Vehicular tire having a carcass with sidewalls and tread, process of making vehicle tire, and process of masking an overlapping portion of carcass ply needs

Abstract

Vehicular tire and process of making the same. The tire includes a carcass made of rubber, sidewalls, and tread. The carcass, in a sidewall region, includes at least one carcass ply having parallel textile reinforcements embedded in the rubber and two carcass ply ends, and the two carcass ply ends are arranged to overlap in a circumferential direction, thereby forming an overlapping point. A sidewall rubber strip is positioned to cover the carcass in the sidewall region, and a moiré pattern is formed on the sidewall rubber strip. The process includes circumferentially overlapping the two carcass ply ends of the carcass, thereby forming an overlapping region, covering the overlapping region on the outside with a sidewall rubber strip, and forming a moiré pattern on the sidewall rubber strip.

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