Resilient tires and wheels inventions 09/08

20080230161 - Pneumatic tire for motorcycle: In a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle where grooves 30, 31 (inclined portion 32) extending generally in a width direction are formed on an outer surface of a tread portion 13 and a rotational direction is designated, driving performance or braking performance is improved. Driving force affects on a tire... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080230162 - Pneumatic tyre of the semi-hollow type, notably for agricultural machinery: This tyre (14) is of the semi-hollow type for agricultural machinery, notably for a machine comprising a roller provided with a series of tyres mounted on a horizontal tube (12). Each tyre comprises a central sleeve (26) and at least one tread portion with a dome shaped profile comprising a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080230163 - Pneumatic radial tire having buttress: A pneumatic radial tire having a thin groove continuous in a tire circumferential direction at a buttress formed between a shoulder of a tread and a sidewall includes a tire contour portion that is formed between an end portion of the shoulder and a groove floor of the thin groove.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080230164 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire in which a tread surface is provided with a main groove extending as a straight shape in a tire circumferential direction, and a block row formed by arranging a plurality of blocks facing to the main groove in the tire circumferential direction, the block row has a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080230165 - Antiskid device for vehicles: Antiskid device (1) for vehicles including a band (2), made of fabric (7), suitable for surrounding at least the tread (13) of a vehicle tire and mounting means (10), associated with said band (2), for maintaining it in position around the tread (13). Such device (1) is characterized in that... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080223494 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire using as a tread part, a rubber composition containing a high silica-content rubber composition having a difference F-S between an amount of filler F and an amount of a softening agent S of 60 to 90 parts by weight and having a durometer hardness measured at 20°... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080223495 - Pneumatic tire: A pneumatic tire capable of preventing wandering without impairing wear resistance, including tread portion 2 having circumferential shoulder grooves 6c extending at locations near ground contact edges E and lateral shoulder grooves 7d extending between circumferential groove 6c and ground contact edge E, and having square shoulders such that tread... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080223496 - Snow chain attachment system comprising elastic fastening means: An attachment system for a snow chain is disclosed, comprising a rolling track (1, 2a, 2b, 12) joined to a plurality of connecting arms (3) converging towards a common central structure (4), wherein a plurality of elastic ropes (5) forming elastic attachments between said plurality of connecting arms (3) and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080223497 - Tire inner tube: The present invention is an inner tube apparatus, and article of manufacture, that comprises an inflatable compartment capable of surrounding a wheel. The tube comprises a first and second end that allows the user to replace the inner tube without removing the wheel, or other elements of the vehicle, for... Agent: John Nielsen Randick O'dea & Tooliatos, LLP

20080216929 - Manufacturing method of pneumatic tire and pneumatic tire: A first conductive rubber layer is formed by arranging a filament conductive rubber within a ground surface of a shoulder portion of a nonconductive tread rubber so as to be along a tire circumferential direction, before vulcanizing a tire. Further, a second conductive rubber layer is formed by arranging a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080216930 - Tyre with rubber tread which contains internal circumferential rubber stabilizer bars: This invention relates to a tyre, particularly a motorcycle tyre having a high camber rubber tread which contains a central internal circumferential rubber stabilization element, or bar, which extends to and is a part of the running surface of the tyre tread and a plurality of additional spaced apart internal... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080216931 - Device for tire inflation: A device for inflating a deflated vehicle tire which comprises a tube, a first adapter and a second adapter disposed at each end of the tube, wherein the adapters are suitable for connecting to a valve of a vehicle tire, facilitating air flow, and an air-flow indicator which indicates existence... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080216932 - Pneumatic tire and method for manufacturing the same: A pneumatic tire is provided in which the degree of freedom in designing markings shown on external surfaces thereof is enhanced without depending upon engraved letters on a conventional mold so as to meet requests from individual users while increasing the visibility of the markings so shown. In a pneumatic... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080216933 - Rubber composition for inner liner: A rubber composition used for an inner liner layer that reduces an amount of air permeation, lessens density of the rubber composition and does not lower fracture property of the rubber composition is provided. The rubber composition is used for an inner liner layer of an inner surface of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080216935 - Tire with sidewall comprised of emulsion styrene/butadiene rubber, cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber and cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber: This invention relates to a tire with a sidewall composition comprised of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, particularly natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, and high cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber combined with a partial replacement of the cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, particularly natural rubber, with a specialized emulsion polymerization styrene/butadiene rubber (E-SBR) having a glass transition... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080216934 - Tire with sidewall comprised of low viscosity trans 1,4-polybutadiene, cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber and cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber: This invention relates to a tire with a sidewall composition comprised of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, particularly natural rubber, and high cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber combined with a partial replacement of the cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber with a low Mooney viscosity specialized trans 1,4-polybutadiene.... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080210356 - Pneumatic tire: The tread of a pneumatic tire has a plurality of tread elements separated by at least one groove, the tread elements having a depth as determined from an initial tread surface and the base of the at least one groove. The tread has at least one chamfer. The chamfer is... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Patent & Trademark Department-d/823

20080210355 - Pneumatic tire: A tire has a tread and a pair of opposing shoulders. In the first sidewall, a series of extension blocks creates a pair of concentric rings. In the second sidewall, a different configuration of extension blocks may be present. The second sidewall has alternating extension blocks where one of the... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Patent & Trademark Department - D/823

20080210357 - Vehicle wheel rim designed for mounting a tyre and a support: The object of the invention is a rotationally symmetric vehicle wheel rim (26) designed for the mounting of a tyre, comprising a first seat (30) intended to be positioned towards the inside of the vehicle and a second seat (32), the first seat (30) being extended axially towards the second... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC