patentstorm.us 258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif PatentStorm -> Applications -> Resilient tires and wheels http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-152.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 152 Resilient tires and wheels. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:03:07 patents@patentstorm.us en <![CDATA[NON-PNEUMATIC SURVIVABLE TIRE MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR CONVENTIONAL WHEELS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120038207/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120038207
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Rogers, Eldon C.; Williams, Timothy L.
    • A non-pneumatic tire and wheel assembly incorporates a tire tread and a conventional vehicle wheel with an elastomer tire body element and integral wall elements extending radially inward from the tire body element for sealing engagement with the wheel. The tire body element includes multiple concentric layers with alternating spokes. A bonded multilayer cover may be employed which is received within a recess in an outer surface of the tire body element from the tire tread. An attachment plate ...
    ]]>     20120038207     <![CDATA[NON-PNEUMATIC SURVIVABLE TIRE, COVER AND FABRICATION PROCESSES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120038206/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120038206
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Storvick, Darrell M.; Chadwick, D'Arcy R.; Perron, Daniel J.; Rogers, Eldon C.; Williams, Timothy L.; Yee, Dennis
    • A non-pneumatic tire and wheel assembly incorporates a tire tread and a conventional vehicle wheel with an elastomer tire body element molded for engagement intermediate the tread and wheel. The tire body element includes multiple concentric layers with alternating spokes. A bonded multilayer cover may be employed which is received within a recess in an outer surface of the tire body element from the tire tread. A mounting plate is engaged to the cover and attached to the ...
    ]]>     20120038206     <![CDATA[AIRCRAFT TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120037290/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120037290
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Itami, Daisuke
    • The present invention provides an aircraft tire having a carcass structure capable of sufficiently satisfying recent demands for high pressure resistance without increase in tire weight. An aircraft tire 9 includes a pair of bead portions 2 and a carcass 4 made by stacking two or more carcass layers 3 composed of cords coated with rubber, which toroidally extend between the bead portions 2. Further, with respect to carcass layers 3 of the carcass 4 which are adjacent to each other, elongation ...
    ]]>     20120037290     <![CDATA[PNEUMATIC TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120037289/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120037289
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Ochi, Naoya
    • In addition to dramatic improvement of on-ice performance, to balance with other performances, by optimizing a tread pattern.

    A pneumatic tire comprising, in a tread portion 1, at least two block groups GB, each block group being composed of a plurality of independent blocks 4 defined by grooves, wherein the block groups GB have at least two different values of block number densities D, each of the block number densities D being represented by the ...
    ]]> 20120037289 <![CDATA[Pneumatic tire]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120037288/description.html

  • Application Number:  20120037288
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Sakamai, Yuji
    • An object is to provide a pneumatic tire which can achieve both irregular wear performance and wet and on-snow performances.

    A sipe 20, which extends in a zigzag shape in a tire axial direction and in a depthwise direction and which has a constant depth, is formed in a block 18. The sipe 20 is characterized in that a rigidity index F shown as follows differs in a sipe longitudinal direction. Rigidity index ...
    ]]> 20120037288 <![CDATA[HEAVY DUTY PNEUMATIC TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120037287/description.html

  • Application Number:  20120037287
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  KISHIDA, Masahiro; ATAKE, Ikuo
    • A heavy duty pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided with a circumferentially continuously extending longitudinal groove disposed on each side of the tire equator, and oblique grooves extending axially inwardly from the longitudinal groove at an inclination angle of 20 to 40 degrees with respect to the tire axial direction. The longitudinal groove is provided with a sound insulation wall disposed therein so as to rise from the groove bottom. The sound insulation wall extends ...
    ]]>     20120037287     <![CDATA[VISUAL WHEEL END ASSEMBLY HIGH-TEMPERATURE WARNING SYSTEM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032793/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032793
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Hennig, Mark Kevin; Sonzala, Frank Joseph; McIver, Michael James
    • A visual high-temperature warning system for a vehicle wheel-end assembly, the system comprising a thermochromic temperature indicator affixed to the wheel end assembly in heat exchange relationship ...
