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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Bridgestone Corporation, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Mizusawa, Yokohama, JP;
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rubber crawler includes a rubber belt, a main cord layer that is incorporated within the rubber belt and includes a main cord configured from plural twisted strands covered with rubber, the main cord extending around the crawler circumferential direction, and a bias cord layer incorporated within the rubber belt at the crawler circumferential outside of the main cord layer configured by at least one bias ply and configured from at least one bias ply that is formed from a plurality of bias cords extending at an angle with respect to the crawler circumferential direction, disposed side-by-side around the crawler circumferential direction and covered in rubber such that bias cords of the bias ply at the circumferential outermost side of the crawler are, as viewed from the crawler circumferential outside, angled toward an opposite side, with respect to the crawler circumferential direction, from the angled side of the strands.