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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Raouf Abdul Ridha, Sharon Center, OH (US);
Inventor:
Raouf Abdul Ridha, Sharon Center, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C013/00 ; B60C009/18 ; B60C015/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A new method for designing a tire comprises the steps of laying up a tire having a stiff lower sidewall portion () that has a high modulus apex () and a high turn-up () and a concave shape, a flexible upper sidewall portion () that is decoupled from the tread (). The tread () is supported by a wedge () and extended belts () to substantially eliminate lateral curvature. The tire of the invention also has a rhothat comprises 60% of the section height (SH) of the tire and a shoulder radius that defines a convex shape in upper sidewall portion ().