    ]]>     20120032793     <![CDATA[PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RESIN-EXTENDED ISOPRENE RUBBER, RUBBER COMPOSITION OBTAINED BY THE PROCESS AND PNEUMATIC TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120031537/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120031537
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Izuchi, Masaaki
    • The present invention relates to a process for producing a resin-extended isoprene rubber comprising (A) a rubber component containing a natural rubber and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber and (B) a thermoplastic resin, wherein a resin slurry liquid prepared by dispersing the component (B) described above in water is mixed with a latex of the rubber component (A) described above, and then the mixture is coagulated and subjected to drying treatment, a rubber composition containing the ...
    ]]>     20120031537     <![CDATA[AIRLESS VEHICLE TYRE, IN PARTICULAR FOR ROAD VEHICLES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120031536/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120031536
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Re Fiorentin, Stefano; Monfrino, Giovanni
    • An airless vehicle tyre, in particular for road vehicles, has a tread, which rolls on a road surface, and a reinforcing strip made of elastomeric material and for reinforcing the tread; the reinforcing strip being located inwards of the tread, being connected integrally to the tread, and having a number of adjacent blocks movable with respect to one another, and a circumferential forcing device for exerting force and a circumferential preload on the ...
    ]]>     20120031536     <![CDATA[IMPROVED HYDROPLANING PERFORMANCE FOR A TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120031535/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120031535
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Thompson, Ronald Hobart
    • This invention relates generally to an improved design that provides better hydroplaning performance for a tire, and, more specifically, to a tire that has a variable pressure shear band located below its tread that provides increased structural stiffness to the tire, helping the tire to resist deformation when the tire encounters water, thereby decreasing the tendency of the tire to hydroplane. Advantageously, the variable pressure shear band can improve the hydroplaning performance and ...
    ]]>     20120031535     <![CDATA[POLYMER SHEET FOR INNER LINER, POLYMER LAMINATE FOR INNER LINER, AND PNEUMATIC TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120024447/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120024447
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  SUGIMOTO, Mutsuki
    • A pneumatic tire is provided which includes a polymer sheet for an inner liner composed of a polymer composition including: a polymer component containing more than or equal to 5% by mass and less than or equal to 40% by mass of a styrene-isobutylene-styrene triblock copolymer and more than or equal to 60% by mass and less than or equal to 95% by mass of a rubber component of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, isoprene rubber, and butyl rubber; and more than ...
    ]]>     20120024447     <![CDATA[PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR A MOTORCYCLE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120024446/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120024446
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  Nakagawa, Hidemitsu
    • The present invention provides a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle which secures a sufficiently large lateral force in the intermediate region contacting the ground particularly when a middle camber angle is applied to the tire and increases a driving force and a braking force. The tire comprises a tread portion 1, side wall portions 2 and bead portions 3. This tread portion 1 comprises five regions of a central region A, shoulder regions C and intermediate regions B. ...
    ]]>     20120024446     <![CDATA[CONSTANT PRESSURE PNEUMATIC BALANCING TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120024445/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120024445
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Cervantez, Jesse W.; Wilson, Matt J.; Padula, Santo; Morris, Jeffrey S.
    • A constant pressure vehicle tire inflation system includes an air supply source. A first wheel valve is in fluid communication with a first tire of the vehicle, and a second wheel valve is in fluid communication with a second tire of the vehicle. A pneumatic conduit extends between and is in fluid communication with the air supply source and the wheel valves. At least a portion of the pneumatic conduit remains charged with air from at least one of the supply source and the tires. The system ...
