Carcass reinforcement, made of a single filament, for a tire

Abstract

A radial tire having two carcass half-reinforcements anchored on each side f the tire in a bead, the base of which is intended to be mounted on a bead seat of a wheel rim, each bead having at least one bead wire, the carcass half-reinforcements being joined together by connecting means. Each carcass half-reinforcement consists of a carcass filament which is wrapped around the bead wire to form adjacent strands running from said bead wire at least as far as said connecting means. The strands are arranged in a number of groups of two adjacent strands connected by a loop at the connecting means, the two adjacent strands of each group passing axially on the same side of the bead wire, and alternately axially on one side then on the other side of the bead wire, when passing from one group to the next group.

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