Patent ID: 8910462

Claim:
A splice connecting a first strip to a second strip, both strips comprising a number ‘M’ of parallel cords in a strip matrix, where, in a splice arrangement, each cord end of said first strip abuts to a cord end of said second strip at an abutment, and wherein at least one group of ‘N’ contiguous cords is present with ‘N’ being equal to or larger than 12, wherein the distance taken along the splice between the first and last abutment of said at least one group is ‘L group ’ and said abutments within said group are regularly spaced apart over said length ‘L group ’ by a number of intervals, said interval being the smallest longitudinal distance between any pair of abutments within said group, wherein the taxi-distance between any pair of said abutments in said group is larger than four, said taxi-distance being the sum ‘i+j+1’ of the number of cords ‘i’ in between abutments of said pair plus ‘1’ and the number ‘j’ of intervals between abutments of said pair along the longitudinal direction of said splice.