    ]]>     20120024445     <![CDATA[PNEUMATIC VEHICLE TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120024444/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120024444
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  ACKERMANN, LUTZ; FRIES, VOLKMAR; MILCHERS, WOLFGANG
    • A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular for heavy commercial trucks, having a tread with a number of circumferential grooves which run in the circumferential direction and which separate profile positives, such as block rows or profile ribs, from one another. The circumferential grooves are each bounded by a groove base and two groove edges. In order to effectively prevent the occurrence of tears at the groove base of the circumferential grooves, in particular at the groove base of the ...
    ]]>     20120024444     <![CDATA[MOTORCYCLE TIRE FOR OFF-ROAD TRAVELING]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120024443/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120024443
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  ISHIDA, Shingo
    • An off-road motorcycle tire 1 having an improved cracking resistance, comprising a tread portion 2 having a plurality of blocks B, wherein at least one of the blocks B has a shallow groove 17 having a depth D1 of 10 to 50% of a height H1 of the blocks B to provide a shallowly-grooved block 16 in which the block is divided into at least two block segments 16s by the shallow groove 17, the shallow groove 17 has both ends opened ...
    ]]>     20120024443     <![CDATA[Tire Tread]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120024442/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120024442
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Narita, Nobutaka; Tran, Florence
    • Tread band for a tire having a tread surface and comprising a plurality of recesses of total depth H* opening onto the tread surface, each recess comprising at least two cavities of a first type of cavities, each of these cavities of a first type being delimited by a main wall and having a depth Hi, the main wall of each cavity of the first type is such that its intersection with a virtual surface parallel to the running surface in the new condition and passing through the points of the said ...
    ]]>     20120024442     <![CDATA[PNEUMATIC TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120024441/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120024441
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  List, Matthew Jeremy; Ryba, Jennifer Lyn; Graves, Rachel Tamar; Hill, Nicholas John
    • The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a rubber tread of a cap/base construction comprised of an outer rubber tread cap layer containing an outer running surface and an underlying rubber tread base layer, wherein said tread cap layer is comprised of a plurality of circumferential, longitudinal rubber tread cap zones of graduated physical properties, wherein said tread cap zones individually extend from said tread cap running surface radially inward to said tread base ...
    ]]>     20120024441     <![CDATA[MOTORCYCLE TIRE FOR RUNNING ON ROUGH TERRAIN]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120024440/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120024440
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  ISHIDA, Shingo
    • A motorcycle tire for running on rough terrain comprises a tread portion provided with a plurality of blocks including a cut block. The cut block is provided with a U-shaped cut so as to define a sub part of the cut block surrounded by the cut and a main part of the cut block outside the cut. The top surface of the sub part and the top surface of the main part are displaced from each other in a normal direction to the tread surface, and an exposed outside wall surface of the sub part and an ...
    ]]>     20120024440     <![CDATA[PNEUMATIC TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120024439/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120024439
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Kuwajima, Masatoshi; Tanno, Atsushi
    • A pneumatic tire including a separatable pair of mechanical fasteners wherein a first fastener of the pair of mechanical fasteners is provided on a tire inner surface. In this pneumatic tire, the obtained engagement force of the pair of mechanical fasteners is great and is essentially free of variations (positional variation within the tire and variation from tire to tire); the engagement force deteriorates/declines minimally over time due to extreme usage conditions including repetitive ...
    ]]>     20120024439     <![CDATA[ONBOARD VEHICLE COMPRESSION STORAGE SYSTEM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120023991/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120023991
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Czechowski, Edward S.; Wargula, Brad J.; Williamson, Miles A.; Geil, Matthew J.; Stafford, III, Kenneth G.; Zaepfel, Jason C.; Ward, Sara A.
    • A system, including a motion-driven air compressor, configured to compress air in response to motion of a vehicle, and an air storage enclosure configured to store a compressed air from the motion-driven air compressor, wherein the system is configured to deliver the compressed air to a vehicle subsystem to decrease a cost of operating the ...
