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Title: Tire bead

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1632558

A tire for a motor vehicle having at least one carcass ply comprised of a crown portion and two axially opposite side portions terminating in beads for mounting the tire on a rim. A tread band and a belt structure are interposed between the carcass structure and the bead. Each bead includes on elongated cord comprised of a first yarn, such as aramid, having a melting or decomposition point T1, and a second yarn, such as nylon, having a melting point T2, wherein T1>T2, and T2 is greater than 40° C.

Research Organization:
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., Findlay, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FOA 0000239
Assignee:
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (Findlay, OH)
Patent Number(s):
10,562,355
Application Number:
14/783,243
OSTI ID:
1632558
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 04/09/2014
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Tire bead patent May 1994
Method for Manufacturing Synthetic Multicore Elements patent February 1972
Transmission belts comprising a cord with at least two fused yarns patent July 2005
Elastic Hybrid Bead Wire for Type patent-application June 2015
Tire cord composite and pneumatic tire patent May 1979
Tire beads patent April 1989
Method for making knotless bead bundle patent June 1993
Wireless Mouse with Power Generating Function patent-application January 2010
Tire bead forming method and apparatus patent March 1999
Light weight alloy bead core patent June 2003
Additives to polyester tire yarn overfinish to reduce dip penetration patent October 1986
Tire bead patent March 1976
Tire with Tapered Bead and Method of Making Tires patent-application August 2008
Polyester Multifilament Yarns patent August 1972
Pneumatic Tire with Composite Bead Core patent-application August 2009