#Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

TIRE ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS OF AN AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR

A tire analysis method and system for determining characteristic parameters of an agricultural tractor provided with two front wheels supporting two front tires and with two rear wheels supporting two…

DRIVE·Jan 30·1 min read

B60W40/12 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) DEVICE TO BE INSERTED IN A TIRE

A tire comprising a tread, a carcass defining an inner cavity, an innerliner layer designed to make sure that the air contained in the inner cavity remains under pressure, and a radio-frequency identi…

DRIVE·Oct 3·1 min read

B60C19/00 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND LOCATING OBSTACLES/ELEMENTS ON ROAD PAVEMENT THAT ARE DANGEROUS OR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO TIRE AND/OR VEHICLE INTEGRITY

The invention concerns a method () for detecting and locating obstacles/elements on road pavement, including: acquiring () wheel speed values related to a wheel of a motor vehicle driven on a road, an…

DRIVE·Sep 19·2 min read

B60W40/06 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

METHOD AND RELATED SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX OF A ROAD SEGMENT

The invention concerns a method for estimating an International Roughness Index (IRI) of a road or road segment. comprising a preliminary step () and an International Roughness Index estimation step (…

DRIVE·Jun 27·1 min read

B60W40/06 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

TIRE PROVIDED WITH A TEMPORARY IDENTIFICATION LABEL

A tire comprises a toroidal carcass, which has a central cavity and at least one body ply, which is partially folded onto itself and, hence, laterally has two turn-ups, each having an edge of the body…

DRIVE·Jun 13·1 min read

G06K19/07764 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

HYDROPHOBIC PATTERNS FOR TIRE TREAD GROOVES

A tread for a pneumatic tyre, the tread comprising a plurality of grooves, the grooves comprising: a groove surface (); and a plurality of elements () spaced from one another in an arrangement on the …

DRIVE·Feb 15·1 min read

B60C11/1353 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

TYRE TREAD WITH IMPROVED SIPE ON THREE LEVELS AND TYRE

The present invention relates to a tread for tyres. Specifically, it refers to a tread that features a 3-level tread geometry that is optimised in such a way as to ensure long-term high performance on…

DRIVE·Feb 8·1 min read

B60C11/1259 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

TIRE TREAD WITH THREE SIPE LEVELS AND TIRE

A tread () for a tire () having a plurality of tread components () comprising a sipe () defining first () and a second () opposing faces; the said sipe () having a sipe depth (P) and comprises in sequ…

DRIVE·Sep 28·2 min read

B60C11/1218 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

METHOD AND APPLICATION UNIT FOR APPLYING A SOUND-ABSORBING MATERIAL IN AN INNER CAVITY OF A PNEUMATIC TIRE

Method and application unit () for applying a sound-absorbing material () to an inner cavity of a pneumatic tyre (). The following steps are provided: eliminating an excess end () of a strip () of sou…

DRIVE·Jul 27·2 min read

B29D30/0681 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

IMPROVED TIRE

The present invention relates to a tyre () comprising:—a carcass ();—at least one high elongation belt (), being applied as a single cord externally to said carcass (); and—an external tread portion (…

DRIVE·May 18·1 min read

B60C9/28 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

IMPROVED RFID SENSOR DEVICE WITH PATCH-TYPE ANTENNA FOR TIRES

The invention concerns an RFID sensor device () for tires, designed to be embedded/integrated, at least partially, in/into, or applied to, a tire () and comprising a patch-type antenna that includes a…

DRIVE·May 11·2 min read

B60C23/0452 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

Process for the Manufacture of a Multi-Compound Tread for Pneumatic Tires for Road Vehicles

A process for the manufacture of a tread band for pneumatic tyres, wherein the blocks thereof comprise different rubber portions characterized by a different hysteresis loss. The process comprises a s…

DRIVE·Mar 16·2 min read

B29C48/022 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

Method for the Treatment of Cords for the Reinforcing Layers of Pneumatic Tires

Method for the treatment of single-filament polyethylene terephthalate cords for the reinforcing layers of a pneumatic tyre comprising (a) an adhesive solution coating step, wherein the single filamen…

DRIVE·Jan 12·1 min read

B60C9/0042 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

Method and System for Reading/Writing Data From/On RFID Tags Integrated/Applied In/On Tires Conveyed on Conveyor Belts

A system and method is provided for reading and/or writing data from/on RFID tags of tires conveyed on a conveyor belt in a conveyance direction, wherein each tire is fitted with a respective RFID tag…

DRIVE·Feb 17·1 min read

B29D30/0016 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

TREAD WEAR MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

The invention concerns a tread wear monitoring method comprising a tread wear model calibration step () and a tread wear monitoring step (), wherein the tread wear model calibration step () includes d…

DRIVE·Aug 12·2 min read

B60C11/246 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]

Tread Wear Monitoring System and Method

The invention concerns a tread wear monitoring method comprising a preliminary step () and a tread wear monitoring step (). The preliminary step () includes: performing tread wear tests on one or more…

DRIVE·Jun 24·3 min read

B60C11/246 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE]