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US 5,637,164 AGranted
Aircraft tire with reinforcement insert
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsThomas A. Dwenger, Robert J. Lucht, David C. Wagner
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AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsThomas A. Dwenger, Robert J. Lucht, David C. Wagner
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An aircraft tire 10 has at least one circumferentially extending reinforcement insert. At least one reinforcement insert 90 is located on one side of the tire. Each insert 90 preferably has two cord reinforced members 91,92 having bias angled cords. The cords are equal but opposite in orientation relative to the cords of the adjacent member. The pairs of reinforced members 91,92 extend from the bead portion 18,20 and terminate in a radially upper portion of the sidewall 14A,16A. Each pair of reinforced members 91,92 is interposed between the carcass plies 36,37,38,39,40,41, and the sidewall of the tire 10. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the inserts 90 are located on only one side of the tire. Alternatively, the inserts can be symmetrically added to each side of the tire.
An aircraft tire having a tread pattern, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of spaced apart bead portions having at least one extensible bead core disposed side by side and spaced apart axially, and a plurality of carcass plies extending circumferentially about the tire from bead portion to bead portion, each ply being cord reinforced and having a ply side extending between the bead cores of opposite bead portions, the improvement comprising:
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