Patent ID: 6148885
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B29C,B29D,B60C,D02G,Y10T

Abstract:
In a pneumatic tire including an elastomeric casing with a tread formed in a crown portion thereof and sidewalls extending from the crown portion to generally circular beads adapted to normally seat themselves in an airtight secured relationship with a wheel; a band member comprising:a continuous thin annular composite band fixed in the crown portion of said tire radially inwardly of said tread having an axial width and a radial thickness with a neutral axis extending generally through the center of the band in an axial direction, said band being formed of at least one elongated strip of material having a plurality of longitudinally extending fibers embedded in a resin matrix wound into an annular shape and having a plurality of adjacent convolutions extending in the axial direction across the band and forming the axial band width with certain of the longitudinal fibers extending across the neutral axis of the band.