Abstract:
A heavy duty pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, a plurality of lug grooves formed in the tread portion so as to extend from a tread end toward an equator of the tire, and a central land portion formed between two circumferential lines passing through terminal positions of these lug grooves substantially in a circumferential direction of the tire, wherein the tread portion is made of rubber having a loss tangent at room temperature of 0.04˜0.40, and has a given negative ratio at a region corresponding to at least 50% of a tread width around the equator and a given maximum groove depth of the lug groove located at a zone corresponding to at least 80% of the tread width around the equator, and a circumferential shallow groove is formed in the central land portion.
Abstract:
A pneumatic radial tire includes a belt layer consisting of a plurality of belt plies reinforced by cords. The cords of at least two adjacent belt plies are oblique in opposite directions with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire. The tire comprises a relieving ply overlapping the belt plies. A modulus of the relieving ply is less than that of the belt plies. A width of the relieving ply is wider than that of the belt ply having the widest width. Cords reinforcing the relieving ply is oblique with respect to the equatorial plane in the same directions as those of cords of the belt ply having the widest width. Separations at belt ends of the maximum width belt ply is effectively prevented.
Abstract:
A tire has improved mechanical properties and comprises a rubber composition based on at least one elastomeric matrix mainly comprising at least one epoxidized polyisoprene having a molar degree of epoxidation greater than 40%, at least one polyamide of which the melting point is less than 170° C., and a crosslinking system.
Abstract:
A method of instrumentation for a construction plant tire (20) for measures the temperature inside a rubber compound of the tire. The method comprises a step of identifying areas for installing sensors (10) each having a microprocessor, radio transmission means, a temperature measuring probe, and power supply means. The sensors (10) are then inserted in cavities (205, 206, 207) in the rubber compounds, and the sensors are held in a fixed position while the tire (20) is running to communicate the measurement results to a remote receiver located in a vehicle.
Abstract:
Radial carcass tire for a civil engineering vehicle, having two bead wires (2) of radial height Ht, and carcass reinforcement made of two layers, the first (1) being radially innermost with a radial height Hdc, is anchored in each bead to form a main part (11) and a turn-up (12). The second layer (3) is radially outside the first layer (1). The free end (A) of the turn-up (12) is at a radial distance from the radially outermost point (21) of the bead wire that is at least equal to 1 and at most equal to 2 times Ht. From the end A of the turn-up (12) to the point B at 85% of the radial height Hdc, the distance between carcass layers is at least equal to 2 and at most equal to 11 times the diameter of metal reinforcers of first carcass layer (1).
Abstract:
A method of instrumentation for a construction plant tire (20) for measures the temperature inside a rubber compound of the tire. The method comprises a step of identifying areas for installing sensors (10) each having a microprocessor, radio transmission means, a temperature measuring probe, and power supply means. The sensors (10) are then inserted in cavities (205, 206, 207) in the rubber compounds, and the sensors are held in a fixed position while the tire (20) is running to communicate the measurement results to a remote receiver located in a vehicle.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire with improved heat build-up resistance in a land portion in a tread center region. The pneumatic tire is provided with a tread pattern that includes a plurality of center lug grooves (14) disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction that cross a tire equator line; a plurality of shoulder lug grooves (12A, 12B) disposed in intervals between the plurality of center lug grooves in the tire circumferential direction extending outward in the tire width direction, an inner end in the tire width direction being disposed outward of an end of the center lug groove in the tire width direction; a pair of circumferential primary grooves (11A, 11B) extending around an entire circumference of the pneumatic tire in a wave-like shape with the ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the plurality of shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction alternately connecting to the pair of circumferential primary grooves (11A, 11B); and a circumferential secondary groove (10) disposed on the tire equator line around the entire circumference of the pneumatic tire that intersects the center lug grooves. A straight line that joins an intersection portion between the center lug groove and the circumferential secondary groove and the end of the center lug groove has an inclination angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction ranging from 55° to 75°.
Abstract:
Provided are: a tire reinforcement member capable of improving the tire durability than before; and a tire using the same. The present invention provides a tire reinforcement member 1 including: a core material cord layer 2; and a spiral cord layer 3 spirally wound on the core material cord layer 2, wherein cords in the core material cord layer 2 are metal cords 2a having an inclination angle of 40° to 90° with respect to the longitudinal direction of the core material cord layer 2, and reinforcing cords 3a in the spiral cord layer 3 are organic fiber cords having a modulus of not less than 19 GPa.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire having a tread pattern includes: shoulder lug grooves opening at ground contact edges; center lug grooves having both ends; circumferential primary grooves being formed to wave-like shape and alternately connecting the ends of the center lug grooves and inward ends of the shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction; center blocks formed in a row defined by the center lug grooves and the pair of circumferential primary grooves; and circumferential secondary grooves being formed in regions of the center blocks and interconnecting center lug grooves adjacent in the tire circumferential direction. The circumferential secondary grooves have secondary groove turning portions, and the center lug grooves have lug groove turning portions and connect to the circumferential secondary grooves at the lug groove turning portions.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire, including: a lug groove opening at an end of a ground contact surface of a tread portion and extending toward the tire equatorial plane of the ground contact surface to terminate before reaching the tire equatorial plane; a communication groove making a corresponding pair of the lug grooves located on respective sides of the tire equatorial plane communicate with each other; and at least one widthwise groove, formed in a ground contact surface region demarcated between the end of the ground contact surface and the tire equatorial plane and between one pair and another pair adjacent thereto in the tread circumferential direction of the lug grooves and the communication groove communicating therewith, such that the widthwise groove extends in a direction of a tread width and an end thereof on the outer side in the tread width direction terminates within the ground contact surface region.