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Carcass structure for vehicle tires

  • US 6,457,504 B1
  • Filed: 07/30/1999
  • Issued: 10/01/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A carcass structure for vehicle tires, comprising:

  • at least one carcass ply formed of strip sections, wherein each strip section extends in a substantially U-shaped conformation, and wherein each strip section comprises at least two thread elements longitudinally arranged in parallel to each other and at least partly coated with a layer of raw elastomer material; and

    a pair of annular reinforcing structures, each engaged close to a respective inner circumferential edge of the at least one carcass ply, wherein the at least one carcass ply comprises;

    a first series of the strip sections and a second series of the strip sections arranged in a mutually-alternating sequence along a circumferential extension of the carcass structure, wherein each annular reinforcing structure comprises at least one primary portion having an axially-inner side turned toward end flaps of the strip sections of the first series and an axially-outer side turned toward end flaps of the strip sections of the second series.

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