Tire with buried overlay
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorDale Kenneth Dyer
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire with a folded belt structure comprises a cut belt and an overlay encompassed by folded over edges of the folded belt. Low aspect ratio tires for high performance automobiles having this structure can be made using a variety of materials.
Claims4
A pneumatic tire (10) comprising a pair of substantially parallel annular beads (12,12a), at least one reinforced carcass ply (14) wrapped around said pair of beads, a folded belt structure comprising at least one fiberglass folded belt (22) and at least one fiberglass cut belt (24) and a cut nylon overlay (26) disposed over said at least one carcass ply (14), tread rubber (18) disposed over said folded belt structure, and sidewalls (20) disposed between said beads (12,12a) and said tread rubber (18), wherein said overlay (26) is a chopped overlay has a width which is 90 to 99% of the width of the cut belt and substantially covers edges of said cut belt (24) and is adjacent to said cut belt (24), and folded edges (22a,22b) of said folded belt (22) are folded over edges of said at least one cut belt (24) and said overlay (26).
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