Abstract:
The invention relates to a tire made of rubbery material comprising a sidewall on which there is formed at least one pattern that contrasts with this sidewall. The pattern comprises a plurality of strands distributed through the pattern with a density of at least five strands per square millimetre (mm2), each strand having a mean cross section of between 0.003 mm2 and 0.06 mm2. The tire also comprises on the said sidewall at least two ribs that pass through the pattern and between which strands of the pattern are present, the said ribs being distant from one another by at most 10 mm, each rib having a height of at least 0.25 mm and a mean width of at least 0.20 mm, the said pattern following the relief formed by the ribs.
Abstract:
Tyre comprising a tread, this tread including a rolling surface (12) intended to come into contact with the ground, at least one circumferential row of upstanding elements (11), these upstanding elements (11) being separated from one another in the circumferential direction by incisions (20) of transverse or substantially transverse orientation, each incision (20) of transverse or substantially transverse orientation leading onto the rolling surface (12) and having a depth P, each incision (20) forming, on the rolling surface of the tyre when new, two facing edges (21, 22), these edges (21, 22) delimiting at least one narrow portion (30) of the incision, i.e. a portion having a mean width LE less than or equal to 2 mm, and at least one wide portion (40) of the incision, i.e. a portion having a mean width LL greater than 2 mm, these wide and narrow portions being disposed alternately, each narrow portion (30) and each wide portion (40) extending the full depth P of the incision (20), each narrow portion (30) having a volume uniformly distributed over the full depth P of the incision, each wide portion (40) having a volume for the most part between half the depth P of the cut-out and the depth P, this tread being characterized in that the following condition is satisfied: 0.90×E/R
Abstract:
Tire having a visible surface comprising patterns contrasting with said surface, said pattern comprising, over the entire surface thereof, a plurality of tufts distributed with a density of at least five tufts per mm2 or a plurality of blades which are substantially parallel to one another and arranged with a pitch of less than 0.5 mm, each tuft having a mean cross section having a diameter of between 0.03 mm and 0.5 mm or each blade having a mean width of between 0.03 mm and 0.5 mm, characterized in that the walls of the tufts or of the blades have, over at least one quarter of the area thereof, a mean roughness Rz of between 5 μm and 30 μm.
Abstract:
A method of measuring the profile, in three dimensions, of a pavement on which vehicles fitted with at least one tire may run. A first topographical measurement is carried out on site with a precision of at least one millimeter of an elementary surface of said pavement, then the points of contact between said surface and the tread of a given tire are defined and at least a second topographical measurement of said points of contact is carried out on site so as to obtain a three-dimensional representation, with a resolution of the order of one micron, of the microroughness of said points of contact.
Abstract:
A tire has a radial carcass reinforcement having a bead, the seat of which is inclined towards the outside, the bead heel axially to the inside and reinforced by at least one reinforcement element, the bead toe axially to the outside and having a profiled element of rubber mix in the form of a wedge defined by two sides, the mix having a Shore A hardness greater than the Shore A hardness of the rubber mixes radially above, wherein the reinforcement winds around the annular element to form an upturn, the end of which is located axially to the outside of a straight line P2 perpendicular to the axis of rotation and passing through the center of gravity of the meridian section of the element, and axially to the inside and radially to the outside of the straight line P1 supporting the radially outer side of the profiled element.
Abstract:
An assembly is formed of a tire (1), a mounting rim (2), and an annular bearing support (3) for the tread (10) of the tire, for running at low pressure or at zero pressure. The rim (2) has two seats (23', 23"), the first seat (23') having an outwardly inclined generatrix and being axially outwardly extended by a shoulder or hump (25'), and the second seat (23") having an inwardly inclined generatrix and being axially outwardly extended by a flange (24). The tire (1) has a radial carcass reinforcement (13) with a particular meridional profile and two beads (12', 12") adapted to the mounting rim (2). The tread supporting ring (3) is ovalizable and circumferentially inextensible.
Abstract:
A tire comprising a tread portion designed to be worn off during the life of the tire having a radial thickness T, an outer edge and an inner edge, the axial distance between the outer edge and the inner edge defining the axial width L of the tread, the tread comprising four adjacent portions made of a four rubber compounds, wherein the rubber compounds making up the first and third portions are predominantly filled with carbon black filler, wherein the rubber compounds making up the second and fourth portion are predominantly filled with non carbon black filler, wherein the rubber compounds making up the first and third portions have a value for tan δ at 0° C., at a stress of 0.7 MPa, that is lower than that of the rubber compounds making up the second and fourth portion, and wherein the axial width of the first portion decreases and the axial width of the second portion increases as a function of the distance from the rolling surface of the tread when unworn.
Abstract:
A rubber tire comprising a surface having, over at least a portion of this surface, a pattern comprising a plurality of bars placed substantially parallel with one another, each comprising a tip distant from the surface of the tire and a base materially integral with the tire. Each bar of the plurality of bars comprises two inclined walls extending on either side of the tip towards the base, the angle of inclination of each inclined walls less than or equal in absolute value to 25° relative to a direction perpendicular to the surface. The bases of the bars are not in contact with one another so that the bases of two adjacent bars delimit a residual surface between the bars. The width of the residual surface corresponding to a distance between the bases of the two adjacent bars is less than or equal to half the height of the adjacent bars, the height being between 0.1 mm and 0.8 mm.
Abstract:
The wheel and tire assembly for running on ground includes measurement means carried by the wheel for measuring topological parameters of the inside surface of a pertinent portion of the tire. These measurement means comprise lighting and viewing means for lighting and viewing a calibrated surface pattern that is subjected to the deformation of the inside surface of the pertinent portion of the tire. The viewing means are preferably of the stereovision type or of the structured light type.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a tire comprising at least a first and a second bead radially extending to at least a first and a second sidewall, respectively, and the sidewalls being joined to a tread; said first bead having a seat the generatrix of which has its axially inner end on a circle of diameter greater than the diameter of the circle on which is located the axially outer end. The tire further comprises a carcass reinforcement formed of at least one carcass ply and anchored in the first bead to at least one annular bead anchoring element. When the tire is mounted on its operating rim and inflated to its recommended pressure, the meridian profile of the carcass reinforcement has a tangent to the point of tangency of the meridian profile with the anchoring element of the first bead that forms, relative to the axis of rotation, an angle open towards the outside and at most equal to 70°. The sidewall further comprises an inextensible additional sidewall ring located axially to the inside of at least an axially outermost carcass reinforcement ply and a profiled rubber mix element located radially between the annular anchoring element of the bead and the additional ring of the sidewall and axially located to the inside of the axially outermost ply.