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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117817 | Helically-wound cable and method A cable includes a first layer of wire helically wound to define a lumen having a lumen diameter. A second layer of wire is helically wound over the first layer. A first end segment of the second layer is configured with a plurality of strands that are fused togethe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7870715 | Steel cord There is provided a steel cord including a plurality of untwisted core filaments of steel aligned in parallel, and a layer of sheath filaments of steel twisted around the core filaments so as to be unevenly distributed around the core filaments, wherein interstices ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7228681 | Open layered steel cord with high breaking load A steel cord adapted for the reinforcement of elastomers includes: a core steel filament with a diameter dc and coated with a polymer, six intermediate steel filaments with a diameter di smaller than or equal to dc, the intermediate ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7191585 | Elevator rope An elevator rope comprising an elastomer coated, multistrand steel wire cable is claimed. In such a cable strands have a lay-length of at least 6.5 times the diameter of the bare cable diameter D. The cable is further coated with an elastomeric jacket, which adheres... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7162858 | Push-pull cable and method of manufacturing thereof A push-pull cable is provided. The cable includes a central wire, a first set of wires wrapped around the central wire, and a second set of wires wrapped around the first set of wires. A coating is then formed around the second set of wires. Also provided is a metho... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7135227 | Electrically conductive elastic composite yarn, methods for making the same, and articles incorporating the same Provided is an electrically conductive elastic composite yarn having an elastic member that is surrounded by at least one conductive covering filament. The conductive covering filament has a length that is greater than the drafted length of the elastic member such t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104299 | Two piece tire with improved tire tread belt A two-piece tire assembly has a removable tread belt 12 for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass 14. The tread belt has at least a pair of belt layers, and one layer comprising inextensible reinforcing cables inclined at substantially z... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093634 | Two piece tire with improved tire tread belt A two-piece tire assembly has a removable tread belt 12 for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass 14. The tread belt has at least a pair of belt layers, and one layer comprising inextensible reinforcing cables inclined at substantially zero degrees re... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089724 | Flexible push/pull/rotary cable A hybrid flexible wire shaft having an inner portion with the characteristics of a push/pull shaft having at least one layer of wire groups helically wound on a core wire at a relatively high pitch angle, and an outer portion with the characteristics of a torsional ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6962182 | Multi-layer steel cable for tire crown reinforcement A multi-layer cable having an unsaturated outer layer, usable as a reinforcing element for a crown reinforcement of a tire, comprising a core of diameter d0 surrounded by an intermediate layer (C1) of six or seven wires (N=6 or 7) of diameter d | 11/08/2005 |
| 6904744 | Steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles Steel cord includes a first group and a second group. The second group is helically twisted around the first group with a cord twisting step. The first group includes a first number of first steel filaments. The first number ranges between three and eight. The secon... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6837289 | Multi-layer steel cable for tire carcass A multi-layer cable having an unsaturated outer layer, usable as a reinforcing element for a tire carcass reinforcement, comprising a core of diameter d0 surrounded by an intermediate layer (C1) of four or five wires (M=4 or 5) of diameter d1 ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6766841 | Multi-layer steel cable for tire crown reinforcement A multi-layer cable having an unsaturated outer layer, usable as a reinforcing element for a crown reinforcement of a tire, comprising a core of diameter d0 surrounded by an intermediate layer (C1) of four or five wires (N=4 or 5) of diameter d | 07/27/2004 |
| 6748989 | Multi-layer steel cable for tire carcass A multi-layer cable having an unsaturated outer layer, comprising a core (C0) of diameter d0 surrounded by an intermediate layer (C1) of six or seven wires (M=6 or 7) of diameter d1 wound together in a helix at a pitch p1 | 06/15/2004 |
| 6630241 | Rubber-steel cord composite and pneumatic tire for passenger cars A rubber-steel cord composite comprising a steel cord having, in a planar image of the steel cord formed by X-rays passing through the steel cord, a fraction R of the total area occupied by filaments of from 0.45 or more to 0.95 or less in an arbitrarily ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6530410 | Pneumatic radial tire As the present invention there is disclosed a pneumatic radial tire comprising a carcass having a smaller tensile rigidity than that of conventional pneumatic radial tires by application of a steel cord having a smaller Young's modulus to the carcass or b... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6442922 | Tire-reinforcing steel cord and pneumatic radial tire using the same Disclosed herein are a tire-reinforcing steel cord and a pneumatic radial tire using the same. The tire-reinforcing steel cord includes an inner layer consisting of 3 filaments and an outer layer consisting of 7 or 8 filaments and surrounding the inner la... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6418704 | Wire rope lubrication A wire rope (10) includes a plurality of strands (12). The strands are formed from individual wires or filaments (14). The strands are wound about a central axis. A conduit (16) also extends along said central axis. The conduit has walls that are foramino... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6412263 | Reinforcing steel cord for rubber products, method and device for producing such steel cords A reinforcing steel cord for rubber products, such as steel belted radial tires or conveyor belts, is disclosed. This steel cord is improved in rubber penetration and ageing adhesive force relative to the rubber material. The steel cord is formed by twist... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6405774 | Rubber reinforcing steel cord and heavy duty pneumatic radial tire using the steel cord A rubber reinforcing steel cord of a bundle-twisted+layer-twisted structure obtained by arranging 9 steel filaments around 3 steel filaments each being two-dimensionally wave-like shaped in the lengthwise direction, intertwining all of these steel filamen... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6381940 | Multi-component yarn and method of making the same A cut-resistant combined yarn is described that includes a wire component. Kinking and knotting of the wire component resulting from stretching of the wire component during knitting is avoided by encasing the wire component within a cut resistant combined... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6363703 | Wire wrapped composite yarn A composite cut-resistant yarn having a fiberglass and wire component a fiberglass core strand having a denier of between about 100 and about 1200 at least a first wire strand wrapped the fiberglass core strand in a first wire strand direction and at leas... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6360522 | Rope for conveying systems A filler element is located between each adjacent pair of outer strands of a wire rope and interlocks with the adjacent strands. The filler elements provide the rope with substantially smooth outer surface reducing vibration of the rope passing over a pul... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354068 | Steel cords for reinforcement of rubber articles pneumatic tire process for producing steel cord and tubular-type twisting machine therefor A steel cord comprises a core of three or more filaments bundled without twisting and a sheath of at least one layer comprised of plural filaments wound around the core, wherein all core filaments are arranged in a given rectangle at any section in its lo... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6353177 | Vibration resistant overhead electrical cable A vibration resistant overhead electrical cable is provided, such as a high-voltage transmission line, which has an insulated conductor, the insulation of which has an axially continuously rotating oval or elliptical outer periphery such that the aerodyna... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6339920 | Rotation-resisting wire rope A wire rope for a heavy-load crane, such as a ladle crane is provided that is not only almost rotation-resistant but is also unlikely to be broken by wear and fatigue of wires. The rotation-resisting wire rope has a plurality of side strands. In side each... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6334293 | Steel cord with polymer core The invention relates to a composite cord (10) for reinforcement of elastomers comprising a core (12) of a high polymer material, a first layer of steel filaments (14) twisted around said core and a second layer of steel filaments (16) twisted around said... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6327841 | Wire rope lubrication A wire rope 10 includes a plurality of strands 12. The strands are formed from individual wires or filaments 14. The strands are wound about a central axis. A conduit 16 also extends along said central axis. The conduit 16 has walls that are permeable to ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6327842 | Metallic cord for the reinforcement of elastomers The present invention relates to a metallic cord for the reinforcement of elastomers. The cord has (a) a core composed of two filaments, (b) a single filament surrounding said core and (c) a sheath of nine filaments surrounding said core and single filame... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6314711 | Stranded synthetic fiber rope A rope has a rope core formed of load-bearing aramide fiber strands laid parallel to each other in concentric layers of strands and strands of an outermost layer laid with opposite lay to the rope core. As a result of the opposite lay, the torques which o... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6308508 | Steel cord for reinforcement of a radial tire and a radial tire employing the same A steel cord for reinforcement of a radial tire and a radial tire employing the same are disclosed. The steel cord is made of more than three steel filaments of which one or two filaments are regularly twisted, the other filaments are open-twisted and eac... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6276120 | Push-pull steel cable with coating of polyethylene terephthalate A push-pull steel cable (10) comprises a core (12) and an outer layer of filaments (16) twisted around the core (12). The cable (10) is provided with an external coating (20) of polyethylene terephthalate. The coating (20) gives to the cable (10) a good r... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6272830 | Steel cord for reinforcing elastomeric articles A steel cord (10) for reinforcing elastomeric articles. The steel cord (10) having a plurality of strands (14). Each strand (14) having a core (20) and a sheath (22). The sheath (22) being a plurality of steel filaments that are helically wrapped about th... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6247298 | Stab-resistant insert for protective textile A fabric (144) for use as a stab-resistant insert in protective textiles comprises a plurality of steel cords (100). Each of the steel cords (100) comprises a longitudinal axis (102) and two or more steel filaments (104). Each of the steel filaments (104)... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6189309 | Rubber and tire-reinforcing steel cord exhibiting improved rubber penetration A steel cord having a three-layer twisted construction consisting of an innermost layer, an intermediate layer, an outermost layer, and a spiral warp and being capable of achieving an improvement in the adhesion force to rubber while reducing the number o... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6158490 | Elastomeric article with 2+1+9 or 2+1+9+1 metallic cord A metallic cord has (a) a core composed of two filaments either parallel or intertwisted with each other, (b) a single filament surrounding the core and (c) a sheath of nine filaments surrounding the core and single filament. Preferably, the diameter of e... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6102095 | Corrosion resistant steel cords and pneumatic tires reinforced with same A corrosion resistant steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles, particularly a belt and/or carcass of a pneumatic tire, has a residual compressive stress inside the twisting helix of each steel filament such that a ratio R1 /R0 is ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5968651 | Steel cord with differently waved filaments A steel cord (10) adapted for the reinforcement of elastomeric products comprises a core and a layer arranged around the core. The core comprises one to four core filaments (12) and the layer comprises three to ten layer filaments (14). At least one of th... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5946898 | Wire rope having an independent wire rope core A wire rope including a core rope having a number of strands each made of a number of wires, and a number of outer strands closed on the core rope. Each strand of the core rope has a contact section where two or more wires of the strand of the core rope c... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5927060 | Electrically conductive yarn A composite longitudinally balanced electrically conductive yarn has a textile fiber core yarn wrapped with a minimum of two, and a maximum four, filaments. One to four of the filaments are metal filaments with the remainder being synthetic filaments. Eac... | 07/27/1999 |
