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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Douglas Raymond Weaver, Uniontown, OH (US);
Steven Leonard Kitz, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Douglas Raymond Weaver, Uniontown, OH (US);
Steven Leonard Kitz, Tallmadge, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
An intermediate article of manufacture formed as a first stage bead area subassembly for a split ply pneumatic tire carcass is disclosed. The bead area subassembly has an annular bead core; a bead apex; a ply strip; and preferably a sidewall affixed to the ply strip. The subassembly is formed into a disk-shaped bead area monocomponent. The ply strip is wrapped about the bead core and the apex to form a ply turnup and both the ply strip and the ply turnup extend radially outwardly from the bead core. The bead area subassembly when formed into the disk-shaped bead area monocomponent is placed on an annular holder device. The combination of the bead area monocomponent on the holder device can be stacked for storage and latter assembly into a split ply carcass. Preferably, the ply turnup can be oriented extending inside or axially inward of the bead core on final assembly to form a split ply tire having axially inside turnups. In the preferred embodiment the ply strip is reinforced by radially extending ply cords.