Resilient tires and wheels inventions 10/07

20070246139 - Composite tire assembly: A tire for a vehicle comprises, an inner wheel (12) adapted to mount to a vehicle having a radially outer surface (34). A first ring (16) is annular and concentric with the inner wheel (12) and has a radially outer (40) and a radially inner (38) surface. An annular inner-tube... Agent: Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20070246140 - Device for installing traction chains on dual wheel assemblies: There is provided a device for installing traction chains about a dual wheel assembly. The device comprises an elongate member having a first end and a second end. A portion of the elongate member adjacent the first end has opposed planar surfaces and the elongate member is of sufficient length... Agent: Norman M. Cameron

20070246141 - Tire for an aircraft and method for producing the same: There is provided a tire for an aircraft capable of enhancing abrasion resistance and effectively preventing a progress of peeling of the non-extensible cords of the main belt layers even when the tire suffers external injury reaching the main belt layers. A tire comprises a pair of bead cores 4,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070246142 - Pneumatic tire: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire that has a tire structure modified to reduce the road noise and thereby reduce the car interior noise and that exhibits improved high-speed drivability and improved high-speed durability. The pneumatic tire includes a circular tread, a pair of sidewalls and beads on both... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070246143 - Mounted assembly for heavy vehicles: The invention relates to a mounted assembly for heavy machinery, inflated to its rated pressure, constituted of a rim and a tire, the tire comprising a radial carcass reinforcement anchored to two beads, surmounted by a crown reinforcement which itself is surmounted by a tread joined to the beads by... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070240800 - Vehicle wheel comprising a wheel rim and rubber tire: A vehicle wheel with a wheel rim and a solid tire positioned on the wheel rim. The vehicle wheel has an annular upper shell having a first wedge-shaped surface and composed of at least two upper segments. Further, the vehicle wheel includes an annular lower shell composed of lower segments... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070240801 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire capable of preventing clogging of a groove on a tread to improve snow performance and mud performance is provided. The pneumatic tire includes a tread having a land area such as a block and a rib sectioned by a groove formed on a tread surface, and an... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070240802 - Run-flat tire having multiple chambers: A tire consisting of a tread, two exterior sidewalls, and a plurality of interior support walls mounted to a rim and/or a run-flat support ring which provides for at least three pressure zones inside the tire. These differing zones provide multiple run-flat stages reducing the likelihood of complete pressure loss... Agent: Kyle Smith

20070240803 - Inflatable wheel assembly: A wheel assembly for a vehicle, includes a wheel rim (16) and a tire (18) defining a closed space (30) therebetween which is filled with a pressurized gas. The inventive wheel assembly also includes a pressurized-gas reservoir (40) and elements (50) for selectively connecting the pressurized-gas reservoir (40) to the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070235116 - Aircraft tire reinforcements: An aircraft tire, inflated to high pressure, with a tread (7), a crown reinforcement (6) and a radial carcass reinforcement (1) comprising at least two axially inner plies (1A and 1B) formed of textile reinforcement elements, said two plies being wound around at least one bead wire (3) within each... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070235117 - Pneumatic tire: A tire (2) according to the present invention includes a bead (8) having an apex (28), a carcass (10) and a reinforcing layer (16). The carcass (10) includes a carcass ply having a carcass cord constituted by a polyethylene naphthalate fiber. The carcass ply is constituted by a body extended... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070227636 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire is equipped with at least a tread part, a sidewall part, a bead part, and a carcass extending from tread part through sidewall part to bead part, and provided with a breaker part on the outside of carcass in the radial direction of the tire. The volume... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070227637 - Weight free tire balancing system: An improved apparatus, system and method of balancing a tire for a vehicle is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a new tire for a vehicle is provided wherein the tire incorporates a plurality of removable portions and/or attachments that may be removed from their position on the external portion of... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Hani Z. Sayed

20070227638 - Pneumatic tire: In a pneumatic tire in which a tread with a plurality of grooves 1 and 2 including main grooves 1 extending in the tire circumferential direction formed and in which block 3 is formed on shoulder portions of tread T by grooves 1 and 2, on intersection line L between... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070227639 - Vehicular wheel and method of forming the same: A wheel assembly comprises an outboard flange and an inboard portion. The inboard portion includes an inboard flange that is integrally formed with a center portion. The outboard flange may be joined to the inboard portion at a circumferential wheel joint. Welding and/or fasteners may be utilized in order to... Agent: Kit M Stetina, Esq. Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070227640 - Rotary union assembly for use in air pressure inflation systems for tractor trailer tires: Preferably, a tire inflation system includes a hub cap secured to a wheel attached to an axle of a vehicle, the axle providing a source of pressurized air. The tire inflation system preferably includes a rotary union assembly with a rotating portion and a non-rotating portion, the rotating portion attachable... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP