Abstract:
There is provided a pneumatic bias tire capable of preventing a separation failure between carcass plies in the bending deformation of a tire side portion under an action of a high load. In a heavy duty pneumatic bias tire having a ply rating of not less than 58 and an aspect ratio of not more than 80%, a rubber volume as the product of a distance between ply cords in the carcass ply and a distance between ply cords of mutually adjoining carcass plies with respect to three or more inside carcass plies of an innermost carcass ply group in at least a portion corresponding to a position of a maximum tire width is 500-1350 mm3.
Abstract:
The anchoring of the carcass reinforcing elements 1 is assured by circumferential cables 2, with the interposition of a connecting rubber composition 3. The circumferential cable 2 is arranged in several turns forming one or more helices. These circumferential cables have an operational elongation rate A.sub.f =A.sub.e +A.sub.p of more than 4%. This operational elongation rate does not include the specific elongation A.sub.s of the "cable" effect. The maximum stress R.sub.m of the cable 2 is preferably more than 2000 MPa. The cables have undergone a heat treatment which has, in combination, the features of being a recovery annealing treatment and which is carried out directly on cable comprising wires previously separately covered by an adherent coating.
Abstract:
A wheel and tire assembly which includes inner and outer tubeless tires mounted on the wheel. The two tires together define inner and outer air chambers which are pressurized through separate air valves. The outer tire includes a plurality of radially spaced projections on its inner surface which define passageway between the inner and outer tires at their respective beads to allow the filling of the outer chamber. The inner tire may include a bevelled end portion at its bead to further facilitate filling of the outer chamber.
Abstract:
The rim in accordance with the invention is a rim formed of a metal rim b (1) and two movable side rings (2), each of said rings (2) consisting of vulcanized rubber reinforced by a circumferentially stretchable annular element (41) the cross-section of which is only slightly deformable under compressive stress. A tire of an H/B form ratio of 0.80 which is particularly adapted to such a rim has beads each comprising two annular elements (64', 64"; 74', 74"; 84', 84"; 94', 94") which are unstretchable and have faces which make it possible to insert between them either the end (72, 92) of the carcass reinforcement (70, 90) or the carcass reinforcement (60, 80) and/or itself or its turn-up (61, 81).
Abstract:
A method of manufacture of a tire in which a carcass ply is formed by winding a continuous cord around a pair of spaced members to form a ply (31) having loops (36) at its edges. The cord ply is rubberized and support elements (32)(33) are located in the loops (36) to form a cylindrical ply having spaced hooped support elements at each ply edge. Bead wire assemblies (40) and (41) are located coaxially of the ply together with the support elements which are subsequently incorporated in the bead wire assemblies.There is also provided a tire building former on which the above method can be performed. The former (100) comprises at least three coaxial discs (101), (102), (106) for supporting a carcass ply 30 on their radially outer surfaces. The central disc (106) is axially movable between the two other discs so as to support a portion of an elastomeric ply (103) helically wound onto the former (100) from a strip (1040.)
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire (10) having a pair of beads (15) each of which comprises a plurality of bundled together wire hoops (40), and a carcass ply (16) extending between the beads 15. The end portions (30) of the carcass ply are anchored in each bead bundle (15) by at least one hooped member (40), (22) or (23) incorporated in the bead configuration. The carcass ply (16) may be reinforced by a continuous cord formed as a series of windings looped around a pair of hooped support elements (22) or (23) which are incorporated into each bead (15) to occupy a position with the bead configuration.
Abstract:
A heavy duty pneumatic bias tire having a thick case gauge is disclosed, which comprises a carcass of a bias structure composed of a plurality of carcass plies each containing organic fiber cords and a plurality of bead rings spaced from each other in each of bead portions of the tire, both end portions of a plurality of the carcass plies being turned-back around each of the bead rings from the inside to the outside of the tire. In the tire of this type, the ends of the carcass plies turned-back around the bead rings except the axial innermost bead ring are positioned in the outside of the region "C" between the planes "A" and "B" in each of sidewall portions of the tire.
Abstract:
The pneumatic tire is designed particularly to counteract unwedging of the tire. It is mountable on a rim having a protrusion (referred to as "hump") of ordinary shape. The bead has two bead rings, one of which is close to the bead tip while the other assures the blocking of the former in case of strong axial forces, which permits the bead tip to cooperate more effectively with the hump of the rim.
Abstract:
The properties of a composite bead ring for tires are improved by interposing an annular trifurcated element tangentially of the three unitary bead ring components.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pneumatic safety tire, which is provided with a ring-shaped projection of high rigidity along its circumferential direction, outside of at least one bead of the pneumatic tire, wherein the projection has a smaller diameter than the diameter of the rim flange to which the tire is fitted. The ring-shaped projection is designed so that it projects to the outside along the rim flange, and moreover, the tire is adhered integrally by vulcanization together with two ring-shaped elastic reinforcements and halogenated butyl rubber-containing protective layer in the inside of the tire at each position corresponding to the portion from the sidewall to the adjacent shoulder. Thus, the purpose of the invention is to provide a pneumatic safety tire, which can be driven safely without there happening such an accident as separation of the bead of the tire from the rim during running, even when the tire is run flat and moreover, has a good stability and durability in running also in such a state.