Title:
PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING SINGLE CARCASS PLY REINFORCED WITH STEEL CORDS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2018100083
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify construction and reduce expense of building tires, yet improve durability, handling, rolling resistance and other properties of pneumatic tires.SOLUTION: A pneumatic tire includes: a pair of beads each with an associated bead core and chafer; a single carcass ply folded about each bead so as to define a main body portion and a turnup portion that are associated with each bead; and a tread disposed radially outward of the single carcass ply, the tread having shoulder portions disposed at axial outer edges of the tread and a pair of sidewalls extending radially outward from each chafer to a location adjacent to each shoulder portion, each sidewall being disposed axially outward of the single carcass ply. The single carcass ply is reinforced with metallic cords, the metallic cords comprising filaments with diameters from 0.07 mm to 0.12 mm.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
ETIENNE SCHAUER
LIONETTI ROBERT E
ARUN PRASATH MANOGARAN
BORIS ERCEG
SOUNDAPPAN RAMANATHAN
LIONETTI ROBERT E
ARUN PRASATH MANOGARAN
BORIS ERCEG
SOUNDAPPAN RAMANATHAN
Application Number:
JP2017237470A
Publication Date:
June 28, 2018
Filing Date:
December 12, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER
International Classes:
B60C9/00; B60C15/00; B60C15/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akio Miyazaki
Masaaki Ogata
Masaaki Ogata