241 |
Intelligent public transit system using dual-mode vehicles |
US14714642 |
2015-05-18 |
US09595190B2 |
2017-03-14 |
Homer T McCrary |
A method has steps for dividing a controlled roadway into virtual moving packets with characteristics of being spaced apart by a specific distance and moving at a controlled speed on the roadway, by a master computer coupled to sensors and actuators of the controlled roadway, managing vehicles traveling on the controlled roadway to enter, leave and occupy individual ones of the virtual packets, through communication by the master computer with on-board computers in individual ones of the vehicles, and adjusting virtual packet size and spacing during operation, causing vehicles occupying the spaces of the virtual packets to readjust position relative to one another according to the size and spacing adjustment of the packets by the master computer. |
242 |
EMERGENCY SAFETY MARKER SYSTEMS |
US15207929 |
2016-07-12 |
US20160321921A1 |
2016-11-03 |
Joseph V. Stafford; Jan C. Lahtonen; Bruce S. Allen |
An electronic lighted safety marker system used by emergency responders to warn motorists of the presence of an accident scene ahead on or beside the roadway is provided by the invention. Such safety marker can be deployed individually or in groups by the emergency responder along the perimeter of the accident scene and ideally ahead of it along the roadway to provide adequate warning to approaching motorists to avoid the accident scene. The safety marker contains a power source, a light panel, a protective shield for the light panel, and electronic circuitry for controlling the operation of the lights in a predetermined frequency or pattern, and may be automatically actuated and self-righting when it is dropped onto the ground or other hard surface. The safety marker further includes a transmitter for sending a signal to a receiver. Upon impact with the safety marker, the signal ceases and the receiver, equipped with an alarm, triggers either or both of an audible or visual signal. The safety marker can also contain an incursion warning system against incoming vehicles, an early warning radar transponder for sending a warning message to such incoming vehicles, a GPS location detector and transmitter for providing the location of the safety marker and its associated accident scene to a central dispatcher, and a gunshot sensor for detecting the occurrence of gunfire around the accident scene and its location to provide that information to the central dispatcher. |
243 |
Structurally supported non-pneumatic wheel with reinforcements and method of manufacture |
US13977430 |
2011-06-29 |
US09421820B2 |
2016-08-23 |
Brian D. Wilson; Michael Edward Dotson; Patrick A. Petri; Kirkland W. Vogt |
A non-pneumatic wheel with reinforcement bands that provide structural support for the wheel and a method of manufacture of such a wheel are described. The reinforcement band forms part of an annular reinforcement structure that includes foam spacers positioned between the annular reinforcement band. The foam can be a reticulated foam into which a matrix material such as a polyurethane is introduced. The matrix material can also be used to form one or more features of the non-pneumatic wheel such as spokes, a mounting band, and a hub. |
244 |
WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM |
US15040657 |
2016-02-10 |
US20160159151A1 |
2016-06-09 |
MICHAEL S. FREDENBURG; THOMAS J. KORUS |
A wheel assembly for traversing a path along a ground surface having a layer of soil, the wheel assembly comprising a central support and an airless flexible covering mounted on the central support and having a plurality of rigid sections and a plurality of flexible sections. The outwardly protruding spokes urge the rigid sections into the layer of soil when the rigid sections contact the ground surface. The flexible sections include a set of traction lugs for gripping peaks of a corrugated pattern in the ground surface for improved traction. |
245 |
WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY |
US15016023 |
2016-02-04 |
US20160152078A1 |
2016-06-02 |
THOMAS J. KORUS; MICHAEL FREDENBURG |
A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel and an airless flexible tire with certain performance characteristics of a pneumatic tire. The rigid wheel includes a central portion and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting elements removably attached to a radially outer margin of the central portion. The tire is mounted on the wheel and engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space. The tire is configured such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure, thereby minimizing ground penetration and soil disruption. The tire may include one or more tension elements embedded in the tire to increase the tire's strength and resilience. |
246 |
NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE |
US14892262 |
2014-01-20 |
US20160121656A1 |
2016-05-05 |
Makoto SUGIYA; Wako IWAMURA; Kazuo ASANO |
A non-pneumatic tire has high durability performance. A non-pneumatic tire is provided with: an annular tread section (2) which comes into contact with the road surface; an annular inner peripheral section (3) which is located on the inside of the tread section (2) in the radial direction of the tire; and a plurality of connection sections (4) which connect the tread section (2) and the inner peripheral section (3). The connection sections (4), the inner surface (2b) of the tread section (2), and/or the outer surface (3a) of the inner peripheral section (3) is provided with a plurality of dimples (5). |
247 |
Wheel and tire assembly |
US13455635 |
2012-04-25 |
US09090121B2 |
2015-07-28 |
Thomas J. Korus; Jochen Pfrenger |
A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially outermost mounting elements and a flexible tire mounted on the wheel. The tire engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space, the portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements being configured to flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure. |
248 |
WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY |
US14623358 |
2015-02-16 |
US20150158337A1 |
2015-06-11 |
Thomas J. Korus; Jochen Pfrenger |
A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially outermost mounting elements and a flexible tire mounted on the wheel. The tire engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space, the portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements being configured to flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure. |
249 |
WHEEL OR TYRE |
US14397294 |
2013-03-15 |
US20150144239A1 |
2015-05-28 |
Roger Frederick Hiscock |
A wheel or tyre for a bicycle comprises a ground-contacting surface, at least a portion of the ground-contacting surface being carried on a movable portion having a degree of freedom about an axis parallel to a circumference of the wheel or tyre. The wheel or tyre may enable a rider of a bicycle, when cornering, to perform or simulate a drift, slide, broadside or skid. |
250 |
SHEAR BAND WITH INTERLACED REINFORCEMENTS |
US14295903 |
2011-12-22 |
US20140326374A1 |
2014-11-06 |
Steve Cron; Timothy B. Rhyne |
A shear band that may be used e.g., in a non-pneumatic tire is provided. The shear band uses interlaced reinforcing elements positioned within a shear layer of elastomeric material. A variety of configurations may be used to create the interlaced positioning of the reinforcing elements including e.g., a horizontal diamond or vertical diamond configuration. |
251 |
PNEUMATIC TIRE |
US14176765 |
2014-02-10 |
US20140238563A1 |
2014-08-28 |
Kouichirou TANAKA; Satoshi IWASAKI |
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with a pair of shoulder main grooves and at least one crown main groove between the shoulder main grooves to define a pair of middle portions between the adjacent shoulder main groove and crown main groove. The middle portions are provided with inner middle lug grooves and outer middle lug grooves. Each outer middle lug groove extends from the shoulder main groove to its axially inner end while decreasing its groove width. The outer middle lug groove are arranged with alternately arranged first pitches and second pitches, wherein the second pitches are larger than the first pitches. Each inner middle lug groove extends from the crown main groove to its axially outer end while decreasing its groove width. The inner middle lug grooves are arranged with substantially the same pitches. |
252 |
WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY |
US13654691 |
2012-10-18 |
US20140110992A1 |
2014-04-24 |
Thomas J. Korus; Michael Fredenburg |
A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel and an airless flexible tire with certain performance characteristics of a pneumatic tire. The rigid wheel includes a central portion and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting elements removably attached to a radially outer margin of the central portion. The tire is mounted on the wheel and engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space. The tire is configured such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure, thereby minimizing ground penetration and soil disruption. The tire may include one or more tension elements embedded in the tire to increase the tire's strength and resilience. |
253 |
WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY |
US13455635 |
2012-04-25 |
US20130284860A1 |
2013-10-31 |
Thomas J. Korus; Jochen Pfrenger |
A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially outermost mounting elements and a flexible tire mounted on the wheel. The tire engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space, the portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements being configured to flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure. |
