Belted tire for vehicles

Claim 1

A dual belted tire for vehicles comprising (a) a toroidal body of elastomeric material with a contact surface at the outer periphery. (b) a circumferentially extending annular belt construction which is embedded as an insert in the region of the contact surface in the material of the body and which comprises a first circumferential belt for circumferential stiffness and a second transverse belt for lateral stiffness, said belts being separate, (c) said circumferential belt having a number of annular strength supports which are arranged in the zero degrees position and in juxtaposed relationship at lateral spacings in at least one plane and which extend in the circumferential direction of the body, (d) said transverse belt having at least one transverse bracing strength support which extends substantially over the width of the contact surface and which is embedded in the elastomeric material in parallel relationship to and at a spacing from the circumferentially extending strength support of the circumferential belt, (e) said transverse belt including at least one corrugated plastic foil layer with the flutes aligned transversely to the zero degree annular stretch supports, (f) the transverse belt being stretchable in the circumferential direction of the tire at least as much as the strength supports of the circumferential belt.