| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 152524000 | Having annular inlay or cover on sidewalls (e.g., white sidewalls, etc.) | 26 |
| 20080257471 | Fixing a Surface Element on a Tire Via a Fabric | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090008015 | Pneumatic Tire - The present invention provides a tire capable of suppressing a crack or cracks possibly occurring from a part of a decorative band and improving a visibility of marks formed on the decorative band. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090126844 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire that can maintain processability of a rubber and tire performance such as rolling resistance or a wet performance, overcome the problem of non-conductivity by a tread rubber of silica formulation or the like, and sustain conductive performance of a tire over a long period of time is provided. The pneumatic tire includes a non-conductive tread, and a side wall, a cement rubber being applied to a tire outer surface of from a shoulder of the tread to a rim strip to form a continuous coating film, wherein the cement rubber includes a rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a rubber component containing from 50 to 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 250,000 to 450,000, and from 10 to 30 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090294007 | PERFORMANCE TIRE WITH SIDEWALL INSERT - A pneumatic tire is provided having a carcass with at least one carcass ply, an innerliner, a sidewall, a bead comprising a bead core and a bead apex, and a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass, The sidewall has only a single crescent-shaped rubber insert located between the innerliner and the at least one carcass ply. The rubber of the at least one crescent-shaped rubber insert has a hardness (Shore A, 100° C.) in a range of about 68 to about 90, and the maximum thickness of the at least one crescent-shaped rubber insert, as measured parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire, is less than 30% of the thickness of the tire sidewall as measured parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire from the axially inner surface of the innerliner to the axially outer surface of the sidewall at the location of the maximum thickness of the rubber insert. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100024942 | Tire Having a Colored Surface - A tire includes at least one outer structural element, wherein the at least one outer structural element is at least partially coated by at least one colored coating layer including a colored composition including (a) 5% by weight to 50% by weight with respect to the total weight of the dry colored composition, of at least one crosslinked polymeric compound obtained by reacting (a | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100116401 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire has an annular bead core, a bead filler, a carcass ply rolled up in such a manner as to pinch the bead core and the bead filler, and a white rubber arranged in an outer side of the carcass ply of the side wall portion. The white rubber has an inner peripheral end positioned in an outer side of the bead filler. The bead filler has a main body rubber portion running into the bead core from a leading end, and a soft rubber portion constructing a part of an outer surface of the bead filler and positioned in an inner side of the inner peripheral end of the white rubber. The soft rubber portion is harder than the white rubber and softer than the main body rubber portion. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100230028 | BICYCLE TIRE - A bicycle tire provides a first sidewall and a second sidewall each including an interior portion and an exterior portion. A rim attaching portion is connected to an inner circumference of each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall. A tire tread portion is connected to an outer circumference of the first sidewall and the second sidewall. A portion of the first sidewall and the second sidewall proximate to the inner circumference of the first sidewall and the second sidewall has a varying thickness. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110094647 | SIDEWALL FEATURES FOR TIRES - A tire having a decorative side wall feature, the decorative side wall feature being based upon a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising between 15 and 25 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of rubber (phr) of a highly unsaturated diene elastomer, between 60 and 80 phr of a butyl rubber and between 5 and 15 phr of an EPDM elastomer characterized as having an ethylene content of between 65 wt. % and 75 wt. % as measured by ASTM D 3900-95, not including diene, and a Mooney viscosity ML(I+4) at 125° C. of between 60 and 80. The light-colored rubber composition may further include between 5 and 25 phr of a paraffinic processing oil and a non-black filler. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120000589 | MEDALLION ASSEMBLY SECURED TO A TIRE SIDEWALL - A medallion assembly for a pneumatic tire, in accordance with the present invention, includes a protruding portion, a fastener, and a medallion. The protruding portion is integrally formed with a sidewall of the tire and extends away from the sidewall of the tire. The protruding portion has an annular tapered outer surface. The fastener has an annular tapered inner surface and an annular outer surface. The annular tapered inner surface engages the annular tapered outer surface of the protruding portion. The medallion has an annular inner surface for engaging the annular outer surface of the fastener such that the medallion is secured to the fastener and both the medallion and the fastener are secured to the protruding portion of the sidewall of the tire. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120285598 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIRE WITH A COLORED SIDEWALL - The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a tire having a colored sidewall. The method comprises disposing a strip of a colored rubber compound circumferentially about the external surface of the sidewall region of the tire in its uncured state, placing the uncured tire in a tire curing mold with the strip exposed to direct contact with the mold, providing the mold with circumferential recesses at both sides of the rubber strip and letting the strip slightly overlap with the recesses in the radial direction of the tire, curing the tire whereby circumferential side parts of the strip flow into the recesses to form circumferential protrusions in the strip, removing the tire from the mold, and removing the protrusions at least partially. The invention further relates to a tire obtained with the method. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130081746 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire including a white rubber part arranged outward in a tire radial direction than an outer edge of a bead filler in a side wall part, a white letter part projecting from the white rubber part, and a side reinforcement layer extending in a tire radial direction from a bead part is disclosed. An outer peripheral edge of the side reinforcement layer is located outward in a tire radial direction than an inner peripheral edge of a white letter part. When a length in a tire radial direction of from an inner peripheral edge of a bead core to the inner peripheral edge of the white letter part is H1, a length in a tire radial direction of from the inner peripheral edge of the bead core to the outer peripheral edge of the side reinforcement layer is H2, and a length in a tire radial direction of the white letter part is T, (H2−H1)/T is set to be 0.3 or more. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130174955 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - An installation members | 07-11-2013 |
