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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6977020 | Method of mounting a pneumatic radial tire In the method of mounting a pneumatic radial tire comprising a spiral belt and a pair cross belt members arranged in parallel to each other at both sides of an equational plane of the tire and at a given opening space onto a vehicle body, the tire is mounted as a fr... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6834695 | Pneumatic tire including sipes A pneumatic tire in which a sipe, which is substantially parallel to a contour line of a trailing edge of a ground-contact configuration, is formed in a trailing edge region of each block at shoulder sides of the pneumatic tire. From a time of step-in to a time of k... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6823912 | Pneumatic tire having asymmetric block pattern A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion provided with an asymmetric block pattern and having an inside tread edge and an outside tread edge to be placed on the inside and outside of a vehicle, respectively; outside lateral grooves extending from the outside trea... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6715522 | Front and rear tire combination for vehicle having ABS and vehicle A vehicle comprises Anti Lock Brake System (ABS) and front tires and rear tires which are capable of displaying maximum braking effect when the ABS is in operation, each of the tires comprises a plurality of tread elements divided by tread grooves, and the tread pat... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6656300 | High performance tire for vehicles A very high performance tire (1, 101) for vehicles comprises a tread (14) provided with a plurality of transversal grooves (15) circumferentially distributed along the tread (14) in groups alternately extending from opposite shoulder zones (F, G) of the t... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6607018 | Pneumatic tire having tread including inboard side area and outboard side area A pneumatic tire. A central circumferential main groove is disposed to extend along a tire circumferential direction, along a ground contact center line of tread of the pneumatic tire. Inboard side circumferential main grooves and inboard side lateral mai... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6478062 | Method of shaping tread patterns for vehicle tires and vehicle tires shaped in accordance therewith The present invention is directed to A plurality of vehicle tires having tread patterns of substantially the same outer appearance, wherein the tread patterns comprise a primary tread pattern comprising blocks and/or ribs separated by broad cut-outs and a... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6443199 | Footprints for nonrotatable automobile and light truck tires A pneumatic radial tire combination for four-wheeled automobile or light truck vehicles. The tire combination has a pair of front steer position tires and a pair of rear position tires. The front steer position tire has a footprint when the tire is normal... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6408908 | Front tires and rear tires for automobile or light truck A pneumatic radial tire combination for four-wheeled automobile or light truck vehicles. The tire combination has a pair of front steer position tires and a pair of rear position tires. The front steer position tire 10 has a first tread arc 46 when the ti... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6382284 | Farm tractor having asymmetric directional drive axle tires A farm tractor has a vehicle having a pair of pneumatic agricultural tires 20 having an asymmetric directional tread 32 with lugs 50A,50B,50C arranged in a chevron type pattern 70,72. The chevron pattern 70,72 is asymmetric having the apex or point 74 lyi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6220324 | Vehicle tire having tread A vehicle tire having an outside tread part and an inside tread part to be placed on the outside and inside of a vehicle, respectively, the inside tread part provided with inside axial grooves to be circumferentially divided into inside blocks, the outsid... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6203640 | Medium/heavy duty motor-vehicle tires provided with a tread of the universal type A tire tread band for medium/heavy duty motor-vehicles having circumferential grooves confining three pairs of respectively center, intermediate and shoulder ribs. Respective tread blocks are defined along the center and intermediate ribs and they are con... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6200401 | Method of determining groove angle to give optimum tread wear A tire for a two-wheeled vehicle comprising a ground contacting tread having at least one tread groove formed therein and extending axially from the tread center to the tread edge, wherein in a first region of the tire tread, which is the central tread re... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6190478 | Method of manufacturing tire including grooves A tire for a vehicle having at least one wheel at each corner, the tire comprising a ground contacting tread extending axially between first and second edge regions and having tread grooves formed therein, wherein in the first axial edge region of the tre... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6148886 | Pneumatic tire and pneumatic tire set A pneumatic tire wherein a plurality of righthand oblique groove groups each group of which has a plurality of righthand oblique grooves as extending obliquely to a reverse tire turning direction from a tread center portion to a righthand shoulder end and... