Resilient tires and wheels inventions 12/07

20070295432 - Tire having wear indication means and a method of manufacturing the tire: A pneumatic tire has a tread with at least one groove having a groove depth Dg extending from an initial tread surface to the base of the groove. The tread has at least one tread wear indicator having at least two different colored portions. The tread wear indicator is a... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070295435 - Tire and tire tread with sipes of defined curvature: A tire has a tread, with the tread having a plurality of ground engaging tread elements creating a tread surface and at least one of the elements has a sipe therein. In planes parallel to the tread surface, the configuration of a radially outer portion of the sipe is defined... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070295434 - Tire with tread having sipes and sipe blades for tires: A tire has a tread with a plurality of ground engaging tread elements. In at least one of the tread elements is a sipe having a depth in the radial direction of the tire. The sipe has a crossed configuration comprised of two sipes. At least one of the sipes... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070295433 - Pneumatic tire and proces for manufacturing the tire: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass structure, tread band, belt structure, and sidewalls. The carcass structure includes at least one carcass ply and at least one annular reinforcing structure associated with the at least one carcass ply. The tread band includes first and second sectors. The first sectors are axially... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070289684 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire with a rib pattern that is able to suppress uneven wear further than conventionally is provided. Uneven wear in the vicinity of the tread edge due to dragging and shoulder scrubbing wear can be suppressed more than conventionally by providing a pneumatic tire in which, under conditions... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070289685 - Body serving as a support for a tire in the event of deflation and tire assembly equipped with such a body: A body (30) designed to be placed inside a tire (10) so as to seal any puncture which a sidewall (12) of said tire may suffer while providing said tire with support. The body (30) comprises a flexible skin (31), of resilient elastomeric material, reinforced by a carcass reinforcement (311)... Agent: Thomas Langer Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070289686 - Annular concentric-lay bead cord: The bead cord which is lightweight and inexpensive and high in formability includes an annular core 1 and a wrap wire 2 helically wrapped around the annular core 1, the annular core 1 being made of a medium carbon steel or an alloy steel having a lower C content and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070284024 - Deflection device for an anti-skid chain: A deflection device for an anti skid chain includes a chain wheel rotatably stored in a housing for the accommodation of a chain which can be inserted into the chain wheel, and an actuating element that can be moved between a locking position, in which the movement of the chain... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070284025 - Tire insert attachment apparatus: A tire insert attachment apparatus includes a pin attached to a first part of the insert and extending into a second part of the insert to engage an actuator that draws the bolt into the second part. The actuator includes a tool engagement head that transmits rotational motion of a... Agent: Shlesinger & Fitzsimmons

20070284026 - Pneumatic tire: A circumferential sipe extends continuously in the circumferential direction of the tire in the center region of the tread surface section of a rib defined between circumferential grooves. Widthwise sipes are disposed at prescribed intervals in the circumferential direction of the tire in the tread surface section, the widthwise sipes... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070277917 - Connecting and guide element for a tire chain: A connecting and guide element for connecting a side mesh of a tire chain to a side tensioning strand and for accommodating an excess length of the tensioning strand, wherein the element has two eyes, which lie in a first plane for accommodating tensioning strand and excess length, and two... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070277918 - Oxidation shield for tires: The invention is directed to increasing the endurance of a tire by providing an oxidation shield strip located in the vicinity of a critical area of the tire. The oxidation shield strip acts as a local oxygen diffusion barrier.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies C/o Mofo Nova