The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Mark Henry Mineur

Robert Anthony Neubauer

Timothy Patrick Lovell

Robert L Toth

A pneumatic off-the-road (OTR) tire has a plurality of central and shoulder lugs. The central lugs are arranged in a circumferentially continuous row and extend across the equatorial plane (EP). Each central lug is similar in shape and orientation relative to each circumferentially adjacent central lug. The tire is conformed having a tread package that effects a low net-to-gross ratio of less than 40% as measured around the circumference of the tire. The low net to gross tread pattern is incorporated into a relatively low aspect ratio OTR tire for construction and industrial applications.

Low net to gross OTR tire

Tire tread

A tubeless pneumatic tire/fluid reservoir assembly capable of being mounted upon a standard drop-center rim without deviation from standard mounting procedures for the tire alone. The tire contains an anchoring device comprising a reinforced strip having a first portion bonded and/or integral with the innerliner of the tire and a second portion that is affixed to the fluid reservoir. The fluid reservoir includes a hollow arcuate body capable of containing a fluid under pressure and capable of discharging same under coexisting predetermined conditions of pressure differential and temperature.

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Hudson, OH, United States of America

Mark Henry Mineur