Footprints for nonrotatable automobile and light truck tires
    35.
    发明授权
    Footprints for nonrotatable automobile and light truck tires 失效
    不可旋转汽车和轻型卡车轮胎的脚印

    公开(公告)号:US06443199B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-09-03

    申请号:US09463834

    申请日:2000-01-24

    IPC分类号: B60C1100

    摘要: A pneumatic radial tire combination for four-wheeled automobile or light truck vehicles. The tire combination has a pair of front steer position tires and a pair of rear position tires. The front steer position tire has a footprint when the tire is normally inflated for normal load that has a footprint shape factor of greater than 1.00 at a 50% load, and about 1.00 at both 85% load and 100% load, the footprint shape factor being defined as the maximum circumferential extent of the tire's footprint at the centerplane of the tire's footprint width divided by the average of the circumferential extent of the tire's footprint width as measured at 40% of the footprint from both sides of the central plane of the footprint. The rear position tire footprint, when the tire is normally inflated for normal load, has a footprint shape factor of about 1.00 at 50% load, and 1.00 or less than 1.00 at 85% load and 100% load when measured similar to the method described for the front position tires.

    摘要翻译: 用于四轮汽车或轻型卡车车辆的充气子午线轮胎组合。 轮胎组合具有一对前转向位置轮胎和一对后轮胎。 当轮胎正常充气时,前轮胎位置轮胎具有占地面积,正常负载在50%负载下具有大于1.00的占地面积尺寸系数,在85%负载和100%负载下约为1.00,占地面积形状因子 被定义为在轮胎的足迹宽度的中心平面处的轮胎的足迹的最大圆周范围除以轮胎的足迹宽度的圆周范围的平均值,该距离是从足迹的中心平面的两侧的占地面积的40% 。 当轮胎正常充气以正常负载时,后方轮胎占地面积在50%负载下具有约1.00的占地面积形状系数,并且在与所述方法类似的方法测量时,在85%负载和100%负载下为1.00或小于1.00 用于前排轮胎。

    Front tires and rear tires for automobile or light truck
    36.
    发明授权
    Front tires and rear tires for automobile or light truck 失效
    用于汽车或轻型卡车的前轮胎和后轮胎

    公开(公告)号:US06408908B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-25

    申请号:US09463842

    申请日:2000-01-24

    IPC分类号: B60C300

    摘要: A pneumatic radial tire combination for four-wheeled automobile or light truck vehicles. The tire combination has a pair of front steer position tires and a pair of rear position tires. The front steer position tire 10 has a first tread arc 46 when the tire is normally inflated for normal load but unloaded, of decreasing radii extending toward the lateral edges 42, 44 and a straight line 50 drawn between the intersection of the tread arc curvature and the centerplane is inclined at an angle &thgr;F of greater than 5° relative to a tangent line L, L being tangent to the tread arc at the centerplane and parallel to the axis of rotation R. The rear tire 20 when similarly measured has a tread arc having an angle &thgr;R of less than 5°.

    摘要翻译: 用于四轮汽车或轻型卡车车辆的充气子午线轮胎组合。 轮胎组合具有一对前转向位置轮胎和一对后轮胎。 前转向位置轮胎10具有第一胎面弧46,当轮胎正常地充气以正常负载但是卸载时,朝向侧边缘42,44延伸的半径减小,以及在胎面弧曲率和 中心面相对于切线L,L相对于中心面处的平行弧线相切并且平行于旋转轴线R的切线倾斜大于5°的角度θ。当类似地测量时,后轮胎20具有胎面弧 角度θR小于5°。

    Post cure correction of tire uniformity
    37.
    发明授权
    Post cure correction of tire uniformity 失效
    后固化校正轮胎均匀性

    公开(公告)号:US06908587B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-06-21

    申请号:US09715384

    申请日:2000-11-17

    IPC分类号: B29D30/06 B29C71/02

    摘要: Method and apparatus for post-cure correction (PCC), either partial or substantial, of various tire nonuniformities which have been detected during a tire manufacturing process by a tire uniformity machine (TUM), preferably testing a tire which has been nominally cooled down (i.e., nominally completed curing) after removal from a tire curing mold. The method comprises the steps of: (1) selecting the tire during a tire manufacturing process after the selected tire has been rejected by a tire uniformity test due to at least one tire uniformity defect; (2) providing 360 degree circumferential tread restraint which holds the tread in an ideal tread shape, concentric to the axis of rotation and nominally perpendicular to the equatorial plane; (3) sealingly holding the beads concentric to, and equidistant from, the axis of rotation, and symmetrically spaced about the equatorial plane; and (4) inflating the selected tire to a controlled pressure, and holding the controlled pressure for a controlled time while the tread is restrained and the beads are sealingly held. An optional additional step before the inflating step (4) comprises heating the selected tire, preferably to a controlled temperature above a glass transition temperature of the tire's ply cord material; and before the end of the controlled time cooling the selected tire below the glass transition temperature. The method steps can be repeated if the corrected tire is still rejectable as determined by a repeated TUM test. An apparatus (PCC device) is provided suitable for implementing the inventive method.

