Aircraft tire with improved bead structure
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorKiyoshi Ueyoko
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Abstract
A pneumatic radial ply tire 100 for use on aircraft has a radial reinforced carcass 20 having at least one axially inner ply 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D of textile cords 21 wound around a pair of bead cores 33. The improved bead structure 30 has a flipper 50 having an axially inner leg LI and axially outer leg LE. The ends LI, LE of the flippers 50 are above the bead core height Bh and below the apex A of an elastomeric strip 40 satisfying the relation Bh<LE<0.7D and Bh<LI<0.7D. Additionally, the tire carcass 20 has at least one axially outer ply 2E, 2F of textile cords 21 extending from bead 30 to bead 30 along the turn-ups 20A, 20B, 20C and 20D of the axially inner plies 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D. The plies 21 are closely spaced along the natural ply path.
Claims5
A pneumatic tire for use on aircrafts having a nominal bead diameter NBD, a tread, a crown reinforcement, and a radial carcass reinforcement comprising at least one axially inner ply of textile cord wound around a pair of bead cores, the bead cores have a radial height BH, the at least one axially inner ply being wound around the bead core in each bead from inside to the outside forming outside turn-ups and at least one axially outer ply of textile cords extending from bead to bead along the turn-ups of the at least axially inner ply, each bead having a rim flange vertical surface and an elastomeric filler of substantially triangular shape, the apex A of the filler being located above the bead core and the rim flange vertical surface extending a distance D as measured from a line YY′ parallel to the axis of the tire and passing through the location of the nominal bead diameter NBD, the tire characterized by:
- a flipper wound around the bead core to form an axially inner leg and an axially outer leg, the axially inner leg being located at a radial distance LI from the reference line YY′ and the axially outer end leg being located a radial distance LE from the reference line YY′ and the flipper being oriented where BH<LE and LI<0.7D;
- and the at least one axially inner ply has at least one turnup below the location A;
- and LE, LI, and the at least one turnup below the location A being radially between the bead core height and the radially outer end of the rim flange vertical surface.
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