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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1995
Giuliano Ghilardi, Milan, IT;
Pirelli Coordinamento Pneumatici S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A tire, intended to be inflated but capable of running in a deflated condition, the carcass (2) of which incorporates, at each of the sidewalls (5) thereof, a first and a second reinforcing insert (16, 17) having in section a substantially lenticular form tapering to the ends, interposed between a first carcass ply (10) and a second carcass ply (11) and mutually joined at the tire maximum-chord point. Also applied to each sidewall against the carcass ply (10) turned to the inner part of the tire is an elastic support insert (13) of lenticular section having a maximum thickness portion (13a) disposed at the junction point (18) between the two reinforcing insertions (16, 17). The elastic support insert (13) comprises a substantially stiff counter core (14) of lenticular section, and a cover (15) made of elastomeric material have a low modulus of elasticity, coating the counter core (14) at one side thereof turned towards the carcass plies.