Patent ID: 6354349
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B29D,B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
A pneumatic tire comprising at least a pair of parallel annular beads (22), a carcass reinforcement wrapped around said beads, an unreinforced gum rubber inner liner (12) disposed radially inwardly of said carcass reinforcement, tread rubber (29) disposed radially outward of said carcass reinforcement in a crown area of the tire, and sidewalls (24) disposed between said tread (29) and said beads (22), whereinsaid carcass reinforcement comprises a first sock (14, 52) of seamless mesh netting material formed from nominal warp filaments (16) and nominal weft filaments (18) of thermoplastic material which are fused at their intersections (19) and the first sock (14, 52) has both an interlocked filament portion (54) and a linear filament portion, the interlocked filament portion (54) being located near each respective bead and in the crown area of the tire, the linear filament portion being located in each respective sidewall of the tire.