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10-1. Specifications
Tire related term
The industry manu-
Rim type designa-
facturer's designa-
tion
tion for a rim by style
Nominal distance
Rim width
between rim flanges
The rated cargo and
luggage load plus
Vehicle capacity
weight (Total load
times the vehicle's
capacity)
designated seating
The load on an indi-
determined by dis-
Vehicle maximum
load on the tire
axle its share of the
maximum loaded
vehicle weight, and
The load on an indi-
determined by dis-
axle its share of curb
weight, accessory
Vehicle normal load
weight, and normal
on the tire
Table 1
The surface area of
Weather side
the rim not covered
by the inflated tire
Meaning
Tire related term
or code
150 lb. (68 kg)
capacity
vidual tire that is
tributing to each
dividing by two
vidual tire that is
tributing to each
occupant weight
(distributed in
accordance with
Cord separation
*
below), and
dividing by two
Meaning
The part of the tire
that is made of steel
wires, wrapped or
Bead
reinforced by ply
cords and that is
shaped to fit the rim
A breakdown of the
Bead separation
bond between com-
ponents in the bead
A pneumatic tire in
which the ply cords
that extend to the
beads are laid at
Bias ply tire
alternate angles
substantially less
than 90 degrees to
the centerline of the
The tire structure,
except tread and
Carcass
sidewall rubber
which, when inflated,
bears the load
The breaking away
Chunking
of pieces of the
tread or sidewall
The strands forming
Cord
the plies in the tire
The parting of cords
from adjacent rub-
ber compounds
Any parting within
the tread, sidewall,
Cracking
or innerliner of the
tire extending to
cord material
tread
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