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Unvulcanized tread material for pneumatic tire, method of manufacturing pneumatic tire, and pneumatic tire obtained by method
Assignee: Bridgestone Corp
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Filing: 1992-10-02
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Granted: 1995-03-14
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Expires: 2012-10-02
Abstract
Abstract An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire, including two layer members of a cap layer and a base layer and having a structure in which one or more portions of the base layer member project into the cap layer. The one or more portions of the base layer member project into the cap layer so as to respectively oppose one or more circumferential direction grooves to be formed in a manufactured tire. An interior of a mold is pressurized so that one or more convex portions, for forming a tire groove, of the mold and one or more projecting portions of the base layer member respectively contact. A manufactured tire in which the base layer member is exposed at bottoms of one or more grooves is formed.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasutoshi Aoki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 20:34
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29D; B29D30/00; B29D30/06; B29D30/52; B60; B60C; B60C11/00; B60C11/0041; B60C11/005; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/24521; Y10T428/24537; Y10T428/24612; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31826; Y10T428/3183
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
56 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire comprising two layer members of a cap layer and a base layer, said cap layer and said base layer being arranged such that at least one portion of said base layer member projects into said cap layer and is exposed at an outer surface of said cap layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
56 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire comprising two layer members of a cap layer and a base layer, said cap layer and said base layer being arranged such that at least one portion of said base layer member projects into said cap layer and is exposed at an outer surface of said cap layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein a height of a projection of said base layer member into said cap layer is at least 3 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire comprising two layer members of a cap layer and a base layer, said cap layer and said base layer being arranged such that at least one portion of said base layer member projects into said cap layer and opposes a corresponding at least one circumferential direction groove to be formed in a manufactured tire.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
62 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire comprising two layer members of a cap layer and a base layer, said cap layer and said base layer being arranged such that at least one portion of said base layer member projects into said cap layer and opposes a corresponding at least one circumferential direction groove to be formed in a manufactured tire.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire according to claim 3, wherein said at least one portion of said base layer member projects into said cap layer and is exposed at an outer surface of said cap layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire according to claim 3, wherein a height of a projection of said base layer member into said cap layer is at least to 3 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire according to claim 3, wherein one of said at least circumferential direction grooves is a circumferential direction groove of a shoulder portion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire according to claim 4, wherein one of said at least one circumferential direction grooves is a circumferential direction groove of a shoulder portion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
An unvulcanized tread material for a pneumatic tire according to claim 3, wherein said cap layer is formed of NR/SBR rubber, and said base layer is formed of NR rubber.
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