Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090113843 | BROADBAND PASSIVE DISTRIBUTED TUNED VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC ABSORBER FOR MODALLY DENSE STRUCTURES - A passive distributed vibration absorber that utilizes multiple discrete mass elements and a viscoelastic layer and that effectively attenuates vibration in modally dense structures excited by a broadband input noise excitation and is tunable to multiple natural frequencies in such modally dense vibrating structures including low frequencies | 05-07-2009 |
20100108218 | EXTENSIBLE NON-LOAD BEARING CUT RESISTANT TIRE SIDE-WALL COMPONENT COTAINING ELASTOMERIC FILAMENT, TIRE CONTAINING SAID COMPONENT, AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING SAME - This invention relates to a cut resistant tire side-wall component and processes for making such components, and a tire containing such component, the side-wall component comprising a textile fabric wherein a single layer of said fabric provides multi-directional cut resistance in the plane of the fabric, | 05-06-2010 |
20100108225 | Non-Load Bearing Cut Resistant Tire Side-wall Component Comprising Knitted Textile Fabric, Tire Containing Said Component, and Processes for Making Same - This invention relates to cut-resistant tire side-wall components and tires having same, the tire side-wall components comprising at least a single layer of knitted textile fabric providing multi-directional cut resistance; the fabric comprising a first yarn having cut resistant polymeric fiber and a second yarn having inorganic fiber; the fabric further having a coating for good adhesion of the fabric to rubber such that the cut resistant tire side wall component has a free area of from 18 to 65 percent. | 05-06-2010 |
20100108231 | NON-LOAD BEARING CUT RESISTANT TIRE SIDE- WALL COMPONENT AND TIRE CONTAINING SAID COMPONENT, AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING SAME - This invention relates to a cut resistant tire side-wall component and processes for making such components, and a tire containing such component, the side-wall component comprising a textile fabric wherein a single layer of said fabric provides multi-directional cut resistance in the plane of the fabric, the fabric comprising at least one single yarn having a sheath/core construction, the sheath comprising cut-resistant polymeric staple fibers and the core comprising an inorganic fiber, the fabric further having a coating for improved adhesion of the fabric to rubber such that the cut resistant tire side-wall component has a free area of from 18 to 65 percent. | 05-06-2010 |
20100117355 | HOSE COUPLING - This invention relates to an improved umbilical hose end coupling that is useful with textile-reinforced hoses in the oil and gas industry, especially high pressure hoses for use in offshore systems. This hose coupling comprises a sleeve and an insert for the sleeve, the insert having a hose end for insertion into the hose and the sleeve having a hose end for covering the exterior of the hose and the insert, and the insert and sleeve each having a coupling end for engaging each other, and the sleeve having an interior surface for gripping the hose, the interior surface having
| 05-13-2010 |
20100236695 | TIRE TREAD BLOCK COMPOSITION - The invention concerns tires having a composite tread block which comprises a cured elastomer and from 0.1 to 10 parts per hundred parts by weight of the elastomer of fibers characterized as having a tenacity of at least 6 grams per dtex and a modulus of at least 200 grams per dtex. A major portion of said fibers are oriented in a direction such that noise arising from tire tread contacting the road surface is reduced. | 09-23-2010 |
20100300195 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CUT RESISTANCE - An apparatus and a method of using the apparatus for measuring the cut resistance of polymeric and elastomeric materials having specimen holding and tensioning devices arranged on a common axis; a blade cutting device located orthogonally to the axis of the first and second specimen tensioning devices and a cutting block assembly located on the same axis as the cutting device and on the opposite side of the specimen tensioning device. | 12-02-2010 |
20110146862 | LOW NOISE TIRE - This invention is a tire having a first shoulder tread and a second shoulder tread and at least one intermediate tread positioned between the first shoulder tread and the second shoulder tread such that the treads extend around the circumference of the tire and form grooves that extend around the circumference of the tire, the treads comprising reinforcing fibers aligned substantially parallel to each other and oriented in a manner to decrease tire tread noise. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148099 | LOW STRESS HOSE COUPLING - An improved umbilical hose end coupling that comprises a sleeve and an insert for the sleeve, the insert having a hose end for insertion into the hose and the sleeve having a hose end for covering the exterior of the hose and the insert, and the insert and sleeve each having a coupling end for engaging each other, and the sleeve having an interior surface for gripping the hose, the interior surface having at least a length that extends beyond the end of the teeth region onto the hose. | 06-23-2011 |
