Resilient tires and wheels inventions 01/06

20060016533 - Pneumatic tire: It is a subject to suitably decrease the rigidity of blocks, to generate suitable collapsing of the blocks, to sufficiently exhibit edge effects of sipes, and to improve braking performances and the like in the medium term of wear and thereafter; and for solving this subject, in a pneumatic tire...

20060016534 - Tire having an element or covering attached to a surface thereof: A tire is provided, on a surface thereof, an applicaiton having a top layer exposed to the air and a bottom layer in contact with the tire. The top layer can be a rigid element and/or a marking covering, or a device for measuring or monitoring the tire. The bottom...

20060016535 - Lubricating composition for a tire safety support: The present invention concerns a lubricant composition that can be used to lubricate an interface between a tire and a safety support mounted on a wheel rim inside the tire, the tire and a mounted assembly for an automotive vehicle being provided with the lubricant composition, wherein the lubricant composition...

20060016536 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire with a tread has at least two axially adjacent tread elements, the elements being separated by a groove and each element having opposing lateral sides. Connecting the axially adjacent tread elements is at least one traction biting element. The biting element has three continuous portions. The first...

20060016537 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire including sipes that have at least one ends positioned within blocks. The sipes are arranged such that each of the sipes meanders from the one end to the other end thereof to form a meandrous shape, and as the depth of the sipes increases, the meander width...

20060016538 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire is provided, where the rigidity of the blocks formed on the tread surface is increased and an increase in the level of noise when the tread surface is worn can be prevented. In a pneumatic tire where a number of blocks which are separated by a number...

20060016539 - Self-supporting pneumatic tire with a partial inner liner: A self-supporting pneumatic tire, capable of continued operation during under-inflation conditions, has at least one insert located in each tire sidewall. Forming the interior surface of the self-supporting tire is a stiffening layer of material having characteristics similar to that of the insert. In the tread region of the tire,...

20060011279 - Pneumatic tire: Since a pair of central circumferential main grooves 14 and a pair of side circumferential main grooves 16 are arranged on a tread 12, a fundamentally high level of wet performance can be obtained. Since a plurality of central land portion row lateral grooves 20 is formed at both sides...

20060011280 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire includes a tread surface on which a plurality of circumferential groove portions is formed. From among circumferential groove portions, a circumferential groove portion situated closest to a shoulder portion side in a tire width direction has a center of a groove-bottom innermost portion at a portion where...

20060011281 - Slip-proof cover for vehicle tyres: Slip-proof cover for vehicle tyres for use in adverse weather conditions, preferably snow or ice, with a configuration that allows a simple mounting. The cover is highly reliable and positionally stable, and has a good mechanical performance with respect to abrasion. The cover has a structure and composition of the...

20060011282 - Run flat tire and method of manufacturing the tire: A runflat tire according to the present invention comprises a carcass 4 toroidally extending over a pair of beads 5, a pair of sidewall portions 6 and a tread portion 7, and a reinforcing rubber layer 8 which has a crescent sectional shape and is arranged at the interior surface...

20060011283 - Tire/wheel assembly: A tire/wheel assembly having a run-flat support (3) inserted into the cavity section of a pneumatic tire (2) coaxially with a rim, wherein the outer circumferential surface of the run-flat support (3) is coated with a resin layer (8) or at least a region on the inner circumferential surface of...

20060005903 - Non-pneumatic wheel: A non-pneumatic wheel has a mounting means, a tread support, and a tread. The tread is an annular article defined by opposing lateral edges and a ground contacting surface that forms the ground contacting means for the non-pneumatic wheel system. The internal construction of the tread includes a belt package,...

20060005904 - Asymmetric truck racing tire: An improved truck racing tire includes three belts and reduced tread and undertread thickness for weight reduction. An asymmetric shoulder design is provided and circumferential grooves having wear indicia therein at a preselected depth are incorporated into the tread to divide the tread into plural ribs. Notches are formed within...