    ]]>     20120023991     <![CDATA[PNEUMATIC TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120018071/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120018071
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventors:  Takahashi, Fumio; Nakayama, Souto
    • Provided is a pneumatic tire having a high partial wear resistance and a low rolling resistance. In a cross section in a tire width direction when the tire is mounted on a prescribed rim (7), a belt has a flat shape in the tire width direction, the height (SWh) of the position where the tire width is the maximum is more than half the cross-sectional height (SH) of the tire, and a path length (CSR1) of the carcass from an intersection (I1) between a line segment ...
    ]]>     20120018071     <![CDATA[AUTOMATIC TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120018070/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120018070
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventors:  Schulte, Jeff Anthony; Schulte, Curt Anthony; Schulte, Anthony Joseph; Slauson, Jill Schulte
    • This is an invention for a system and method of automatically inflating the wheels of a vehicle during driving operation. When air pressure in a wheel of the vehicle decreases below a pre-determined limit, a solenoid device is activated to extend a kick-rod. As the wheel rotates, a pump mounted on the wheel strikes the kick-rod of the solenoid device, thereby causing air to be injected into the wheel. The automatic tire inflation system works by employing the mechanical energy of the rotating ...
    ]]>     20120018070     <![CDATA[PNEUMATIC TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120018069/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120018069
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventor:  Nagayasu, Masaaki
    • A plurality of blocks is provided in a tread portion and a plurality of sipes is provided in a tread surface of the blocks. In the sipes, protrusions are formed on a first sipe wall surface of mutually opposing sipe wall surfaces and recesses that engage with the protrusions are formed on a second sipe wall surface. Collapsing of the portions of the blocks sandwiched by the sipes is suppressed due to the engaging of the protrusions and the recesses. A height of the protrusions provided on the ...
    ]]>     20120018069     <![CDATA[PNEUMATIC TIRE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120018068/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120018068
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventors:  Fujita, Shungo; Kiwaki, Yukihiro; Yamaya, Kenjiro; Kojima, Takaaki
    • A pneumatic tire which comprises a land portion (10) and a land portion (20). A main groove (50) extending along the tire circumferential direction is formed between the land portion (10) and the land portion (20). The land portion (10) comprises a groove wall (10a) that forms the main groove (50). The land portion (20) comprises a groove wall (20a) that forms the main groove (50). The groove wall ...
    ]]>     20120018068     <![CDATA[MOTORCYCLE TIRE FOR RUNNING ON ROUGH TERRAIN]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120018067/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120018067
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventor:  HIKITA, Masahiro
    • A motorcycle tire for running on rough terrain comprises a tread portion having a developed tread width and provided with a plurality of tread blocks. The tread blocks include a plurality of crown blocks defined as having a ground contacting top surface whose centroid is located within a crown region defined as having a developed width of ⅓ of the developed tread width and centered on the tire equator. The crown blocks include a plurality of central crown blocks whose axial distance from the ...
    ]]>     20120018067     <![CDATA[NATURAL OIL POLYOLS IN ELASTOMERS FOR TIRES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120018066/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120018066
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventors:  Xie, Rui; Shah, Syed A.; Verghese, Kandathil E.
    • Prepolymers having active NCO groups are disclosed. The prepolymers are the reaction product of at least one polyisocyanate and a polyhydric component which comprises at least one dimer fatty derivative diol or diamine that is a natural oil based polyol or polyamine which includes the derivative of at least one dimer fatty acid. Polyurethane and polyurea elastomer obtained from the prepolymers are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing polyurethane or polyurea treaded ...
    ]]>     20120018066     <![CDATA[TEXTILE WEB MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120018065/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120018065
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventor:  Ruschulte, Jörge
    • A woven textile web material having an upper fabric layer (O) and a lower fabric layer (U), comprising warp threads (K) and first and second weft threads, and including carrier filaments (FF) and enwinding filaments (UF) encompassing the same as second weft threads. The carrier filaments (FF) are integrated in the textile web material such that they appear at the surface of the upper fabric layer (O) in first width areas (I) substantially parallel to the warp thread direction, and do not appear ...
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