Tire with integral foamed noise damper

The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire (10) having two spaced inextensible beads (15); a ground contacting tread portion (13); a pair of individual sidewalls (11) extending radially inward from the axial outer edges of said tread portion to join the respective beads, the axial outer e...

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Main Authors LEYSSENS, JAN, AGOSTINI, GIORGIO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 23.04.2008
Subjects
DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL
TRANSPORTING
TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING
TYRE INFLATION
VEHICLE TYRES
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire (10) having two spaced inextensible beads (15); a ground contacting tread portion (13); a pair of individual sidewalls (11) extending radially inward from the axial outer edges of said tread portion to join the respective beads, the axial outer edges of the tread portion defining a tread width; a supporting carcass (12) for the tread portion and sidewalls; and at least one foamed structure (18, 118) disposed radially inwardly of the carcass and exposed to the inner cavity (20) of the tire, the foamed structure including a co-vulcanized foamed rubber composition having a density ranging from 0.1 to 1 g/cm 3 .
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20060125874