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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Walter Kevin Westgate, Uniontown, OH (US);
Yuvaraj Senthil Arumugam, Akron, IN (US);
Robert John Gartland, Youngstown, OH (US);
Walter Kevin Westgate, Uniontown, OH (US);
Yuvaraj Senthil Arumugam, Akron, IN (US);
Robert John Gartland, Youngstown, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A pneumatic tire for use on aircraft has a tread, a crown reinforcement, and a radial carcass reinforcement having at least one axially inner ply of textile cords wound around a pair of bead cores, at least one axially inner ply being wound around the bead core in each bead from inside to the outside forming outside turn-ups and at least one axially outer ply of textile cords extending from bead to bead along the turn-ups of the at least one axially inner ply. The at least one axially inner ply or at least one axially outer ply has merged cords having a percent elongation at break of 12% to less than 20% and a break strength greater than 1050 N with a linear density of greater than 9,000 dtex. Merged cord reinforcement is preferably used in the ply layers or strips of the crown reinforcement as well.