Patent ID: 9493045
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B60C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for modifying a shear band of a tire, the tire having a plurality of tension transmitting web spokes extending transversely across and radially inward from the shear band toward a tire hub, the shear band having a radially innermost reinforcement layer and a radially outermost reinforcement layer extending circumferentially around the shear band, the method comprising the steps of: increasing or maintaining the vertical stiffness of the tire by adding at least one additional reinforcement layer that extends circumferentially around the shear band and is positioned between, but spaced apart from, the radially outermost reinforcement layer and the radially innermost reinforcement layer; decreasing the value of μ decreasing the thickness, along the radial direction, of the shear band.