The cap ply reinforcement strip is a ready-to-use plain woven fabric and is composed of hybrid cord warps (3) and texturized weft yarns (2). The cap ply reinforcement strip for pneumatic tires (1) eliminates calendering and strip preparation steps by eliminating the need for rubber coating and decreases the rolling resistance of the tire and the fuel consumption.

The cap ply reinforcement strip is a ready-to-use plain woven fabric and is composed of hybrid cord warps (3) and texturized weft yarns (2). The cap ply reinforcement strip for pneumatic tires (1) eliminates calendering and strip preparation steps by eliminating the need for rubber coating and decreases the rolling resistance of the tire and the fuel consumption.

A two-wheeler pneumatic tire, in which damage protection and puncture protection are improved while providing good rolling resistance and good tightness; the two-wheeler pneumatic tire in the bead regions has a protective layer which is disposed axially outside the carcass and which has strength members embedded in rubber material; wherein the tire carcass is formed from a first carcass ply and a second carcass ply disposed radially within in a vertex, and wherein the second carcass ply ends with a second carcass ply turn-up in a second carcass ply end in the bead region; the purpose of damage protection and puncture protection is achieved in that the first carcass ply is guided from the respective bead region in a first carcass ply turn-up over the respective tire sidewall to below the tread and at the latter ends in each case in a first carcass ply end; and that in each of the two axial halves the protective layer is guided from the bead region over the respective tire sidewall to below the tread.

A two-wheeler pneumatic tire, in which damage protection and puncture protection are improved while providing good rolling resistance and good tightness; the two-wheeler pneumatic tire in the bead regions has a protective layer which is disposed axially outside the carcass and which has strength members embedded in rubber material; wherein the tire carcass is formed from a first carcass ply and a second carcass ply disposed radially within in a vertex, and wherein the second carcass ply ends with a second carcass ply turn-up in a second carcass ply end in the bead region; the purpose of damage protection and puncture protection is achieved in that the first carcass ply is guided from the respective bead region in a first carcass ply turn-up over the respective tire sidewall to below the tread and at the latter ends in each case in a first carcass ply end; and that in each of the two axial halves the protective layer is guided from the bead region over the respective tire sidewall to below the tread.

An assembly sheet includes an electrically conductive layer which includes a knitted fabric configured by mixing a yarn having electrical conductivity and a yarn having non-electrical conductivity, the knitted fabric having stretchability. The assembly sheet further includes a rubber layer provided on at least one of a main surface and another main surface of the electrically conductive layer. The assembly sheet is configured by layering the electrically conductive layer and the rubber layer.

An assembly sheet includes an electrically conductive layer which includes a knitted fabric configured by mixing a yarn having electrical conductivity and a yarn having non-electrical conductivity, the knitted fabric having stretchability. The assembly sheet further includes a rubber layer provided on at least one of a main surface and another main surface of the electrically conductive layer. The assembly sheet is configured by layering the electrically conductive layer and the rubber layer.

Disclosed herein are a tire ply steel fabric having specified weft cords, a rubber covered tire ply comprising the tire ply steel fabric, tires comprising the rubber covered tire ply, and related processes for producing a tire ply steel fabric with specific weft cords and for producing a rubber covered tire ply comprising the tire ply steel fabric. The tire ply steel fabric comprises a plurality of steel warp cords and a plurality of weft cords each weft cord having a core-sheath construction wherein the core comprises at least one filament of a non-metallic material having a specified Eb and the sheath comprises a different non-metallic material having a specified Eb that is lower than the Eb of the core material.

One aspect of the tire of the present invention is a tire including a tread portion (11), a sidewall portion (12), a bead portion (13), a bead core (60) provided in the bead portion (13), and a carcass ply (51) covering at least a portion around the bead core (60), in which the carcass ply (51) includes a sewn portion (80) in which a conductive thread (81, 82) is sewn.

One aspect of the tire of the present invention is a tire including a tread portion (11), a sidewall portion (12), a bead portion (13), a bead core (60) provided in the bead portion (13), and a carcass ply (51) covering at least a portion around the bead core (60), in which the carcass ply (51) includes a sewn portion (80) in which a conductive thread (81, 82) is sewn.

A tire has an axis of rotation. The tire includes two inextensible annular bead structures for attachment to a vehicle rim, a carcass-like structure having at least one reinforced ply, the carcass-like structure being wound about the two bead structures, a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass-like structure, and a shear band structure disposed radially between the carcass-like structure and the tread. The two bead structures include at least one layer of a three dimensional fabric including a tear drop frame structure and open cells defined by the tear drop frame structure.