Patent ID: 7096908
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: B29D,B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A self-supporting tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising: a carcass structure; a belt structure; a tread band; a pair of sidewalls; and at least one elastic stiffening insert; wherein the carcass structure comprises at least one carcass ply, wherein the at least one carcass ply is provided with end flaps engaged with respective annular reinforcing structures, wherein the annular reinforcing structures are disposed in coaxial relationship with a geometric rotation axis of the tyre at positions axially spaced apart from each other, wherein each annular reinforcing structure comprises at least one first circumferentially inextensible annular anchoring insert, wherein the belt structure is applied to the carcass structure at a radially external position of the carcass structure, wherein the tread band is applied to the belt structure at a radially external position of the belt structure, wherein the sidewalls are applied to the carcass structure at axially opposite positions, wherein the at least one elastic stiffening insert is incorporated into the carcass structure, at least at one of the sidewalls, and wherein the at least one elastic stiffening insert comprises a radially internal end portion at least partly disposed in axial side-by-side relationship against the at least one first annular anchoring insert.