Resilient tires and wheels inventions 03/06

20060065340 - Reflecting bicycle tires: Bicycle wheels have integral reflective areas to increase visibility of the bicycle. These areas show through portions of the wheel tread, so that the tread protects the reflector material from wear. The reflecting areas are scattered over the wheel and situated at a variety of angles with respect to the...

20060065341 - Pneumatic tire with metal cord and method of manufacturing metal cord: A pneumatic tire includes metal cords each made of metal filaments twisted together, the metal cords having an initial elongation in a range of from 0.05 to 0.20% and a standard deviation of the initial elongation in a range of not more than 0.02. A method of manufacturing the metal...

20060054259 - Pneumatic tire and manufacturing method of the same: A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass reaching a bead core of a bead portion from a tread portion via a side wall portion; a side wall rubber arranged in an outer side of said carcass and forming an outer side surface of said side wall portion; and a clinch rubber...

20060054260 - Tire with a reinforced sidewall and fabrication process: A tire designed to be mounted on a mounting rim J of maximum diameter Dc the type comprising beads designed to cooperate with seats of the mounting rim, the beads comprising at least one annular bead reinforcement structure; a crown comprising a reinforcement structure, this crown being surmounted radially on...

20060054261 - Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the same: A pneumatic tire capable of eliminating the need of repairing puncture on the outside of a car and effectively preventing air leakage without accompanying an increase in weight and deterioration of riding comfortableness which occur in a conventional punctureless tire and a method of manufacturing the pneumatic tire, the pneumatic...

20060048873 - Tire and tire building method: The present invention can, in building a member by winding a rubber strip material, decrease undesired overlapping portions, thus providing a tire which exhibits good weight balance and uniformity, and hence it is possible to acquire a tire which can favorably maintain uniformity. As means to obtain the object, the...

20060048875 - Tyre for medium/heavy transport vehicles: A method for reducing tyre microsliding includes defining a rotation point and rotating a cross section profile about it. A cross section of a radially-external reference profile of a tread band includes a first rectilinear segment near at least one circumferential rib of a first shoulder portion. The first rectilinear...

20060048876 - Pneumatic tire: A tread surface, the tire rotational direction of which is specified in one direction, has a center region. Blocks having obtuse-angled corner portions and acute-angled corner portions are defined in the center region by at least one first circumferential groove extending in a circumferential direction of the tire on one...

20060048874 - Heavy-duty pneumatic tire: An object of the present invention is to provide a heavy-duty pneumatic tire and a method for manufacturing the same capable of effectively preventing occurrence of wrinkles and cracks on groove bottoms of main grooves. The heavy-duty pneumatic tire 1 includes a carcass 6 made of steel cords and a...

20060048877 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire of which self-seal function can be improved while the increase in weight of the tire is minimized. The pneumatic tire having an adhesive sealant layer in the region corresponding to at least a tread portion on the inner side of the tire, the adhesive sealant layer being...

20060048878 - Tire manufacturing method cover rubber stamping device used for the manufacturing method, tire rubber sheet member stamping method , and rubber sheet member stamping device: A method of manufacturing a tire having first color characters or lines on at least one side wall part, includes the steps of stamping a second color side wall rubber and a first color side wall rubber on the side face of a carcass member formed in a toroidal shape...

20060048879 - Pneumatic tire and method of installing the same: A tire 1 has a pair of bead portions 2; a pair of sidewall portions 3 extending outward from the bead portion 2 in the tire's radial direction; a tread portion 4 extending between the both sidewall portions 3; and a carcass 6 having two plies 5a, 5b extending toroidally...

20060042733 - Pneumatic tire, producing method of pneumatic tire, and forming apparatus of rubber strip winding body: A pneumatic tire comprises a conductive tread conductive part which is disposed on an inner side of a tread portion, and a tread rubber portion comprising a rubber strip winding body in which a rubber strip is spirally wound and superposed in a circumferential direction. A radially outer surface of...

20060042734 - Wear component and warning system: A wear component includes an acceptable wear portion, a marginal wear portion, and a sensor disposed below the acceptable wear portion and configured to generate a condition signal in response to an energizing signal....

20060042735 - Two piece tire with improved tire tread belt: A two-piece tire assembly with a removable tread belt for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass is provided. The two-piece tire assembly includes a tread belt comprised of two or more belt layers, each layer having one or more belts, wherein at least one of the belts in...

20060042736 - Small tire used in electromotive scooters and small size motor vehicles: A small tire used in electromotive scooters and small size motor vehicles comprises a tire having an annular groove; an annular bottom of the annular groove being installed with a protecting layer with a predetermined thickness for protection the tire from being pierced; the tire being formed with a pair...

20060042737 - Method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire and a pneumatic tire obtained thereby: It is a subject to provide a method for manufacturing a tire rubber member and a pneumatic tire using the same capable of improving productivity and of accurately finishing sectional shapes. The method includes: a step of fixedly attaching winding start points 8As, 8Bs of a first rubber strip 8A...

20060042738 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire including a longitudinal main groove formed concavely on a tread surface thereof in a radial direction thereof by extending the longitudinal main groove linearly in a circumferential direction thereof; and narrow grooves formed concavely on at least an outer side surface of both side surfaces of the...

20060042739 - Tire frame structure used in electromotive scooters and small size motor vehicles: A tire frame structure used in electromotive scooters and small size motor vehicles comprises a tire frame being an integrally molding structure; a periphery round portion being formed around the periphery of the tire frame; an annular trench being formed in the periphery round portion; the annular trench having two...

20060042740 - Pneumatic tire and manufacturing method of the same: A pneumatic tire comprises: a carcass having a carcass main body portion reaching a bead core of a bead portion from a tread portion via a side wall portion; a belt layer arranged in an inner side of the tread portion and an outer side of the carcass; and an...