Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire having gum strip and chafer
- Patent Title (中): 轮胎有胶条和胎圈包布
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Application No.: US12700051Application Date: 2010-02-04
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Publication No.: US08517072B2Publication Date: 2013-08-27
- Inventor: Bradley J Harris , Chris A Swartzwelder
- Applicant: Bradley J Harris , Chris A Swartzwelder
- Applicant Address: US TN Nashville
- Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
- Current Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Nashville
- Main IPC: B60C15/00
- IPC: B60C15/00 ; B60C15/06 ; B60C9/18

Abstract:
A tire having a circumferential tread, at least one belt, an inner liner, a pair of sidewalls, at least one carcass ply, and a pair of bead portions. The pair of bead portions each further includes a bead core, a bead filler having an upper end, a chaffer, and a gum strip. The chaffer extends axially outward from the inner liner towards the sidewall and curves radially upward along an axially outer portion of the bead core. The sidewall gum strip extends radially upward from a curved portion of the chaffer, wherein the sidewall gumstrip is located axially between the at least one carcass ply turn-up end and a sidewall.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110186202A1 TIRE HAVING GUM STRIP AND CHAFER Public/Granted day:2011-08-04
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