Patent News.

Tire tube containing
elastics members
U.S. patent: 5,894,874
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventors: Toshio Yamagiwa,
Hirohisa Takahashi, Kengo
Nakayama and Katsutoshi Yamazaki
Assigned: Honda Giken Kogyo
Kabushiki Kaisha
Keywords: Punctured, continue
running

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Pneumatic radial tire with flat 1x6
steel belt cord
U.S. patent: 5,894,875
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventors: Takeo Masaki, Eiji
Igarashi, Yoshiki Kanehira, Tosio
Kawai and Ryuzou Komatsu
Assigned: Yokohama Rubber

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Machine for shredding a
discarded tire
U.S. patent: 5,894,997
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventor: Ping Iu Chen

Hydraulically damping engine
mounting
U.S. patent: 5,895,031
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventors: Heinrich Meyer and Peter
Maier
Assigned: Boge GmbH

Hydraulic bearing
U.S. patent: 5,895,032
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventors: Arnold Simmuttis and Bad
Kreuznach
Assigned: Firma Carl Freudenberg

Shaft sealing device
U.S. patent: 5,895,052
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventors: Rolf Drucktenhengst and
Uwe Henrich
Assigned: Firma Carl Freudenberg

Reciprocating piston machine with
capillary passages on valves for
pressure relief
U.S. patent: 5,895,208
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventors: Heinz Riedlinger and Erich
Becker
Assigned: KNF Neuberger GmbH

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Surgical suture
U.S. patent: 5,895,413
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventor: Roll Nordstrom
Keywords: Silicone elastomer

Iontophoresis patch/controller
interconnection using a conductive
elastomer to provide noise-free electrical
contact between patch and
controller
U.S. patent: 5,895,369
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventor: Ronald Flower
Assigned: Becton Dickinson and Co.
Keywords: Drug delivery

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Motor vehicle with rear
crawler belts
U.S. patent: 5,894,900
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventors: Takahiro Yamamoto,
Kouichi Uchibaba and Hajime
Yoshimura
Assigned: Honda Giken Kogyo
Kabushiki Kaisha and Ohtsu Tire &
Rubber

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Vehicle wheel provided with a
pneumatic tire having therein a
rubber mixture permeated with
magnetizable particles
U.S. patent: 5,895,854
Issued: April 20, 1999
Inventors: Thomas Becherer and
Martin Fehrle
Assigned: Continental AG

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Method and apparatus for the
manufacture of duckbill valves
U.S. patent: 5,897,828
Issued: April 27, 1999
Inventors: Mark Sillince, Karl Mondszein
and Erwin Rosens
Assigned: Whitbread, PLC, Heinekin
Technical Services and Lawson Mardon
Plastics

Vehicle tire, anti-skid device
U.S. patent: 5,896,906
Issued: April 27, 1999
Inventors: Phillip Snyder and Jerrod
Snyder
Keywords: Segmented, road engaging

Tire having low rolling resistance
U.S. patent: 5,896,904
Issued: April 27, 1999
Inventors: Yuuichiroh Ozaki and
Hirofumi Hayashi
Assigned: Toyo Tire & Rubber
1. A low rolling resistance tire comprising:
a tread made of a rubber compound
with carbon black and silica,
natural rubber and surface treated calcium
carbonate

Tread for heavy-vehicle tire in
which the central ribs are provided
with inclined incisions
U.S. patent: 5,896,905
Issued: April 27, 1999
Inventor: Patrick Lurois
Assigned: Compagnie Generale des
Establissements, Michelin

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Tire with outer carbon black
reinforced rubber strip for
static reduction
U.S. patent: 5,898,047
Issued: April 27, 1999
Inventors: John Howald, Gary Garber
and Marc Nowacki
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Elastic fluorohydrocarbon
resin-based polymer blend with
graft copolymers of rubbers
U.S. patent: 5,898,051
Issued: April 27, 1999
Inventors: Chikashi Kawashima,
Fumiyoshi Yoshikawa and Seiiti
Minegishi
Assigned: Central Glass, Ltd.

Process for producing fluorine-containing
elastomer
U.S. patent: 5,898,054
Issued: April 27, 1999
Inventors: Satoru Saito, Kuniyoshi
Kawasaki and Haruyoshi Tatsu
Assigned: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.

Abrasion resistant composite hose
and process for producing the same
U.S patent: 5,899,237
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventors: Youichi Akedo, Seiji
Shiga, Tetsuya Inagake, Shoji Hattori
and Yoshiki Yoshitomi
Assigned: Tigers Polymer
Keywords: Spiral reinforcement of
outer layer

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Rubber spring modular wheel suspension
for vehicles
U.S. patent: 5,899,470
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventor: David Heitzmann
Assigned: MOR/ryde International

Image bearing belt and image
forming apparatus using same
U.S. patent: 5,899,610
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventors: Naoki Enomoto, Akihiko
Takeuchi, Toshiaki Miyashiro and
Takaaki Tsuruya
Assigned: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

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Reversible lining tube for repairing
an existing pipeline
U.S. patent: 5,899,636
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventors: Shigeru Toyoda, Shuichi
Yagi, Masaaki Itagaki and Kazuki
Okabe
Assigned: Tokyo Gas and Nisshinbo
Industries
Keywords: Elastomer, flock and fiber
layers and static electric adhesion

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Balloon expandable braided stent
with restraint
U.S. patent: 5,899,935
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventor: Ni Ding
Assigned: Schneider (USA)

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Reaction of carbon black with
diazonium salts, resultant carbon
black products and their uses
U.S. patent: 5,900,029
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventors: James Belmont, Robert
Amici and Collin Galloway
Assigned: Cabot

Process for producing sealant-contained
tire tube
U.S. patent: 5,900,088
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventor: Toshio Yamagiwa
Assigned: Honda Giken Kogyo
Kabushiki Kaisha

Rubber composition containing
hydrated zinc-sodium thiosulfate
U.S. patent: 5,900,448
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventors: Lawson Wideman, William
Francik and Richard D'Sidocky
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Diene rubber composition based on
alumina as reinforcing filler and its
use for the manufacture of a tire
U.S. patent: 5,900,449
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventors: Emmanuel Custodero and
Jean-Claude Tardivat
Assigned: Compagnie Generale des
Establissements Michelin-Michelin &
Cie

Elastosols, process for the
preparation thereof, process for
the use of such elastosols and
products derived from them
U.S. patent: 5,900,455
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventors: Olaf Breuer, Hans Vermeire
and Caroline Maes
Assigned: Shell Oil

Portable universal friction testing
machine and method
U.S. patent: 5,900,531
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventors: Neel Mani, Stanley Olesky
and David Christy
Assigned: Bridgestone/Firestone

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Method and apparatus for
modelling a tire for use with a
vehicle spindle-coupled simulator
U.S. patent: 5,900,542
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventors: David Fricke, Mark
Hansen and Rakan Chabaan
Assigned: Ford Global Technologies

Method for processing pressure and
temperature measurements in a tire
monitoring system
U.S. patent: 5,900,809
Issued: May 4, 1999
Inventor: Jacques Hebert
Assigned: Michelin Recherche et
Technique

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Pneumatic agricultural tire
U.S. patent: 5,901,765
Issued: May 11, 1999
Inventor: Mark Bonko
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Pneumatic tire having a tread
compound containing high
levels of low TG polymer and resin
U.S. patent: 5,901,766
Issued: May 11, 1999
Inventors: Paul Sandstrom, Edward
Blok and John Verthe
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber