Pneumatic tire

US8978720B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-8978720-B2
Application numberUS-201113635379-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 21, 2011
Priority dateJun 23, 2010
Publication dateMar 17, 2015
Grant dateMar 17, 2015

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Abstract

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A pneumatic tire 1 including a cylindrical annular structure 10 ; a rubber layer 11 that will become a tread portion, provided along a circumferential direction of the annular structure 10 , on an outer side 10 so of the annular structure 10 ; and a carcass portion 12 including fibers covered with rubber, provided on both sides 2 S in a direction parallel to a center axis (Y-axis) of a cylindrical structure 2 including the annular structure 10 and the rubber layer 11 . In a meridian cross-sectional view of the structure 2 , an outer side 11 so of the rubber layer 11 and the outer side 10 so of the annular structure 10 have the same form.

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What is claimed is: 1. A pneumatic tire comprising: a cylindrical annular structure being formed of a metal plate; a rubber layer that will become a tread portion provided along a circumferential direction of the annular structure on an outer side of the annular structure, a width of the tread portion being defined by a width of the rubber layer; a carcass portion including fibers covered with rubber, provided on both sides in a direction parallel to a center axis of a cylindr…

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  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B60C5/01Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

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What does patent US8978720B2 cover?
A pneumatic tire 1 including a cylindrical annular structure 10 ; a rubber layer 11 that will become a tread portion, provided along a circumferential direction of the annular structure 10 , on an outer side 10 so of the annular structure 10 ; and a carcass portion 12 including fibers covered with rubber, provided on both sides 2 S in a direction parallel to a center axis (Y-axis)…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kodama Yuji, Imamiya Susumu, Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60C5/01. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).