Abstract:
A belt and case assembly for holding and supporting items for a user is disclosed, including an outer belt surface, an inner belt surface opposite the outer belt surface, a plurality of first components of a dual component directional snap fastener traversing the outer belt surface and engaging the inner belt surface, and a case having a flexible side, wherein the flexible side incorporates a plurality of second components of the dual component directional snap fastener to form a plurality of engagements to the plurality of first components, the plurality of second components positioned with respect to one another so as to prevent rotational movement of the case about said belt, the plurality of engagements decoupled by a force applied in a predetermined direction at a first position of the first component.
Abstract:
A pneumatic radial tire comprises: a tread portion defining an overall diameter of the tire under a normally-inflated unloaded state and a ground contacting width under a normally inflated loaded state; a pair of sidewall portions defining an overall width of the tire therebetween under the normally-inflated unloaded state; a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein; a carcass extending between the bead portions through the tread portion and sidewall portions; and a belt disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion, wherein the overall diameter of the tire is in a range of from 750 to 820 mm; the ground contacting width is in a range of from 85 to 90% of said overall width of the tire; and the carcass comprises an ultrahigh-turnup ply extending between the bead portions through the tread portion and sidewall portions and turned up around the bead core in each of the bead portion so that the turned-up portions each extend radially outwardly into the tread portion through the sidewall portions, and the turned-up portions each terminate axially inward of the axial ends of the belt.
Abstract:
An assembly comprising a tire (P) without an inner tube, provided with two beads and intended to be mounted on a mounting rim (J) comprising seats (440) extended radially towards the outside by flanges (R), and a rubber sealing piece (E) arranged between said rim and said tire, characterized in that the diameters (DP) of the tire bead seats are greater than the corresponding diameters (DJ) of the rim seats (440), said tire (P) being provided integrally with the sealing piece (E) formed of three parts which are integral with each other, a central part (51), made of material impermeable to the inflation gases, being placed axially between the beads of the tire, this central part (51) being extended axially beneath the beads of the tire by edges (50) integral with said beads, means being provided for facilitating the separation of the central part from the lateral parts. A process for manufacturing such an assembly.
Abstract:
A tyre for a vehicle wheel includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, a tread band, and sidewalls. The carcass structure includes at least one first and second carcass ply and a pair of annular reinforcing structures. The carcass plies are formed of strip sections extending in a substantially U-shaped conformation, including at least two parallel thread elements at least partly coated with elastomer material. The at least one first (second) carcass ply includes a first (third) and second (fourth) series of strip sections arranged in mutually-alternating sequence along a circumferential extension of the carcass structure. The annular reinforcing structures include first and second primary portions. The first (second) primary portion includes an axially-inner side turned towards end flaps of the strip sections of the first (third) series and an axially-outer side turned towards end flaps of the strip sections of the second (fourth) series.
Abstract:
A tyre for a vehicle wheel includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, a tread band, and at least one pair of sidewalls. The carcass structure includes at least one circumferential centering ridge jutting out from a crown portion of the carcass structure. Each bead of the tyre includes a rest surface defining, in a direction away from an equatorial plane of the tyre, a profile converging toward the rotation axis of the tyre. A rim for a tyre includes a base body and two seats. Each seat defines an abutment surface facing radially away from a rotation axis of the rim and includes a frustoconical configuration converging away from a median diametrical plane of the rim. The base body further includes at least two opposite radial shoulders disposed to abut against the at least one centering ridge. A vehicle wheel, including the tyre and the rim, is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A bead portion of a tire has a short fiber reinforcing rubber layer extending along a side surface of a bead apex rubber from a bead core to a height position which is lower than an radially outer end of the bead apex rubber. The short fiber reinforcing rubber layer has short fibers compounded at an amount of 10 to 30 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the rubber, and the short fibers are oriented in the tire circumferential direction.
Abstract:
A tire for vehicle wheels includes a carcass, a tread strip, and a belt structure. The carcass has a central crown portion and two axially opposite sidewalls terminating in a pair of beads. Each bead includes at least one circumferentially unextendable annular reinforcing core having a series of spirals of metal wire radially superimposed and axially arranged alongside each other. The carcass has a reinforcing structure including at least one ply of rubberized fabric reinforced with metal cords lying in radial planes containing an axis of rotation of the tire. The reinforcing structure includes ends secured to the annular reinforcing cores and a neutral profile, lying in a radial cross-sectional plane, axially extending from bead to bead. The neutral profile intersects a cross section of a zone enclosing the annular reinforcing cores and has a continuous curvature devoid of inflection points along an extension between the beads.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire with a rubber lump applied to the bead portion part, and more particularly, to a pneumatic tire wherein the bead portion part is reinforced by applying a rubber lump on the side surface of the lower portion of the bead with a carcass plynullnull,nullnull. optionally together with A flipper, which provides reinforcement, can also be used. The carcass play is spirally wound through the upper, side and lower portion of said rubber lump to nullnullthenullnull an arbitrary point of the upper portion of said bead so that by minimizing the movement of the bead by means way of nullnullsaidnullnull the carcass ply or the flipper, the bead portion of the tire is not easily broken away from the rim when air is evacuated from nullnullanullnull the tire which is installed on a special rim that does not have a flange, or while driving with a tire with nullnullofnullnull low air pressure.
Abstract:
A tire comprising two beads which are intended to be in contact with seats of a mounting rim and two sidewalls, this tire comprising first reinforcing threads forming a carcass reinforcement, each bead comprising an anchoring structure for the carcass reinforcement formed of at least one circumferentially oriented second reinforcing thread cooperating with an adjacent portion of the carcass reinforcement by means of an anchoring rubber material having an elasticity modulus at 10% deformation at least equal to 30 MPa, this tire being characterized in that it comprises, at least axially on one side of the anchoring structure of the carcass reinforcement, a rubber mix referred to as a nulldecoupling mixnull, this decoupling mix having an elasticity modulus, at 10% deformation, less than half of the elasticity modulus of the anchoring mix.
Abstract:
Runflat tire construction is optimized for tire ride comfort by reducing tire wall gauges in the tread-shoulder-to-upper-sidewall transition region and compensating with supporting sidewalls that constantly increase in thickness (gauge) from the transition region to a bead/flange area where a chafer extends above a wheel rim flange. Thus the bead and lower sidewall area are reinforced to a maximum and the shoulder area gets only the minimum stiffness necessary to achieve the required runflat performance. Within the context of wall gauges that constantly increase from the transition region to the bead/flange area, a mid-sidewall gauge ratio MSGR, being equal to a mid-sidewall gauge G2 divided by a shoulder gauge G1, is approximately within the range of 1.1 to 1.4, preferably approximately equal to 1.3; and a bead/flange gauge ratio BFGR, being equal to a bead/flange gauge G3 divided by a shoulder gauge G1, is approximately within the range of 1.5 to 1.8, preferably approximately equal to 1.7.