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5795415 | Medium/heavy duty motor-vehicle tires provided with a tread of the universal type A tire tread band for medium/heavy duty motor-vehicles having circumferential grooves confining three pairs of respectively center, intermediate and shoulder ribs. Respective tread blocks are defined along the center and intermediate ribs and they are con... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5603785 | Tire including two aquachannels on one side Improved tires designed for use in an improved tire/vehicle system having two pneumatic front tires and two pneumatic rear tires are provided. The improved tire/vehicle system is especially effective on wet road surfaces. The front tire treads are each di... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5421389 | Train of tires with directional tread pattern and method of mounting the tires on a vehicle In order to minimize the disturbance to the occupants of the vehicle as a sult of the noises given off by the tires of the vehicle, the tires have treads provided with "V"-shaped directional tread patterns and are mounted "vertex to the rear" on the front... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5377734 | High efficiency all terrain bicycle or motorcycle tire A high efficiency all terrain bicycle or motorcycle tire having a tread design in which spaced tread blocks are arranged in circumferential rows and overlapped to allow a smooth shift in load from one tread block to another in different circumferential ro... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5360043 | Asymmetric tread for a tire An asymmetric directional tread for a tire is disclosed. The tread has a plurality of ground engaging tread elements separated by grooves. The grooves include one wide circumferentially continuous groove having a width W, a plurality of circumferentially ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5323824 | Tire/vehicle system An improved tire/vehicle system for an automotive vehicle has two pneumatic front tires and two pneumatic rear tires. The rear tire treads and the front tire treads and are each divided circumferentially into first, second, and third zones. The edge betwe... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5322107 | Tires for a vehicle traveling on snow-covered and icy ground In order to optimize the behavior of a conventional passenger car on snow-covered and icy ground, the driving axle of said vehicle is equipped with tires the treads (1) of which are provided with elements in relief (11) having incisions (14) of a width ot... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5211779 | Method of fitting pneumatic tires for wet and dry road conditions Tires each having a tread pattern comprising sub-grooves diagonally disposed in the same direction are fitted on the left- and right-hand sides of an automobile such that imaginary lines extending respectively from the sub-grooves of the left- and right-h... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5200008 | Radial tire tread and method of mounting a tire with said tread The tread design of a radial pneumatic tire for ground vehicles is characterized by lateral or transverse grooves on the shoulder ribs having an incline from the normal to the contact surface in one direction and the lateral or transverse grooves in the c... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5044413 | Wide tread radial tire-rim assembly with bead-rim interlock The present invention relates to a radial tire and a radial tire-rim assembly. The radial tire (1) has a pair of beads (2), each bead having a bead core (3) and a bead apex (5), a carcass (4), with both edges thereof folded back around said bead core and ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4984616 | Front and rear tire tread patterns in a four-wheeled tire/vehicle system An improved tire/vehicle system for an automotive vehicle has two pneumatic front tires and two pneumatic rear tires. The rear tire treads are wider than the front tire treads and are divided circumferentially into first and second portions. The first por... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4802547 | Golf cart A golf cart having: a front wheel including a low pressure tire of which the tread is provided with a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves; and a rear wheel including a low pressure tire of which the tread is substantially smooth but provided ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4640377 | Motor vehicle A motor vehicle having at least one profiled tread with transverse profiling with segments in the form of cleats, transverse ribs or the like. The profiled tread consists of two partial profiles which are adjustable relative to one another in the running ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4606389 | Front wheel tire tread for a motorcycle A front wheel tire for a motorcycle includes a support structure and a profiled running surface disposed on the support structure, the running surface having grooves formed therein in the form of a central groove extending in circumferential direction, an... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4510983 | Pair of pneumatic belted tires for motorcycle A pair of pneumatic belted tires for use in motorcycle are disclosed, each of which comprises a tread extending over a width corresponding to the maximum width of the tire, a pair of sidewalls, a pair of bead portions each containing a bead core therein, ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 3980118 | Tread configuration for automotive tire A vehicular tire having a tread configuration that provides a cornering stiffness in one axial direction that is greater than the cornering stiffness in the opposite axial direction. The difference derives from an asymmetrical configuration of the tread. ... | 09/14/1976 |
