US 11,897,294 B2
Tire having a conductivity path
Andrew J. Svenson, Wadsworth, OH (US); Justin M. Gehres, Uniontown, OH (US); Ruben L. Madrid, Copley, OH (US); Anup D. Khekare, Doylestown, OH (US); and Seth M. Miller, Wooster, OH (US)
Assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/354,339.
Application 17/354,339 is a continuation of application No. 15/735,451, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2016/034098, filed on May 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/175,483, filed on Jun. 15, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0316575 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B60C 19/08 (2006.01); B60C 9/02 (2006.01); B60C 15/00 (2006.01); B60C 11/00 (2006.01); B60C 9/00 (2006.01); B60C 19/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 19/084 (2013.01) [B60C 9/0007 (2013.01); B60C 11/005 (2013.01); B60C 15/0045 (2013.01); B60C 19/08 (2013.01); B60C 19/082 (2013.01); B60C 19/088 (2013.01); B60C 19/12 (2013.01); B60C 2009/0021 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tire comprising
a pair of beads;
a crown region including a circumferential tread disposed radially above a circumferential belt;
a pair of sidewalls extending from the pair of beads to the crown region;
a body ply that wraps around the pair of bead and terminates in a pair of turn up ends in the crown region, each of the pair of turn up ends being located below the middle 30% of the circumferential belt;
a metal filament extending from the crown region, down one of the pair of sidewalls, around one of the pair of beads, up the one of the pair of sidewalls, and back into the crown region below the circumferential belt, the metal filament being disposed along 40-60% of the length of the body ply.