Patent ID: 6363983
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
A tire structure comprising:(a) an inner tire including: an annularly extending thick portion formed of a rubber material, said thick portion having a transversely directed intermediate width; and, a plurality of shielding thin steel plate members each disposed in said thick portion to traverse said intermediate width thereof, adjacent ones of said thin steel plate members being radially spaced one from the other in overlapping offset manner; and, (b) a cover tire separably coupled to said inner tire to substantially envelop said thick portion, said cover tire including: an annularly extending outer rubber ply portion and a pair of wall portions extending radially inward therefrom to define a pair of transversely spaced peripheral inner margins; and, an annular steel strip disposed in said peripheral inner margin of at least one said wall portion.