Solid rubber tire with wound overlay reinforcement structure

US5579818A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Continental AG · DE

Inventors

• Reinhard Hoppenheit · Hardegsen, DE
• Siegfried Pooch · Medebach, DE
• Bernd Backhaus · Kempten (Allgäu), DE
• Lothar Salokat · Warburg, DE
• Robert Pohlmann · Hamm, DE
• Klaus Ehlers · Medebach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 1994
• Grant date: Dec 3, 1996
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60C7/28
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A solid rubber tire comprised of rubber or plastic having elastomeric properties has a bottom layer and a tread portion connected to the bottom layer. A reinforcement structure for the bottom layer is provided in the form of a textile reinforcement element or a metal reinforcement element. The reinforcement structure is a wound overlay having at least one reinforcement layer which is produced by winding the reinforcement element in a plurality of windings so as to extend over at least 20% of the axial width of the bottom layer. The reinforcement element can be a cord, wire or cable. The reinforcement element may also be a cord material strip having individual reinforcement members arranged in parallel. The reinforcement members can be textile or metal reinforcement members in the form of cord, wire or cable. A method for producing the solid rubber tires is disclosed.