Abstract:
An asymmetric pneumatic vehicle tire is disclosed. The tire includes a carcass, a tread overlying the crown region of the carcass and a tread reinforcing band positioned between the tread and the crown region. The reinforcing band circumferentially surrounds the carcass and includes a rubberized sheet of parallel ply cords which is folded at its sides to provide a first transversely continuous circumferential layer and a second circumferential layer formed by first and second portions and having a circumferential zone of discontinuity. The reinforcing band further includes a circumferential ribbon of rubberized parallel ply cords which is positioned adjacent to the sheet of cords and in the zone of discontinuity. The zone of discontinuity and the ribbon are so positioned that the midpoint between the axis of the zone of discontinuity and the axis of the ribbon is offset from the median equatorial plane of the tire, thereby providing the desired asymmetric tire. The foregoing abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
Abstract:
A run-flat radial tire is provided with a side reinforcement rubber layer that extends in the tire radial direction along an inner face of a carcass and an angled belt layer that is provided at the tire radial direction outer side of the carcass. An overlap length L between a maximum width angled belt layer and the side reinforcement rubber layer satisfies the relationship L>0.14× SH with a tire section height SH. A thickness GD of the side reinforcement rubber layer at a position that is 14% of the tire section height to the tire axial direction inner side from a tire axial direction end portion of the maximum width angled belt layer and a thickness GA of the side reinforcement rubber layer at a maximum width position of the carcass satisfy the relationship GD/GA≧0.3.
Abstract:
A tire is provided that includes a crown with a mid-plane S, two sidewalls, a first bead, of diameter Φ1, intended to be positioned on the outboard side of a vehicle, and a second bead, of diameter Φ2, intended to be positioned on the inboard side of a vehicle, such that Φ1>Φ2. When the tire is mounted on its working rim and inflated to its nominal pressure, the mid-plane S of the crown is axially offset towards the first bead relative to a mid-plane B of the beads by a positive or zero distance D.
Abstract:
A vehicle tire is described having at least one carcass ply extending between bead regions, a tread region (1) and a belt arrangement (3) disposed between the carcass and the tread as well as a tread profile provided in the tread region having at least one overwide circumferential groove (2) disposed in particular away from the middle and on the inner side of the tire, with the tire region disposed beneath the overwide circumferential groove, which has in particular a width of more than 30 mm, being formed with additional localised reinforcement in the axial direction.
Abstract:
A tire having a preferential fitting direction to a passenger car, the tire having a carcass reinforcement that extends from one tire bead to the other and, radially outside, a crown reinforcement of width Ls, formed by at least two crown plies, and in addition a meridian reinforcing ply arranged radially between the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement, the meridian reinforcing ply having a width Lr between 15% and 45% Ls of the crown reinforcement, one edge of the reinforcing ply being located a distance D1 from the equatorial plane of the tire between 35% and 50% of Ls, while the other edge is located between the first edge and the equatorial plane of the tire. A method of mounting a group of four such tires on a vehicle.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire having two different bead diameters has handling, ride and treadwear advantages. The tire is made so that the rho.sub.m of the longer sidewall and the rho.sub.m of the shorter sidewall are equal. The rho.sub.m of the longer sidewall is made equal to the rho.sub.m of the shorter sidewall by establishing a belt profile wherein the amount of drop at a belt edge is specified to give a mold drop of 0.30 to 0.33 of estimated tire deflection, applying an inflated shape prediction formula to calculate the inflated belt profile and varying the value of rho.sub.m until the drop at the end of the belt closely matches a specified value, using the cosine law to specify the change in belt angle with radius, choosing a shoulder point under the belt edge that allows a 0.050 inch wedge between the bottom of the belt and the top of the carcass ply and varying the slope of the ply at the shoulder point until the inflated ply line passes through the Y-max location at rho.sub.m.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a tire for vehicle wheels, intended for being used for sports events and for high performance, that is capable of guaranteeing, under any running conditions--of time, as well as of the road, the best road-behaviour characteristics.The tire of the invention presents a tread pattern that is axially subdivided into two circumferential adjacent sections--of blocks and grooves respectively, and a tread-band--comprised by two circumferential portions that are axially adjacent--made from diverse elastomeric compositions and having a diverse thickness, where the line of separation--between the two sections of the pattern, does not coincide with the line of separation between the two portions made of elastomeric compositions.The said tread-band, is supported by a mixed textile/metallic breaker structure, having an asymmetrical profile--with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire.