The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

James Oral Hunt

Paul Bryson Allen

Andrew Arpad Kunos

Michael Christopher Kulton

David Lee Bair

Timothy Lee Fry

Paul Bryan Maxwell

Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr

Giorgio Agostini

Stephanie Carol Brown

Michael Joseph Weber

Filomeno Gennaro Corvasce

Terry John Waibel

Timothy Patrick Lovell

Italo Marziale Sinopoli

Mark Anthony Canankamp

Ray Allison Young

Jeffrey W Kahrs

Danielle Lucas

Daniel Ignatius Kowalski, Jr

Olivier Louis

Charles W Winebrenner

A wrap-around toeguardfor a pneumatic tirehas a carcass plyor plieswith a locked tie-in construction. Each wrap-around toeguardis a non cord reinforced elastomeric unitary strip wound 360.degree. in a singular annular bead. The wrap-around toeguard cord reinforced unitary stripcan be formed of a single elastomeric composition having a shore hardness D of greater than 40. Alternatively the wrap-around toeguard may additionally include an apex portionand a chafer portionalong with the toeguard portion, each portionbeing co-extruded or otherwise hot formed and shaped with the toeguard portionto form the unitary stripand can have distinct elastomeric composition relative to the toeguard portion

Wrap-around toeguard for a pneumatic tire

A pneumatic tirehas a carcass plyor plieswith a locked tie-in construction and a wrap-around toeguardEach wrap-around toeguardis a non cord reinforced elastomeric unitary strip wound 360 degree in a singular annular bead. The wrap-around toeguard cord reinforced unitary stripcan be formed of a single elastomeric composition having a shore hardness D of greater than 40. Alternatively the wrap-around toeguard may additionally include an apex portionand a chafer portionalong with the toeguard portion, each portionbeing co-extruded or otherwise hot formed and shaped with the toeguard portionto form the unitary stripand can have distinct elastomeric composition relative to the toeguard portion

Locked bead pneumatic tire with wrap-around toeguard

Tire tread

This invention relates to a tire with a rubber tread reinforced with silica and containing one or more additives designed to aid ice traction for the tread. Such additive is selected from at least one of (i) at least one organic fiber having hydroxyl groups on the surface thereof selected from cellulose fibers and wood fibers and (ii) small, hollow, spherical ceramic particles having silanol groups on the surface thereof. The rubber is composed of at least one or more diene-based sulfur vulcanizable elastomers having a Tg of less than -30.degree. C. and containing silica as predominant particulate reinforcement and other traditional rubber compound ingredients. In particular, a coupler is used to couple the silica as well as the said additive(s) to the elastomer(s) in the tire tread composition.

Tire tread for ice traction

A multi-layer circumferentially reinforced radial pneumatic light truck tire having a belt structure of at least two layers of 2+2x.35ST cord for Load Range E.

Pneumatic radial tire including steel belt cords of 2+2 ST construction

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Akron, OH, United States of America

James Oral Hunt