Pneumatic aviation tire
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorRomain Jack Rodolphe Mersch
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Abstract
A tire includes a carcass, a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass, a sidewall including a shoulder extends toward the tread, and a reinforcing structure positioned radially between the carcass and the tread. The reinforcing structure includes a plurality of belts extending axially toward the shoulder and an overlapping spiral wound strip positioned at a radially outermost portion of the reinforcing structure. The overlapping spiral wound strip includes a uniform width having groups of four first cords with a single second cord therebetween. The first cords include a hybrid construction and the second cords include a single material construction.
Claims14
A tire comprising:
- a carcass;
- a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass;
- a sidewall including a shoulder extends toward the tread;
- and
- a reinforcing structure positioned radially between the carcass and the tread, the reinforcing structure including a plurality of belts extending axially toward the shoulder and an overlapping spiral wound strip positioned at a radially outermost portion of the reinforcing structure, the overlapping spiral wound strip including a uniform width having groups of four first cords with a single second cord therebetween, the first cords including a hybrid construction and the second cords including a single material construction.
A method of constructing a tire comprising the steps of:
- axially extending a carcass from a first bead portion to a second bead portion;
- axially extending a tread radially outward of the carcass;
- extending a sidewall radially outward to a shoulder adjacent the tread;
- positioning a reinforcing structure radially between the carcass and the tread;
- and
- spirally winding an overlapping strip at a radially outermost portion of the reinforcing structure, the overlapping strip including a uniform width having groups of four first cords with a single second cord therebetween, the first cords including a hybrid construction and the second cords including a single material construction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.