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Pneumatic tire

Assignee: Bridgestone Firestone Inc
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Filing: 1966-05-23
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Granted: 1967-03-28
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Expires: 1986-05-23
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 James M Willis
  • 👤 Ronald L Denecour

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 06:25
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60C; B60C5/00; B60C5/007; B60C1/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S152/00; Y10S152/905; Y10S156/00; Y10S156/91; Y10T; Y10T152/00; Y10T152/10; Y10T152/10495

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 136 words
IN A PNEUMATIC TIRE COMPRISING A VULCANIZED RUBBER BODY PORTION INCLUDING REINFORCING ELEMENTS EMBEDDED THEREIN AND TERMINATING AT ITS TWO EDGES IN TWO INEXTENSIBLE BEADS, A VULCANIZED RUBBER TREAD PORTION OVER-LYING AND BONDED TO SAID BODY PORTION, AND A PAIR OF INTEGRAL VULCANIZED RUBBER SIDEWALL PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM RESPECTIVE EDGES OF THE TREAD PORTION ALONG THE BODY PORTION TO WHICH THEY ARE BONDED TO THE RESPECTIVE BEADS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES AT LEAST ONE OF SAID RUBBER PORTIOS FORMED FROM A BLEND OF AN ELASTOMERIC TERPOLYMER INCLUDING POLYMER UNITS DERIVED FROM ETHYLENE, PROPYLENE AND A NON-CONJUGATED DIENE AND A BUTYLRUBBER, SAID TERPOLYMER INCLUDING PROPYLENE IN AN AMOUNT RANGING FROM ABOUT 30 TO ABOUT 70 MOLE PERCENT, THE BALANCE BEING ETHYLENE AND THE NON-CONJUGATED DIENE, SAID TERPOLYMER HAVING A MOONEY VISCOSITY OF AT LEAST ABOUT 50 (ML-4/212*F).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 136 words
IN A PNEUMATIC TIRE COMPRISING A VULCANIZED RUBBER BODY PORTION INCLUDING REINFORCING ELEMENTS EMBEDDED THEREIN AND TERMINATING AT ITS TWO EDGES IN TWO INEXTENSIBLE BEADS, A VULCANIZED RUBBER TREAD PORTION OVER-LYING AND BONDED TO SAID BODY PORTION, AND A PAIR OF INTEGRAL VULCANIZED RUBBER SIDEWALL PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM RESPECTIVE EDGES OF THE TREAD PORTION ALONG THE BODY PORTION TO WHICH THEY ARE BONDED TO THE RESPECTIVE BEADS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES AT LEAST ONE OF SAID RUBBER PORTIOS FORMED FROM A BLEND OF AN ELASTOMERIC TERPOLYMER INCLUDING POLYMER UNITS DERIVED FROM ETHYLENE, PROPYLENE AND A NON-CONJUGATED DIENE AND A BUTYLRUBBER, SAID TERPOLYMER INCLUDING PROPYLENE IN AN AMOUNT RANGING FROM ABOUT 30 TO ABOUT 70 MOLE PERCENT, THE BALANCE BEING ETHYLENE AND THE NON-CONJUGATED DIENE, SAID TERPOLYMER HAVING A MOONEY VISCOSITY OF AT LEAST ABOUT 50 (ML-4/212*F).

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-03-27 1970-09-26 1971-03-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-03-27 1974-09-26 1975-03-28 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-03-27 1978-09-26 1979-03-28 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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