US 12,065,003 B2
Shear band construction
Claude Ernest Felix Boes, Erpeldange-sur-Sûre (LU); Francesco Sportelli, Bettembourg (LU); and Stefan Wilms, Helmdange (LU)
Assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US)
Filed by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/215,051.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305847 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 9/18 (2006.01); D06H 5/00 (2006.01); D06H 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 9/1807 (2013.01) [D06H 5/007 (2013.01); D06H 7/02 (2013.01); B60C 2009/1878 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0213 (2013.01); D10B 2505/022 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shear band for a tire comprising:
an annular first, radially outer fabric layer extending circumferentially around the tire; and
an annular second, radially inner fabric layer extending circumferentially around the tire, the shear band being formed from a single shear band strip helically wound circumferentially and axially with a first edge of the shear band strip, the first edge of the shear band strip having a first extension flap for engaging an opposite second edge of the shear band strip, the first extension flap being continuously secured to the opposite second edge linearly along the second opposite edge of the shear band strip.