SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATION OF MILEAGE ON A TIREA system is provided for estimating mileage on a tire, in which the tire supports a vehicle. The system includes measurements of a tread depth of the tire and means for transmitting the measurements o…DRIVE·Jun 18·1 min readFollowB60C11/246The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
PARA-PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVES FROM KETONES AND ALDEHYDES FOR ANTIOZONANT AND ANTIOXIDANT APPLICATIONSIn one aspect, the disclosure relates to new antioxidant and/or antiozonant compounds and methods of making the same. The compounds have migration profiles and performance in rubber compositions that …DRIVE·Jun 18·1 min readFollowC07C209/02The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
REDUCED WEIGHT AIRCRAFT TIREA pneumatic tire comprising a tread and a carcass positioned radially inward of the tread and comprising a carcass ply having a first concave portion. A belt structure is positioned radially inward of…DRIVE·Jun 18·1 min readFollowB60C9/28The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES THEREOFIn accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, are vulcanized rubber compositions with improved physical properties such as, for example, treadw…DRIVE·Jun 18·1 min readFollowC08L9/06The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES THEREOFIn one aspect, the disclosure relates to compositions comprising: an elastomer; about 10 phr to about 150 phr of a silica, selected from a conventional silica and a pretreated silica; about 0.5 phr to…DRIVE·Jun 18·1 min readFollowC08K13/02The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
THERMOPLASTIC URETHANES IN RACING TIRE COMPOSITIONSIn one aspect, the disclosure relates a composition, comprising: a concentration of one or more thermoplastic polyurethanes; and at least 75 parts per hundred rubber (phr) of one or more solution-poly…DRIVE·Jun 4·1 min readFollowC08L9/06The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES THEREOFUncured rubber compositions, methods of making uncured rubber compositions, vulcanized rubber compositions, methods of making vulcanized rubber composition, and articles (e.g., tires, components of ti…DRIVE·May 14·1 min readFollowC08L9/06The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
SILICA-NATURAL RUBBER MASTERBATCH PROCESSThe disclosure, in one aspect, relates to a method for preparing a masterbatch comprising natural rubber or another rubber and silica. In one aspect, the silica undergoes chemical treatment or another…DRIVE·Apr 2·2 min readFollowC08J3/226The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE ASSEMBLYThe present invention is directed to a non-pneumatic tire assembly comprising a radially outer tread band, a radially inner hub portion, and a supporting portion circumferentially supporting the tread…DRIVE·Mar 19·1 min readFollowB60C7/146The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
TIRE WITH SNOW SIPESIn one aspect, a tire has a tread portion with at least one tread block having an elongated shape extending transversely to a circumferential centerline and comprising a sipe with i) a pair of elongat…DRIVE·Mar 12·1 min readFollowB60C11/1204The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
TIRE TREAD WITH TILTED SIPESA tire tread comprising a groove with a groove depth; a tread element adjacent to the groove; the tread element comprising a tread surface intended to engage a ground surface, a radial direction perpe…DRIVE·Mar 5·1 min readFollowB60C11/1204The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
TIRE WITH PLY STRIP BELTA tire is disclosed having at least one belt formed by ply strips. The ply strips preferably have a first end that are staggered from each other, and more preferably are staggered in equal increments.…DRIVE·Feb 19·2 min readFollowB60C9/1835The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
RUBBER COMPOSITIONS MADE FROM SUSTAINABLE ELASTOMERS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAMEIn one aspect, the disclosure relates to a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising a sustainable rubber polymer comprising an acyclic monoterpene monomer or an acyclic terpenoid monomer comprising …DRIVE·Feb 19·1 min readFollowC08L9/06The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
TIRE TREAD PATTERN WITH IMPROVED WEAR RESISTANCEA tire comprising a tread portion divided between a central portion and two shoulder portions; wherein two main external grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the tire are each disposed …DRIVE·Feb 5·2 min readFollowB60C11/04The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
TIRE STUDThe present invention relates to tire studs, each tire stud comprising a stud body and a pin, wherein at least a portion of the pin has a particular polygonal cross section. The present invention furt…DRIVE·Feb 5·1 min readFollowB60C11/1675The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
METHOD FOR COLD FLOW REDUCTION OF ELASTOMERSA method for the synthesis of an elastomer comprising the steps of polymerizing conjugated diene monomer in presence of at least one rare earth transition metal catalyst system to generate a polydiene…DRIVE·Feb 5·1 min readFollowC08F36/06The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
HIGH-PERFORMANCE TIRE, TIRE MOLD AND PROCESSTire comprising a tread portion that is divided in the tire width direction between a first shoulder portion, a central portion, and a second shoulder portion; wherein the surface of the tread portion…DRIVE·Feb 5·1 min readFollowB60C11/0083The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
TRUCK TIREA tire comprises a tread, two working belts and an intermediate belt arranged radially between both working belts. Furthermore, the tire comprises a top belt comprising reinforcement cords having an i…DRIVE·Jan 29·1 min readFollowB60C9/22The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
DISULFUR DICHLORIDE AND SILANE/SILOXANE ADDITIVE FOR MOONEY JUMPA method for the synthesis of an elastomer comprising the steps of polymerizing conjugated diene monomer in to generate a polydiene cement; terminating the polydiene cement with a protic organic compo…DRIVE·Jan 1·1 min readFollowC08F136/06The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
DISULFUR DICHLORIDE AND ALKENYL ETHERS ADDITIVES FOR MOONEY JUMPA method for the synthesis of an elastomer comprising the steps of polymerizing conjugated diene monomer in presence of at least one rare earth transition metal catalyst system to generate a polydiene…DRIVE·Jan 1·1 min readFollowC08J3/26The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