| 20140261948 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire has a pair of bead portions each having a bead core embedded therein, a pair of sidewall portions extending radially outwardly from bead portions, a tread portion extending across both side wall portions, an annular outer decorative portion arranged radially outward and formed by means of printing on a side portion consisting of the sidewall and bead portions, and an annular inner decorative portion arranged radially inward of the outer decorative portion and formed by means of printing on the side portion. The inner decorative portion is provided with decoration in which first inner elements and second inner elements are alternately arrayed in a circumferential direction of the tire. The outer decorative portion is provided with decoration different from the decoration provided on the inner decorative portion. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140299248 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - An object is to provide a pneumatic tire having a colored layer that is excellent in preventing contamination of the colored layer as compared to a conventional pneumatic tire having the colored layer formed thereon. According to the present invention, the pneumatic tire having the colored layer formed through the intermediary of a non-contaminating rubber layer on an outer side of a side rubber of a tire side portion in a tire width direction, wherein the non-contaminating rubber layer contains layer compounds | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140311646 | TIRE - A tire includes a decoration portion, formed by printing, extending in the tire circumferential direction in at least a portion of the outer surface of at least one side portion of the tire. The decoration portion includes a gradation portion in which at least one of hue, saturation, and value changes incrementally in a longitudinal direction. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140332135 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A tire includes an annular decoration printing portion, at least a portion thereof being provided on an outer surface of a side portion further toward a tire radial direction outer side than a tire maximum width position. The decoration printing portion includes an annular design portion and an annular gradation portion provided at least on the tire radial direction outer side of the design portion. The gradation portion incrementally decreases in value outward in the tire radial direction, with a value of 100% being a pure color and a value of 0% being pure black in an HSV color space. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140338809 | RUBBER DECOR AND TIRE - There is provided a rubber decor or a tire having: a rubber; a white layer arranged on or above a surface of the rubber and composed of a white paint; and a colored layer composed of a paint except a white paint and at least partially applied on the white layer. The darkest part of the white layer has brightness of 80% or more. The white layer and the colored layer constitute a desired decoration. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140352864 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire, comprising: a pair of bead portions each having a bead core embedded therein; a pair of sidewall portions respectively extending on the outer side in the tire radial direction from the pair of bead portions; and a tread portion extending across the respective sidewall portions, is characterized in that: the tire further comprises a ring-shaped decorative portion provided on a side portion including the bead portion and the corresponding sidewall portion, wherein the ring-shaped decorative portion has at least two decorative elements provided in the tire circumferential direction such that average brightness and/or average hue is different between the decorative elements, and the average brightness of each decorative element is at least 20%. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150136293 | SAFETY WARNING TIRE - A safety warning tire for a vehicle includes: a tire body and at least one warning unit. The tire body has an annular tread portion adapted to contact a road surface, and two annular sidewalls respectively connected to two opposite sides of the annular tread portion. The annular tread portion has a tread surface. The tread surface has an annular contact surface region adapted to contact the road surface, and two annular non-contact surface regions respectively connected to two opposite sides of the annular contact surface region. The at least one warning unit is disposed on one of the annular non-contact surface regions and outer surfaces of the two annular sidewalls, and includes an annular coating layer that extends annularly along a circumference of the tire body. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150306919 | TIRE - A tire includes: a tread portion that comes into contact with a road surface; a sidewall portion connected to the tread portion; and a bead portion connected to an inner side of the side wall portion in a tire radial direction, wherein at least a part of the sidewall portion includes: a stain preventive rubber layer containing no antioxidant; and a paint layer adjacent to the stain preventive rubber layer and exposed on an outer surface of the sidewall portion, a tire radial outermost end of the paint layer is away from a bead toe outward in the tire radial direction by 65% or more of a tire cross-sectional height, and a tire radial outermost end of the stain preventive rubber layer is located outward in the tire radial direction relative to the tire radial outermost end of the paint layer. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150336432 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire including a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions extending from the bead portions, a tread portion extending across the respective sidewall portions, and a decorative band having a smooth surface and formed on the sidewall portion, wherein: the outermost end in the tire radial direction of the decorative band is positioned on the inner side in the tire radial direction than the largest width position of the tire; the decorative band includes a plurality of decorative lines each extending in the tire circumferential direction and having higher brightness than the base color of the tire; brightness of the decorative line having the highest brightness among the decorative lines is at least 80%; and brightness and/or hue of the decorative line having the highest brightness is different from brightness and/or hue of at least one of other decorative lines. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160001607 | TIRE, AND TIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Tire frame step portions | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160082782 | Pneumatic Tire and Method of Manufacturing Same - A pneumatic tire of the present technology comprises a laminate including at least one film layer disposed on a tire surface and a foundation rubber layer disposed on a bottom side of the at least one film layer, the at least one film layer being constituted from a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition in which a thermoplastic resin and an elastomer are blended, the film layer on an outermost side in the laminate exposed on the tire surface being dyed a color different from that of the layer adjacent to the bottom side of the film layer on the outermost side, a plurality of openings being formed by laser processing in the film layer on the outermost side, and the layer adjacent to the bottom side of the film layer on the outermost side being exposed via these openings. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160121660 | TIRE AND TIRE PRINT METHOD | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160121661 | TIRE | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160152095 | TIRE COMPRISING A HIGH-CONTRAST MARKING | 06-02-2016 |
