Patent ID: 7093629
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: B29D,B29L

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a rubber component for a pneumatic tire comprising overlap winding at least one rubber tape into a target cross sectional shape for the rubber component, wherein each rubber tape has a thickness of from 0.3 to 3.0mm and a width of from 5 to 40 mm, the rubber component comprises an internal portion and a surface layer fully covering the internal portion, the surface layer made of surface windings of said at least one rubber tape which surface windings are overlapped by a width less than 50% of the rubber tape width but more than 1.0 mm, and the internal portion made of internal windings of said at least one rubber tape which internal windings are overlapped by a width more than the overlap width of the surface windings.