A tire is disclosed having an inner surface comprising an elastomer composition and at least partially enclosing a tire cavity, wherein the tire further comprises a component having an attachment surface comprising a polymer composition, which is attached to a portion of the inner surface via an…
A pneumatic tire (10) is disclosed comprising a carcass (16), an air barrier layer (24) and a puncture resistant layer (20, 20b). In one aspect, the puncture resistant layer (20, 20b) is located adjacent to the carcass (16) and the puncture resistant layer (20, 20b) has a post cure tack value with…
A system and method for detection of a pressure leak rate in a tire (12) supporting a vehicle (14) is disclosed. The system (10) comprises a sensor (30) mounted on the tire (12) for measuring a pressure (52) of the tire (12) and means for transmitting measured pressure data from the sensor (30) to…
A real time tire pressure monitoring system and method is disclosed. It includes a sensor measuring a pressure of a first tire and a sensor measuring a pressure of a second tire. The measured pressures are transmitted from the sensors to a processor, and a fusion module is executed on the…
A system and method for detection of a leak rate in a tire (12) supporting a vehicle (14) is disclosed. The system (10) comprises a sensor (30) mounted on the tire (12) for measuring a pressure (58) of the tire (12); means for transmitting measured pressure data from the sensor (30) to a processor…
A radial tire (10) is disclosed comprising a pair of bead cores (14), a carcass (16) having one or a plurality of carcass plies (22) extending from one of the bead cores (14) to the other of the bead cores (14) in a toroidal form, a tread portion (18) circumferentially encircling the toroidal form…
A tire (1, 10) is disclosed comprising a tread (20) and a belt portion (100) located radially below the tread. The tread (20) has two shoulder portions, each shoulder portion comprising a shoulder groove (21). The belt portion (100) comprises a pair of working belts (110, 130) and a relatively low…
A coupling agent, a rubber composition, and a shaped article formed from the rubber composition, such as a pneumatic tire, are described. The coupling agent is represented by Formula I, and is capable of linking a substrate, such as a mineral oxide, carbon black or brass, to an unsaturated…
In a first aspect, a tire (103) comprises an innerliner (133) adjacent to a belt package, an undertread adjacent to the belt package opposite the innerliner, and a tread (119) adjacent to the undertread opposite the belt package is disclosed. The tread (119) comprises a plurality of tread elements…
A tire with printed sensors is disclosed. The tire comprises a pair of bead areas; a ground-contacting tread disposed radially outwardly of the pair of bead areas; a pair of sidewalls, including an inboard sidewall extending from a first one of the bead areas to the tread, and an outboard sidewall…
A tire is disclosed comprising a sensor mount affixed to the tire or being integrated within the tire. The sensor mount is configured to support a sensor. Furthermore, an identification tag, preferably a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, is affixed to an inner wall of the sensor mount. The…
A tire (103) is disclosed comprising an innerliner (133); a plurality of belts layered adjacent to the innerliner (133); a tread (119) adjacent to the plurality of belts opposite the innerliner (133); and a treadwear sensor (106) positioned in the innerliner (133). The treadwear sensor comprises a…
A tire (10) is disclosed comprising a tire tread (12) comprising a first and second rib (18, 22). The first and second ribs (18, 22) are separated by a tread groove (28). At least one tie-bar element (32) is disposed within the tread groove (28). The tie-bar element (32) has opposed sidewalls (33…
A pneumatic tire (1) comprising a carcass and an innerliner (10) is disclosed. The innerliner (10) comprisies a film (10B) comprising a blend of a polyamide, an ±-olefin graft copolymer and an ionomer. An adhesive layer (10A) is disposed between the film (10B) and the carcass, the adhesive layer…
Pneumatic tire comprising two annular bead portions each having a bead core (103), a carcass extending between the bead portions (103) through sidewall portions (16) and a tread portion. The carcass includes at least two axially inner plies (1, 2) which extend down from the tread and axially inward…
A rubber composition is disclosed. comprising, based on parts by weight per 100 parts by weight rubber (phr): (A) 100 phr of at least one conjugated diene-based elastomer which includes: (1) 20 to 100 phr of a functionalized styrene/butadiene elastomer derived from organic solvent solution…
Pneumatic aircraft tire comprising two annular bead portions each having a bead core (103), a carcass extending between the bead portions (103) through sidewall portions (16) and a tread portion. The carcass includes at least two axially inner plies (1, 2) which extend down from the tread and…
An air maintenance system is disclosed comprising an operationally rotating inner ring (80) secured to a vehicle wheel (11), a stationary outer ring (90) maintaining a constant angular position, an eccentric mass (50) secured to the stationary outer ring (90), an occlusion roller (70) located…
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread (25), a belt structure (40, 50, 60, 70, 80) and a carcass (31) is disclosed. The belt structure comprises a zigzag belt structure (60) and a contrasting colored wear indicator structure (50) located either radially inward of the zigzag belt structure (60) or…
A pneumatic tire is disclosed having a tread comprising a rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), from 50 to 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from -65 °C to -55 °C and being…
An apparatus for testing a tire is disclosed, the tire having opposed sidewalls joined together by a crown section, the crown section having an inner surface (228) and an outer surface. The apparatus (10) comprises a support frame (20) and first and second rollers (40, 50) connected to the support…
A self-inflating tire (12) is disclosed having a tire cavity (40), first and second sidewalls (32) extending respectively from first and second tire bead regions (34) to a tire tread region, a groove or passageway (60) positioned within the tire (12), and a tube (50) positioned within the groove or…
Pneumatic tire comprising two annular bead portions having a bead core (2) and a carcass extending between the bead portions through sidewall portions and a tread portion is disclosed. The carcass includes at least two axially inner plies (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1 E) which extend down from the tread and…
A tire comprising a tread (10) is disclosed. The tread (10) comprises a plurality of circumferential grooves (20, 24) separating circumferential ribs, each groove (20, 24) comprising a bottom (21) and two sidewalls (22, 23); and one or more groove reinforcements (30, 31, 33, 34, 130). Each groove…
A tread (222) for a pneumatic tire, and a respective truck tire, comprises first and second circumferentially continuous grooves (20, 24); a central rib (30) interposed between said circumferentially continuous grooves, the central rib extending continuously around a circumference of the tread…
A pneumatic tire is disclosed having a tread comprising a radially outer tread cap layer and radially inner tread cap layer underlying the outer tread cap layer. The outer tread cap layer comprises a rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr) from 50 to 90 phr of…
A tire optimal slip ratio estimation system and method is disclosed. The system comprises: a vehicle (10) supported by at least one vehicle tire (12) mounted to a hub, the vehicle tire having a tire cavity (20) and a ground-engaging tread (16), and the tire (12) having a plurality of tire-specific…
The invention relates to a tire tread comprising a rubber composition for a groove reinforcement (30) in the tire tread (10), the tire tread (10) comprising a plurality of circumferential grooves (20). The rubber composition comprises at least one rubber component; between about 50 phr and 120 phr…
A road friction estimation system and method for a road on which a vehicle is traversing is disclosed. The system comprises: a vehicle (22) having at least one supportive vehicle tire (10), the vehicle tire (10) having a tire cavity (16) and a ground-engaging tread (14), and the tire (10) having a…
A pneumatic tire (12), preferably a self-inflating pneumatic tire is disclosed. The tire (12) has a pneumatic cavity (40), an air passageway (43) between the pneumatic cavity (40) and atmosphere, and a filter (1700) disposed between the pneumatic cavity (40) and atmosphere. The filter (1700) is…