Patent ID: 6336985
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B29C,B29D

Abstract:
A method of making a tire for vehicle wheels, comprising the steps of:preparing an inflatable core of toroidal conformation, having a transverse profile in the form of a closed ring; shaping the inflatable core into a substantially elliptic conformation by inflation to a preestablished pressure; and maintaining the preestablished pressure in the inflatable core during at least the first of the following steps: covering the inflatable core with a carcass structure by winding at least one first thread element around the transverse profile of the inflatable core so as to form first turns disposed consecutively in side-by-side relationship along the circumferential extension of the inflatable core to define a first carcass ply integrally covering the inflatable core; and associating a circumferentially-inextensible belt structure and a tread band circumferentially external to the belt structure with the carcass structure, at a radially outer position relative to the carcass structure.