Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Bridgestone Corporation

Kevin J Kosmac

Dennis W Snyder

William H Durivage

Austin J Fischer

Richard S Parr

David E Schultz

Nobuo Shimizu

Andrew T Miklic

Michael A Kindig

Jeffrey D Parker

Matthew A Irwin

Bradley J Harris

Samuel O Givens

Daisuke Nakahara

Wesley M Schwarz

Edward L Smeltzer

Masataka Uchiyama

James P Stevens

Steven M Sawyer

Charles D Berry

Leonard M Shoun

Matthew T Schreiner

A method of making a tire includes providing a first body ply having a first width and laying a second body ply above the first body ply. The second body ply has a second width less than the first width. The method also includes laying a third body ply above the second body ply. The third body ply has a third width greater than the first width. The method further includes laying a first bead at a first location above the third body ply, laying a second bead at a second location above the third body ply, laying a first stabilizer ply insert at a third location above the third body ply, and laying a second stabilizer ply insert at a fourth location above the third body ply. The third location is between the first location and the second location, and the fourth location is between the third location and the second location.

Method of making a tire with multiple body plies

Tire

A tire includes a pair of beads and a plurality of body plies extending between the pair of beads, including at least a first body ply and a second body ply. The first body ply wraps around each of the pair of beads, and has a first pair of turn up portions having a first height. The second body ply wraps around each of the pair of beads, and has a second pair of turn up portions having a second height greater than the first height. Each of the second pair of turn up portions is axially inside each of the first turn up portions. The tire also includes a circumferential belt disposed radially above the plurality of body plies, a circumferential tread disposed radially above the circumferential belt, and a pair of sidewalls extending between the pair of beads and the circumferential tread. The tire also has a pair of stabilizer ply inserts, including a first stabilizer ply insert and a second stabilizer ply insert.

Tire with multiple body plies

A tire includes a circumferential tread constructed of a base material. The circumferential tread has a plurality of bars, each of the plurality of bars having a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The circumferential tread further has a plurality of valleys disposed between the plurality of bars. A reinforcement layer covers at least some of the plurality of valleys and an outer layer covers at least a portion of the reinforcement layer.

Tire with reinforced tread

Tire tread

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