20060005905 - Pneumatic tire: A tire with a changing tread pattern is formed by first forming a tire having a tread, the tread having at least one circumferential or lateral groove. A wearable filler, having a configuration corresponding to at least a portion of the circumferential or lateral groove formed in the tire, is...

20060005906 - Runflat device for a motor vehicle, and a mounted assembly incorporating it: The present invention concerns a runflat device for a tubeless mounted assembly for a motor vehicle and an assembly incorporating said device. A device in accordance with the invention for a unit comprises a wheel rim having a plurality of pieces and a tire cover comprising beads mounted against the...

20060005907 - Pneumatic driver tire for tracked vehicle: A pneumatic drive tire for tracked vehicles is provided having an outer tread surface divided into two zones. The first tread zone has a plurality of lugs and grooves, the grooves may extend across the entire first zone creating soil discharge channels. The soil discharge channels preferably extend into the...

20060005908 - Rotary union assembly for use in air pressure inflation systems for tractor trailer tires: A rotary union assembly for use in an automatic tire inflation system for maintaining the desired pressure in the tires on a tractor trailer or other vehicle having pressurized axles. The assembly communicates the valve stems on a pair of adjacent tires with the axle interior through the use of...

20060005909 - Self-sealing tyre and process for its manufacture: A tyre for a vehicle wheel includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, a tread, a pair of sidewalls, and at least one layer of sealing composition placed in a radially inner position with respect to the tread. The carcass structure includes at least one carcass ply shaped in a...

20060000530 - Pneumatic tire: There is provided a pneumatic tire having considerably improved uniformity and balance, which comprises a radial carcass comprised of one carcass ply, a bead filler rubber arranged at an outer peripheral side of a bead core, an innerliner arranged at an inner face side of the carcass, a belt comprised...

20060000531 - Pneumatic tire for heavy load: (wherein SA, SB and SC are an amount of sulfur compounded in a rubber composition constituting the rubber layer A, rubber layer B and the carcass layer, respectively, based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component), and such a heavy duty pneumatic tire suppresses the creeping of the...

20060000532 - Pneumatic tire having an innerliner comprised of butyl rubber and dispersion of corncob granules: The present invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire having an integral innerliner of a sulfur cured rubber composition. The innerliner rubber composition is comprised of at least one elastomer selected from bromobutyl rubber and chlorobutyl rubber which also contains a dispersion therein of corncob granules....

20060000533 - Tire: Disclosed herein is a pneumatic tire comprising a pair of sidewalls and a ground engaging surface extending therebetween, at least one of the sidewalls bearing two outwardly visible, outwardly projecting, concentric, inflation indicating beads. When the tire is correctly inflated, the section of the concentric inflation indicating beads adjacent to...

20060000534 - Pneumatic tire for two-wheeled motor vehicles: A pneumatic tire for two-wheeled motor vehicles 1 comprises a belt layer 7 and a tread reinforcing layer 9 outside of a single carcass ply 6A made of organic fiber cords. The belt layer 7 is comprised of a belt ply 7A in which steel cords are spirally wound substantially...

20060000535 - Tire for motorcycle: A tire (10) has a carcass ply (15) formed along a tread portion (11), a shoulder portion (12) and a sidewall portion (13). The carcass ply (15) is reinforced by a belt ply (16) and a band ply (17). The belt ply (16) includes a fold-back portion (19). A buffer...

20060000536 - Tire having a composite belt structure: A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure wherein the belt reinforcing structure is a composite belt structure having at least one pair of radially outer zigzag layers and at least one spirally wound belt layer with cords inclined at an inclination of 5 degrees or less...

20060000537 - Tire with lip edge structure: A tire with a lip edge structure comprises a tire body having an opening; two lip edges formed on two sides of the opening; two adhering portions; each lip edge having an adhering portion; a steel beam being embedded in the adhering portion for retaining the tire body; the adhering...