The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

James Edwin Woodlee

Robert C Schisler

Edwin L Haines

Thomas E Burkley

Frank G Mungo

Jeffrey Mark Frye

Gerald E Gaskill

The present invention is an air sleeve that has a tubular shape with opposing sleeve ends. At least one reinforcing ply extends from one sleeve end to the opposing sleeve end; the reinforcing ply has cords encapsulated in a ply coat compound and at least one end of the reinforcing ply terminates in one air sleeve end. According to the present invention, a reinforcement means is spaced from the end of the reinforcing ply by a distance greater than the ply coat compound.

Molded air sleeves

A method for producing an airspring which reduces the time of manufacture by the vulcanization of the airsleeve in the absence of beads. After vulcanization of the sleeve, and end portion of the sleeve is wrapped about a bead ring and crimped within an annular rolled portion of at least one end member.

Airspring with non-molded-in bead

A tire bead retainer for mounting on a wheel rim in which a locking member is located adjacent a bead seat of the rim. The locking member is depressed by the beads during mounting of the tire on the rim and is moved back into the locking position for retaining the bead after the bead is seated in the bead seat. The bead retainer may be mounted on a rim prior to mounting of the tire and either the locking member or the complete retainer may be removable for removing the tire from the rim. Several retainers may be spaced around the wheel rim to engage the tire bead at several spaced-apart positions at one side of the rim.

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Kent, OH, United States of America

James Edwin Woodlee