Patent ID: 6691757
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
A radial tire having an outer surface including a tread, two opposing shoulder areas, two opposing sidewalls and two opposing bead areas, and having inner portions including one or more plies, and one or more belt layers positioned between the tread and the plies, the radial tire comprising:two side-cut shields are disposed one in each sidewall of the radial tire, each of the side-cut shields comprising at least two plies with a first filament array, which includes mutually substantially parallel filaments, and a second filament array, which includes mutually substantially parallel filaments, the filaments in the first filament array being at an angle &agr; to the filaments of the second filament array, the angle &agr; being 20Â°-90Â°, and the side-cut shields being disposed to extend from the shoulder areas of the radial tire in a direction of the sidewalls to at least the heels of the bead areas such that radially outer edges of the side-cut shields facing the shoulder areas are disposed between the belt layers and the plies and radially inner edges of the side-cut shields are disposed between an inner liner and a main tire carcass portion.