Abstract:
Tire having at least one carcass reinforcement, a tread, a belt reinforcer having a first and a second end and: a reinforcing ply, having a transverse half-width L2, having a reinforcing polymer layer between two layers of coating rubber, at least one hooping ply, surmounting the reinforcing ply, having a transverse half-width L1, and filamentary reinforcing elements, parallel two by two, forming an angle at most equal to 7° with respect to the circumferential direction, the tire having at least one layer of edge uncoupling rubber, positioned at least radially between the hooping ply and the reinforcing ply and positioned at at least one transverse end of the belt reinforcer, the layer of edge uncoupling rubber having a total length between 10 and 40 mm and a thickness between 0.2 and 1.2 mm, having at least one reinforcing ply, and at at least one end of the belt reinforcer, the half-widths L1 and L2 are different, and manifest a difference (L1−L2) between 5 and 10 mm.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire includes a carcass reinforced by a carcass ply extending from a first bead to a second bead, and a single reinforcement disposed radially outward of the carcass ply in a crown portion of the pneumatic tire. The single reinforcement is disposed radially outward of the carcass ply in a crown portion of the pneumatic tire. The single reinforcement includes woven strips reinforced with steel cords. The strips are a constant width of 3.0 mm to 30.0 mm.
Abstract:
This manufacturing method of a pneumatic tire having a tread reinforcing layer reduces tire mass while maintaining the durability performance of the tire. A tread reinforcing layer formation step includes a winding step for winding belt-shape plies around an approximately cylindrical winding surface. The winding step involves: a first winding step in which, with the side edges of the belt-shape plies spaced from one another, said belt-shape plies are spirally wound from a first end located on one side of the tire in the axial direction, to a second end located on the other side of the tire in the axial direction; and a second winding step in which, with the side edges of the belt-shape plies spaced from one another, said belt-shape plies are spirally wound from the second end to the first end in the direction opposite that in the first winding step. A lattice-form tread reinforcing layer is formed that has gaps substantially rhombic in shape and bounded by the belt-shape plies.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires (1) which is wound between the tread and the carcass in tires used in motor vehicles, and essentially comprises at least one circumferential belt (2), which is formed by arranging metallic cords and polymeric cords next to each other in an alternating way, covered above and below with a rubber layer (3). This reinforcing belt package increases the cornering resistance and the life of the tire.
Abstract:
According to a method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire of the present invention using a rigid core, high-speed durability may be improved. The present invention comprises manufacturing a green tire in which the green tire is manufactured by adhering tire component members in sequence onto the rigid core. The manufacturing of the green tire comprises forming a band ply in which a band forming member is spirally wound on the rigid core to form the band ply, the band forming member being configured by a band cord, or a narrow band-shaped strip coated with a topping rubber. In the formation of the band ply, the bend forming member is heated to a temperature of above 100 deg. C. while being wound spirally with the bend forming member being extended by at not less than 0.5%.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire comprising a belt structure and a torus shaped carcass having a first inner radius and an outer radius, wherein the carcass is comprised of three or more layers of ply, wherein each layer of ply is formed from a rubberized strip of one or more cords, the strips being wound in an geodesic pattern having the cord extend across the carcass from a first shoulder to a second shoulder in a path that has at least one point tangent to the first inner radius located in the bead area of the tire.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire has a tread reinforcing layer comprising a net structure formed from a tape of rubber coated reinforcing cord(s). The net structure comprises first oblique segments and second oblique segments of the tape which intersect with each other, forming interspaces therebetween. The first oblique segment has a first axial outer part in which the angle of the tape with respect to the tire circumferential direction decreases toward one end in the tire axial direction of the net structure. The second oblique segment has a second axial outer part in which the angle of the tape with respect to the tire circumferential direction decreases toward the above-said one end of the net structure. The first axial outside part is connected to the second axial outside part directly or through a circumferential segment of the tape.
Abstract:
A tire includes: a tire case serving as an example of a circular tire frame member that is formed using a frame resin material; and a reinforcing cord member that is disposed at an outer circumference of the tire case, that is configured by a reinforcing cord covered with a resin covering layer, that is wound along a tire circumferential direction so as to form a spiral shape, that is bonded to the tire case, and in which tire axial direction adjacent portions of the reinforcing cord member are bonded together.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire includes a carcass reinforced by a carcass ply extending from a first bead to a second bead, and a single reinforcement disposed radially outward of the carcass ply in a crown portion of the pneumatic tire. The single reinforcement includes a continuous cord forming a generally zig zag pattern across the width of the crown portion. The continuous cord is part of a continuous strip with a constant width of 3.0 mm to 30.0 mm.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of forming at least one circumferential belt layer of a pneumatic tire comprising: winding the strip for a half length of an outer circumferential length of the crown portion of the carcass along the tire equatorial plane from a widthwise inner side of the belt end region; winding the strip for the remaining half length while shifting the strip for the width of the strip from a widthwise inner to outer side; winding the strip for the outer circumferential length of the crown portion of the carcass along the tire equatorial plane; winding the strip for the half length of the outer circumferential length of the crown portion of the carcass while shifting the strip for the width of the strip from the widthwise outer to inner side; and winding the strip for the remaining half length along the tire equatorial plane.