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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Michael Stefan Skurich, Canton, OH (US);
Lisa Marie Missik-gaffney, North Jackson, OH (US);
David Ray Hubbell, Hartville, OH (US);
Teresa Diane Martter, Akron, OH (US);
George Frank Balogh, North Canton, OH (US);
Arthur Allen Goldstein, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
Michael Stefan Skurich, Canton, OH (US);
Lisa Marie Missik-Gaffney, North Jackson, OH (US);
David Ray Hubbell, Hartville, OH (US);
Teresa Diane Martter, Akron, OH (US);
George Frank Balogh, North Canton, OH (US);
Arthur Allen Goldstein, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A pneumatic radial tire has a chipper in place of a traditional apex, the chipper located between a carcass main portion and turnup portion. The chipper layer may be composed of a chopped carbon fiber and aramid composite reinforced elastomeric layer. The tire sidewalls have a radial height SH and a section width SW located within a range of 0.4 to 0.44 of the sidewall radial height SH measured from the bead core. The section width SW may further be located within a range of 0.1″ to 0.3″ inches from a radially outward end of the chipper layer in a radial direction. The tread may of a dual layer construction, having a radially inward first layer formed of a relatively low rolling resistance compound and a radially outward second layer formed of a compound containing silica.