Patent · US Expired

Vehicle tire with reinforcement beneath overwide circumferential tread groove

US6668887B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Dunlop GmbH · GB

Inventors

Manfred Gerresheim · Würselen, DE
Klaus-Dieter Riehl · Drolshagen, DE
Saburo Miyabe · Großkrotzenburg, DE
Hans Winter · Gelnhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 2, 2001
Grant date	Dec 30, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T152/10783
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle tire is described having at least one carcass ply extending between bead regions, a tread region (1) and a belt arrangement (3) disposed between the carcass and the tread as well as a tread profile provided in the tread region having at least one overwide circumferential groove (2) disposed in particular away from the middle and on the inner side of the tire, with the tire region disposed beneath the overwide circumferential groove, which has in particular a width of more than 30 mm, being formed with additional localised reinforcement in the axial direction.

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