The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Kevin Christopher Legge

Jeffrey Leon Sevart

Anthony John Fierro

Kurt Jon Bergstrom

David Allen Griffin

Terry John Waibel

Eric John Marazzi

Robert Anthony Neubauer

Jay Kevin Lawrence

Archie Arsavir Takfor Andonian

Matthew Robert Eckels

Richard L Galante

Robert A Brightwell

Paul Bryan Maxwell

Karl Eric Sundkvist

Frederick William Miller

Dale Eugene Wells

Loran C Lopp, Jr

Colleen Anne Nowacki

Hiroshi Takata

Thomas Allen Wright

Cleshea Yvette Allen Macklin

Thomas Paul Lamp

A two-piece tire assemblywith a removable tread beltfor installing about the circumference of a tire carcassis provided. The two-piece tire assemblyincludes a tread belthas a belt structurehaving two or more belt layerseach layer having one or more belts. The tread belthas a radially inner surfacehaving one or more protruding circumferential ribsor groovesthat fit into complementary groovesor ribson an outer crown surface of the tire carcass. The tread belthas a maximum axial belt width W at a radially inner surface. The carcasshas a maximum section width SW and ply linehaving a maximum width P wherein W&#x2266;0.95P, BW&#x2266;5 0.85P and P&#x3c;SW.

Two-piece tire

A two-piece tire assembly with a removable tread belt for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass is provided. The inner surface of the tread belt follows a non-linear, preferably arcuate profile with a radius of curvature R across the tread belt wherein the distance Das measured from the axis of rotation to the inner surface of the tread belt extends a distance Dat the equatorial plane and curves radially inwardly to a distance Dat each belt edge such that D&#x2266;0.9*D.

A two-piece tire assembly with a removable tread belt for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass is provided. The two-piece tire assembly includes a tread belt comprised of two or more belt layers, each layer having one or more belts, wherein at least one of the belts in each layer has a chord length less than about 25% of the circumferential length of the belt.

Two piece tire with improved tire tread belt

Tire tread

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Uniontown, OH, United States of America

Kevin Christopher Legge