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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347243 | Pneumatic tires with carcass cord turnup bending portion A pneumatic tire comprising a radial carcass (5) of at least one carcass ply including a main body portion (3a) and a turnup portion (3b), and a reinforcing member (7) including at least two reinforcing layers. The at least ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7275576 | Method of making reinforcement elements for a vehicle tyre, and a tyre for a vehicle wheel A method of making reinforcing elements for a vehicle tire includes laying down at least one continuous thread element on a support element of the tire according to a deposition path substantially concentric with a rotation axis of the tire. A tire for a vehicle whe... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273083 | Pneumatic tire using carcass ply A pneumatic tire has two or more carcass layers for reinforcing between a pair of annular beads. The pneumatic tire includes: (i) a region including or near a position having a tire maximum width, which region includes a radial region where cords constituting the ca... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7082977 | Pneumatic tire using carcass ply A pneumatic tire includes two or more carcass layers for reinforcing between a pair of annular beads, and a reinforcing layer having a cord arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the carcass layer below a tread surface in a circumferential direction of a tire. T... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6849146 | Carcass ply producing apparatus, carcass ply producing method and pneumatic tire A carcass ply producing apparatus for producing a carcass ply constituting a carcass layer of a tire comprises a supply head for supplying one or a plurality of ply cords, a head driving mechanism for reciprocating the supply head ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6821369 | Single-stage method of fabricating radial tire with breaker ply extending between bead regions An improved single-stage method for building a tire includes the steps of forming a cylindrical-shaped carcass with axially extending carcass reinforcing cords, fitting annular bead hoops onto the radially outer surface of the carcass ply at positions axially inward... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6802923 | Process for manufacturing a tire A process for manufacturing, in one stage, a tire comprising a carcass reinforcement (1) which is radial in the sidewalls and oblique radially beneath a crown reinforcement (3), composed of at least two layers (31) and (32) of reinforceme... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6386258 | Tire having a geodesic ply and a method of fabricating A method and article of manufacture is disclosed describing a technique to make a tire having at least one ply having a geodesic cord path.... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6332487 | Tire with carcass cord angle in crown region different than in sidewall region A pneumatic tire having simplified structure and improved properties has mono-ply carcass having ply turn-ups closely wrapped around the bead hoop and extended to underlie breaker edges and the carcass cord angle in crown region is substantially radial at... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6068721 | Method of fabricating a tire having a geodesic ply A method and article of manufacture are disclosed describing a technique to make a tire having at least one ply having a geodesic cord path.... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5134024 | Reinforcing ply for a penumatic tire containing reinforcing fibers in a sinusoidal pattern A device (1) making it possible to apply at least one thread (2) to a supt (3) and characterized by the following features: it has a front clamp (4) and a rear clamp (5) along a direction of advance (F1); it has means (6, 7) for opening and closing... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4917744 | Method of making a tire reinforced with sheath cord threads The present invention is directed to a tire comprising a three-dimensional wound reinforcement formed from a continuous sheathed filament running diagonally over the region upon which the tread is located and alternating from one tire foot to the other, s... | 04/17/1990 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4280547 | Tire having a folded fabric reinforcement member and a method of building same A folded fabric reinforcement member provides a plurality of reinforcing layers equivalent to at least one ply and at least one breaker of a conventional bias tire or at least one ply and at least one belt of a conventional radial or bias-belted tire. The... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4129162 | Pneumatic tire A simplified radial ply tire containing a high modulus single carcass ply and a high modulus single belt ply with the cords in the carcass ply extending radially in the sidewall and at a bias angle in the tread area. The cords in the belt ply extend at an... | 12/12/1978 |
| 3992239 | Pneumatic tire carcass construction Unique carcass constructions and tires containing same, the carcass featuring variant cord angles depending upon the location of the cord in the carcass, are disclosed herein together with novel sheet-like candidate materials for carcass plies and methods... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3934634 | Radial tire with auxiliary carcass plies The tread reinforcement of a pneumatic tire comprises at least two plies of cords that are crossed with respect to each other and oblique with respect to the longitudinal direction. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least one principal ply extending ... | 01/27/1976 |
