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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Marco Toscano, Rome, IT;
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tire () has two annular beads, a toroidal body ply () which is wound about the two beads () to form two turn-ups, and two bead fillers (). Each bead filler () contacts a bead () and is at least partly enclosed in a turn-up () of the body ply (), and comprises an elastomer filler strip () which is wound about the bead () and is interposed between the bead () and the body ply () and has two opposite ends () located on opposite sides of the bead () and contacting each other. An outer end () of the filler strip () of each bead filler () is folded into a 'U' about the corresponding end of the body ply () so as to enclose the end of the body ply ().