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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441573 | Pneumatic tire having a rubber component containing short untwisted cord The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a component including at least one diene based rubber and discontinuous textile cord having at least two textile yarns, wherein the cord is partially untwisted. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7404426 | Hybrid cord for rubber reinforcement and rubber product employing the same A hybrid cord 1 for rubber reinforcement comprises a strand 2 having higher elastic modulus, made of PBO fiber or the like, which is disposed at the center of the cord, and strands 3 having lower elastic modulus, made of glass fiber or the like,... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7380579 | Metal cable usable in a tire carcass reinforcement The present invention relates to a metal cable usable for reinforcing a carcass reinforcement for a tire, such as a heavy-vehicle tire, to a composite fabric usable as a ply for such a carcass reinforcement, to a carcass reinforcement comprising this fabric and to a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7316254 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a cord-reinforced layer such as carcass, belt, bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords, each metallic cord is made up of six to twelve metallic filaments whose diameter is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45 mm, the metallic fil... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308923 | Dipped cord using hybrid cord and a radial tire using the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a hybrid dip cord consisting of rayon yarn and lyocell yarn to apply to the carcass ply or cap ply (belt reinforced layer) of pneumatic radial tire used in a car and a radial tire using the same. And also, accordin... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7165586 | Pneumatic tire with blended composite fiber cords Disclosed is a tire having at least one reinforcing ply in the carcass, belt, or bead region of the tire. The reinforcing ply is comprised of a blended fiber cord. The cords, in combination with a preferred cure temperature adhesive, achieve a high degree of thermal... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152644 | Rubber reinforcing steel cord, manufacturing method of rubber reinforcing steel cord and pneumatic tire A method of manufacturing a rubber reinforcing steel cord is provided, wherein the steel cord has a steel wire plated with metal containing copper and having on its surface an oil layer containing a cobalt compound, and includes an application step in which the oil ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7066229 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a cord-reinforced layer such as carcass, belt, bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords, each metallic cord is made up of six to twelve metallic filaments whose diameter is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45 mm, the metallic fil... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6971427 | Pneumatic tire having multiple modulus body cord to reduce rolling resistance A pneumatic tire includes a body having a plurality of main body cords. The tire includes an upper section above the maximum section width and a lower section below the maximum section width. The modulus of the body cords is configured to be larger in the lower sect... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6959745 | Steel cord, method of making the same and pneumatic tire including the same A steel cord is composed of three to six steel filaments each having a filament diameter of from 0.25 to 0.45 mm, the three to six steel filaments including shaped filaments and twisted together, wherein the shaped filaments are, before twisted together, coiled to b... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6949149 | High strength, high carbon steel wire To achieve a drawn wire with a tensile strength defined by the equation of Y=Yo exp(A2εd) wherein Y is the tensile strength in MPa (N/mm2), Yo is the strength of as patented wire, A2 is a coefficient... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6899629 | Elastic coupler In order to make it possible to improve a durability of a cord wound around a connection element and to downsize a cord wound portion, in an elastic coupling structured such that connection elements connected to a drive side yoke and connection elements connected to... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6863103 | Steel cord for the reinforcement of a rubber article and tire A steel cord having a strand construction formed by twisting a plurality of sheath strands each formed by twisting plural filaments around a core strand formed by twisting plural filaments is provided. At least one of the core strand and the sheath strands has a con... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6857458 | Tires with high strength reinforcement A strip of tire ply stock is reinforced with steel cords wherein the steel cords are constructed of high strength wire filament having at least a tensile strength of −2000×D+4400 MPa where D is the filament diameter in mm. Tires are constructed with the ply stock... | 02/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6817395 | Crown reinforcement for heavy duty tires A pneumatic radial ply tire 20 has a tread 24, a carcass 21, and a belt reinforcing structure 40. The carcass 21 has a steel cord reinforced radial ply extending from one annular bead to a second annular bead. The belt reinforcing ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6811877 | Reinforcing structure A reinforcing structure designed for handling compression stress states when the structure is molded into a composite. The structure, specifically a wrapped cord with metallic filaments contained therein, is suitable for both compression and tension load forces. The... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6805178 | Metallic cord and carcass ply of pneumatic tire including same A metallic cord is composed of metallic filaments gathered together, the metallic filaments include at least one patterned filament which is, before gathered together, two-dimensionally waved so as to have a wave form defined by plural kinds of cycles different from... