Scale Armor Patents (Class 152/206)
  • Publication number: 20040069387
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire which makes it possible to effectively prevent puncture during running without involving a large increase in weight or degradation of riding comfortability. This pneumatic tire has a plurality of films disposed in the manner of fish scales in at least a region corresponding to a tread portion of an inner surface of the tire, each of the films being partially fixed on the inner surface of the tire, the fixed portions of the films being covered by the non-fixed portions of the other films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Takashi Fukutomi, Satoshi Makino, Takayuki Toyoshima