Fabric structure for a tire
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsCeyhan Celik, Leonard James Reiter
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Abstract
A tire includes a carcass ply, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown region of the carcass ply, a belt structure having an overall axial width substantially equal to a tread width interposed between the tread and the crown region in circumferential surrounding relation to the carcass ply, and a fabric layer including a single flat monofilament wrapped with one or more multifilament cords, the monofilament being nylon, the multifilaments being a material consisting from the group of aramid, glass, and carbon.
Claims15
A tire comprising:
- a carcass ply;
- a tread disposed radially outward of a crown region of the carcass ply;
- a belt structure having an overall axial width substantially equal to a tread width interposed between the tread and the crown region in circumferential surrounding relation to the carcass ply;
- and
- a fabric layer including a single flat monofilament wrapped with one or more multifilament cords, the monofilament being nylon, the multifilaments being a material consisting from the group of aramid, glass, and carbon.
A fabric layer for a tire comprising:
- a warp cord comprising a monofilament and a multifilament wrapped around the monofilament;
- and
- a plurality of weft cords extending transversely over and under the warp cord.
A tire comprising:
- a leno fabric layer including:
- a plurality of warp cords each comprising a monofilament and a multifilament wrapped around the monofilament;
- and
- a plurality of weft cords extending transversely over and under the warp cords, the monofilaments being nylon, the multifilaments being glass, the wefts cords being aramid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.