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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alain Emile Francois Roesgen, Luxembourg, LU;
Filomeno Gennaro Corvasce, Mertzig, LU;
Laurent Colantonio, Bastogne, BE;
Frank Philpott, Waldbredimus, LU;
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/302 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a pneumatic tire with a toroidal shaped tire carcass having sidewalls and a tread. The tire carcass terminates at opposite bead regions for mounting on a tire rim. The tire has at least one of the sidewalls having a circumferentially extending continuous groove, and a non-rubber inlay ring secured within the continuous groove of the sidewall(s) to form a rim flange protector.