Abstract:
A stud for a tire to improve traction on a roadway which includes a hardened steel pin mounted in a plastic body and extending therefrom to engage the roadway, wherein the stud is sized for insertion into openings in a tire tread. The plastic body includes a portion that is collapsible so that the stud can self-adjust its position relative to the tread surface as it wears, whereby the steel pin is maintained in close relation to the tread surface throughout the life of the tire to provide the maximum road-engaging condition.
Abstract:
An anti-skid device for preventing slippage of a wheel is disclosed. The anti-skid device comprises a cylindrical expandable member disposed on a tread portion of a tire, and compressed fluid supplying means. The expandable member has anti-skid members implanted at a radially outer portion of the expandable member, and the expandable member is formed with a hole at a radially inner portion thereof. The compressed fluid supply means is connectable to the hole of the expandable member. The expandable member is expanded upon supply of compressed fluid into the hole, and is shrunk upon discharge of the compressed fluid therefrom.
Abstract:
Anti-skid stud for road vehicle tires composed of a tungsten carbide rod enclosed in a sleeve.This sleeve, made of a plastic material, has a cylindrical or frustoconical stem with at least one flange flush with the tread, the diameter of the flange being greater than the largest diameter of the rest of the sleeve.This arrangement provides a high degree of stability of the projection of the carbide rod beyond the tire tread throughout the period of use.
Abstract:
An anti-skid element for a vehicle tire in which the radially inner end of the element is cushioned in the tire by a body of resistant material bonded thereto to control the force required to push the element radially inwardly into the tire.
Abstract:
A vehicle tire has a rubber tread portion with laterally-spaced, circumferentially-extending rider strips, each rider strip being zigzag in plan view so that the sides of the rider strips present alternating peaks and valleys. A helical wire coil extends circumferentially of the tire in each rider strip, with the peaks on the sides of the rider strips providing rubber stock which projects beyond the sides of the wire coils to retain the latter in position during use. This rubber stock is in the form of a series of triangular blocks and there is a sipe slit extending transversely into each of said triangular blocks from the peak thereof.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire for a vehicle is provided with a pressurizable inner casing having luglike members on the peripheral surface thereof, and a non-pressurizable outer casing having openings through the peripheral portion thereof and adapted to fit over the inner casing, with the luglike members of the inner casing fitting through the openings and normally protruding beyond the outer surface of the outer casing but depressible flush therewith when the members meet the roadbed by the normal pressure due to the weight of the vehicle. The resulting multi-purpose tire is advantageous for use on dry roads as well as slippery roads.
Abstract:
A tire stud having a body with a hard wear resistant pin mounted an axial bore in the body thereof and protruding from one end of the body. The body has a head on the other end and is mounted in the tread of a tire head end foremost with the end of the stud from which the pin protrudes about at the level of the surface of the tire tread or projecting slightly therefrom. The stud according to the present invention is particularly characterized in that the pin moves axially into the stud body as the stud wears thereby controlling the amount of the pin of the stud which protrudes from the end of the stud body.
Abstract:
An improved tire stud including a head portion and a shank portion is closed by a relatively thin end portion. A blind bore extends from an opening in the head portion through the shank to the end portion. Bonded particulate abrasive material fills at least a part of the bore adjacent the end portion. A method for making the tire stud is disclosed.
Abstract:
The specification discloses a tire stud in which a body with a head on one end has an axial hole extending into the body at the other end in which a hard wear resistant pin is mounted so as to project slightly from the stud body at the end opposite the head. The bore in which the pin is seated presents a discontinuous surface in the axial direction so that as the body wears off at the outer end the pin will migrate inwardly into the stud body and maintain a substantially uniform small protrusion from the outer end of the stud body throughout the life of the stud.
Abstract:
The specification discloses a tire stud having a body with a hard wear resistant pin mounted an axial bore in the body thereof and protruding from one end of the body. The body has a head on the other end and is mounted in the tread of a tire head end foremost with the end of the stud from which the pin protrudes about at the level of the surface of the tire tread or projecting slightly therefrom. The stud according to the present invention is particularly characterized in that the pin moves axially into the stud body as the stud wears thereby controlling the amount of the pin of the stud which protrudes from the end of the stud body. The bore in the stud body in which the pin is seated has a portion at the pin end with a first taper, an intermediate portion with a second and smaller taper and a final portion with substantially no taper.