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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360568 | Tire having narrowing sipes A tire having sipes is provided. The tire includes a circumferential tread configured with at least one rib bound by at least one groove. The rib has a plurality of sipes that extend from the groove into the rib wherein one or more of the sipes narrow in a direction... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7207364 | Radial tire with tread pattern having four or five circumferential ribs An improved tread pattern for a pneumatic tire includes four or five circumferential ribs including inner and outer shoulder ribs, each having a set of lateral grooves extending from their respective shoulders toward but not reaching an adjacent circumferential groo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7114540 | Pneumatic tire including tread with main grooves A pneumatic tire includes main grooves 1 extending substantially in a circumferential direction R of the tire, transverse grooves 2 connecting adjacent main grooves, and blocks 3 formed by adjacent main grooves and adjacent transverse grooves. E... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7028733 | Pneumatic tire having circumferentially extending rib with chamfers A tire tread for a pneumatic tire has at least one circumferentially extending rib. The rib has a high siping density to provide flexibility to the rib. To provide support to the rib, circumferentially extending along, and attached to, the side of each rib is suppor... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6595254 | Pneumatic tire including zig-zag main grooves Disclosed is a pneumatic tire effectively controlling uneven wear occurring in the vicinity of a main groove even if a groove width of the main groove is widened due to change in tread radius during inflation. In the pneumatic tire, with regard to a zigza... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6564841 | Pneumatic tire having zig-zag circumferential main grooves Disclosed is a pneumatic tire effectively controlling uneven wear occurring in the vicinity of a main groove even if a groove width of the main groove is narrowed due to change in tread radius during inflation. In the pneumatic tire, with regard to a zigz... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6412531 | Tire tread having groove walls with compound contours A tread for a tire includes at circumferentially extending grooves having side walls contoured with upper and lower waveforms that are relatively staggered, or out of phase. The side walls provide alternating protrusions and recesses relative to a perpend... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6332485 | Pneumatic tire including rib-shaped lands A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion having a plurality of block-shaped or rib-shaped lands defined by a plurality of tread grooves, wherein each edge portion of the same block-shaped or rib-shaped land located at a boundary between a ground contact... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5896905 | Tread for heavy-vehicle tire in which the central ribs are provided with inclined incisions In order to improve the wear of the trailing edges of the relief elements of a tread (1) for "heavy vehicle" tires, which elements are defined in the axial direction by circumferential grooves and in the circumferential direction by incisions (30) of a wi... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5828986 | Video camera for photographing animated images A video camera, capable of being connected with a computer, for photographing animated images. The video camera includes: a camera main body for outputting image signals corresponding to the animated images; and a memory adapter, detachable from the video... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5660652 | Truck tire and tread for steer axles A new pneumatic radial ply truck tire 10 for use on steering axles is disclosed. The tire 10 has a 20 tread having a plurality of circumferentially continuous grooves 22, a pair of narrow circumferential decoupling grooves 24, a pair of radially recessed ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5524686 | Heavy duty tire including narrow circumferential grooves A heavy duty tire having an improved tread wear resistance, which comprises a tread portion provided on each side of the tire equator with a wide circumferential groove and a narrow circumferential groove. The wide circumferential groove is spaced apart f... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5421387 | Asymmetrical tire tread An asymmetrical tread for a tire has a midcircumferential plane and an inner side and an outer side when mounted on a vehicle wheel. The longitudinally extending ribs in a central segment have substantially equal surface contact areas and their contact su... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5373881 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire having tread with shoulder ribs A heavy duty pneumatic tire including in its tread at least one circumferential main groove and shoulder rib grooves spaced from the circumferential main groove and arranged in the proximity of tread ends to define shoulder rib grooves. The shoulder rib g... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5323825 | Pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire comprising a tread, wherein at least one circumferential groove having a width not greater than 0.1 times as much as that of the tread is formed in at least one end portion of the tread, thereby forming at least one narrow rib having a wi... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5322106 | Pneumatic tires with varying block height A pneumatic tire having an outer surface of a tread portion divided into a tread pattern by grooves, in which each of the grooves has an intersect portion and an angle of an island portion surrounded by said intersect portion is different from that of ano... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5289862 | Tread for a ribbed pneumatic tire having high density siping zones located in the rib regions The high density siping zones reduce rib edge erosion wear by creating a weakened zone without the tendency of tearing.... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5109901 | Pneumatic radial tires having a tread including isolated sipes A pneumatic radial tire comprises a tread divided into 4 to 5 ribs by 3 to 4 main wide grooves each extending circumferentially of the tire. In this tire, at least one row of sipes isolated from the main grooves in the axial direction of the tire and arra... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5100901 | Cyclic amine compounds and pharmaceutical use A cyclic amine compound is defined by the formula: ##STR1## in which J is indanyl, indanonyl, indenyl, indenonyl, indanedionyl, tetralonyl, benzosuberonyl, indanolyl or a divalent group thereof, K is phenyl, an arylalkyl or cynnamyl, B is --(CHR22) r... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5097882 | Tire tread and tire including trapezoidal block elements nested in reentrant angles of zigzag ribs A tread (10) for a tire has at least three wide grooves (13,14,15,16) therein. At least two zigzag ribs (19,20,21) are bordered by said grooves and have block elements (22) nested in the reentrant angles of the ribs and separated therefrom by narrow groov... