Chip resistance tire.

U.S. patent: 6,634,398

Issued: October 21, 2003

Inventors: Jerry Malin, Subhash Chander Agarwal, Michael John Roon and Dale Eugene Wells

Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Key statements: The tire has reinforced rubber sheet embedded in or under its tread (18). Low sulfur rubber (17) is used to coat the organic reinforcement (11), which together helps prevent chipping and chunking in the tread (18).

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