Patents by Inventor Carlo Francia

Carlo Francia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pneumatic tires having ornamented sidewalls, and to their manufacture
    Patent number: 4279286
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire casing have at least one sidewall ornamental with patterns being made of an elastomer of a color different from that of the sidewall which covers the carcase of the tire, by compelling during moulding and vulcanization of the tire a thin layer of elastomer of a color different from that of the sidewall into the width of the latter, so as to obtain that said layer becomes arranged at the bottom of a recess formed in a part of the outer surface of the tire casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: Euteco S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Merli, Carlo Francia
  • Pneumatic tires having ornamented sidewalls, and their manufacture
    Patent number: 4224268
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire casing have at least one sidewall ornamental with patterns being made of an elastomer of a color different from that of the sidewall which covers the carcase of the tire, by compelling during molding and vulcanization of the tire a thin layer of elastomer of a color different from that of the sidewall into the width of the latter, so as to obtain that said layer becomes arranged at the bottom of a recess formed in a part of the outer surface of the tire casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Assignee: Euteco S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Merli, Carlo Francia
  • Structure of pneumatic tire covers
    Patent number: 4177852
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire cover has a carcase comprises at least one inner radial ply of threads of aromatic polyamide and at least two outer plies of threads having elongation values greater than those of the said aromatic polyamide and arranged in alternately crossing directions from one of said outer ply to another, while the inner radial ply or plies are such as to be able to bear the inflation pressure on its or their own.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: Euteco S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Merli, Carlo Francia
  • Radial pneumatic tires provided with a structure for stiffening the walls
    Patent number: 4162698
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire cover with a radial carcass in which at least one ply of the carcass is folded upon itself by a prefixed amount, along its longer sides, that is, in those parts of the ply which are anchored to the bead cores about which they are folded or which, not being folded around the bead cores, reach the zone of the cover in proximity to the bead cores themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Assignee: Euteco S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Merli, Carlo Francia