Resilient tires and wheels – Tires – resilient – Pneumatic tire or inner tube
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-12
2010-06-22
Fischer, Justin (Department: 1791)
Resilient tires and wheels
Tires, resilient
Pneumatic tire or inner tube
C152S520000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07740037
ABSTRACT:
A runflat tire having an improved ride comfort performance without impairing the runflat durability, and comprising a carcass6and sidewall-reinforcing rubber layers9having a crescent-shaped cross section disposed axially inward of carcass6in sidewall portion3, wherein each sidewall-reinforcing rubber layer9comprises at least a radially outermost first rubber portion9aand a second rubber portion9bwhich is contiguous to the first rubber portion9aand extends toward a bead portion4, and the second rubber portion9bhas a complex modulus E*2of at least 1.1 times the complex modulus E*1of the first rubber portion9a.
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Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Fischer Justin
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.
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