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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2003
Rodolfo Noto, Milan, IT;
Gaetano Lo Presti, Milan, IT;
Ignazio DE Gese, Milan, IT;
Claudio Lacagnina, Milan, IT;
Rodolfo Noto, Milan, IT;
Gaetano Lo Presti, Milan, IT;
Ignazio De Gese, Milan, IT;
Claudio Lacagnina, Milan, IT;
Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A vehicle wheel tire includes a carcass structure, at least one annular reinforcing structure, a tread band, and a pair of sidewalls. The carcass structure includes at least one carcass ply, each including a plurality of elongated elements disposed around a cross-section profile of the tire. Each elongated element includes two side portions at mutually-spaced-apart positions and a crown portion that extends between the side portions. The at least one annular reinforcing structure includes at least one bead core. A fraction of the elongated elements is turned up around the at least one bead core. A method of manufacturing the tire includes preparing the elongated elements, disposing each elongated element on a toroidal support, applying at least one bead core at a region close to side portions of the elongated elements, and turning up ends of a fraction of the elongated elements around the at least one bead core.