Abstract:
A tire, the H/S form ratio of which is at most 0.6, formed radially from the inside to the outside by a triangulation ply of metal cables oriented at least 60°, two working crown plies formed of inextensible metal cables oriented at angles of between 10° and 45°, between which there is inserted a first additional ply of metallic elements which are oriented substantially parallel to the circumferential direction of the tire, a second additional ply being arranged, on either side of the tire, radially above the outermost working ply and substantially centered on the end of the first additional ply.
Abstract:
A run-flat tire comprises a carcass ply extending between the bead portions, and a sidewall reinforcing layer disposed axially inside said carcass ply in each sidewall portion, wherein in a normally inflated unloaded state, a profile line from a tire equator point (P) to a maximum tire section width point (D) is curved substantially along an involute curve so as to have a radius of curvature decreasing continuously from the tire equator point towards the sidewall portion, the basic circle of the involute curve is an ellipse whose major axis extends in the tire radial direction, the radial distance (h) between the tire equator point (P) and the maximum tire section width point (D) is more than 34% but less than 50% of the tire section height (H). In a x-y coordinate system which is defined in a meridian section of the tire such that: y-axis extends radially outwardly on the tire equator; x-axis extends axially outwardly in the tire axial direction; the x-y coordinates of said tire equator point (P) is (0, B); B is a radius of curvature of the profile line at the tire equator point (P), the elliptic function of the ellipse is ( x - a ) 2 a 2 + y 2 b 2 = 1 wherein 0
Abstract:
A vehicle tire which has an aspect ratio of less than about 55% and comprises a tread portion having a profile whose radius of curvature decreases substantially continuously from the tire equator to each tread edges. The tread profile from the tire equator to each tread edge is substantially defined by a curve such as ellipse, cycloid, epicycloid, involute curves and the like, of which equation is differentiable in the range between the tire equator and each tread edge.
Abstract:
The invention relates to pneumatic tires for a motor vehicle comprising a multi-layer carcass. Said multi-layer carcass extends between two bead rings, a set of bracing plies provided between the layers of the carcass and a tire tread, and rubber reinforcement layers arranged in the side wall areas which support the tire when it is deflated. The invention is characterized in that a first rubber reinforcement layer is arranged radially within a first carcass layer and a second rubber reinforcement layer is arranged between the first carcass layer and a second carcass layer. The two rubber reinforcement layers extend from the bead filler area to a position under the edge area of the bracing plies. The two rubber layers vary in thickness across the height of the side walls.
Abstract:
A pneumatic radial tire having in axial cross-section a highly curved tread is reinforced by a breaker assembly with improved resistance to breaker edge looseness. The breaker assembly includes one breaker ply which extends between two bead regions and has its edges disposed between a carcass main portion and a carcass turn-up portion. An improved single-stage method may be employed for building the tire.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire having an improved sidewall structure is disclosed, wherein a carcass comprises at least one carcass ply of cords, which comprises an axially innermost part extending through a sidewall potion from a belt edge to the axially inside of a bead core and an axially outermost part extending through the sidewall potion from the belt edge to the axially outside of the bead core, and the rubber thickness measured at the maximum tire section width point in the sidewall portion from the outer surface of the tire to the carcass cords in the axially outermost part being not more than 1.5 times the diameter of the carcass cords but not less than 0.2 mm.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, a carcass extending between the bead portions, and a tread reinforcement disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion. The tread reinforcement comprises a reinforcing rubber layer and a radially outer reinforcing cord layer. The radially outer reinforcing cord layer is made of cords disposed radially outside the reinforcing rubber layer. The reinforcing rubber layer extends across the substantially overall tread width and made of a rubber material having a hardness of not less than 70 degrees and a loss tangent of not more than 0.15. In a tire meridian section, the thickness of the reinforcing rubber layer being in a range of not less than 2 mm at the tire equator and gradually decreasing towards the axial edges of the reinforcing rubber layer.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire, includes at least one carcass ply folded turned up around a bead cord, a belt layer arranged on an outer side of a crown portion of the carcass ply to have an overlapping portion with the folded portion of the carcass, a first reinforcing rubber layer arranged between body portion of the carcass ply and the folded portion of the carcass ply, and a second reinforcing rubber layer arranged inside the body portion of the carcass ply, wherein overlapping width W2 from an upper end position RF of the second reinforcing rubber layer to an end BE of the belt layer is 7% to 33% of the width BW of the belt layer; and cross sectional widths G1W, G2W, and G3W satisfy the following relations: G3W/G1W=0.85 to 0.95, and G2W/G1W=1.0 to 1.05.
Abstract:
A tire with a form ratio H/S between 0.3 and 0.8 has a carcass reinforcement (1) which is covered radially by a quasi-cylindrical crown reinforcement (3) and which is tangential at T to a holding circle C. The common tangent at T to the circle C and to the meridian profile of the carcass (1) makes an angle &agr; of between +20° and −80° with respect to a line parallel to the rotation axis and passing through the tangency point T. In its portion located between the tangency point T and the point E of greatest axial width, the carcass reinforcement (1) is provided with a reinforcement armature (6) of circumferentially non-extensible elements. Viewed in meridian cross-section and when the tire is fitted and inflated to the recommended pressure, the carcass (1) has a meridian profile consisting of four circular arcs configured to improve the endurance of the tire while improving its rolling resistance.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire, which is adapted for a standard wheel rim, comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, a carcass extending between the bead portions, and a rim flange holder disposed on each side of the tire and protruding axially outwardly so as to overhang a flange of the standard wheel rim. The rim flange holder has a hooking part extending radially inwardly on the axially outside of the flange so as to hook the flange. The radial measurement between the radially outermost point of the flange and the radially innermost point of the hooking part is at least 2 mm, and the rim flange holder is provided with a slit extending axially inwardly from the axial outer surface of the rim flange holder.