Radial tire
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsKiyoshi Ueyoko, Leonard James Reiter
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Abstract
A radial tire includes a pair of bead cores, a carcass layer having one or more carcass plies extending from one of the bead cores to another of the bead cores in a toroidal form, a tread portion circumferentially encircling the toroidal form of the carcass layer, and a belt layer having a main belt layer, a first, unreinforced cushion layer disposed on a radially outer side of the main belt layer, a protective belt layer disposed on a radially outer side of the first cushion layer, and a second, unreinforced cushion layer disposed on a radially outer side of the protective belt layer and a radially inner side of the tread portion. The first, unreinforced cushion layer has a radial thickness between 2.0 mm and 10.0 mm.
Claims20
A radial tire comprising:
- a pair of bead cores;
- a carcass layer having one or more carcass plies extending from one of the bead cores to the other bead core in a toroidal form;
- a tread portion circumferentially encircling the toroidal form of the carcass layer;
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- a belt layer having a main belt layer, a first, unreinforced cushion layer disposed on a radially outer side of the main belt layer, a protective belt layer disposed on a radially outer side of the first cushion layer, and a second, unreinforced cushion layer disposed on a radially outer side of the protective belt layer and a radially inner side of the tread portion, the first, unreinforced cushion layer having a radial thickness between 2.0 mm and 10.0 mm.
A belt layer for a radial tire comprising:
- a main belt layer;
- a first, unreinforced cushion layer disposed on a radially outer side of the main belt layer;
- a protective belt layer disposed on a radially outer side of the first cushion layer;
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- a second, unreinforced cushion layer disposed on a radially outer side of the protective belt layer and a radially inner side of a tread portion, the first, unreinforced cushion layer having a radial thickness between 3.0 mm and 10.0 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.