The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

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Randall R Brayer

Beale Anthony Robinson

Rudy E Consolacion

Warren L Croyle

Maurice Graas

Andrew Frederick Weimer

Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr

Samuel P Landers

Charles Kenneth Schmalix

Robert Allen Losey

Keith Carl Trares

David Charles Poling

Eric John Marazzi

Thomas Reed Oare

Amit Prakash

Walter Dale Allen

Jeffrey W Kahrs

Richard H Springford

Dale Kenneth Dyer

John Kevin Clark

Jerold Robert Buenger

Raymond Dean McQuate

Robert A Stella

Leon W Pillsbury, Jr

Tire tread

Shoulder tread for a tire

A method and article of manufacture is disclosed describing a technique to make a tire having at least one ply having a geodesic cord path.

Tire having a geodesic ply and a method of fabricating

Method of fabricating a tire having a geodesic ply

A tire 10, having a rim flange support 18, is provided with void areas 24 in the rim flange support 18, to make possible firm attachment of weights 26 to a rim flange 22 when tire 10 is mounted on a rim 20. The wheel (tire/rim) construction makes balancing of the wheel easier and reduces the possibility that a weight 26 will be lost while the tire is being used.

Tire and tire rim assembly adapted to carry weights

A high performance, radial tire having a tread, the tread has an intermediate groove between first and second lateral edges, circumferential grooves between the first lateral edge and the intermediate groove, and a circumferential groove or grooves between the second lateral edge and the intermediate groove. Each groove has a first and second wall wherein the first wall of each groove is on the side of the groove nearest to the first lateral edge and the second wall being on the opposite side of the groove, the respective first and second groove walls having an angular orientation .theta..sub.1, .theta..sub.2 relative to a line perpendicular to a tangent to the tread surface curvature as approximately defined at the center of the groove wherein .theta..sub.1, is the angular orientation of the first wall and .theta..sub.2 is the angular orientation of the second wall, the angular orientation .theta..sub.1 is greater than the angular orientation .theta..sub.2 for each groove between the first lateral edge and the intermediate groove, the angular orientation .theta..sub.2 is equal to or greater than the angular orientation .theta. .sub.1 at the intermediate groove and at the circumferential groove or grooves between the second lateral edge and the intermediate groove, the angular orientation .theta..sub.1 of the first walls and the angular orientation .theta..sub.2 of the second walls of the circumferential grooves forming an included angle of less than 30.degree. as measured between intersecting lines tangent to and extending generally radially inwardly along the first and second groove walls.

High performance radial tire

An asymmetric non-directional tread 12 for a tire 10 is disclosed. The tread 12 has a plurality of ground engaging tread elements 22 separated by circumferential and lateral grooves 24,28. The net contact area in a first tread half 30 is approximately equivalent to a net contact area in a second tread half 32 although the tread stiffness in the first tread half 30 preferably is higher than in the second tread half 32. The outboard side of some circumferential grooves 24 may be tapered to buttress tread elements 22 against cornering forces.

Tread for a tire

A radial ply pneumatic tire is described. The tire has a carcass with a bead portion, a carcass reinforcing structure, and a bead filler. The carcass reinforcing structure has two plies with turnup ends wrapped about each bead. The turnup end of the first ply terminates in radial proximity of the maximum section width of the tire. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the tire carcass includes elastomeric first and second fillers the first filler being located between the first ply and the innerliner of the tire, and the second filler being located between the first and second ply. The fillers stiffen the sidewalls to permit the tire to be driven while uninflated. The bead core of the preferred embodiment has a flat base and a first and second surface extending from the base and inclined relative to the base thereby forming acute included angles of .alpha. and .beta. whereby .alpha. is greater than or equal to .beta.. The tire may further include an aramid overlay radially outwardly of the reinforcing belt.

Radial ply pneumatic tire

An asymmetric directional tread for a tire is disclosed. The tread has a plurality of ground engaging tread elements separated by grooves. The grooves include one wide circumferentially continuous groove having a width W, a plurality of circumferentially continuous grooves of an intermediate width between greater than 1/3 and 3/4W, at least one narrow circumferentially continuous groove having a width 1/10 to less than 1/3W located between a lateral edge and a circumferentially continuous groove of a greater width, and first and second sets of laterally extending grooves. The first set extends from the outboard lateral edges to an end location within 5% of the tread width from the equatorial plane. The second set extends from the inboard lateral edge to an end location within 5% of the tread width from the equatorial plane.

Asymmetric tread for a tire

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Uniontown, OH, United States of America

Randall R Brayer