Method of building tire with composite ply structure

US6358346B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · US

Inventors

• John Janes Beck, Jr. · Lawton, US
• Gary Edwin Tubb · Copley, US
• John R. Abbott · Cuyahoga Falls, US
• Samuel Patrick Landers · Uniontown, US
• Amit Prakash · Hudson, US
• Frederick Forbes Vannan, Jr. · Wilmington, US
• Henry D. Broyles · Uniontown, US
• Klaus Beer · Stow, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2000
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tire 10 has a composite ply 40. The composite ply 40 has a primary ply 40A reinforced with parallel inextensible cords 41 and a pair of ply extensions 40B having synthetic cords. The method of manufacturing the tire 10 is described. The tire 10 can be made as a runflat type tire.