20120103498 | TIRE CONTAINING A HEAT AND FLAME RESISTANT FIBROUS BARRIER LAYER AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprising at least one heat and flame resistant non-structural barrier layer of polymeric yarns, the barrier layer being positioned outward of the tire carcass cords in the crown and sidewall sections of the tire wherein the barrier layer extends from a point above the bead of the tire but below the flange of the outward rim of the wheel across the crown to the corresponding point on the inward rim of the wheel, wherein the barrier layer also extends in a circumferential direction around the tire and comprises yarns of aromatic polyamide, flame retardant nylon, flame retardant polyester or mixtures thereof. | 05-03-2012 |
20130076024 | HOSE COUPLING WITH A NON-SWAGED PORTION - An umbilical hose end coupling that comprises a sleeve and an insert for the sleeve, the insert having a hose end for insertion into the hose and the sleeve having a hose end for covering the exterior of the hose and the insert, and the insert and sleeve each having a coupling end for engaging each other, and the sleeve having a first specified region that is subject to swaging and a second specified region that is not subject to swaging. | 03-28-2013 |
20140190611 | TIRE OVERLAY COMPOSITION - A tire comprising an overlay ply wherein (i) the shoulder section of the overlay comprises an elastomer and short polymeric or non-polymeric reinforcing fibers present in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 parts fiber per hundred parts of elastomer, the short fibers having a tenacity of at least 2 grams per dtex, a modulus of at least 10 grams per dtex and a length of from 0.1 to 8 mm and wherein the fibers are aligned substantially parallel to each other in a controlled angle of orientation within the overlay wherein the orientation is selected such that it decreases tire noise, and (ii) the section of overlay in the crown of the tire comprising cords of continuous filament polymeric fibers or continuous strands of metal or combinations thereof, the cords being aligned in a circumferential direction around the tire. | 07-10-2014 |
20140237983 | Unbalanced Hybrid Cords and Methods for Making on Cable Cording Machines - A hybrid cord formed from a plurality of component plies wherein at least one of the plies has a length that is from 1 to 50 percent longer than the other plies and a method of providing a cord with predetermined twist and component ply lengths. | 08-28-2014 |
20140238524 | Unbalanced Hybrid Cords and Methods for Making on Cable Cording Machines - A hybrid cord formed from a plurality of component plies wherein at least one of the plies has a length that is from 1 to 50 percent longer than the other plies and a method of providing a cord with predetermined twist and component ply lengths. | 08-28-2014 |
20140246133 | TIRE CONTAINING A COMPONENT FOR REDUCING VIBRATION-GENERATED NOISE IN A TIRE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TIRE NOISE - This invention pertains to a tire having a plurality of vibration absorbers wherein, (i) the vibration absorbers have at least one spring element and at least one absorber mass element, each element having a first and second surface such that the first surface of the spring element is attached to the tire carcass or attached to or embedded into the tire inner liner, and (ii) the first surface of the absorber mass element is attached to the second surface of the spring element, or the absorber mass element is embedded into the spring element. | 09-04-2014 |
20140352418 | METHOD AND SPECIMEN FOR TESTING BRAKING IN TIRES - A subscale test cylinder for testing tire performance characteristics, wherein the cylinder comprises components found in a tire sidewall to be simulated, wherein the components consist of cords, sidewall compounds and beads. | 12-04-2014 |
20140366617 | METHOD AND SPECIMEN FOR TESTING HANDLING IN TIRES - This invention is directed to test devices and methods using subscale cylindrical laminates formed from general rubber composite plies as surrogates for full-size tires to predict how changes in the tire construction would impact tire cornering stiffness of the full-size tires. | 12-18-2014 |
20140373962 | MULTILAYER REINFORCED HOSE - A multilayer hose comprising in order, (i) a thermoplastic inner liner, (ii) at least one first fibrous reinforcement layer comprising continuous filament yarns having a yarn tenacity of at least 13 grams per dtex, (iii) at least one second fibrous reinforcement layer comprising continuous filament yarns having a yarn tenacity of at least 13 grams per dtex, and (iv) a thermoplastic outer cover wherein the continuous filament yarns of the at least one second fibrous reinforcement layer have a yarn modulus greater than the yarn modulus of the continuous filament yarns of the at least one first fibrous reinforcement. | 12-25-2014 |
20150020942 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - This invention pertains to a tire comprising at least one carcass ply and at least one breaker ply, the carcass and breaker plies each comprising continuous filaments having a tenacity of at least 15 grams force per dtex and a modulus of at least 400 grams force per dtex wherein the carcass ply turn-ups terminate under the at least one breaker ply. The invention further pertains to a tire comprising a plurality of apex components and carcass ply turn-ups that terminate within the apex region of the tire. The invention also discloses a tire wherein the carcass ply turn-ups terminate in the upper sidewall region of the tire and ply spacers are located between ply-turn-ups. | 01-22-2015 |