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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:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Giancarlo Armellin, Nova Milanese, IT;
Assignee:
Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/100 ; B60C 3/00 ; B60C 9/04 ; B60C 9/08 ; B60C 9/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/100 ; B60C 3/00 ; B60C 9/04 ; B60C 9/08 ; B60C 9/18 ;
Abstract
A tire for two-wheeled vehicles is described, said tire having a transverse curvature coefficient with a value of not less than 0.15, comprising a torus-shaped carcass having structural means which allow improvements in the handling of the vehicle, while leaving unchanged the other performance characteristics, in particular the comfort. These structural means consist in at least one ply of a rubberized fabric provided with textile cords having a count of between 420/2 and 840/2 dtex and a modulus of elasticity of between 100,000 MPa/cm and 200,000 MPa/cm. Preferably the carcass comprises a pair of these rubberized fabric plies reinforced with PEN cords.