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4977942 | Pneumatic tire having defined lug groove configuration A pneumatic tire improved in resistance to uneven wear, which has a rib-lug tread pattern comprising longitudinal grooves extending circumferentially of the tire, lug grooves extending axially of the tire to form lugs in tread shoulder regions, and sipes ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4955415 | Pneumatic radial tire with groove platforms to prevent stone entrapment A pneumatic radial tire, in which stone entrapment in the tread groove is prevented and the wet grip property is maintained, comprising: a tread provided with a central longitudinal groove on the central part thereof; the central longitudinal groove exten... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4945966 | Radial tire tread for heavy-duty road vehicles having platform depth maintained with wear To maintain excellent antiwet skidding performance and good tire external appearance until a radial tire for heavy-duty road vehicles serves its time, a plurality of narrow grooves (40) are formed along at least longitudinal direction of each of plural pl... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4865099 | Tire treads with variable depth grooves A tire has a tread with circumferentially extending ribs separated by a circumferentially extending zig-zag groove. The depth of the groove varies in the circumferential direction of the tire and is at a maximum at the vertex of each projecting angle of a... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4862934 | Heavy duty pneumatic tires with composite tread patterns A heavy duty pneumatic tire is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, shoulder land portions formed between the main grooves on the shoulder portions and edges of a tread, and a plurality of l... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4854358 | Tread pattern for a heavy load pneumatic tire which changes from a block pattern to a rib pattern with wear A tread pattern for a pneumatic tire having a plurality of circumferentially extending zig-zag and straight longitudinal grooves and a multiplicity of transverse grooves extending generally axially and joining the longitudinal grooves to define a block pa... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4756352 | Pneumatic tire tread with divided shoulder A pneumatic tire comprising a tread divided into at least three ribs by at least two main wide grooves extending substantially in a circumferential direction of the tire, wherein a shoulder rib arranged at an outermost end portion of the tread is divided ... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4736782 | Pneumatic tire tread In a pneumatic tire having at least 3 zigzag grooves formed on the tread surace, in the zigzag groove (Ms) formed on the side of the shoulder portion, the ratio (Hs/W) of the point height (Hs) to the tread width (W) is adjusted in the range of from 2% to ... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4703788 | Tire tread with zig-zag grooves with projections in groove A heavy duty pneumatic tire having a tread provided on its outer surface with at least one circumferential groove. On the groove wall multiple projecting blocks are provided at an interval between the adjoining projecting blocks in the circumferential dir... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4697627 | Pneumatic tire tread A pneumatic tire for motor vehicles having a plurality of zigzag grooves formed in its tread circumferentially thereof, the tire being characterized in that the bottom of each of the grooves is stepped to provide a deep groove bottom along one of the wall... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4630661 | Pneumatic vehicle tire tread, especially radial-ply tire for trucks The tire comprises a tread with central grooves between exterior grooves. Both types of grooves extend in a zig-zag shape in the circumferential direction and define ribs between them. Each one of the central grooves is bounded by sidewalls which define t... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4619300 | Pneumatic tire tread Disclosed herein is a pneumatic tire having a tread pattern formed in a tread portion divided into separate blocks at an outer surface of a tread rubber layer in at least a central region of said tread portion by a plurality of main grooves extending circ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4550756 | Pneumatic tire tread A pneumatic tire having a ground-engaging tread portion. The tread portion has at least two circumferentially extending grooves, each groove having a pair of oppositely disposed sidewalls. One groove sidewall having a first portion extending radially outw... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4542778 | Tread for pneumatic vehicle tires A pneumatic tire, the tread of which is provided with zigzagged grooves. In order to keep rocks or similar solid foreign objects from getting stuck in the tread recesses, and in order to have these rocks drop out of the tread when the associated tire axis... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4484610 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire tread A heavy duty pneumatic tire tread includes a tread portion formed of five ribs separated by four circumferential zig-zag grooves, wherein each groove is made up of successive circumferentially and obliquely alternating one-half pitches having two differen... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4481992 | Heavy duty radial tire A heavy duty radial tire having a tread of a double zigzag pattern, wherein the main groove is formed into a zigzag and further the ridge of a rib adjacent to the zigzag main groove is formed into a zigzag, whose pitch and amplitude are considerably small... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4462446 | Pneumatic tire tread A tread for a pneumatic tire comprising a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves, the grooves comprising alternating wide and narrow portions. The grooves are disposed such that the net contact area in the footprint of the tire during rotation i... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4449560 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire A heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a tread surface divided along circumferential directions by at least two zigzag tread grooves to form a plurality of circumferential zigzag ribs whose at least one side edge is formed with a plurality of narrow cuts op... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4446901 | Heavy duty pneumatic radial tires A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a carcass of a substantially radial construction composed of at least one rubberized ply layer containing cords embedded therein and a belt superimposed about said carcass for stiff reinforcement beneath a trea... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4387755 | Pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire having a tread reinforcement layer constituted by a steel cord strip layer adjacent the carcass and an aromatic polyamide cord strip layer superposed to the steel cord strip layer in a parallel side-by-side relationship. The aromatic poly... | 06/14/1983 |
