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US 9,849,734 B2Granted
Pneumatic tire with a three dimensional component
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsFrancesco Sportelli, David Ray Hubbell, Annette Lechtenboehmer
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes an axis of rotation, a carcass having at least one reinforced ply and a reinforcing structure providing a buffer for absorbing shear strain, a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass, and a belt structure disposed radially between the carcass and the tread. The reinforcing structure includes at least one layer of a three dimensional fabric including a frame structure of fabric and open cells defined by the frame structure.
Claims9
A pneumatic tire having an axis of rotation, the pneumatic tire comprising:
- a carcass having at least one reinforced ply and a reinforcing structure providing a buffer for absorbing shear strain;
- a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass;
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- a belt structure disposed radially between the carcass and the tread, the reinforcing structure comprising a flipper with two layers of a three dimensional fabric including a frame structure of fabric and open cells defined by the frame structure, the flipper having physical properties intermediate to those of a rigid metal bead and a less rigid reinforced ply, the flipper serving as an active strain-relieving layer separating the rigid metal bead from the reinforced ply, the flipper surrounding the rigid metal bead.
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