Patent ID: 8376011
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pneumatic aircraft tire having a carcass having one or more radial plies, a tread, a crown reinforcement comprising one or more belt layers or strips reinforced by cords oriented relative to a circumferential direction at an angle of between 0° and 45° with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire, and the B/A o ratio of the tire ranges between about 0.6 to about 0.7, wherein B is the width between a wheel flange, and A o is an inflated tire width under rated pressure, and a tire bead portion having a R a /Fr1 relationship which ranges from about 0.6 to about 2.1, wherein R a is the tire bead portion radius at un-inflated and in a new or unused condition, and a center-point of the radius R a is located outside of the tire, and Fr1 is the wheel flange maximum elliptical radius.