Resilient tires and wheels inventions 09/06

20060207699 - Chameleon tires: A device for alerting a motorist about potential tire problems, the device comprises a first strip disposed within a vehicular tire tread, which becomes exposed when such tread on such tire is worn to a warranty level and a second strip disposed in such vehicular tire tread beneath such first...

20060207700 - Tread rubber composition for color smoke tires, tire comprising the same, and method of manufacturing the same: A tread rubber composition for tires, including a sublimation dye that is activated by heat generated by frictional contact with a road surface to generate smoke having various colors at a wavelength of about 39˜76 10-6 cm in a frequency range of about 39.5˜77×10-13 vps. In addition, a tire including the...

20060207702 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire with improved performance on snowy and icy roads which inhibits uneven tread wear. The pneumatic tire includes main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and transverse grooves connecting said main grooves formed on a tread, with blocks formed by said main grooves and said transverse grooves,...

20060207701 - Tire for two-wheeled vehicle and manufacturing method of the same: The tire for a two-wheeled vehicle comprises at a tread portion thereof shoulder rubber portions on tread end sides and a central rubber portion between the shoulder rubber portions. The central rubber portion is comprised of a once-wound body in which a wide flat rubber material has been wound once...

20060207703 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire whose lateral rigidity is efficiently increased and that enables further improvement of driving stability. The pneumatic tire has bead fillers on the outer peripheral side of bead cores. Sheet-like auxiliary fillers are arranged on both sides of a bead filler, so that not less than ⅔ in...

20060207704 - Active solid tire: An active solid tire, which is based on solid tire completely making from rubber or double-layer tube solid tire making from rubber layer and rubber or plastic foaming layer; its feature is as follows: with specific thickness as precondition, assemble a hollow pipe-shaped ring in inner center of solid tire...

20060207705 - Vehicle tire inflation system and sensor and method of use: A combined tire inflation system and a wheel speed sensor for a vehicle steer axle has a steerable spindle with a substantially hollow interior portion. A shaft, located in the hollow interior portion, connects a rotatable hub cap adjacent the spindle and a sensor at least partially within the spindle....

20060207706 - 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,...

20060207707 - System comprising a lighter rolling assembly and an esp device: System comprising (1) at least one rolling assembly formed by a rim, a tire and a tire tread support ring, designed to support the tire's load in the event of a substantial pressure loss; and (2) an electronic device for controlling the dynamic behavior of a vehicle equipped with the...

20060207708 - Tire with acrylic polymer film: The sidewall of a tire is coated with an acrylic polymer, formed by application of an aqueous solution of the acrylic polymer and a volatile counter ion, which dries to form a non-tacky, glossy and water resistant film....

20060207709 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire reducing road noise without deteriorating durability and rolling resistance. In this pneumatic tire, the bead filler includes a triangle portion abutting a bead core and having a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape, and a uniform-thickness portion extending from a top of the triangle portion in a radially outward...

20060207710 - Heavy duty tire: A heavy duty tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, the bead core with an aspect ratio (HC1/WC) of from 0.43 to 0.58, and a carcass comprising a carcass ply of cords extending between the bead...

20060207711 - Heavy duty tire: The present invention relates to a heavy duty tire being capable of preventing positional shift of carcass cords in the blowout direction while restricting rupture of the carcass cords for improving bead durability. A ply turnup portions 6b of a carcass 6 includes a sub-portion 11 that extends proximate of...

20060201597 - Run-flat support: A run-flat support adapted to be mounted on a rim inside a tire, comprising a substantially cylindrical base adapted to conform to the rim, a substantially cylindrical crown and an annular body linking the base and the crown. The body is composed of a plurality of generally radial partitions distributed...

20060201598 - Tire inflation maintenance apparatus: An apparatus that mounts on an outer surface of a rim of a vehicle wheel on which a tire can be mounted. The apparatus includes a high pressure reservoir for receiving and storing compressed air from an outside source, a first mechanical valve that permits compressed air from an outside...

20060201599 - Run-flat tire: A run-flat tire is provided at its side wall with a side reinforcing rubber layer having a substantially falcate cross section, and a side reinforcing cord layers extending inside and outside along a ply body of a carcass in a radial direction. A radially outer end of the side reinforcing...

20060201600 - Lubricants for run-flat tire systems: A lubricant for a run-flat tire system includes a solubilized oil, an oil-miscible or oil-soluble carrier fluid or other non aqueous carrier fluid, a thickener, and a surfactant. The thickening system hereof retains its rheological properties and is not subject to permanent thinning shear. When admixed with optionally, a surfactant...

20060196588 - Runflat tire system and support ring therefor: A runflat tire system comprises a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim on which the pneumatic tire is mounted, and a support ring made of an elastic material and disposed in a cavity surrounded by an inner surface of the rim and an inner surface of the tire mounted thereon, wherein...

20060196589 - Run-flat tire support, method for manufacturing the same, and run-flat tire: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a support, a support manufacturing method, and a pneumatic run-flat tire by which predetermined strength is ensured while lightening is achieved. An aluminum tube 54 is electromagnetically formed and a support (supporting portion) is manufactured. Due to this, process hardening can...

20060196590 - Reinforcement layer for a tire tread: A tire (1) with a radial carcass reinforcement (2) surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement (3) comprising at least two so-termed “working” plies (4, 5), this crown reinforcement (3) also comprising two additional meridian reinforcement plies (6, 7) of axial width Lm and Lm′, the axially innermost...

20060196591 - Heavy duty tire: A heavy duty tire comprises a bead core disposed in each bead portion, and a carcass ply of steel cords extending between the bead portions. The edges of the carcass ply are winded around the bead cores from the axially inside to outside of the tire to form a pair...

20060196588 - Runflat tire system and support ring therefor: A runflat tire system comprises a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim on which the pneumatic tire is mounted, and a support ring made of an elastic material and disposed in a cavity surrounded by an inner surface of the rim and an inner surface of the tire mounted thereon, wherein...

20060196589 - Run-flat tire support, method for manufacturing the same, and run-flat tire: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a support, a support manufacturing method, and a pneumatic run-flat tire by which predetermined strength is ensured while lightening is achieved. An aluminum tube 54 is electromagnetically formed and a support (supporting portion) is manufactured. Due to this, process hardening can...

20060196590 - Reinforcement layer for a tire tread: A tire (1) with a radial carcass reinforcement (2) surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement (3) comprising at least two so-termed “working” plies (4, 5), this crown reinforcement (3) also comprising two additional meridian reinforcement plies (6, 7) of axial width Lm and Lm′, the axially innermost...

20060196591 - Heavy duty tire: A heavy duty tire comprises a bead core disposed in each bead portion, and a carcass ply of steel cords extending between the bead portions. The edges of the carcass ply are winded around the bead cores from the axially inside to outside of the tire to form a pair...