Reduced weight aircraft tire
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsJoanne Elizabeth Shaw, Frank Anothy Kmiecik, Leonard James Reiter
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure, the belt reinforcing structure comprising: a zigzag belt reinforcing structure formed of a strip of reinforcement cords, the strip of reinforcement cords being inclined at 5 to 30 degrees relative to the centerplane of the tire extending in alternation to turnaround points at each lateral edge, wherein the strip of cords is formed from two different cords made of different materials.
Claims13
A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure, the belt reinforcing structure comprising:
- a zigzag belt reinforcing structure formed by multiple windings of a strip of reinforcement cords, the strip of reinforcing cords being inclined at 5 to 30 degrees relative to the centerplane of the tire extending in alternation to turnaround points at each lateral end, wherein the strip of reinforcement cords is formed of a first reinforcement cord and two second reinforcement cords, wherein the first reinforcement cord is located between the two second reinforcement cords, and wherein the first reinforcement cord is formed of a higher modulus material than the second reinforcement cords.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.