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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2000
Agnes Nathalie Iwana Verbeke-Ensch, Arlon, BE;
Charles Pierre Jean-Marie Nosbusch, Mertzig, LU;
Roland Close, Burg-Reuland, BE;
Edouard Schenten, Schieren, LU;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A chipper ( ) for use in a pneumatic radial ply runflat tire ( ) comprises cord reinforcements ( ) making an angle, &agr;′ of between 30° and 50° relative to the circumferential direction. The radially outermost edge ( ) of the chipper is located between 10 and 15 millimeters above the wheel rim flange ( ) of the wheel-mounted tire and between 5% and 20% of the section height SH of the tire. The chipper is disposed axially inward of the ply turnup end ( ). The chipper ( ) may comprise a single layer of cords ( ), or the chipper ( ) may comprise two layers ( ) with the -cords ( ) in the two layers being crossed to form mirror images across a radial reflection axis.