Multiple link tire belt

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6029725
SERIAL NO

09104590

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The present invention is an improved tire design including a continuous annular band or a belt formed of a plurality of relatively flat rigid plates embedded in the rubber between the tread and body plies. The plates are curved to conform to the radius of the tire and are pivotally linked or otherwise pivotally connected together thereby creating a flexible annular belt that is extremely stiff in the in-plane or steering torsional direction due to the engagement of the side edges of the adjacent plates when experiencing an in-plane or steering torsional force but flexible in the radial direction due to the pivotal connection between the adjacent plates.

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BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE INCAKRON OHIO 44317

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mani, Neel K Stow, OH 18 68

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