Pre-shaped plastic reinforcing member and a tire encapsulating said member
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorFrederick F. Vannan, Jr.
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Abstract
A method of forming a ply by injection molding a fluid material such as polyester or polyamide and congealing to form a ply or plies, placing said plies in a mold and injecting in a fluid precursor material which when cured yields a tire having ply reinforcement. The injection molded plies and/or the preshaped member are then used to mold a reinforced tire.
Claims7
A wheel-tire assembly comprising two wheel members joinable around a seal to form a wheel, said wheel members having a rim portion, said rim portion having a preshaped plastic reinforcing member being encapsulated in an elastomer to form a tire.
A unitary preshaped plastic member molded in the shape of a tire and having a series of continuous strands extending from bead area to bead area, each of said strands being branched to give a wishbone shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.