Resilient tires and wheels inventions 12/06

20060289098 - Tire containing cellular rubber within its tire cavity: The present invention relates to the preparation of a tire (e.g. open torroidal shaped tire) which contains a closed cell cellular rubber within its tire cavity. In one aspect, the cellular rubber is a closed cell cellular rubber composition prepared with an organic peroxide curative with closed cell forming blowing... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20060289099 - Run flat tire insert system: A tire insert system for assembly into a continuous ring during its positioning within a tire, and is supported on a wheel web between the wheel flanges where the continuous tire insert ring is mounted to the wheel to support a tire load for a significant travel distance should that... Agent: M. Reid Russell

20060289100 - Tire and wheel noise reducing device and system: A system for dissipating sound shock waves within a vehicle tire includes a wheel upon which a tire is mounted to create an internal air chamber defined by the wheel and the tire. A flow-resistant barrier is coupled to the wheel or the tire and defines an air cavity within... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20060289101 - Vehicle tire: The invention relates in particular to a tire for a two-wheeled motorized vehicle and more particularly a motorcycle. Such a tire comprises a continuous carcass-type reinforcement structure, formed of reinforcement elements and anchored on each side of the tire to a bead whose base is intended to be fitted on... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060289102 - Vehicle tire: The invention relates to a tire for a two-wheeled motorized vehicle and more particularly a motorcycle. Such a tire comprises a carcass-type reinforcement structure, formed of reinforcement elements and anchored on each side of the tire to a bead whose base is intended to be fitted on a rim seat,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060289103 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire to be mounted on a rim, comprises a pair of bead portions each having a bead core therein, wherein in a meridian section of the tire under a non-mounted state that the tire is not mounted on the rim but the bead portions are held such that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060283533 - Rubber-fiber composite material and rubber article using the same: A rubber-fiber composite material of the present invention comprises a non-woven fabric and a rubber which coats the non-woven fabric. At least a part of the non-woven fabric is made of an organic fiber having a single fiber diameter of 10 to 35 μm, a fiber length of 30 to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060283534 - Tire pump: A tire pump includes a passive air pump which is attachable to a component of a vehicle wheel assembly. The vehicle wheel assembly has a vehicle wheel, a tire valve stem attached to the vehicle wheel, and a tire mounted on the vehicle wheel and containing a gas. The passive... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060278313 - Transponder for tyres: The invention relates to a transponder that is mounted on a tire. The transponder includes at least one transponder chip and a transponder antenna and is embedded in a substrate which is connected to an inner side of the tire with the aid of an element. The aim of the... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20060278314 - Method of operating vehicular tire-inflation control system: This object is achieved in method of operating a tire-inflation control system connected to tires of a vehicle for increasing and decreasing pressurization of the tires wherein after shutdown of the vehicle engine pressurization of the vehicle tires is increased. The tire pressure is maintained generally at a predetermined set-point... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20060278315 - Ball joint for a model vehicle: A ball joint for a model vehicle suspension is provided, comprising a support member, at least a portion of the support member forming a spherically-shaped surface, a fastener for securing the support member to a suspension member, a housing containing at least a portion of the support member and having... Agent: Carr LLP

20060278317 - Bead structure of a tire: A bead of a tire comprises a pair of beads interiorly inserted with a plurality of annular members, and the annular members are mutually parallel. Each of the annular members is made of a plurality of flexible steel cords twisted together, and the diameter of the respective flexible steel cords... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20060278316 - Foldable tire structure: A foldable tire comprises a pair of beads interiorly inserted with a plurality of annular members; each of the annular members is made of a plurality of flexible steel filaments twisted together, and the diameter of the respective flexible steel filaments ranging from 0.5 mm to 1.4 mm. The foldable... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20060278318 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire provided with a plural of non-linear ridges 11 in a side wall region, wherein ridges 11 are composed of two or more non-linear ridge groups with different shapes and at least one ridge extends from a rim line R to H 80 which is a position corresponding... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20060278319 - Pneumatic tire: The pneumatic tire 1 is provided with a land part 4 in a sidewall region S of a tire and a plurality of marks 11 protruding from a side wall surface, wherein at least one of the marks 11 partially overlaps with the land part 4 and an area of... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20060278320 - Vehicle tires with steel belt cords and with a dipole antenna arranged in the area of the tread: A vehicle tire having steel belt cords is provided with a dipole antenna arranged in the area of the tire tread for data transmission, in particular for a transponder for transmitting energy and measured quantities. The dipole antenna cooperates with a sending and receiving antenna arranged on the vehicle. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060278321 - Reinforced pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire has a pair of shoulder portions extending between a tread portion and opposed sidewall portions. The tire has at least one ply of a composite fabric. The composite fabric has three layers with the middle layer comprising a plurality of straight warp yarns wherein the three layers... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20060272757 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire which has a base tread having sufficient rigidity, hardness and crack resistance, and sufficiently satisfies the compatibility among steering stability, ride quality and lowering of rolling resistance is provided. A pneumatic tire having a base tread comprising a rubber composition containing 0.5 to 10 parts by weight... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060272758 - Package for a tire pressure sensor assembly: A tire pressure sensor assembly including a valve stem that can be preassembled and snap installed into a tire rim is disclosed. The tire pressure sensor assembly includes a valve stem and a printed circuit board configured with electronics for sensing tire pressure and transmitting radio frequency data related to... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20060272759 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire comprises a main body including a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each having a bead core therein, a carcass extending between the bead portions through the sidewall portions and the tread portion, a light spot in the tire circumferential direction... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060272760 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire which comprises a pair of right and left bead portions, a carcass layer disposed extending between the bead portions, a tread portion arranged at an outside of the carcass layer in a radial direction of the tire, a pair of side wall portions arranged at right and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060272761 - Pneumatic tire: A polygonal bead core 3 having a bottom 2 extending generally along the tire width direction is embedded in a bead portion 1. The bead portion 1 has a bead base 6 extending between a bead heel 4 and a bead toe 5. A maximum displacement point 11 is within... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC