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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Todd a Buxton, Norton, OH (US);
Bradley J Harris, New London, OH (US);
Taro Iwamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Christopher a Swartzwelder, Akron, OH (US);
Todd A Buxton, Norton, OH (US);
Bradley J Harris, New London, OH (US);
Taro Iwamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Christopher A Swartzwelder, Akron, OH (US);
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A tire having a circumferential tread, at least one belt, an inner liner, a pair of sidewalls, and at least three carcass plies. The tire includes a pair of bead portions, each including a bead core, a bead filler, a flipper, a chafer, and a gum strip. The at least three carcass plies extend radially downward, inward of the bead filler, extend around the bead core, and continue upward, outward of the bead filler and terminate in at least three turn-up ends. At least one of the turn-up ends does not contact at least one of the radially downward extending carcass plies, the flipper, or the bead filler in one of the sidewalls, and at least two of the turn-up ends contact at least one of the radially downward extending carcass plies, the flipper, or the bead filler in one of the sidewalls.