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US 6,568,446 B1Granted
Pneumatic bicycle tire having protection against wear and reduced rolling resistance
AssigneeContinental Aktiengesellschaft
InventorRüdiger Schulte
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire for a bicycle, especially a mountain bike, the tire having on each respective left and right side a bead each comprising a bead core. A carcass, preferably a diagonal carcass, which has at least one ply of cords, is wound about each bead core. The tire of the present invention also comprises sidewalls extending radially from the axial edges of its tread which each have a textile sheet structure for wear protection on the outer sides of the carcasses.
Claims14
A pneumatic bicycle tire comprising:
- a pair of beads each having a bead core;
- a carcass having at least one ply and extending from one bead core to the other bead core and wound around the pair of bead cores;
- a tread strip having axial edges;
- and
- a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall extending from a respective axial edge of the tread strip and having a textile sheet structure for wear protection disposed outwardly of the carcass, the textile sheet structure having cords extending in two cord directions oriented substantially perpendicular to one another, both of the cord directions being diagonal with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire at an angle of 30 to 70 degrees thereto, and the textile sheet structure not being wound about the bead cores, wherein the radially outermost edge of the textile sheet structure extends axially under the tread strip, and wherein the textile sheet structure of each respective sidewall is covered with rubber and the rubber covered textile sheet structure forms the axially outermost rubber portion of the respective sidewall.
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A pneumatic bicycle tire comprising:
- a pair of beads each having a bead core;
- a carcass having at least one ply and extending from one bead core to the other bead core and wound around the pair of bead cores;
- a tread strip having axial edges;
- and
- a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall extending from a respective axial edge of the tread strip and having a textile sheet structure for wear protection disposed outwardly of the carcass, the textile sheet structure having cords extending in two cord directions oriented substantially perpendicular to one another, both of the cord directions being diagonal with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire at an angle of 30 to 70 degrees thereto, and the textile sheet structure not being wound about the bead cores, wherein the radially outermost edge of the textile sheet structure extends axially under the tread strip, and wherein the cords of the textile sheet structure are covered with rubber whose thickness over the extent of each cord is at most 90 microns.
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A pneumatic bicycle tire comprising:
- a pair of beads each having a bead core;
- a carcass having at least one ply and extending from one bead core to the other bead core and wound around the pair of bead cores;
- a tread strip having axial edges;
- and
- a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall extending from a respective axial edge of the tread strip and having a textile sheet structure for wear protection disposed outwardly of the carcass, the textile sheet structure having cords extending in two cord directions oriented substantially perpendicular to one another, both of the cord directions being diagonal with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire at an angle of 30 to 70 degrees thereto, and the textile sheet structure not being wound about the bead cores, wherein the radially outermost edge of the textile sheet structure extends axially under the tread strip, and wherein the textile sheet structure extends radially to the bead of the tire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.