The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

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Douglas A Swift

John Janis Taube

Warren L Croyle

Maurice Graas

Charles Kenneth Schmalix

Randall Raymond Brayer, Sr

Joel Joseph Lazeration

George T Watts

Daniel Christian Shavers

John Gregory Stucker

Robert Dean Irwin

Leonard R Holm

Richard Barkley Campbell

Robert Thomas Irwin

Arthur Warner Moll

Nguyen Bau

Gary Wayne Corder

Ronald Thomas Dillard

An inflatable wader garment assembly includes a lower body covering with a pair of leg coverings and a lower torso covering. The lower body covering has an upper edge including a front edge and a back edge. A bladder has a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending between the top and bottom walls. The bladder is U-shaped and has a central portion and a pair of legs. Each of the legs has a distal end with respect to the central portion. A tube is fluidly coupled to the bladder. Air may be blown through the tube to inflate the bladder. Front straps are coupled to the distal ends and to the front edge. At least one rear strap is attached to the central portion and is attached to the back edge.

Inflatable wader garment assembly

A method and apparatusfor correcting tire nonuniformity is disclosed. The invention is particularly suited for correcting tread runout and connicity problems for large off-road tires. Multiple measurements are taken in multiple circumferentially spaced planes which enable data to be fed into a computer which predicts an optimal profile to correct tire non-uniformities using preset rules. A virtual template directs correction of the tire profile.

Method and apparatus for correcting tire nonuniformity

The loss of tire contact patch area along the tire's inside shoulder, relative to an oval race course, which occurs during chassis roll and lateral deflection, is reduced by providing an asymmetrical molded tire. The tires are defined by an asymmetrical outer tread profile and the tires are mounted on the rear axle of the race vehicle such that the axially outer portion of the asymmetrical tread region of each tire, relative to the race course, has a greater shoulder drop, wherein the shoulder drop is the difference between the maximum radial diameter of the tread measured on the outer tread contour and the diameter of the tread at the tread edge, than the opposing tire shoulder.

Forming and mounting of an asymmetric race tire

Tire tread

An asymmetric tire tread is divided circumferentially into first, second, and third zones. The edge between the second and third zone in the tire is in the center of an aquachannel.

Asymmetric tire tread with an aquachannel

The tire treads are divided circumferentially into first, second, and third zones. The edge between each of the three zones in the tire treads are in the center of an aquachannel. The tires have a tread groove pattern that is asymmetric in character.

Asymmetric tire tread with two aquachannels

An improved tire/vehicle system for an automotive vehicle has two pneumatic front tires and two pneumatic rear tires. The rear tire treads and the front tire treads and are each divided circumferentially into first, second, and third zones. The edge between the second and third zone in each front tire is in the center of an aquachannel. The edge between each of the three zones in the rear tires are in the center of an aquachannel. Both the front and rear tires have a tread groove pattern that is asymmetric in character.

Tire/vehicle system

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Hudson, OH, United States of America

Douglas A Swift