254 |
ANNULAR STRUCTURE HAVING MULTIPLE REINFORCEMENT BANDS |
US13977465 |
2011-09-09 |
US20130278045A1 |
2013-10-24 |
Michael Edward Dotson; Jim Endicott; Patrick A. Petri; Kirkland W. Vogt |
A non-pneumatic wheel with reinforcement bands that provide structural support for the wheel and a method of manufacture of such a wheel are described. The reinforcement band forms part of an annular reinforcement structure that includes a core that is cast in place between annular reinforcement bands. The core can be impregnated with a matrix material. The matrix material can also be used to form one or more elements of the non-pneumatic wheel. |
255 |
Composite solid tire and method of producing same |
US11625370 |
2007-01-22 |
US08034267B2 |
2011-10-11 |
Sadao Maeda |
A composite solid tire, including a worn solid rubber tire having a remaining rubber layer, and a thermo-setting polyurethane elastomer layer which is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the rubber layer. |
256 |
NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME |
US12596601 |
2007-04-24 |
US20110240193A1 |
2011-10-06 |
Jun Matsuda; Yoshiaki Hashimura |
A non-pneumatic tire with spokes easily mountable on and dismountable from a wheel. In the non-pneumatic tire (1), a spoke structure (10) including an annular outer peripheral member (3) and an inner peripheral member (5) connected to each other by a plurality of spokes (4) is joined to the inner peripheral side of a tread ring (2). The non-pneumatic tire is characterized in that the inner peripheral member (5) is divided into independent members (51) in the circumferential direction of the tire. |
257 |
HORIZONTAL SCISSOR-TIP COMPACTION WHEEL CLEAT |
US12612082 |
2009-11-04 |
US20110103891A1 |
2011-05-05 |
Robert John Brockway |
A compactor cleat for reducing the amount of refuse build-up on the compactor wheel is disclosed. The compactor cleat includes a first tooth angled upward away from the compactor wheel in a first direction and a second tooth positioned adjacent the first tooth and being angled upward away from the compactor wheel in a second direction opposite from the first direction. The first tooth and the second tooth are formed such that an inner edge of the first tooth intersects an inner edge of the second tooth to form a scissor-shaped junction between the first tooth and the second tooth. |
258 |
Blow-molded wheels having undulating treads, methods for producing the same, and children's ride-on vehicles including the same |
US11509439 |
2006-08-23 |
US07905305B2 |
2011-03-15 |
Christopher F. Lucas; John Rhein; Gerald P. Sitarski; Steven R. Drosendahl |
Improved blow-molded wheels, methods for producing the same, and children's ride-on vehicles including the same are disclosed. The blow-molded wheels may include a blow-molded wheel body that is configured to rotate about an axis and has a tread surface that extends circumferentially around the wheel body and may have a circumferential profile that is defined as the locus of points at which the radial distance from the axis to the tread surface is greatest at each position around the circumference of the tread surface. The radial distance from the axis to the circumferential profile may change from a first radius to a second radius that is larger than the first radius at a plurality of spaced-apart positions along the circumferential profile. The method for producing the blow-molded wheels may include providing a mold with pinch-off rings that have an opening configured to form the circumferential profile. |
259 |
Intelligent Public Transit System Using Dual-Mode Vehicles |
US11560981 |
2006-11-17 |
US20080119965A1 |
2008-05-22 |
Homer T. McCrary |
A computerized system for guiding activity in a current construction project has digital memory storing information about completed and current construction projects, at least one input mechanism for a user to provide information to the digital memory concerning the current construction project, a processor system for accessing information in the digital memory, processing said information, and providing output available to a user of the computerized system, and software guiding the processor in its accessing information, processing the information, and in providing the output. Considering a current project, the software accesses information regarding one or more completed projects as well as information concerning the current project, processes the information, and provides output specifying one or more actions to be taken in the current project. |
260 |
COMPOSITE SOLID TIRE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME |
US11625370 |
2007-01-22 |
US20070114688A1 |
2007-05-24 |
Sadao Maeda |
A composite solid tire, including a worn solid rubber tire having a remaining rubber layer, and a thermo-setting polyurethane elastomer layer which is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the rubber layer. |