Resilient tires and wheels inventions 07/08

20080178980 - Tire with low zone comprising a concentration of cords: A tire comprising at least one reinforcement structure of the carcass type anchored on either side of the tire in a bead, the base of which bead is intended to be mounted on a rim seat, the reinforcement structure extending circumferentially from the bead towards the sidewall, at least one... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080178981 - Runflat tire: A pneumatic runflat tire including at least one sidewall insert, the at least one sidewall insert including a heterogenous rubber compound comprising first rubber and second rubber composition phases, wherein the second rubber phase is further vulcanizable.... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080178982 - Heavy duty tire: A heavy duty tire comprises: a carcass ply of cords extending between bead portions; and a bead reinforcing layer disposed in each of the bead portion. The carcass ply has edges winded around the bead cores so that the winded portion has a base part extending along the bead core... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080173379 - Rubber compounds and tires: The invention relates to a sulphur-vulcanizable rubber compound for the production of tread rubbers for tires, which contains at least one diene rubber, at least one silane coupling agent, at least one filler interacting with the silane coupling agent and further conventional additives. For a reduced loss factor tan at... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080173380 - Pneumatic tire: The pneumatic tire has the characteristics in that the pneumatic tire is provided with a plurality of main grooves 1 extending in the tire circumferential direction formed on a tread T, a rib 2 formed at least on the shoulder portion of the tread T, a first fine groove 3... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080173381 - Adhesive composition for textile/rubber adhesive bonding, and tire comprising a textile/rubber composite: The present invention concerns an adhesive composition that can be used to bond textile fibers adhesively to a cross-linkable rubber composition, textile fibers sized by means of the said adhesive composition, a composite comprising the textile fibers and a cross-linked rubber composition that is permeable to light, and a tire... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080173382 - Self-healing materials and use thereof for extending the lifespan of a tire: The present invention is directed to self-healing materials and use thereof for extending the lifespan of a tire. The self-healing material includes a rubber healing agent, e.g., sulfur, encapsulated by a coating material, e.g., polypropylene, defining a microcapsule. The self-healing materials are processed with rubbery polymers to provide a rubber... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080169053 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire capable of improving the wet performance and the low fuel cost performance at a good balance without deteriorating other properties of the tire such as abrasion resistance has a cap tread disposed to the radial outside of a tire and a base tread disposed to the radial... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080163967 - Run flat device for a motor vehicle, and a wheel assembly incorporating it: A run flat device for use in a wheel assembly comprises a wheel rim made of a plurality of blocks and a tire cover having beads mounted against flanges of the rim. The device includes an annular support structure for mounting around the rim to support the cover, the structure... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080163968 - Run-flat support system for a pneumatic tired wheel and method for installing same: A run-flat support system and method for installing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the run-flat support system includes a torque assembly removably coupled to a split wheel rim of a pneumatic tired wheel. A plurality of support segments are adapted for attachment to the torque assembly in order... Agent: Scott T. Griggs

20080163966 - Tire/wheel assembly: Disclosed is a tire/wheel assembly which, even in a case of forming a run-flat support member by processing a metal material high in breaking strength, realizes the forming without generating wrinkles and cracks. In the tire/wheel assembly, a run-flat support member is inserted into a cavity portion of a pneumatic... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080163970 - Pneumatic tire and a tire mold for molding a tire: The pneumatic tire is provided with a plurality of main grooves 1, a rib 2 formed at least on the shoulder portion of the tread, and a fine groove 3 that extends in the tire circumferential direction on the inner side of the tire width direction than the grounding end... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080163969 - Pneumatic tire with buttressed sidewall: A pneumatic tire is disclosed having a carcass with a pair of beads and one or more plies extending between and wrapped around each bead. The tire further includes a plurality of reinforcing belts, a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass, and a pair of axially outer sidewalls extending... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080163971 - Tire bead insulation: A tire includes bead insulation compound that is formed by combining a rubber component, a bituminous hydrocarbon resin, and a processing oil that includes naphthenic oil.... Agent: Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20080156404 - Plasticizing system for rubber composition: The inventive plasticising system is used for plasticising a dienic rubber compound is characterised in that it is based on a MES or TDAE oil and a polylimonene resin. Said rubber compound exhibits an improved abrasion and cut resistance and is based on at least one type of dienic elastomer,... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080156405 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire in which adequate performance on snow and icy roads and adequate performance on dry/wet roads are effectively achieved at the same time is provided. Tread section 16 of the pneumatic tire includes center main grooves 20L and 20R extending continuously in the circumferential direction of the tire,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080156406 - Wheel-mounted tire pumping and energy generating system and method: Wheel for a vehicle includes a wheel rim, a tire mounted on the wheel rim to define an inflatable interior compartment, a pump for pumping air into the compartment, and an energy generating system for generating energy upon rotation of the wheel to power the pump and cause the pump... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080156407 - Green tire and method for manufacturing pneumatic tire: A green tire includes a surface layer defining a green tire surface and made up of a plurality of windings of an unvulcanized rubber tape. A part of each of the windings is exposed on the green tire surface so that the exposed part has a width of from 50%... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080156408 - Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the same: Provided are a pneumatic tire T and a method of manufacturing the same. The pneumatic tire T includes: a tacky sealant layer 5 which is formed of a rubber component thermally decomposable with a peroxide, and which is disposed on the inner wall surface of the tire at least in... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080156409 - Run-flat tire: [wherein σ is a thermal shrinkage stress at 177° C. (cN/dtex) and E is an elastic modulus at 25° C. under a load of 49 N (cN/dtex)] is disposed in at least a part of a region A ranging from a belt end to a maximum width part of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080156410 - Pneumatic tire: In a pneumatic tire, a belt layer includes six superposed belt members. The edge of the fourth belt member on the tire-width direction outer side and the edge of the sixth belt member on the tire-width direction outer side are at approximately the same position in a tire width direction.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain