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Bi-directional interlocking sipe and slot combination

In one aspect, a tire is provided, the tire comprising: a tread portion comprising at least one of a tread rib or a tread block, a sipe included in the tread rib or the tread block, the sipe including…

DRIVE·May 26·1 min read

B60C11/1218 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Tire electronics assembly

An electronics assembly is provided for use with a tire. The assembly includes a plurality of printed circuit boards, each of which includes an electronic device configured to sense a condition of the…

DRIVE·May 26·1 min read

B60C23/0493 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

TIRE COMPONENT FROM RUBBER COMPOSITION INCLUDING GUAYULE RUBBER AND EUTECTIC COMPOSITION AND RELATED METHODS

Disclosed herein are tire components comprising a rubber composition including guayule natural rubber and optionally at least one conjugated diene monomer-based rubber; about 30 to about 150 phr of re…

DRIVE·May 14·1 min read

C08L7/00 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION FROM REAL-TIME VEHICLE KINETICS DATA FOR REMOTE TIRE WEAR MODELING

A system and method are provided for efficiently estimating vehicle tire wear. Vehicle kinetics (first) data are provided via one or more sensors associated with the vehicle and/or at least one associ…

DRIVE·Mar 12·2 min read

G07C5/04 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

TIRE ANALYTICS SYSTEM USING TREAD WEAR RATE

A tire analytics system can include processing circuitry and memory coupled to the processing circuitry. The memory can include instructions stored therein that are executable by the processing circui…

DRIVE·Mar 12·1 min read

B60C11/246 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT OF SELF-SUPPORTING SPOKE STRUCTURE FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE

A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ring. A support structure connects…

DRIVE·Apr 3·1 min read

B60C7/146 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

BUTADIENE PRODUCTION FROM USED TIRES

A process comprising (a) providing used tire feedstock; (b) gasifying the used tire feedstock to produce a gaseous stream, where the gaseous stream includes carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and carbon dioxi…

DRIVE·Feb 6·1 min read

C08F36/06 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH A TEXTURED SURFACE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING, AND TEXTURED MOLD

A tire mold having a sidewall molding surface with a negative irregular rough surface texture pattern extending circumferentially along the sidewall molding surface so as to mold at least one annular …

DRIVE·Jan 9·1 min read

B60C13/001 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

TIRE WITH BI-DIRECTIONAL PERFORMANCE

A method of mounting a tire on a vehicle includes providing a tire having a first side, a second side, and a circumferential tread disposed about the tire. The first side defines a first forward rotat…

DRIVE·Jan 2·2 min read

B60C11/0302 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Tire With RFID Enclosed In Different Rubber Layers And Related Methods

Disclosed herein is a tire having an electronic communication module including a radio device where the radio device is positioned between a first rubber layer and a second rubber layer, with the seco…

DRIVE·Aug 29·1 min read

B60C1/00 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Curing Mold Assemblies For Non-Pneumatic Tires As Well As Methods Of Manufacture

Mold assemblies used for curing non-pneumatic tires include a mold section and curing shoe assemblies supported on the mold section. The curing shoe assemblies include an actuation cup supported on th…

DRIVE·Aug 8·1 min read

B29D30/02 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

RFID PACKAGE FOR A TIRE

An RFID package for a tire includes a first laminate layer having a first length, a first width, and a first thickness. The RFID package further includes a second laminate layer having a second length…

DRIVE·Aug 1·1 min read

B60C19/00 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

USE OF INJECTED SEALANT TO IMPROVE DYNAMIC TIRE BALANCE

A method of applying a sealant layer to an inner surface of a tire and a resulting tire are disclosed. Prior to sealant application first and second balance light spots on first and second sides of th…

DRIVE·Jul 25·1 min read

B60C19/003 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

SYSTEM, METHOD, AND TIRE AGING MODEL FOR QUANTIFYING FIELD USAGE SEVERITY OF MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring tire aging with respect to a motor vehicle and/or across vehicle fleets. A computing device (e.g., cloud server) is linked to vehicle-mounted da…

DRIVE·Jul 11·2 min read

B60C11/246 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

SYSTEM, METHOD, AND TIRE AGING MODEL FOR QUANTIFYING FIELD USAGE SEVERITY OF MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring tire aging with respect to a motor vehicle and/or across vehicle fleets. A computing device (e.g., cloud server) is linked to vehicle-mounted da…

DRIVE·Apr 25·2 min read

B60C11/246 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Methods For Producing Polymer-Containing Coatings Upon Cured Inner Liners, Methods For Producing Tires Containing Such Inner Liners, And Tires Containing Such Inner Liners

Methods for producing a polymer-containing coating upon a cured tire inner liner using a coating composition of specified composition are provided. Also provided are methods for producing a tire compr…

DRIVE·Mar 28·1 min read

B29D30/0061 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

TIRE BAND WITH FILAMENTS HAVING A NON-CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION

A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ri…

DRIVE·Mar 28·1 min read

B60C7/18 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH FIBER METAL LAMINATE CONSTRUCTION

A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ri…

DRIVE·Jan 25·1 min read

B60C7/146 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

REUSABLE RIM FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRES

A rim assembly for a non-pneumatic tire has at least two rim components including: a first rim component having a first rim flange and a first lip, and a second rim component having a second rim flang…

DRIVE·Dec 7·1 min read

B60C7/24 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

SEALANT-CONTAINING TIRE AND RELATED PROCESSES

Processes for producing a sealant layer-tire inner liner combination as well as a sealant layer-containing tire and related processes involving the sealant layer-containing tire are disclosed. The sea…

DRIVE·Nov 2·1 min read

B60C5/14 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

TIRE TREAD WITH A BAND LAYER

A non-pneumatic tire includes an inner ring having an axis of rotation and an outer ring coaxial with the inner ring. The non-pneumatic tire further includes support structure extending from the inner…

DRIVE·Oct 26·1 min read

B60C7/10 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

OIL-CONTAINING RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS

Disclosed herein are rubber compositions comprising bio-oil produced by a recombinant cell. Also disclosed are methods of controlling the variability of fatty acid content in bio-oil containing rubber…

DRIVE·Oct 19·1 min read

C08L9/06 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIRE SIPE

Various embodiments of a tire having a three-dimensional tire sipe are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tire sipe used in a tire is provided, the tire sipe comprising: a radially inner sipe taper porti…

DRIVE·Oct 12·2 min read

B60C11/1218 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF TIRE WEAR

A computer-implemented method enables vehicle tire wear prediction based on minimal input data points. Information is aggregated in a hierarchical data structure regarding historical tread values for …

DRIVE·Aug 17·2 min read

G01M17/027 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH STRESS-CONCENTRATION REDUCTION FEATURES

A non-pneumatic and method of making a non-pneumatic tire. The non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diamet…

DRIVE·Jul 13·2 min read

B60B9/26 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Tire Sensing Systems and Methods

Tire sensing systems operable to determine one or more physical characteristics of a tire include millimeter wave transmitting and receiving devices. A processor is communicatively coupled with a memo…

DRIVE·Jun 15·1 min read

B60C19/00 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

BUMP STOP FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE

A non-pneumatic tire includes an annular inner ring, an annular outer ring, and a support structure extending from the annular inner ring to the annular outer ring. The support structure includes a pl…

DRIVE·Feb 23·1 min read

B60C7/107 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

IRRIGATION TIRE

A non directional pneumatic tire is provided for an agricultural irrigation system. The tire includes first and second side walls and a radially outer wall defining an internal inflation chamber. A no…

DRIVE·Feb 16·1 min read

B60C11/0311 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING MOLDED SIDEWALL COVER

A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ri…

DRIVE·Feb 9·1 min read

B60C13/04 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING COVERS

A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ri…

DRIVE·Jan 12·1 min read

B60C13/002 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING SIDEWALL COVERS

A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ri…

DRIVE·Jan 12·1 min read

B60C13/04 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING REINFORCED SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

A method of making a non-pneumatic tire includes providing an inner ring of elastomeric material and an outer ring of elastomeric material, and arranging the inner ring and the outer ring such that th…

DRIVE·Jan 12·1 min read

B60C7/146 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING MULTILAYER SPOKES

A non-pneumatic tire includes an annular inner ring, an annular outer ring, and a support structure extending from the annular inner ring to the annular outer ring. The support structure includes a mu…

DRIVE·Nov 24·1 min read

B60C7/146 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING LOOPED SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

A non-pneumatic tire includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of loops extending between the inner ring and the outer ring. The plurality of loops including at least a first loop and a s…

