Resilient tires and wheels inventions 07/07

20070169865 - Pneumatic-tire-use electronic-device fixing system, and electronic-device housing apparatus: A pneumatic-tire-use electronic-device fixing system according to the present invention includes: an electronic-device housing apparatus 30, which houses the electronic device, and which includes an engaging convex portion 32 that is convex; and an electronic-device housing apparatus support 12, which is provided on an inner surface of the pneumatic tire,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070169866 - Tire chain tightening apparatus: The present invention relates to an apparatus used for tightening tire chains. One embodiment of the present invention includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top and bottom portions have a plurality of first and second apertures, respectively. A plurality of arms are secured onto the bottom portion... Agent: John F. Klos, Esq. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070169867 - Tire reinforced by hybrid cables: Presented is a tire that includes a crown, which is extended by two sidewalls and two beads and which includes a carcass ply anchored in the beads. The crown includes at least one reinforcing crown ply that includes parallel cables, which are oriented relative to the circumferential direction by an... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070169868 - Hub unit: A hub unit includes a seal member for sealing off a space between an outer ring member and a hub wheel at an end portion lying on a vehicle-inner side in an axial direction of a rolling element arranging space defined between the outer ring member and the hub wheel,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070169869 - Runflat tire: A pneumatic tire comprises a sidewall reinforcing rubber disposed axially inside the carcass in each of the sidewall portion, and in order improving the ride comfort during normal running without deteriorating runflat performance, the axially inner surface of the sidewall reinforcing rubber is provided with a circumferentially extending groove. when... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070169870 - Heavy load radial tire: A belt layer 7 of a heavy load radial tire includes second and third belt plies 7B and 7C in which belt cords are arranged at an angle in a range of 10 to 45° with respect to a circumferential direction of the tire, and a fourth belt ply 7D... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070169871 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire is provided which enables durability thereof to be improved by preventing oxidation degradation of belt layers. In the pneumatic tire, a carcass layer is laid between a pair of bead portions so that the carcass layer links the bead portions, an air penetration preventing layer is disposed... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070163690 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire is provided with an electrically conductive path extending continuously from a position in the rim contacting surface to a position in the ground contacting surface through a sidewall portion, wherein a sidewall rubber is a high-performance rubber compound and almost-insulative, having a volume resistivity of not less... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070163691 - Tire tread wear indicator and molding device for forming a tread wear indicator: A tire has at least one tread wear indicator. Each wear indicator is a single mark that provides continuous information to the consumer, while changing its presentation based upon the amount of tread wear. The mold blade employed to form the ear indicator has a series of stacked portions, each... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070163692 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire is provided, which readily achieves rain groove wandering resistance without sacrificing wet performance and other performances. Plural steep-angle grooves 16 are provided at opposite sides of the tire equatorial plane CL. Each steep-angle groove 16 is inclined at an angle of not more than 45 degrees relative... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070163693 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire 10a including in a tread at least two circumferential major grooves 20a, 21a, 22a, and 23a extending in a tire circumferential direction and a rib-shaped land section formed, the pneumatic tire including: lug grooves 30a, 31a, 32a, and 33a extending in a tire width direction, each of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070163694 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of grooves formed on a tread portion and a plurality of blocks divided by the grooves. A ratio of a block facing length c to a width b of the groove c/b is in a range of 0.50≦c/b≦1.30, where the block facing length c... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070163695 - Wheel for vehicles: A vehicle wheel (4) comprises a hub (8), a rim (32), and at least one connecting spoke (52) between the hub (8) and the rim (32). The at least one spoke (52) comprises, in the region of a rim-attachment portion (60), a first duct (68) which is arranged substantially radially... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070163696 - Pneumatic tire: In a pneumatic tire composed of a carcass layer crossing between a pair of left and right bead cores, the bead cores comprise a fastening bead core for fastening an end of the carcass layer to be turned up around the fastening bead core, and a non-fastening bead core free... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070158007 - Rubber compound for reinforcing a side portion of tire and run-flat tire: There is provided a rubber compound for reinforcing a side portion of a tire and a run flat tire that can maintain satisfactory tensile elongation at break and also provide better run-flat performance. The rubber compound for reinforcing a side portion of a tire contains at least one of natural... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070158008 - Pneumatic radial tire for motorcycle: A pneumatic radial tire for a motorcycle capable of increasing steering stability in cornering at high speeds while holding various performances such as high-speed durability and straight running stability. The radial tire including a tread portion 2, side wall portions 3, bead portions 4 is provided with a carcass layer... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070158009 - Pneumatic tyre for two-wheeled vehicles: A pneumatic tyre for a two-wheeled vehicle includes at least one carcass ply. Each cord of the at least one carcass ply identifies a radial plane of the tyre passing through an intersection point of the cord with an equatorial plane of the tyre, and lies in a lying plane... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070158010 - Plies sleeve for use in forming an elastomeric tire: A plies sleeve for use in forming a core of plies and beads on a core build mandrel where the plies sleeve is woven as a tubular sleeve having a uniform circumference that will stretch laterally, increasing the sleeve circumference to fit over a top surface or crown of the... Agent: M. Reid Russell

20070151642 - Pneumatic tire and method for making uncured rubber tire component: A pneumatic tire is manufactured by vulcanizing the uncured tire formed by assembling uncured rubber tire components, at least one of which is made by winding a plurality of tapes around an axis while traversing the tapes along the axis, wherein the number of stroke of the traversing of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070151643 - Heavy-duty tire: A heavy-duty tire having a tread portion improved in the shoulder wear is disclosed. Under the maximum load condition[W100], the tread portion has a ground contacting face G[W100] having circumferential lengths L97[W100] and L70[W100] at specific axial positions. Under the 70% load condition[W70], the tread portion has a ground contacting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070151644 - Tire with tread pattern: A tire has a tread pattern with superior performance characteristics. The tread pattern includes a generally oval shaped lug pattern having sidewalls that are of a variable angle. The sidewalls are also formed at an angle with respect to a vertical axis. The transitions between the sidewalls, as well as... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070151645 - Tire with tread pattern: Tire having a tread pattern with superior performance characteristics. The tread pattern includes ribs and circumferential grooves which are at least one of tapered and/or generally V-shaped. The walls of each circumferential groove have a wavy and/or sinusoidal contour extending in a generally circumferential direction.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070151646 - Heavy-duty tire: A heavy-duty tire comprises a tread portion provided with at least three circumferentially continuously extending ribs divided by at least two circumferential grooves extending straight in the tire circumferential direction, wherein the ribs have side edges adjacent to the circumferential grooves; each of the side edges is provided with edge... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070151647 - System for connecting a portion of chain to the inner ring of an anti-skid device wiht limited bulk: h

20070151648 - Tire pressure maintenance device: A device for maintaining a desired inflation pressure within a tire mounted on a wheel of a vehicle which includes a microcompressor having a flexible compression chamber and a magnetic element not on the wheel. As the compressor passes the magnet each wheel revolution, a small amount of atmospheric air... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070151649 - Heavy duty tire: A heavy duty tire with decreased rolling resistance without impairing durability, comprising carcass 6, belt layer 7 disposed radially outward of the carcass in tread portion 2, and sidewall rubber 3g disposed axially outward of the carcass in sidewall portion 3 and extending in the radial direction of the tire,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch