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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:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenshiro Kato, Kadaira, JP;
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ; B60C / ; B60C / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
152540 ; 152539 ; 152541 ; 152543 ; 152544 ; 152547 ;
Abstract
In a pneumatic radial tire for trucks and buses mounted on an approved 15.degree. drop center rim, an outer surface portion of a composite side-rubber and/or an envelope surface of the bead core among members constituting the bead portion of the tire has a curved shape concavedly directed toward the outside of the tire at a region opposite to an inner curved surface of a slantly rising portion in a flange of the approved rim.