Resilient tires and wheels inventions 09/07

20070221303 - Tire with rubber tread composed of a primary and at least one lateral tread portion containing a dispersion of short carbon fibers: The invention relates to a tire having a circumferential rubber tread of a cap/base construction composed of a cap rubber layer as the tire running surface and an internal base rubber layer underlying said tread cap layer. The said tread cap layer is composed of a primary tread cap portion... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070221304 - Tire for vehicles: A pneumatic tire has a carcass structure having at least one carcass ply and at least one annular reinforcing structure associated with the carcass ply, a pair of axially opposite side walls on the carcass structure, a belt structure arranged at a radially outer position with respect to the carcass... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070221305 - Rubber composition for innerliner and pneumatic radial tire using the same: This invention provides a rubber composition for an innerliner capable of establishing an air-retaining property of a tire and a crack resistance under an ultracold temperature condition. More concretely, there is provided a rubber composition for an innerliner, which comprises 1 to 30 parts by mass of a softener having... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070221306 - Reinforcement layer on sidewalls of tires: A tire includes a tread portion with two sidewalls integrally connected thereto and each of the sidewalls includes a lip so as to be engaged with a wheel rim. Two reinforcement layers are respectively secured on two respective outsides of the two sidewalls and each reinforcement layer is composed of... Agent: Phillip Liu

20070221307 - Radial tire for airplane: t

20070221308 - Radial tire for airplane:

20070221310 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire which offers extremely excellent durability through inclusion of a belt portion composed of a rubber composition having excellent reinforcing properties, high hardness, low heat build-up properties, excellent deterioration resistance, and excellent adhesiveness to steel cords, wherein the rubber composition contains a natural rubber prepared by graft polymerizing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070221309 - Tire having belt ply edge protector: This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire having a circumferential rubber tread and an underlying (underlying said tread) circumferential belt ply layer comprised of a cord reinforced rubber composition, wherein the axial edges of said circumferential belt ply layer have a protective edge protector in a form of a... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070215257 - Pneumatic tire: The objective of the present invention is to provide a pneumatic tire that can desirably prevent generation of static electricity between the road face and the tire, while maintaining a low rolling resistance, so that the safety in use is further improved. In pneumatic tire of the present invention, each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070215258 - Pneumatic tire: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire which can obtain a high wet drainage performance, roadholding ability, and wear-resistant property without sacrificing other capabilities A directional pattern is formed by a circumferential wide major groove 14, a first narrow circumferential minor groove 16, a second narrow circumferential minor groove 18,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070215259 - Tyre: A tyre (10) adapted to be fitted onto a conventional wheel rim (13) for pneumatic tyres, the rim (13) has a tyre support surface (15), bead seats (17), each bead seat (17) comprises an inner seat portion (19) and an outer seat portion (21) terminating in an arcuate portion (22)... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070215260 - Method for mounting a tag in a tire sidewall: A pneumatic tire includes a tire body having a crown portion and a pair of sidewalls. At least one reinforcing belt is disposed in the crown portion of the tire. A tag is carried by the reinforcing belt. In one embodiment, the tag is disposed in the location of one... Agent: ChiefIPCounsel Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20070209743 - Tire with reinforcing exo-belt skin: A tire for mounting to a transport vehicle including a base tire and a skin. The skin includes a predetermined pattern mounted thereon that is positioned on an external peripheral surface of the skin. The base tire and the skin are constructed of a predetermined rubber composition. The skin includes... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070209744 - Pneumatic tire containing oxygen absorbent: A pneumatic tire using a laminate of a layer of a rubber or thermoplastic resin composition containing an oxygen absorbent laminated with inner liner materials on both surfaces thereof, as a an inner liner, as a tie rubber, as a rubber member interposed between the edges of a tire structural... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070209745 - Run-flat tire: The present invention provides a run-flat tire provided with a reinforcing rubber layer 9 arranged in a side wall section 2 so as to be formed in a crescent cross sectional shape, an annular protrusion section 10 protruding to an outer side in a tire width direction from at least... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070204946 - Central tire inflation wheel assembly and valve: The present invention is a wheel assembly having a rim with a valve aperture extending therethrough that is designed to receive a valve having a simplified a construction that can be seated directly within a tire wheel assembly to minimize the number and type of components necessary for the valve.... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz S.c.

20070204947 - Pneumatic tire: The ground contact pressure on land portions 44 is uniformed so that drivability is improved and uneven wear is suppressed to improve wear resistance. The parts of the carcass layer 28 and belt layer 33 overlapping with the main grooves 42 are convexly curved toward the outside in the radial... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC