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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Md Atiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Copley, OH (US);
Jimmy Lee Richards, Rootstown, OH (US);
Gregory Monroe Bond, Akron, OH (US);
Christopher Edward Estafen, Bedford, OH (US);
Francesco Sportelli, Bettembourg, LU;
Marc Borowczak, Hartville, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A shear band for a tire includes a first belt layer extending circumferentially around the tire, a second belt layer extending circumferentially around the tire, and a shear band radially interposed between the first belt layer and the second belt layer. The shear band includes a first reinforcing ply radially adjacent the first belt layer, a third reinforcing ply radially adjacent the second belt layer, and a second reinforcing ply radially interposed between the first reinforcing ply and the second reinforcing ply. The first reinforcing ply includes a first flattened, braided tube layer enclosed by a first rubber layer. The second reinforcing ply includes a second flattened, braided tube layer enclosed by a second rubber layer. The third reinforcing ply includes a third flattened, braided tube layer enclosed by a third rubber layer.