Tire with cap ply layer

US7252129B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Milliken & Company · US

Inventors

• Dany Michiels · Haaltert, BE
• Geert Broos · Gentbrugge, BE
• Willy Delanoy · Drongen, BE
• Werner Hess · Stuttgart, DE
• Boudewijn Snauwaert · Drongen, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T152/10783
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pneumatic tire has a tread, a carcass with belt plies disposed below the tread, and a cap ply layer between the tread and the belt plies of the carcass. The cap ply is a leno weave tape having warp yarn in the longitudinal direction and weft yarns in the weft direction. The leno weave tape is wound in a flat helically wound around the belt plies, and cover with a tread of the tire.