NON-PNEUMATIC TIREThe present invention is directed to a non-pneumatic tire comprising a circumferential tread band, spokes arranged radially inwards the tread band, and anchoring rails extending in an axial direction …DRIVE·Dec 18·1 min readFollowB60C7/146The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING INTERLOCKED SPOKESThe invention is directed to a non-pneumatic tire comprising a circumferential supporting structure comprising a radially inner annular portion, a radially outer annular portion, and a plurality of sp…DRIVE·Dec 11·1 min readFollowB60C7/146The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
NON-PNEUMATIC TIREThe invention is directed to a non-pneumatic tire with a supporting structure comprising a radially inner annular portion, a radially outer annular portion, and a plurality of spokes extending between…DRIVE·Dec 11·1 min readFollowB60C7/18The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUPPORTING STRUCTURES WITH CORD-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITION SPOKES FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRESThe invention is directed to advanced methods of manufacturing a supporting structure for a non-pneumatic tire comprising at least one cord-reinforced polymer composition spoke. One method comprises p…DRIVE·Jun 12·2 min readFollowB60C7/146The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
PCB IMPEDANCE TUNING TO ACHIEVE WIDEBAND AND HIGH ACCEPTANCE OF COIL ANTENNA LENGTH VARIATIONDisclosed are examples related to PCB impedance tuning for wideband operation and acceptance of antenna variation. In one example, a tire monitoring device includes a sensor, RFID circuitry and proces…DRIVE·Apr 3·1 min readFollowB60C23/0452The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
THEFT EVENT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATIONDisclosed are various embodiments related to theft event detection and classification of theft of tires and/or wheels on a vehicle, such as a semi-tractor, semi-trailer. A theft event detection and cl…DRIVE·Dec 26·1 min readFollowB60R25/34The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIRE TREADWEAR SENSINGDisclosed are various embodiments for sensing wear of a tire tread. A tire comprises an innerliner, a plurality of belts layered adjacent to the innerliner, a tread adjacent to the plurality of belts …DRIVE·Dec 12·1 min readFollowB60C11/243The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
COMMERCIAL TRUCK TIREA tire comprising a tire tread having a tread region comprising a first and second rib, wherein the first and second ribs are separated by a groove; at least one tie-bar element disposed within the gr…DRIVE·Nov 21·1 min readFollowB60C11/1369The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
PNEUMATIC TIREThe present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a tread base layer and a tread cap. The tread cap comprises a first tread cap layer and a second tread cap layer of differen…DRIVE·Sep 19·1 min readFollowB60C11/0066The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
AIRCRAFT TIRE WITH ZONED TREADThe invention provides a pneumatic tire having a tire tread with a ground engaging outer surface. The tread further has a first or central tread zone located on the central or crown portion of the tre…DRIVE·Aug 1·1 min readFollowB60C11/0041The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
RUBBER TIRE COMPOUND CONTAINING IPN-PROMOTING RESINA vulcanizable rubber composition comprises an interpenetrating or ionic network (IPN)-promoting resin. The resin comprises side chain functional groups along the resin backbone, which, in the presenc…DRIVE·Jul 11·1 min readFollowC08L9/06The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
SULFOXIDE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS AS CROSSLINKING AGENTSA crosslinking agent includes two or more of functional that are capable of forming a bond with an elastomer containing olefinic unsaturation. One or both of these functional groups includes a sulfoxi…DRIVE·Jun 27·1 min readFollowC08K5/36The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIREThe present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising 30 to 80 phr of a first styrene butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature lower than −50° C.; 10 to 40 phr of a second…DRIVE·Jun 20·1 min readFollowC08F36/06The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SWAPPED TIRES ON A VEHICLEThe invention provides a method and system for automatically detecting a swap of tires on a vehicle using RSSI levels obtained from tires equipped with transmitters. The obtained RSSI level distributi…DRIVE·Jun 13·1 min readFollowB60C23/0416The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
TIRE COMPRISING A PATTERN PROVIDING A HIGH CONTRASTAn aspect of the present invention relates to a tire comprising a sidewall, the sidewall having a surface comprising a surface portion including a hexagonal textured base pattern repeated over the sur…DRIVE·Jun 13·1 min readFollowB60C13/001The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
SYSTEM FOR AUTO-LOCATION OF TIRES EMPLOYING FOOTPRINT LENGTHAn auto-location system includes a first tire sensor unit that measures a footprint length of a first tire. A second tire sensor unit measures a footprint length of a second tire. A vehicle status det…DRIVE·Jun 13·2 min readFollowB60C23/064The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
VEHICLE WHEEL WITH A PARTICLE COLLECTORA wheel assembly having a wheel rotation axis; a rim with an outer surface around the wheel rotation axis; wherein the outer surface comprising suction ports; two tires mounted on the outer surface of…DRIVE·Jun 13·1 min readFollowB60B21/12The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
LOOSE SENSOR DETECTIONDisclosed are examples for detecting a displacement of a sensor within a tire. A baseline signal strength is compared to a measured signal strength. When a calculated comparison value (e.g., delta sta…DRIVE·May 30·1 min readFollowG08B21/18The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
DETECTING TIRE OR WHEEL THEFT ACTIVITYDisclosed are various embodiments related to detecting tire theft activity. In one non-limiting example, a vehicle trailer system can include a computing device and a tire sensor. The computing device…DRIVE·May 30·1 min readFollowB60C23/0486The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
TIRE SENSOR MONITORINGDisclosed are various embodiments for monitoring tire sensors. An intermediate data transfer apparatus can communicate with tire pressure monitoring (TPM) sensors of tires within a predefined distance…DRIVE·May 30·1 min readFollowG07C5/008The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
