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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
François Finck, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement and a crown reinforcement composed of at least two crown plies and of inextensible reinforcing elements, preferably wire, crossed from one ply to the next by forming an angle with the circumferential direction that can range between 5° and 45°, and radially outside a tread, characterized in that said tread, composed of rubber compounds of different colors, is axially formed by at least three longitudinal parts, two lateral parts of rubber compound of a first color and, axially between said two parts, at least one rubber compound part of a second color other than black, each axial end A—visible outside—of the colored part with the second color being away from the end—situated on the same side relative to the equatorial plane of the tire—of the axially narrowest ply by a distance at least equal to 30 mm.