Resilient tires and wheels inventions 08/07

20070199633 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire includes a column of center blocks (18) partitioned, on a tread center region, by circumferential thin grooves (14) formed along a tire circumferential direction and crosswise thin grooves (15) formed along a tire width direction, and columns of shoulder blocks (19) partitioned by the circumferential thin grooves... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070199634 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire includes, on a tread 10, a plurality of block rows 11 and 12 defined by circumferential main grooves 14 extended in a tire circumferential direction and by lateral grooves 16 intersecting the circumferential main grooves. Each tread-end-region block 11 has two zigzag sipes 11a, and each tread-center-region... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070199635 - Self-tightening snow chain and methods of use: Self-tightening snow chain for attachment to a vehicle wheel to provide traction. The preferred self-tightening snow chain includes a traction cable and a tensioning device including a housing having a top including a set of housing teeth, a bottom and at least one aperture; a lever interconnected to the housing;... Agent: Moore & Hansen, Pllp

20070199636 - Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat core: The present invention provides a tire/wheel assembly and a run-flat core, which enable reduction of a cavity resonance generated in a case where the run-flat core is inserted into a cavity formed between the pneumatic tire and a rim of a wheel. In the tire/wheel assembly of the present invention,... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

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20070199639 - Method of manufacturing radial tire for construction vehicle: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a radial tire for a construction vehicle, wherein when a cylindrical band is formed by using one layer of carcass layer formed of steel cords in a band making step, a shape retaining layer formed of at least one layer of organic fiber cords... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070199640 - Pneumatic bias tire: There is provided a pneumatic bias tire capable of preventing a separation failure between carcass plies in the bending deformation of a tire side portion under an action of a high load. In a heavy duty pneumatic bias tire having a ply rating of not less than 58 and an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070193668 - Traction aid device: A traction aid for providing traction to a wheel of a vehicle relative a ground surface has two sections, composed of side members and traction members, connected by a connecting means enabling pivotal unfolding and folding of sections between folded and unfolded configurations for device. In unfolded configuration, sections are... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Protections Equinox Int'l Inc.

20070193669 - High-performance tyre for vehicle wheels: Tyre for vehicle wheels having a carcass structure shaped in a substantially toroidal configuration, the opposite lateral edges of which are associated with respective right-hand and left-hand bead wires to form respective beads; a belt structure applied in a radially external position with respect to the carcass structure; a tread... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070193670 - Pneumatic tire and manufacturing method of the same: In a pneumatic tire of the present invention provided with a pair of bead cores, a troidal-shaped carcass surrounding said bead cores, a tread rubber, a carcass, a plurality of belt layers 6 reinforced by a steel cords 7, wherein in at least one of said belt layers 6, the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070187012 - Two-piece tire: P

20070187014 - Tire tread provided with incisions: Tire tread including a pattern formed by at two ridges of mean width L, which include a plurality of incisions whose traces on the contact surface extend between two points of intersection A and B, the segment AB making an angle with the transverse direction of the tread at most... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070187013 - Pneumatic tire and process for its manufacture: A pneumatic tire has a carcass structure having at least one carcass ply and at least one annual reinforcing structure associated with the carcass ply, a tread band made of an elastomeric material at a radially outer position with respect to the carcass structure, a belt structure interposed between the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070187015 - Assembly including a wheel and a tire comprising passive deflation means, pressure regulating system, wheel, tire and pressure regulating process: Assembly (10) including a wheel (12) and a tire (14), wherein the assembly comprises passive deflation means (20) for the tire (14). These means may be a porous zone of the tire or of the wheel, and may also comprise a deflation valve which is inactive below a predetermined pressure... Agent: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20070187016 - Tire manufacturing method and tire: In producing a side-reinforced type runflat tire in which side reinforcing rubbers with generally crescent-shaped sections are interposed between a carcass and an inner liner, the first drums 11a, 11b on which the side-reinforcing rubbers are to be attached are so configured that their diameter do not substantially fluctuate along... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070181237 - Pneumatic aviation tire: Pneumatic tires for aircraft service having a belt package with shoulder reinforcement. The tire includes a belt reinforcing structure or belt package having multiple cut belts, multiple spiral wound belt layers positioned radially between the cut belts and the tread, and multiple spiral wound shoulder layers proximate the shoulder. The... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070181238 - Weft inserted warp knit fabric for tire cap ply: A pneumatic tire has a tread, a carcass with belt plies disposed below the tread, and a cap ply layer between the tread and the belt plies of the carcass. The cap ply is a weft inserted warp knit fabric tape comprising an in-lay warp yarn set, a weft inserted... Agent: Milliken & Company

20070175554 - Patch for fixing an electronic system to a tire: A patch configured to fix an electronic system, which includes a sensor, to a tire. The patch has a foot with a surface configured to be fixed to the tire. The foot has at least two portions connected to one another by at least one bridging element. The bridging element... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070175555 - Wear indicating tire: A tire including a tread and a belt having a first and a second ply. The first and second plies are made up of substantially parallel metallic reinforcing cords embedded in a rubber composition that are inclined with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, and the cords of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070175556 - Novel tire tread and process for creating footprints: A tire comprising a tread with a plurality of raised ornamentations and a method of producing tire tracks with a specific configuration has been disclosed and claimed.... Agent: David W. Barman

20070175557 - Tire with circumferential rubber tread having a lateral outboard control element: The invention relates to a tire having a circumferential tread of a cap/base configuration composed of an outer tread rubber cap layer with a running surface of the tread and an underlying tread rubber base layer, wherein said tread cap layer is composed of two longitudinal adjacent zones, namely a... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070175558 - Sealing ring for a vehicle wheel: A sealing ring for a vehicle wheel having a tubeless tire with two tire beads that are embodied on the radially inward side thereof. The tubeless tire is mounted on the radially outer side of the multipart rim by the tire beads. The vehicle wheel further comprising a sealing ring... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070175560 - Noise damper: A noise damper disposed in a tire cavity formed by a pneumatic tire and wheel rim is disclosed. A noise damper designed to use with a wheel rim comprises an annular body disposed around a damper-mounting portion of the wheel rim, and the annular body is made of a spongy... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070175559 - Pneumatic tire: Disclosed is a pneumatic tire enabling to even a weight balance thereof in a tire circumferential direction in realizing reduction of cavity resonance noise by using an annular object having cross-sectional areas which vary depending on locations in the tire circumferential direction. The pneumatic tire of the present invention is... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070175561 - Pneumatic tyre having a reinforced bead structure: A pneumatic tyre includes a pair of axially-spaced-apart annular reinforcing elements and bead fillers, a carcass structure, at least one flipper, a tread band, a belt structure, and at least one pair of sidewalls. The carcass structure includes at least one carcass ply, extends between the annular reinforcing elements, and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP