Self-supporting pneumatic tire
OwnerThierry Paul-Marie Gabriel Koeune, Tony Raymond Gery Derooinventors
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a self-supporting tire. More specifically, the tire has a carcass, a tread, and a belt reinforcing structure located radially outward of the carcass and radially inward of the tread. The carcass is comprised of a reinforcing ply extending between a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall located radially outward of one of the pair of bead portions, and a pair of inserts located in each sidewall. The first insert is positioned between an innerliner and the first reinforcing ply, and the second insert is positioned axially outward of the first reinforcing ply.
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A pneumatic tire comprising:
- a carcass, a tread, and a belt reinforcing structure located radially outward of the carcass and radially inward of the tread, a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall located radially outward of one of the pair of bead portions, and a first and second insert, wherein the carcass further includes a first reinforcing ply extending under the tread, wherein the first insert is positioned between an innerliner and the first reinforcing ply, and the second insert is positioned axially outward of the first reinforcing ply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.