摘要 |
A PNEUMATIC TIRE (100) HAS A TREAD (500), A CARCASS (200) WITH BELT PLIES (230) DISPOSED BELOW THE TREAD, AND A CAP PLY LAYER (300) BETWEEN THE TREAD AND THE BELT PLIES OF THE CARCASS. THE CAP PLY IS A WEFT INSERTED WARP KNIT FABRIC TAPE (310) COMPRISING AN IN-LAY WARP YARN SET (312), A WEFT INSERTED YARN SET (313), AND A STITCHING YARN SET (311), WHEREIN THE STITCHING YARN SET FORMS A REPEATING STITCH PATTERN ON EACH WARP YARN COMPRISING A SEQUENCE OF AT LEAST 2 STITCHES AROUND THE WARP YARN FROM ONE STITCHING YARN AND AT LEAST 2 STITCHES AROUND THE WARP YARN FROM THE ADJACENT STITCHING YARN. THE TAPE IS WOUND IN A FLAT HELICALLY WOUND AROUND THE BELT PLIES AND COVERED WITH A TREAD OF THE TIRE. |