    摘要翻译: 轮胎均匀机(TUM)在轮胎制造过程中检测到的各种轮胎不均匀性的后固化校正(PCC)的部分或实质的方法和装置,优选地测试已经名义上冷却的轮胎 即,名义上完成固化)。 该方法包括以下步骤:(1)由于至少一个轮胎均匀性缺陷,轮胎均匀性试验在所选择的轮胎被拒绝之后轮胎制造过程中选择轮胎; (2)提供360度的周向胎面约束,其将胎面保持在与旋转轴线同心并且标称垂直于赤道平面的理想胎面形状; (3)密封地保持与旋转轴线同等等距并且与赤道平面对称地间隔开的小珠; 和(4)将所选择的轮胎充气到受控的压力,并且在限制胎面的同时将受控压力保持在受控制的时间,并且珠被密封地保持。 在充气步骤(4)之前的可选的附加步骤包括加热所选择的轮胎,优选地加热到高于轮胎帘布层材料的玻璃化转变温度的受控温度; 并且在控制时间结束之前将所选轮胎冷却到玻璃化转变温度以下。 如果通过重复的TUM测试所确定的校正轮胎仍然是可排除的,则可以重复该方法步骤。 提供了适用于实现本发明的方法的设备(PCC设备)。

    Solventless tread marking
    38.
    发明授权
    Solventless tread marking 失效
    无溶剂胎面标记

    公开(公告)号:US5904792A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-18

    申请号:US812643

    申请日:1997-03-07

    摘要: A carbon black filled crosslinkable rubber composition can be marked or identified with a contrasting colored crosslinkable composition. The colored crosslinkable composition is desirably thin (e.g. about 0.1 to about 10 mil thick) and is substantially free of solvent. To facilitate mechanized application of the colored crosslinkable composition it is applied from a releasable material in the form of film, filament or fiber that can be reused or recycled.

    摘要翻译: 炭黑填充的可交联橡胶组合物可以用对比着色的可交联组合物进行标记或鉴定。 着色的可交联组合物希望是薄的(例如约0.1至约10密耳厚),并且基本上不含溶剂。 为了促进着色可交联组合物的机械化应用,其可以以可再利用或再循环的膜,丝或纤维形式的可释放材料施加。

    Constrained post cure inflation
    39.
    发明授权
    Constrained post cure inflation 失效
    约束性治疗后通货膨胀

    公开(公告)号:US06660212B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-12-09

    申请号:US09715277

    申请日:2000-11-17

    IPC分类号: B29D3006

    摘要: Method and apparatus for constrained post cure inflation (CPCI), for improvement of tire uniformity, footprint shape factor, and tread wear. The method comprises the steps of: (1) initiating the method on a tire after the tire has been removed from a tire curing mold (preferably while the tire is still hot); (2) providing 360 degree circumferential tread restraint which holds the tread in an ideal tread shape, concentric to the axis of rotation and nominally perpendicular to the equatorial plane; (3) sealingly holding the beads concentric to, and equidistant from, the axis of rotation, and symmetrically spaced about the equatorial plane; and (4) inflating the tire to a controlled pressure, and holding the controlled pressure for a controlled time while the tread is restrained and the beads are sealingly held. Optional additional steps include: before the inflating step, heating the tire, preferably to a controlled temperature above a glass transition temperature of the tire's ply cord material; and before the end of the controlled time, cooling the tire below the glass transition temperature. An apparatus (CPCI device) is disclosed which is suitable for implementing the inventive method.

    摘要翻译: 用于限制后固化膨胀(CPCI)的方法和装置,用于改善轮胎均匀性,足迹形状因子和胎面磨损。 该方法包括以下步骤:(1)在轮胎从轮胎硫化模具(优选在轮胎仍然是热的时间)中移除轮胎之后,在轮胎上启动该方法; (2)提供360度的周向胎面约束,其将胎面保持在与旋转轴线同心并且标称垂直于赤道平面的理想胎面形状; (3)密封地保持与旋转轴线同等等距并且与赤道平面对称地间隔开的小珠; 和(4)将轮胎充气至受控压力,并且在限制胎面的同时将受控压力保持在受控制的时间并且珠子被密封地保持。 可选的附加步骤包括:在充气步骤之前,将轮胎加热至优于轮胎帘布层材料的玻璃化转变温度以上的受控温度; 并且在受控时间结束之前,将轮胎冷却到玻璃化转变温度以下。 公开了适用于实施本发明的方法的装置(CPCI装置)。