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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl J Siegenthaler, Rome Ostia, IT;
Assignee:
Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ; B60C / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
152541 ; 152547 ; 152548 ; 152549 ; 152552 ; 152555 ;
Abstract
A vehicle tire (1), particularly for motor vehicles, defined by an outer tread (2) and two beads (3), each connected to the tread (2) by a respective annular sidewall portion (5); each sidewall portion (5) presenting an inner reinforcing cord assembly (6) defined by at least two layers (7) of reinforcing cords (8) on opposite sides of an extending outwardly of the respective bead (3), and a layer (16) of a lightweight elastomeric sponge filler material located between the two layers (7) of reinforcing cords (8), the thickness of which depends on the rigidity required of the respective sidewall portion (5).