Joseph D Dancy

US Patent:

61351814, Oct 24, 2000

Filed:

Sep 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/154347

Inventors:

Anthony Curtis Paonessa - Akron OH
Mark Henry Seloover - Clinton OH
John Janes Beck - Lawton OK
Thomas Reed Oare - Suffield OH
Joseph Ghana Dancy - North Canton OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B60C 900
B60C 1300
B60C 1500
B60C 1506
B60C 1700

US Classification:

152458

Abstract:

A pneumatic tire (10) has a pair of sidewall portions (20), a pair of bead regions (22) and a carcass (30) reinforced with at least two sidewall fillers or inserts (42), (46) for each sidewall portion and at least one cord reinforced ply (38) and two bead cores (26) one in each bead region and a reinforcing belt structure (36). This tire is preferably a runflat radial ply tire. The at least one cord reinforced ply (38) has a pair of turnup ends (32) wrapped around the pair of bead cores (26). The turnup ends (32) each extend radially outwardly to a terminal end (33) at a radial height of at least 40% of the tire section height (SH). The first insert for each sidewall portion lies radially inward and adjacent the at least one ply (38). The second insert (46) for each sidewall portion is a bead filler insert radially above the bead core (26) and between the at least one ply (38) and its turnup end (32).

US Patent:

58716025, Feb 16, 1999

Filed:

May 29, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/865490

Inventors:

Anthony Curtis Paonessa - Akron OH
Mark Henry Seloover - Clinton OH
John Janes Beck - Lawton OK
Thomas Reed Oare - Suffield OH
Joseph Ghana Dancy - North Canton OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B60C 1500
B60C 1504
B60C 1506
B60C 1700

US Classification:

152517

Abstract:

A pneumatic tire 10 has a pair of sidewall portions 20, a pair of bead regions 22 and a carcass 30 reinforced with at least two sidewall fillers or inserts 42, 46 for each sidewall portion and at least one cord reinforced ply 38 and two bead cores 26 one in each bead region and a reinforcing belt structure 36. This tire is preferably a runflat radial ply tire. The at least one cord reinforced ply 38 has a pair of turnup ends 32 wrapped around the pair of bead cores 26. The turnup ends 32 each extend radially outwardly to a terminal end 33 located under the reinforcing belt structure 36. The first insert 42 for each sidewall portion lies radially inward and adjacent the at least one ply 38. The second insert 46 for each sidewall portion is radially between the at least one ply 38 and its turnup end 32.