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AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsGilles Reichling, Jan Frans Leyssens, Pascal Pletschette, Hendrikus Lambertus Johannes Maria De Wit, Paul Welbes
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A bead portion of a tire includes: a bead portion including a core; a first filler arranged at the core; a carcass extending around the core and the first filler and radially inward adjacent an axially inner side of the core, the carcass further extending axially outward adjacent the core and radially outward adjacent the core; a second filler extending both axially and radially beyond the first filler, the second filler overlapping the first filler, an outermost end of the second filler being positioned radially outward from the first filler; a first chafer disposed at the second filler; a second chafer extended about the carcass; and a flipper extending radially inward from a position axially adjacent the first filler. The second filler is embedded at a convergence of the first chafer and a sidewall.
A bead portion of a tire comprising:
A method for stiffening a bead portion of a tire, the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.