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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:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Continental Aktiengesellschaft, Hanover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
152210 ; 1522 / ; 152211 ;
Abstract
A pneumatic vehicle tire has a carcass with reinforcing members and radially inwardly positioned beads and a tread strip with a tread positioned radially outwardly on the carcass. An additional layer is placed on the tread strip for reinforcing the tread. The additional layer is made of a rubber or thermoplastic material. The additional layer has a tensile modulus of elasticity that is greater than the tensile modulus of elasticity of the tread strip. The additional layer is provided with reinforcement elements.