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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:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Earl Rayman, Hartville, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/507 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/507 ;
Abstract
A heavy duty dual tire assembly ( ) for mounting on dual rims ( ) is disclosed. The assembly has a pair of tires ( ) and a pair of separate removable annular tread belts ( ) for mounting over both tires ( ) the pair of separate removable annual tread belts ( ) bridge the gap between the tires ( ) when they are laterally adjacent and coaxially aligned by mounting on a dual rim. In one embodiment there is a separated tread belt spacer ( ) that is interposed between tread belts ( ) to, in combination with the tread belts, bridge the gap between the tires.