DRIVE·Oct 13·2 min read

B60B9/12 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

MOLD SEGMENT IRREGULAR WEAR AND NOISE COUNTERMEASURE

A tire mold segment containing a mold surface with a plurality of groove forming and sipe forming protrusions arranged to form tread portions of tires. At the end faces of the tire mold segment, the p…

DRIVE·Jun 23·1 min read

B29D30/0606 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Methods For Treating Inner Liner Surface, Inner Liners Resulting Therefrom And Tires Containing Such Inner Liners

Methods for treating the surface of a cured inner liner are disclosed. By use of these methods a treated, cured inner liner is produced which has a lower surface with increased adherability to other m…

DRIVE·Jun 23·1 min read

B60C5/04 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Post-Cure Read Range Enhancement Of RFID Tire Tags

Methods for increasing the read range of an electronic communication module within a tire and methods for improving the read range of an electronic communication module within a tire are provided here…

DRIVE·Jun 2·1 min read

G06K19/07764 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Modified High-Cis Polybutadiene Polymer, Related Methods And Rubber Compositions

Disclosed herein are a process for preparing a modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, a modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, and tire components made using the modified high-cis polybutadiene po…

DRIVE·May 12·1 min read

C08C19/25 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Method For Producing Polydienes With Reduced Cold Flow

A process for preparing a polydiene having increased viscosity and reduced cold flow that includes polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer in the presence of a lanthanide-containing compound to form a…

DRIVE·Apr 7·1 min read

C08F136/06 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

TIRE TREAD BAND WITH SHIM LAYERS

A non-pneumatic tire includes an inner ring having an axis of rotation and an outer ring coaxial with the inner ring. The non-pneumatic tire further includes support structure extending from the inner…

DRIVE·Mar 10·1 min read

B60C7/146 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

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Bi-directional interlocking sipe and slot combination

Tire electronics assembly

TIRE COMPONENT FROM RUBBER COMPOSITION INCLUDING GUAYULE RUBBER AND EUTECTIC COMPOSITION AND RELATED METHODS

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION FROM REAL-TIME VEHICLE KINETICS DATA FOR REMOTE TIRE WEAR MODELING

TIRE ANALYTICS SYSTEM USING TREAD WEAR RATE

MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT OF SELF-SUPPORTING SPOKE STRUCTURE FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE

BUTADIENE PRODUCTION FROM USED TIRES

PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH A TEXTURED SURFACE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING, AND TEXTURED MOLD

TIRE WITH BI-DIRECTIONAL PERFORMANCE

Tire With RFID Enclosed In Different Rubber Layers And Related Methods

Curing Mold Assemblies For Non-Pneumatic Tires As Well As Methods Of Manufacture

RFID PACKAGE FOR A TIRE

USE OF INJECTED SEALANT TO IMPROVE DYNAMIC TIRE BALANCE

SYSTEM, METHOD, AND TIRE AGING MODEL FOR QUANTIFYING FIELD USAGE SEVERITY OF MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES

SYSTEM, METHOD, AND TIRE AGING MODEL FOR QUANTIFYING FIELD USAGE SEVERITY OF MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES

Methods For Producing Polymer-Containing Coatings Upon Cured Inner Liners, Methods For Producing Tires Containing Such Inner Liners, And Tires Containing Such Inner Liners

TIRE BAND WITH FILAMENTS HAVING A NON-CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH FIBER METAL LAMINATE CONSTRUCTION

REUSABLE RIM FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRES

SEALANT-CONTAINING TIRE AND RELATED PROCESSES

TIRE TREAD WITH A BAND LAYER

OIL-CONTAINING RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS

THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIRE SIPE

HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF TIRE WEAR

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH STRESS-CONCENTRATION REDUCTION FEATURES

Tire Sensing Systems and Methods

BUMP STOP FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE

IRRIGATION TIRE

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING MOLDED SIDEWALL COVER

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING COVERS

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING SIDEWALL COVERS

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING REINFORCED SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING MULTILAYER SPOKES

NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING LOOPED SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

MOLD SEGMENT IRREGULAR WEAR AND NOISE COUNTERMEASURE

Methods For Treating Inner Liner Surface, Inner Liners Resulting Therefrom And Tires Containing Such Inner Liners

Post-Cure Read Range Enhancement Of RFID Tire Tags

Modified High-Cis Polybutadiene Polymer, Related Methods And Rubber Compositions

Method For Producing Polydienes With Reduced Cold Flow

TIRE TREAD BAND WITH SHIM LAYERS