a single part using structural fiber based material, preferably carbon fiber material, with two circumferential flanges for anchoring the tire, which extend radi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250914 | Composite antenna for a tire A composite antenna and method for tire monitoring systems is configured as a core composed of polymeric material and a conductive metallic layer in intimate surrounding contact with the core. The polymeric material provides elasticity to the core to enable the core... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234495 | Underground mine tire An underground mine tire 20 having a nominal bead diameter of 20.0 inches or less has a carcass, a tread 25 and a pair of rubber sidewalls 23, each extending along the outer periphery of the carcass 21 below the tread 25. The tire ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228681 | Open layered steel cord with high breaking load A steel cord adapted for the reinforcement of elastomers includes: a core steel filament with a diameter dc and coated with a polymer, six intermediate steel filaments with a diameter di smaller than or equal to dc, the intermediate ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7165586 | Pneumatic tire with blended composite fiber cords Disclosed is a tire having at least one reinforcing ply in the carcass, belt, or bead region of the tire. The reinforcing ply is comprised of a blended fiber cord. The cords, in combination with a preferred cure temperature adhesive, achieve a high degree of thermal... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162858 | Push-pull cable and method of manufacturing thereof A push-pull cable is provided. The cable includes a central wire, a first set of wires wrapped around the central wire, and a second set of wires wrapped around the first set of wires. A coating is then formed around the second set of wires. Also provided is a metho... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7131257 | Metal cord and pneumatic tire including the same A metal cord for reinforcing rubber articles and a pneumatic tire including metal cords to reinforce tire components such as carcass, breaker and band are disclosed, wherein a metal cord according to one aspect of the present invention comprises filaments having a t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7089726 | Cords for reinforcing heavy vehicle tires A cable is disclosed that can be used to reinforce a crown protection ply and/or a stiffener (9) in tires for heavy industrial vehicles. Also disclosed are composite fabrics that can be used as crown protection plies and/or as stiffeners (9) in such ti... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082978 | Tires with high strength reinforcement A strip of tire ply stock is reinforced with steel cords wherein the steel cords are constructed of high strength wire filament having at least a tensile strength of −2000×D+4400 MPa where D is the filament diameter in mm. Tires are constructed with the ply stock... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066229 | 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... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056110 | Apparatus for making reinforcement ply material An apparatus for making reinforcement ply material wherein reinforcement elements are grouped in untwisted sets and adjacent reinforcement elements in the same set are spaced apart a distance less than the distance between adjacent sets. The apparatus includes an ex... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051583 | Method and device for fitting a tire and method of analyzing the said tire The invention concerns a method and device for fitting a tire, of the type with an incorporated air chamber, normally referred to as “tubeless”, on a rim. According to the invention, the said tire having a marking indicating an extreme value of a paramete... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032637 | Tire reinforced by an elongate composite element of the monofilament type, and such element A tire, in particular an elastomeric pneumatic tire, reinforced by lengths of a monofilament elongate composite element of long glass fibers impregnated in a thermoset resin having a glass transition temperature Tg greater than 130° C., in which the fibe... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025101 | Pneumatic radial tire with specified tread portion bending rigidity ratio There is provided a pneumatic radial tire for a motorcycle capable of developing an excellent steering stability in a high-speed cornering subjected to a large camber angle, and having an aspect ratio of 0.50–0.85, in which a tensile strength at break of a carcass... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025104 | Tire-use rubber-covered fabric, production method therefor, production method for pneumatic tire using rubber-covered fabric, and pneumatic tire A rubber-coated fabric 10 for a tire, obtained by rubber-coating a rattan blind woven stuff 14 in which wefts 11 and warps 12 made of tire cords 13 are woven into a rattan blind form. The wefts 11 have a break elongation of ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6983779 | Cellulose dip cord produced from highly homogeneous cellulose solution and tire using the same The present invention relates to, and more particularily, to a lyocell dip cord and tire produced by a method comprising the steps of: (A) dissolving 0.01 to 3 wt % of cellulose powder in portions in concentrated liquid N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMMO) to prepare c... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6971427 | Pneumatic tire having multiple modulus body cord to reduce rolling resistance A pneumatic tire includes a body having a plurality of main body cords. The tire includes an upper section above the maximum section width and a lower section below the maximum section width. The modulus of the body cords is configured to be larger in the lower sect... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6959534 | Reinforcement for rubber composites A method for constructing an elastomeric composite ply comprises using parallel S and Z twisted cords to reinforce an elastomeric matrix. The S and Z cords are made inexpensively by using a yarn twist that is less than the cord twist. Composite plies made by the met... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6949149 | High strength, high carbon steel wire To achieve a drawn wire with a tensile strength defined by the equation of Y=Yo exp(A2εd) wherein Y is the tensile strength in MPa (N/mm2), Yo is the strength of as patented wire, A2 is a coefficient... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938660 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire, comprising a carcass having a carcass ply_(6a) with a folded part (6b) folded up around a bead core (5) from the axial inside to the axial outside of the tire continuously fitted to a ply body part (6a | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935008 | Method for making metallic cord A method for making a metallic cord made up of one or more metallic wires comprises: making at least two layers of at least two metallic elements including copper and zinc on the surface of a base wire; heating the layers to cause the metallic elements thermodiffusi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6904744 | Steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles Steel cord includes a first group and a second group. The second group is helically twisted around the first group with a cord twisting step. The first group includes a first number of first steel filaments. The first number ranges between three and eight. The secon... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6889736 | Run flat pneumatic tire with shoulder cushion rubber layer loss tangent less than carcass coating rubber loss tangent There is provided a pneumatic tire having an aspect ratio of not less than 60 and considerably improving run flat durability as compared with the conventional type of the run flat tire, wherein at least one cushion rubber layer having a loss tangent lower than a los... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6857458 | Tires with high strength reinforcement A strip of tire ply stock is reinforced with steel cords wherein the steel cords are constructed of high strength wire filament having at least a tensile strength of −2000×D+4400 MPa where D is the filament diameter in mm. Tires are constructed with the ply stock... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6837289 | Multi-layer steel cable for tire carcass A multi-layer cable having an unsaturated outer layer, usable as a reinforcing element for a tire carcass reinforcement, comprising a core of diameter d0 surrounded by an intermediate layer (C1) of four or five wires (M=4 or 5) of diameter d1 ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6834700 | Pneumatic radial tire with specified carcass strength coefficient A pneumatic radial tire wherein both end portions of at least one layer of a carcass layer are turned up around right and left bead cores from the inside to the outside of the tire, and at least two layers of belt layers formed by arranging reinforcing cords in such... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6805178 | Metallic cord and carcass ply of pneumatic tire including same A metallic cord is composed of metallic filaments gathered together, the metallic filaments include at least one patterned filament which is, before gathered together, two-dimensionally waved so as to have a wave form defined by plural kinds of cycles different from... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802350 | Pneumatic radial tires with at least two monofilament cord belt layers A pneumatic radial tire comprises a innerliner, a carcass, a belt, one or more cap layers and a tread, in which the belt is comprised of at least two belt layers each containing rubberized metal or organic fiber monofilament cords, and a rubber gauge between the mon... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6796346 | Bias tire with specified tread rubber loss tangent A bias tire comprises 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 and comprising two cross plies of cords, and a tread rubber disposed radially outside a crown por... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6755226 | Composite cord and pneumatic tire using the composite cord A composite cord is provided which is simple in manufacture, highly productive, less costly, and improved in rubber penetration. The composite cord has a 1×n construction (n is an integer from 3 to 12) with 2 to 11 metallic filaments and 1 to 5 polymer fibers havin... | 06/29/2004 |