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Pneumatic tire with air permeation prevention layer

US6079466A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 1996
Grant dateJun 27, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T152/10855
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for preventing air permeation from a pneumatic tire wherein there is arranged inside the tire an air permeation preventive layer formed of a thermoplastic resin film produced by mixing and extruding at least two thermoplastic resins which are incompatible with each other, the film having a matrix phase of a first of the resins in which there is dispersed a dispersed phase having an oriented lamellar structure and formed of a second of the resins, wherein the ratio of melt viscosity of the second resin to that of the first resin at the molding temperature of the incompatible thermoplastic resins is preferably 1.5 to 20.

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