Non-pneumatic tire with improved shear band
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsAndrew James Miller, Ann Elizabeth Myers
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AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsAndrew James Miller, Ann Elizabeth Myers
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A non-pneumatic tire includes a tread; a shear band, and a connecting web positioned between a hub and the shear band. The shear band has a first and second membrane layer formed of a plurality of parallel reinforcement cords arranged at an angle of 10 degrees or less with respect to the tire equatorial plane, said o tread further comprises a first angled belt located radially outward of the second membrane layer, and a second angled belt located radially outward of the first angled belt, wherein the first and second angled belt each have parallel reinforcement cords having a belt angle in the range of 15-30 degrees with respect to the tire equatorial plane, and wherein the angle of the second angled belt has an angle equal and opposite direction of the belt angle of the first angled belt.
A nonpneumatic tire comprising:
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