US PATENT SUBCLASS 152 / 562
.~.~.~ Cords curve from bead to bead in plural planes (e.g., s-shaped cord paths)

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152 /   HD   RESILIENT TIRES AND WHEELS

151  DF  TIRES, RESILIENT {14}
450  DF  .~ Pneumatic tire or inner tube {23}
548  DF  .~.~ Characterized by the carcass, carcass material, or physical arrangment of the carcass materials {11}
562.~.~.~ Cords curve from bead to bead in plural planes (e.g., s-shaped cord paths)

DEFINITION

Classification: 152/562

Cords curve from bead to bead in plural planes (e.g., S-shaped cord paths):

(under subclass 548) Subject matter wherein the reinforcing materials or carcass ply are disposed in the tire casing such that a trace of the reinforcing materials elements from one bead portion annular reinforcing element to the other bead portion annular reinforcing elements includes more than one angular orientation such that the carcass reinforcing elements in said ply do not lie in a single plane.

(1) Note. Examples Include S-shaped cord paths and paths of minimum length along the curved surface of the tire. The minimum length cord path is usually referred in the art as a geodesic cord path.