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6799618 | Pneumatic tire having an overlay reinforcement A pneumatic tire (10) comprises a radial ply (12) carcass, a tread portion disposed radially outwardly of the crown area (14) of the carcass and a crown reinforcing structure interposed between the tread portion (19) and the carcass. The ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6755226 | Composite cord and pneumatic tire using the composite cord A composite cord is provided which is simple in manufacture, highly productive, less costly, and improved in rubber penetration. The composite cord has a 1×n construction (n is an integer from 3 to 12) with 2 to 11 metallic filaments and 1 to 5 polymer fibers havin... | 06/29/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6745806 | Radial tire for heavy load with specified metal carcass cord The invention improves rubber permeability while making a cord diameter compact. A metal cord is constituted by a layered structure having a core comprising totally 6 to 12 filaments sectioned into 1 to 4 filament bundles, and a sheath comprising 8 to 15 filaments a... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6705370 | Load range C and D tires including metallic cord belt layer of specified inch strength Load Range C or D radial light truck tires have plies reinforced with metallic cords. At least one of the plies has an inch strength of at least 11,500 N/mm2 per in. and is reinforced with 0.32 mm-0.40 mm filament diameter ultra tensile steel cords at 17-... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6695025 | Runflat tire construction with ply cords having a variable modulus of elasticity The tire (70) of the invention incorporates a carcass ply cord material (93) with variable modulus of elasticity to provide an active sidewall structure (82a, 82b). The variable modulus cord material is incorporated in the axially outwardmost ply (90) of ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6695026 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a tread reinforcing belt made of metallic cords, each of the metallic cords is made up of six to twelve metallic filaments whose diameter is not less than 0.15 mm but less than 0.25 mm, the six to twelve metallic filaments are g... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6691758 | Tires with high strength reinforcement A strip of tire ply stock is reinforced with steel cords wherein the steel cords are constructed of high strength wire filament having at least a tensile strength of -2000×D+4400 MPa where D is the filament diameter in mm. Tires are constructed with the ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6667110 | Hybrid steel cord for tires A hybrid steel cord and method of making such cord which includes, in contact with one or more carbon steel wire(s), at least one stainless steel wire whose microstructure contains less than 20% of martensite (% by volume). Articles made of plastic and/or... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6637487 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises the following belt (A) or belt (B). The belt (A) comprises a ply made of waved monofilament steel cords and a ply made of multi-filament steel cords, wherein the waved monofilament steel cord is (1) spirally waved so that the wa... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634399 | Tire with PEN reinforcement High modulus reinforcement is used to make a radial ply pneumatic tire having only one carcass ply, i.e. a monoply tire. Poly-ethylene naphthalate (PEN) reinforcement is prepared in a manner that provides sufficient strength whereby the monoply tire can b... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6612354 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a cord-reinforced layer such as carcass, belt, bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords, each metallic cord is made up of six to twelve metallic filaments whose diameter is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45 mm, the m... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6554035 | Heavy duty pneumatic tire with high elongation steel belt cord A heavy duty pneumatic tire has a belt disposed radially outside a carcass and radially inside a tread portion, the belt having at least one ply of at least one high-elongation steel cord, the high elongation steel cord is formed by twisting at least thre... | 04/29/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6475636 | Steel cord for protection plies of pneumatic tires A steel cord particularly adapted for reinforcement of a protection ply in a tire has under compression in rubber a deformation Wk at instability of at least 3% and is stress-relieved so that its total elongation at rupture in rubber exceeds 3.... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6460588 | Pen reinforcement for rubber composites A method for constructing an elastomeric composite ply comprises using parallel S and Z twisted cords to reinforce an elastomeric matrix. The S and Z cords are made inexpensively by using a yarn twist that is less than the cord twist. Composite plies made... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6438932 | Steel cord with waved elements A steel structure adapted for the reinforcement of elastomeric members has steel elements containing a plurality of steel filaments at least one of which filaments is provided with first and second crimps. The first crimp lies in a plane that is substanti... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6425428 | Steel cord having flat side surface portion, method of manufacturing same, and pneumatic tire reinforced with same Steel cord is manufactured by: forming a plurality of bends, per filament length equivalent to one twist pitch, on each of filaments which constitute an outer layer sheath, with the filament length equivalent to one twist pitch being a cycle; twisting the... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6415593 | Metallic cord and pneumatic tire A steel cord is formed by compactly twisting steel filaments together, the steel filaments including a plurality of zigzag filaments and optionally a nonzigzag filament, the zigzag filament being zigzaged two-dimensionally and made up of straight segments... | 07/09/2002 |
| 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 |
