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Slush molding process
U.S. patent: 5,840,236
Issued: November 24, 1998
Inventors: Hung Dang Ngoc and
Limeil Brevannes
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber
1. A process for producing a hollow
rubber article.

Thermoplastic composition
containing a grafted copolymer
acrylate rubber
U.S. patent: 5,840,803
Issued: November 24, 1998
Inventors: Moh Ching Oliver Chang
and Richard Auclair
Assigned: Bayer

Treated clay product, methods
of making and using and
products therefrom
U.S. patent: 5,840,795
Issued: November 24, 1998
Inventors: Gary Freeman, Carl
Marshall, Jr., Walter Lackey and
Thomas Lynch
Assigned: J.M. Huber

Light weight, high performance
vibration-damping system
U.S. patent: 5,840,797
Issued: November 24, 1998
Inventors: Raj Singh
Assigned: H.B. Fuller

Method for improving dispersion
and compatibility of zinc salts in
elastomeric compounds during
vulcanization
U.S. patent: 5,840,801
Issued: November 24, 1998
Inventor: Eric Gardiner
Assigned: Arizona Chemical

Sulfenamide accelerators and rubber
compositions containing the same
U.S. patent: 5,840,908
Issued: November 24, 1998
Inventors: Balwant Singh, Thomas
Patrick Sassi and Laurence Wu-Kwang
Chang
Assigned: Cytec Technology

Sulfur-vulcanized rubber
compositions comprising
substituted succinimide compounds
U.S. patent: 5,844,049
Issued: December 1, 1998
Inventors: Rabindra Datta, Auke
Talma, Arie jacob de Hoog, Andre
Steenbergen and Berend Dijk
Assigned: Akzo Nobel NV

Method of manufacturing
carpet pads from a polyurethane
foam composition
U.S. patent: 5,846,461
Issued: December 8, 1998
Inventors: Burley Burk Collins, Miller
Durrett Collins and Charles Ridge
Assigned: National Foam Cushion
Manufacturing

Adhesive for bonding rubber and
glass fiber
U.S. patent: 5,847,033
Issued: December 8, 1998
Inventor: Yuji Kageyama
Assigned: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki
Kaisha

1. An adhesive for bonding a rubber
and a glass fiber, comprising:

a. a hydrogentated nitrile-butadiene
rubber latex;

b. a resorcin-formaldehyde resin; and

c. an ethyleneurea compound expressed
by the following general
formula:

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Process for producing thermoplastic
elastomer composition
U.S. patent: 5,847,052
Issued: December 8, 1998
Inventors: Tatsuo Hamanaka, Yuji
Goto, Noboru Komine, Norimasa Oda
and Masamichi Ishibashi
Assigned: Sumitomo Chemical

Thermoplastic elastomers having
improved surface properties
U.S. patent: 5,843,577
Issued: December 1, 1998
Inventors: Trazollah Ouhadi and
Jacques Horrion
Assigned: Advanced Elastomer
Systems, L.P.

Truck tire with cap/base
construction tread
U.S. patent: 5,843,249
Issued: December 1, 1998
Inventors: Jennifer Ryba, Michael
Rodgers and Stanley Mezynski
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

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Preservation and enhanced
stabilization of latex
U.S. patent: 5,840,790
Issued: November 24, 1998
Inventor: Chong Oon Ong
Assigned: RXD Sdn Bhd

Radial agricultural tire with a
pitched tread
U.S. patent: 5,843,248
Issued: November 24, 1998
Inventors: Andre Joseph Baus and
Michel Constant
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Reaction of carbon black with diazonium
salts, resultant carbon black
products and their uses
U.S. patent: 5,851,280
Issued: December 22, 1998
Inventors: James Belmont, Robert
Amici and Collin Galloway
Assigned: Cabot Corp.

