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Pneumatic tire having multiple modulus body cord to reduce rolling resistance

U.S. patent: 6,513,561

Issued: February 4, 2003

Inventors: Carolyn W. Bernstorf, Jean-Yea Chen, Jie Jin, Masahiro Takayama and Hidetoshi Yokota

Assigned: Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire

Keywords: The modulus of the body cords is larger in the lower section than in the upper section.

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Migration inhibiting layer for a weatherstrip

U.S. patent: 6,514,604

Issued: February 4, 2003

Inventors: Krishnamachari Gopalan and Marion A. Royse

Assigned: Schlegel

Keywords: The migration inhibiting layer (60) substantially precludes the passage of decomposition products, which reduces odor emanation emanation, in philosophy
emanation (ĕmənā`shən) [Lat.,=flowing from], cosmological concept that explains the creation of the world by a series of radiations, or emanations, originating in the godhead.
 and discoloration dis·col·or·a·tion  
n.
1.
a. The act of discoloring.

b. The condition of being discolored.

2. A discolored spot, smudge, or area; a stain.

Noun 1.
 from staining materials.

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Electromagnetic wave absorbing, heat conductive silicone rubber compositions

U.S. patent: 6,514,428

Issued: February 4, 2003

Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Naoki Fuse and Hiroshi Endo

Assigned: Shin-Etsu Chemical

Keywords: A silicone rubber with soft magnetic metal powder and a heat conductive filler which are effective for preventing malfunction of CPU CPU
 in full central processing unit

Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit.
.

Tire having colored tread

U.S. patent: 6,515,063

Issued: February 4, 2003

Inventors: David John Zanzig and Paul Harry Sandstrom

Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Keywords: Non-black colored rubber containing a precipitated silica, which has been pre-treated with a hydrophobating agent and a coupling agent. Includes the outer surface of at least one tread lug (1) (Linux Users Group) A formal or informal organization of Linux users who gather together virtually or in person to exchange information and resources. Some groups maintain mailing lists and send out newsletters for their members.  intended to be ground-contacting.

Wiper blade for cleaning windows of motor vehicles

U.S. patent: 6,516,491

Issued: February 11, 2003

Inventors: Wilfried Merkel and Thomas Kotlarski

Assigned: Robert Bosch GmbH Robert Bosch GmbH [1] is a German corporation which was started in 1886 by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart, Germany. [2]

Bosch businesses include:
  • automotive parts and systems supplier;[2]
 

Keywords: An especially simple wind deflector strip and a connection device for a wiper arm is achieved.

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Shock absorbing device for shoe sole

U.S. patent: 6,516,539

Issued: February 11, 2003

Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki. Shigeyuki Mitsui, Seiichi Ueno and Kiyomitsu Kurosaki

Assigned: Asics

Keywords: The corrugated cor·ru·gate  
v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates

v.tr.
To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves.

v.intr.
 faces (21) and (30) mate with each other with gaps (4) being formed at the spaced-apart portions.

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Low rolling resistance tire for vehicles having a composite tread

U.S. patent: 6,516,847

Issued: February 11, 2003

Inventors: Angela Amaddeo, Mario Isola and Antonio Serra

Assigned: Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A.

Keywords: Comprises at least one belt layer (7) coaxially extending around one carcass ply (3), a composite tread (10) coaxially extending around the belt layer (7) and a radially outer layer (12) and a radially inner layer (11). The tire achieves a better compromise between rolling resistance, handling and comfort.

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Sulfur-containing silane silane
 or silicon hydride

Any of a series of inorganic compounds of silicon and hydrogen with covalent bonds and the general chemical formula SinH(2n + 2).
 coupling agents

U.S. patent: 6,518,335

Issued: February 11, 2003

Inventors: James D. Reedy reed·y  
adj. reed·i·er, reed·i·est
1. Full of reeds.

2. Made of reeds.

3. Resembling a reed, especially in being thin or fragile:
 and Kenneth W. Hartman

Assigned: Crompton

Keywords: By reacting an alkoxysilane acetal acetal /ac·e·tal/ (as´e-t'l)
1. any of a class of organic compounds formed by combination of an aldehyde molecule and two alcohol molecules.

2.
 with a sulfurating agent including certain novel mercapto silanes, useful in providing rubber tires with improved properties.

Rubber composition and tire

U.S. patent: 6,518,350

Issued: February 11, 2003

Inventors: Naokazu Kobayashi, Hiroshi Akema, Toshihiro Tadaki and Syuji Nishibata

Assigned: JSR JSR Java Specification Request
JSR J Sargeant Reynolds Community College (Virginia)
JSR Journal of Sedimentary Research
JSR Jump to Subroutine (6502 processor instruction) 
 

Keywords: The object is to provide a rubber composition with high wet skid resistance, low rolling resistance and high abrasion resistance, comprising a diene-based rubber (a), silica (b) and a compatibilizer (I) aminosilane compounds or epoxy group-containing compounds.

Pneumatic tire having improved static discharge characterstics

U.S. patent: 6,520,229

Issued: February 18, 2003

Inventors: Kiyoshige Muraoka and Toshiro Matsuo

Assigned: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (住友ゴム工業株式会社   

Keywords: A conductive thin film on the surface of the tread has a thickness of 0.5 mm and a volume resistivity of [10.sup.5] [OMEGA]*cm, prepared from a rubber comprising at least 10 parts by weight of carbon black per 100 parts of a rubber.

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Shock absorption stand for a road

U.S. patent: 6,520,711

Issued: February 18, 2003

Inventor: Chang-Wook Kim

Assigned: Geo Do Industry

Keywords: A shock absorption stand for a road guardrail is capable of minimizing shock and making a car progress forward.

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Extreme volume flexible integrity prosthesis prosthesis (prŏs`thĭsĭs): see artificial limb.
prosthesis

Artificial substitute for a missing part of the body, usually an arm or leg.
 

U.S. patent: 6,520,989

Issued: February 18, 2003

Inventor: L. Daniel Eaton

Assigned: Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors.  of the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used  

Keywords: A flexible external prosthesis formed by creating a thin walled hollow elastomeric shell of the shape required. The interior of the hollow shell is filled with a flexible foam body formed into the same shape.

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Polyether-containing rubber mixtures

U.S. patent: 6,521,684

Issued: February 18, 2003

Inventors: Thomas Scholl and Hermann-Josef Weidenhaupt

Assigned: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Keywords: Provides rubber mixtures with improved processing behavior containing special polyethers which result in vulcanizates which are highly reinforced, abrasion-resistance molded items, which have a low rolling resistance.
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