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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
May. 15, 2000
Gia Van Nguyen, Rossignal, BE;
Roland Close, Burg-Reuland, BE;
Samuel Patrick Landers, Uniontown, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A pneumatic radial ply tire ( ) having a tread ( ), a carcass ( ) with two sidewalls ( ), one or more radial plies ( ), two annular beads ( ′), a belt structure ( ) located radially between the tread and the radial ply structure ( ), a fabric underlay ( ), deployed radially inward of the belt structure, and a tread insert ( ) deployed between the belt structure and the fabric underlay. Said underlay ( ) contains circumferentially aligned high-modulus fibers or cords ( ) which, in combination with metal belt structure ( ) and the tread insert ( ), contribute to circumferential tread rigidity. Insert ( ), in conjunction with the belt structure ( ) and the radial ply structure ( ), contributes to lateral tread rigidity. The circumferential and lateral stiffening of the tread ( ) enhances high-speed runflat handling and contributes to improved runflat operational life.