Back to results
US 11,897,294 B2Granted
Tire having a conductivity path
AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorsAndrew J. Svenson, Justin M. Gehres, Ruben L. Madrid, Anup D. Khekare, Seth M. Miller
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A tire includes a pair of beads and a crown region including a circumferential tread disposed radially above a circumferential belt. The tire further includes a pair sidewalls extending from the pair of beads to the crown region. A body ply wraps around the pair of beads and terminates in a pair of turn up ends in the crown region, below the middle 30% of the circumferential belt. A conductive substance is disposed along a strip of the body ply.
Claims9
A tire comprising
- a pair of beads;
- a crown region including a circumferential tread disposed radially above a circumferential belt;
- a pair of sidewalls extending from the pair of beads to the crown region;
- a body ply that wraps around the pair of bead and terminates in a pair of turn up ends in the crown region, each of the pair of turn up ends being located below the middle 30% of the circumferential belt;
- a metal filament extending from the crown region, down one of the pair of sidewalls, around one of the pair of beads, up the one of the pair of sidewalls, and back into the crown region below the circumferential belt, the metal filament being disposed along 40-60% of the length of the body ply.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.