Abstract:
A tire 10 comprises a radial carcass reinforcement 2 surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement 31, the carcass reinforcement 2 being formed of a plurality of metal reinforcing elements 21. The tire also includes two sidewalls 1, at least one of the sidewalls comprising an additional reinforcing reinforcement 5 wherein the additional reinforcement 5 comprises, in the circumferential direction, on the tire a plurality of first parts 51 and of second parts 52 that have rupture strengths, that is to say, forces that rupture per unit width of reinforcement, that are such that the rupture strength of the second parts 52 is lower than the rupture strength of the first parts. The first parts 51 and the second parts are arranged such that they alternate in the circumferential direction.
Abstract:
A tire comprising a crown extended by two respective sidewalls and two respective beads, a carcass structure anchored in each side of the tire in said beads, said crown comprising at least one reinforcing ply having parallel reinforcements oriented at an angle α relative to the circumferential direction ranging between 10 and 45 degrees, a first crown reinforcement having cords substantially oriented in the circumferential direction and being high elastic modulus at high stress organic fiber cords, and a second crown reinforcement having cords substantially oriented in the circumferential direction and having a ratio τ of the tensile strength at high strain and high temperature to the tensile strength at low strain and moderate temperatures inferior to 1.5.
Abstract:
A composition containing cellulose formate and a solvent system. At a temperature at least equal to a value T.sub.f the composition is a solution, and at a temperature appreciably less than T.sub.f the composition is an elastic, thermoreversible gel.A process for preparing a regenerated cellulose article by the transformation of this composition. Gel spinning in order to obtain a fibre or a film. A regenerated cellulose fibre having an excellent resistance to fibrillation in particular, wherein the said fibre may be a monofilament fibre.These fibres or these films may be used in textile applications or in technical applications, for example for reinforcing other articles, particularly tires.
Abstract:
Presented is a tire that includes a crown, which is extended by two sidewalls and two beads and which includes a carcass ply anchored in the beads. The crown includes at least one reinforcing crown ply that includes parallel cables, which are oriented relative to the circumferential direction by an angle α of between 10 and 45 degrees. The crown further includes at least one hooping crown ply that includes cables oriented in the circumferential direction, which are wound in a spiral. The hooping crown ply is made of a composite fabric that includes a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer which is reinforced by hybrid cables that each have a ratio of final tensile tangent modulus:initial tensile tangent modulus which is greater than 10.
Abstract:
Hybrid cables, a process for obtaining such and a composite fabric usable in a tire incorporating the hybrid cables are disclosed. A tire and a mounted assembly which each incorporate such a composite fabric is also disclosed. The hybrid cable has a ratio of final tangent modulus:initial tangent modulus greater than 10. This hybrid cable consists of a textile core of an initial modulus of less than 900 cN/tex and a textile wrap of an initial modulus greater than 1300 cN/tex which is helically wound around the textile core.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a metal cable usable for reinforcing a carcass reinforcement for a tire, such as a heavy-vehicle tire, to a composite fabric usable as a ply for such a carcass reinforcement, to a carcass reinforcement comprising this fabric and to a tire incorporating this carcass reinforcement. A metal cable according to the invention comprises a textile wrap, and is such that said wrap is formed of an aromatic thermotropic polyester or polyester amide. A composite fabric according to the invention is such that it comprises a rubber composition which is reinforced by said cables. A tire according to the invention has its carcass reinforcement comprising said composite fabric.
Abstract:
Liquid-crystal solutions comprising cellulose dissolved in a solvent agent. They contain more than 10% by weight of cellulose, and are optically anisotropic at rest and at room temperature. The solvent agent contains more than 85% by weight of at least one phosphoric acid, this phosphoric acid or all of these phosphoric acids having the following average formula:�n(P.sub.2 O.sub.5), p(H.sub.2 O)!,with 0.33
Abstract:
A method and system of lubricating an interface between an interior surface of a tire and an outer surface of a safety support in a run-flat tire system. The method comprising applying a gel composition at the interface, wherein the gel composition comprises a base oil and a polyvinyl alcohol, the polyvinyl alcohol having a viscosity of between 25 and 75 centipoise at 20° C. in a 4% aqueous solution.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a metal cable usable for reinforcing a carcass reinforcement for a tire, such as a heavy-vehicle tire, to a composite fabric usable as a ply for such a carcass reinforcement, to a carcass reinforcement comprising this fabric and to a tire incorporating this carcass reinforcement.A metal cable according to the invention comprises a textile wrap, and is such that said wrap is formed of an aromatic thermotropic polyester or polyester amide.A composite fabric according to the invention is such that it comprises a rubber composition which is reinforced by said cables.A tire according to the invention has its carcass reinforcement comprising said composite fabric.
Abstract:
An as-spun monofilament of thermotropic aromatic polyester(amide), which satisfies the following conditions: D≧40; Te>45; &Dgr;L≧0, D being its diameter (in &mgr;m), Te its tenacity (in cN/tex) and &Dgr;L its variation in length (in %) after 2 minutes at 235±5° C. at an initial tension of 0.2 cN/tex. A spinning process for obtaining such a monofilament, including, upon emergence from the spinneret, of structuring the flow of the polymer by stretching in a layer of gaseous fluid for a predetermined time which is a function of the diameter D, before thermally quenching the flow of polymer thus structured in a liquid, so as to solidify it.