Pneumatic tires with spirally wound
aramid cord overlay
U.S. patent: 5,849,121
Issued: December 15, 1998
Inventor: Rene Francois Reuter
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Precipitated silicas
U.S. patent: 5,846,506
Issued: December 8, 1998
Inventors: Heinz Esch, Udo God,
Robert Kuhlmann and Ralf Rausch
Assigned: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft

Functionalized diene oligomers
U.S. patent: 5,847,060
Issued: December 8, 1998
Inventors: Alexei Alexeyevich Gridnev
and Steven Dale Ittel
Assigned: E.I. Du Pont de Nemours
and Co.

Cord with high non-structural
elongation
U.S. patent: 5,843,583
Issued: December 1, 1998
Inventors: Urbain D'Haene, Marc
Eggermont and Dirk Meersschaut
Assigned: N.V. Bekaert S.A.

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Lustering and protecting agent for
rubber, vinyl and the like
U.S. patent: 5,844,007
Issued: December 1, 1998
Inventors: Tetsuo Kijima, Nobuhiro
Yoshikawa and Toshiji Tanaka
Assigned: No Touch North America

Trans 1,4-butadiene/isoprene copolymers
and tire with tread thereof
U.S. patent: 5,844,044
Issued: December 1, 1998
Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom and
Wen-Liang Hsu
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Apparatus and method for detecting
splice overlaps or splice gaps in a tire
U.S. patent: 5,845,232
Issued: December 1, 1998
Inventors: Richard Shively and James
Shively
Assigned: Measurement Systems

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Method for reducing shrinkage of
extruded rubber
U.S. patent: 5,846,475
Issued: December 8, 1998
Inventors: Masashi Yano and
Yasuyoshi Kawaguchi
Assigned: Bridgestone

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Pneumatic radial tires with
specified profile
U.S. patent: 5,849,118
Issued: December 15, 1998
Inventor: Hiroyuki Matsumoto
Assigned: Bridgestone

Pneumatic tire including zig-zag
subgrooves
U.S. patent: 5,849,119
Issued: December 15, 1998
Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Sadakazu
Takei and Toshihiko Suzuki
Assigned: Yokohama Rubber

Process for hydrophilicization of
hydrophobic polymers
U.S. patent: 5,849,368
Issued: December 15, 1998
Inventors: Fritz Hostettler, Michael
Helmus and Ni Ding
Assigned: Schneider (USA)

Materials and methods for the bacterial
production of isoprene
U.S. patent: 5,849,970
Issued: December 15, 1998
Inventors: Jennifer Kuzma, R. Ray Fall
and Michele Nemecek-Marshall
Assigned: The Regents of the University
of Colorado

Shield structure for a tractor with a
rear mounted harvester
U.S. patent: 5,850,727
Issued: December 22, 1998
Inventor: Jeffrey Robert Fox
Assigned: Deere & Company

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Pipe coupling with gasket positioner
U.S. patent: 5,851,037
Issued: December 22, 1998
Inventor: Donald Bridges

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Crumb rubber modified asphalt with
improved settling properties
U.S. patent: 5,851,276
Issued: December 22, 1998
Inventor: G. Mohammed Memon
Assigned: U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Pneumatic fire including cap tread
portion
U.S. patent: 5,851,321
Issued: December 22, 1998
Inventors: Shingo Midorikawa and
Kinya Kawakami
Assigned: Yokohama Rubber

Pneumatic tire including groove and
side extending along parabola
U.S. patent: 5,851,322
Issued: December 22, 1998
Inventor: Motoo Hayashi
Assigned: Sumitomo Rubber

Pneumatic tire with air permeation
preventive laser
U.S. patent: 5,851,323
Issued: December 22, 1998
Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaido, Kazuto
Yamakawa, Jiro Watanabe, Zenichiro
Shida and Yoshiaki Hashimura
Assigned: Yokohama Rubber

Radial ply pneumatic tire
U.S. patent: 5,851,324
Issued: December 22, 1998
Inventors: Thomas Oare, Randall Brayer,
Jeffrey Kahrs, Beale Robinson,
Keith Trares and Raymond McQuate
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber