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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6923234 | Tire with a reinforced bead Tire including at least one carcass reinforcement of at least one ply anchored in each bead B to at least one bead wire, each bead being reinforced by at least two reinforcement plies formed of reinforcing elements inclined relative to the circumferential direction ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6267166 | Radial tire with asymmetric construction A pneumatic tire having an inboard sidewall and an outboard sidewall when fitted to a vehicle including a reinforced carcass extending between bead regions through both inboard and outboard sidewalls and a tread region reinforced by a breaker extending be... | 07/31/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5482102 | 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.... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5273094 | Pneumatic vehicle tire including overlapping carcass layer sections In a pneumatic vehicle tire of a divided carcass the reinforcement elements are arranged at different angles of orientation. They may be provided as a combination of the same or different materials, the same or different cord constructions, the same or di... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4832103 | Pneumatic tire having plural aramid carcass plies A pneumatic tire (10) has adjacent carcass plies (13, 14, 15) which are reinforced by cables comprising aramid filaments. The amount of strength retained by the cables over a period of normal use of the tire is increased when for each pair of adjacent car... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4733709 | Radial tire with a reinforced butt splice carcass ply and method of making A reinforcement for the butt splice of the carcass ply of a radial tire, is described as having two sets of polymeric cords or strands which are in cross-hatched relation and which cross adjacent reinforcement cords of the carcass ply at opposite angles A... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4716951 | Pneumatic tire In a pneumatic tire of a structure in which a belt-reinforcing layer is overlaid and interposed between a tread and a carcass cord layer, the belt-reinforcing layer consisting of a transient-reinforcing layer positioned in contact with the carcass cord la... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4469158 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire is disclosed which comprises a tread, a carcass cord layer and at least two belt reinforcing layers disposed between the tread and the carcass cord layer, wherein the reinforcing cord of one of the belt reinforcing layers has an angle of ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4469157 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic radial tire is disclosed which comprises a tread, a carcass cord layer and at least two belt reinforcing layers disposed between the tread and the carcass cord layer, the reinforcing cord of one of the belt reinforcing layers having an angle o... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4434830 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire having better aerodynamic characteristics than conventionally shaped tires is disclosed. A radial cross-section of the tire has an external contour on each side of its mid-circumferential plane, exclusive of indicia on the sidewalls or tr... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4424847 | Space save spare tire A space saving spare tire usually stored in a vehicle and used in the case of emergency travel on road when a puncture failure or the like is induced in a tire mounted on the vehicle and run on road. The spare tire comprises an internal pressure penetrati... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4357976 | Radial tires comprising reinforcements in the sidewalls A pneumatic tire having a radial carcass comprises two reinforcing layers, of metallic cords, one over the other, in each sidewall. A flipper may be embedded in the upper portion of the sidewall. The flipper is formed by the turned up end of the innermost... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4338989 | Poly spring tires A pneumatic tire having spaced beads and a pair of biased inner plies tied to each bead, upon which is placed a third ply disposed at a greater angle to the equatorial plane than the underlying bias plies, resulting in the outermost ply cords being "loose... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4295511 | Radial tires provided with a stiffening structure in the sidewalls A pneumatic tire for vehicle wheels having a radial carcass is provided with an annular reinforcing structure inserted between the carcass and tread. The annular reinforcing structure is substantially inextensible and has a width which is at least as wide... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4231409 | Radial vehicle tire This invention provides a pneumatic tire for vehicle wheels having a carcass, a tread and a breaker structure. The breaker structure has at least two layers of parallel cords at an angle of 10°-35° and made of a material having a tensile strength of at ... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4223712 | Pneumatic tire for heavy duty vehicles A pneumatic tire for heavy duty vehicles comprises a tread divided by two circumferential zigzag grooves in a tread center zone including block patterns of elongated blocks circumferentially discontinuous with traverse grooves and side zones including cir... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4215734 | Pneumatic tire having a durable tread of wide width A pneumatic tire having a highly durable tread of wide width and having a side cut resistance, a cut through resistance of tread and an improved high-temperature durability of tread is obtained by limiting the width of the main belt based on the tread wid... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4185675 | Vehicle tires The present invention relates to vehicle tires of the kind having a crown belt formed from at least one pair of plies made of cords which are orientated in directions which intersect at small angles, and having sidewalls each reinforced by at least one st... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4177852 | Structure of pneumatic tire covers A pneumatic tire cover has a carcase comprises at least one inner radial ply of threads of aromatic polyamide and at least two outer plies of threads having elongation values greater than those of the said aromatic polyamide and arranged in alternately cr... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4162698 | Radial pneumatic tires provided with a structure for stiffening the walls A pneumatic tire cover with a radial carcass in which at least one ply of the carcass is folded upon itself by a prefixed amount, along its longer sides, that is, in those parts of the ply which are anchored to the bead cores about which they are folded o... | 07/31/1979 |