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Tire press

U.S. patent: 5,744,169
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Yasuhiko Fujieda, Hiroyuki
Takebayashi and Masaki Naoi
Assigned: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko
Sho and Kobelco Stewart Bolling

Heterofilaments for cord
reinforcement in rubber goods

U.S. patent: 5,744,237
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventor: Harry W. Stanhope
Assigned: Hoechst Celanese

Volume grafted elastomer
surfaces and methods thereof

U.S. patent: 5,744,200
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Santokh S. Badesha,
George J. Heeks and Arnold Henry
Assigned: XeroxCorp.

Foamable silicone rubber composition

U.S. patent: 5,744,508
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Atsushi Yaginuma and Yosh
ifume Harada
Assigned: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.

Process for the synthesis of
elastomeric polypropylene

U.S. patent: 5,744,555
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: William Ames, Robert
Holliday, Timothy McKeon, Luis Pagan,
James Scott, Horst Seeger, Gregory
Slemons, Max Statman and Jeffrey
Vanderbilt
Assigned: Eastman Chemical Co.

Flourine rubber composition

U.S. patent: 5,744,640
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Takashi Enokida, Akihiro Naraki,
Eiichi Yamashita and
Haruyoshi Tatsu
Assigned: Nippon Mektron, Limited
1. A polyfluoroalkyl group containing
block isocyanate compound represented
by the following general formula:

Rf([CH.sub.2])nNHCONHRNHCOON=[CR.sup.1][R.sup.2]

Process of producing gasoline, diesel
and carbon black with waste rubber
and/or waste plastics

U.S. patent: 5,744,668
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Dinli Zhou and Li Xing
Assigned: Li Xing

Process to measure the stringiness
of room temperature vulcanizable silicone
sealant compositions

U.S. patent: 5,744,703
Issued: April 28, 1998
Inventors: Mary A. Krenceski, ChiuSing
Lin and Gary M. Lucas
Assigned: General Electric Co.

Method for cutting a cord reinforced
elastomeric laminate

U.S. Patent: 5,746,101
Issued: May 5, 1998
Inventors: James Alfred Benzing II,
William James Head, Daniel Ray
Downing, Larry James Gehrett and
Harold Aloysius Wolbert
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Tire tread including tie bar

U.S. patent: 5,746,849
Issued: May 5, 1998
Inventors: David Dean Hutson, Christopher
Paul Johenning, John Janis
Taube and Terry John Waibel
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Profiled vehicle tire and method for
dimensioning the optimum phase offset
between adjacent tread portions

U.S. patent: 5,746,848
Issued: May 5, 1998
Inventors: Thomas Schulze, Geert Roik,
Michael Hahn and Klaus Kleinhoff
Assigned: Continental Aktiengesellschaft

Method of building green
tires for low-section profile
pneumatic radial tires

U.S. patent: 5,746,860
Issued: May 5, 1998
Inventor: Sadao Moriyama
Assigned: Bridgestone Corporation

Radial heavy-duty truck tire
with crown reinforcement
having a multipartite ply

U.S. patent: 5,746,853
Issued: May 5, 1998
Inventor: Laurence Burlacot
Assigned: Compagnie Generale des
Etablissements Michelin - Michelin Cie

Process for film transfer rubber
molding of glass run channel composites
and the product formed thereby

U.S. patent: 5,746,867
Issued: May 5, 1998
Inventors: Kohji Y. Chihara, James A.
Roth and Gary A. Krotke
Assigned: Gen-Corp

Load system and method for a
tire vulcanizing machine

U.S patent: 5,746,964
Issued: May 5, 1998
Inventors: Kashiro Ureshino, Itaru
Amano, Masaki Naoi, Kou Takakura,
Takumi Mizokawa and Katsumi Ichikawa
Assigned: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe
Seiko Sho

Formulated ethylene/[Alpha]olefin
elastomeric compounds

U.S. patent: 5,746,580
Issued: May 5, 1998
Inventors: Kevin McKay, Robert
Blanchard, Edwin Feig and Kyle
Kummer
Assigned: Dow Chemical