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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120037298 | TYRE BUILDING DRUM FOR BUILDING AN UNVULCANISED TYRE Tyre building drum comprising a main housing having a drum shaft extending from the main housing and two first and second drum halves arranged at least almost substantially symmetrical with respect to the centre of the tyre building drum and around the drum shaft, which... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120024464 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS In the building of a carcass structure for tyres of vehicle wheels, the step of reinforcing with a loop at least one annular anchoring structure associated at the axially opposite end edges of a carcass ply is carried out on at least one radially expandable/contractable... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110308675 | Tire Comprising a Conducting Wire Passing Through Electrically Non-conducting Crown Reinforcing Plies, Device and Associated Method A tire comprising a crown reinforcing belt formed of a plurality of reinforcing plies (13, 14) superposed on one another, each reinforcing ply comprising mutually parallel threads coated in a weakly electrically conducting rubber compound and making a given angle... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110297298 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS A process for depositing an annular reinforcing element on an annular anchoring structure of a tyre for vehicle wheels. The annular anchoring structure includes at least one substantially circumferential annular insert with which at least one filling insert is associate... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110297290 | TIRE AND TIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD A tire configured from joining together plural tire frame members formed from a thermoplastic material in which sufficient strength of the joint portion is secured. Two tire halves 17A formed from a first thermoplastic material are supported by a tire supporting section... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290398 | PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR PASSENGER CAR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A pneumatic tire for a passenger car includes a belt layer and a belt cover layer formed by winding a steel cord member in the tire circumference direction on the outer peripheral side of the belt layer. The steel cord member has a structure in which element wires made ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110232831 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS An apparatus for building tyres for vehicle wheels includes a building drum having at least one first outer circumferential surface, and at least one pair of auxiliary support members removably in engagement with the building drum, each in axial side by side relationshi... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110208135 | INTRAVAGINAL DELIVERY SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING IT The present invention concerns an intravaginal delivery system, said system comprising at least one compartment comprising a core and a membrane encasing the core, wherein the core and the membrane essentially consist of a same or different polymer composition. Addition... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110186207 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS An apparatus for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels wherein each tyre includes a carcass structure formed starting from at least one carcass ply laid on a forming support extended along a longitudinal axis. The apparatus includes at least one device for positioning ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110180200 | METHOD FOR INTERCHANGING INDICIA OF TIRE MOLDS A method selectively forms indicia of a tire sidewall. The method includes the steps of engaging a surface of an uncured tire by a first indicia forming member of a tire mold member, detaching the first indicia forming member from the tire mold member by a hand tool, an... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110184457 | Manufacture and Use of Tourniquet Cuff with Improved Pneumatic Passageway Disclosed are methods of manufacturing and inflating an elongated bladder of a tourniquet cuff that may be secured around the limb of a patient. The method includes sealing together side edges of layers of material to form the bladder, and stiffening the cuff with a sti... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110146883 | CONTINUOUS MIXING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS An apparatus for applying a mixtures of a first compound and a second compound, the apparatus comprising: a first extruder and a first gear pump for a first compound; a second extruder and a second gear pump for a second compound, a third extruder and a third gear pump ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110146884 | CONTINUOUS MIXING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS A method and apparatus for applying a blended rubber composition directly onto a tire building drum or core is described. A first extruder and a first gear pump for a first compound is provided. A second extruder and a second gear pump for a second compound is provided.... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110126962 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING TYRES In an assembly station a carcass sleeve and an outer sleeve manufactured along respective building lines are mutually coupled. Integrated into the assembly station are engagement devices that can be alternatively coupled to an auxiliary drum carrying an outer sleeve and... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110114251 | TIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE UNIFORMITY OF A TIRE A tire manufacturing method includes a method for optimizing the uniformity of a tire by reducing the after cure radial force variation. The after cure radial force variation vector is modeled as a vector sum of each of the vectors representing contributions arising fro... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110088832 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES Auxiliary support members are brought into engagement with a building drum provided with a first outer circumferential surface. These auxiliary support members each have a second outer circumferential surface which extends in the continuation of the first outer circumfe... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110079332 | TIRE HAVING PVC IDENTIFIABLE ELEMENT ATTACHED TO A SURFACE THERETO A flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC) molded element affixed to a sidewall of a tire. The PVC molded element includes a top surface with an exposed area, and a bottom surface including an area in contact with a surface portion of the tire sidewall. The PVC molded element ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110056612 | Method for Producing Polymer Sheet for Inner Liner and Method for Producing Pneumatic Tire The present invention provides a polymer sheet for an inner liner and a method for producing a pneumatic tire, which do not cause an air-in phenomenon between an inner liner and an insulation rubber or a carcass rubber in the vulcanization step, and also can prevent adh... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110036483 | TYRE BUILDING DRUM FOR BUILDING AN UNVULCANISED TYRE Tyre building drum comprising a main housing having a drum shaft extending from the main housing and two first and second drum halves arranged at least almost substantially symmetrical with respect to the centre of the tyre building drum and around the drum shaft, which... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100282396 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS A carcass ply includes a plurality of mutually parallel reinforcing cords incorporated into an elastomeric material having a length, a width and a design angle. A continuous strip element of a width, including at least one reinforcing cord incorporated into the elastome... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100252165 | Pneumatic radial tire for airplane A pneumatic radial tire for airplane comprises a pair of bead cores, a radial carcass comprised of at least two carcass plies, in which the radial carcass is comprised of at least one turnup ply having a main body portion and a turnup portion and at least one down ply, ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100236695 | TIRE TREAD BLOCK COMPOSITION The invention concerns tires having a composite tread block which comprises a cured elastomer and from 0.1 to 10 parts per hundred parts by weight of the elastomer of fibers characterized as having a tenacity of at least 6 grams per dtex and a modulus of at least 200 gr... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100230033 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING AND REMOVING RIGID CORE FOR BUILDING TIRE Provided are a method and a device for efficiently separating and automatically removing a tire-building rigid core from the inside of the tire. After a core holding mechanism and upper and lower support plates are removed from a rigid core body that is disposed in the ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100212810 | SLEEVE DEVICE, TIRE BUILDING APPARATUS, AND METHOD Apparatuses and methods are provided for assisting in the installation of a tubular film onto a drum for use in the manufacture of tires. In one embodiment, a sleeve is provided having a body including a first tapered portion with an end surface, a central portion, and ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100193099 | RUN-FLAT PNEUMATIC TIRE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD A run-flat pneumatic tire assembly includes a pneumatic tire having an elastomeric casing and a tire cavity formed therein. A longitudinally-extending and approximately planar length of strip material is helically arranged within the tire cavity to pre-stress the length... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100186872 | METHOD FOR LAYING DOWN AT LEAST AN ELASTIC ELEMENT IN A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TYRES FOR VEHICLES, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TYRES FOR VEHICLES AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT SAID LAYING DOWN METHOD A method of laying down at least one elastic element in a process for producing tyres for vehicles includes the following steps: determining a first parameter representative of a laying speed at which at least one elastic element is laid down around a tyre forming drum;... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100186858 | SIPE GEOMETRY FOR IMPROVED BUFFING OF TREAD BAND A mold (150) for a tread layer (40) having tread-forming side and sole-forming side, the sole-forming side having a plurality of mold elements (56) extending therefrom toward the tread-forming side. Either the mold elements (56) or the sole-f... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100166993 | REINFORCEMENT LAYER MADE OF HYBRID CORDS FOR ELASTOMERIC PRODUCTS A reinforcement layer for elastomeric products is formed of hybrid cords that are arranged substantially parallel to each other within the layer. The hybrid cords are composed of a first twisted textile yarn made of a first material and a second twisted textile yarn mad... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100163146 | Tread Design for Heavy-Load Transport Vehicles A tire tread intended to be fitted on heavy vehicles, comprising a plurality of elements in relief (30), this tread being divided in the axial direction into three parts, a central part (33) and axially on either side a first edge (31) and a second ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100139844 | TIRE BUILDING CORE HANDLING MECHANISM AND METHOD A core handling apparatus is provided for a tire building core. The handling apparatus includes a base plate; a latching mechanism mounted to the base plate and operably inserting into an axial opening at a remote end of a first spindle mechanism connected to a tire bui... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100108239 | Tire composition with improved vulcanizing agent A tire composition with a Shore A hardness, according to DIN 53 505 and ASTM D2240, of not less than 40 and not greater than 95 and a glass-transition temperature Tg (E″max), according to DIN 53 513 with a specified temperature sweep of −80° C. to +80° ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100108215 | MULTIPLE HARDNESS NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE A non-pneumatic tire comprising one or more radial regions have differing Shore A/Shore D hardness. The non-pneumatic tire comprises side cavities that are staggered with respect to laterally opposing side cavities, and laterally extending tread grooves that are in subs... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100108221 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A pneumatic tire and a process for manufacturing the same which enable, in the use of a film of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending an elastomer in a thermoplastic resin as an air permeation preventive layer, formation of ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100043947 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING AND PLACING BEADS FOR TYRES, DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH A METHOD AND SPACER TO BE USED IN SUCH A METHOD AND/OR DEVICE Method for transferring and placing beads for tyres, providing:
| 02/25/2010 |
| 20100032078 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TIRE A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire capable of improving the rolling resistance is disclosed. The green tire put in a mold is vulcanized together with the belt cord topping rubber by heating the green tire from the inside of the tire with a high-temperature heat... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100032073 | Noise reducing device, manufacturing method for the noise reducing device, and pneumatic tire having the noise reducing device Provided are: a noise reduction device with an improved adhesion of objects formed of a porous material and with a reduced processing time; a method of manufacturing the noise reduction device; and a pneumatic tire including the noise reduction device. The noise reducti... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100032066 | IC TAG, PNEUMATIC TIRE FITTED WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FITTING IC TAG Deadhesion of an IC tag inlet during vulcanization molding of tire is suppressed, while preventing adhesion of a portion other than a sticking out portion. An IC tag comprises a sheet-like IC tag inlet 2, a protective cover 3 of an unvulcanized rubber shee... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100032069 | PUNCTURE-PROOF TYRE The present invention relates to a puncture-proof tyre assembly in which a sealant of a rubber or another rubber-like material is pressed against the tread of the tyre assembly such that there is a higher pressure in this sealant chamber than in the air chamber, and the... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100015377 | Model at a Reduced Scale of a Tire for Aerodynamic Tests in a Wind Tunnel A reduced scale model of a tire for aerodynamic tests in a wind tunnel, the model having a hollow toroidal shape, is made of a single moulded plastic material homogeneous throughout the model, is deformable, and is shaped so as to reproduce externally the deformed shape... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100000658 | Transfer Ring Having Advantaged Cam Follower-Camming Groove Aspect and Method A transfer ring especially suitable for use in the manufacture of vehicle tires including a skeletal cylindrical cage which houses an oscillatable circular drive member therewithin. The drive member includes a plurality of cam followers disposed about the outer perimete... | 01/07/2010 |
