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US 2018/0037068 A1Published application
Tire having chafer structure for enhancing bead endurance
AssigneeHankook Tire Co., Ltd.
InventorJong Guk Kim
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Abstract
The present invention provides a tire having improved bead endurance in which cords of a steel chafer are waved and the advancing direction of the waves of the steel chafer is perpendicular to the advancing direction of carcass cords, thereby minimizing cracks at an edge of the carcass. The tire having a chafer structure for enhancing bead endurance includes: a carcass having carcass cords; and a steel chafer covering the carcass and having a plurality of waved chafer cords.
Claims6
A tire having a chafer structure for enhancing bead endurance, the tire comprising:
- a carcass having carcass cords;
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- a steel chafer covering the carcass and having a plurality of waved chafer cords.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.