Reinforced cross-ply or radial tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10076935-B2
Application number	US-201415103742-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2014
Priority date	Dec 12, 2013
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a tire having at least one carcass reinforcement ( 2 ) comprising reinforcers, surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement ( 3 ) comprising two axial ends S, itself radially on the inside of a tread ( 4 ), said crown reinforcement ( 3 ) being made up of at least one layer of reinforcement elements, said tread ( 4 ) being connected to two beads ( 5 ) by way of two sidewalls ( 6 ), said beads ( 5 ) being intended to come into contact with a rim flange having a rim flange top C, each bead having at least one circumferential reinforcement element ( 7 ) known as a bead wire, said carcass reinforcement ( 2 ) comprising an end ( 8 ) at each bead ( 5 ), the end ( 8 ) of the carcass reinforcement ( 2 ) being turned up once in an outward radial direction of the tire and about said bead wire, so as to form a turnup, then being folded in the radially outward direction so as to form a fold of the carcass ply ( 2 ), said fold forming a radially external end ( 12 a ) and three adjacent parts along an axial axis made up of a central part ( 10 ), of an axially internal lateral part ( 11 ), and of an axially external lateral part ( 0 ), the fold being executed in an outward axial direction with respect to the center of the tire, characterized in that a decoupling elastomer composition ( 14 ) having a secant modulus at 10% extension of greater than or equal to 10 MPa and preferably greater than or equal to 30 MPa and less than or equal to 60 MPa is present between the axially internal lateral part and the central part of said turnup, and at the radially external end ( 12 a ) of said turnup ( 12 ), said elastomer composition being present along a radial length comprised between the radially external end of the turnup and a radially internal point F with respect to the end of said turnup, said point being situated on the sidewall and at a distance from said radially external end by a length greater than 10 mm, and in that the radially external end ( 12 a ) of the turnup ( 12 ) is disposed between the rim flange top C and a point D, said points C and D being situated at the surface of the sidewall ( 6 ) and disposed on either side of a point E situated on the sidewall corresponding to the nominal section width, said point D being disposed at a maximum radial length equal to 85% of the length present between the axial end S of the crown reinforcement ( 3 ) and the rim flange top C.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire having at least one carcass reinforcement comprising reinforcers, surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement comprising two axial ends S, itself radially on the inside of a tread, said crown reinforcement being made up of at least one layer of reinforcement elements, said tread being connected to two beads by way of two sidewalls, said beads being intended to come into contact with a rim flange having a rim flange top C, each bead having at least one circumferential reinforcement element known as a bead wire, said carcass reinforcement comprising an end at each bead, the end of the carcass reinforcement being turned up once in an outward radial direction of the tire and about said bead wire, so as to form a turnup, then being folded in the radially outward direction so as to form a fold of the carcass ply and then extending toward an axis of the tire, said fold forming a radially external end and three adjacent parts along an axial direction of the tire made up of a central part, of an axially internal lateral part, and of an axially external lateral part, the fold being executed in an outward axial direction with respect to the centre of the tire,
wherein a decoupling elastomer composition having a secant modulus at 10% extension of greater than or equal to 10 MPa is present between the axially internal lateral part and the central part of said turnup, and at the radially external end of said turnup, said decoupling elastomer composition being present along a radial length comprised between the radially external end of the turnup and a radially internal point F with respect to the end of said turnup, said point being situated on the sidewall and at a distance from said radially external end by a length greater than 10 mm, and
wherein the radially external end of the turnup is disposed between the rim flange top C and a point D, said points C and D being situated at the surface of the sidewall and disposed on either side of a point E situated on the sidewall corresponding to the nominal section width, said point D being disposed at a maximum radial length equal to 85% of the length present between the axial end S of the crown reinforcement and the rim flange top C,
wherein the decoupling elastomer composition is present between the radially external end of said turnup and a point G situated radially on the inside with respect to said end and at a distance from said radially external end by a length less than or equal to 10 mm.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of the carcass reinforcement are set at an angle of less than or equal to 85° with respect to the circumferential direction between the points C and D.

3. The tire according to claim 2 , wherein the reinforcers of the carcass reinforcement are set at an angle of less than or equal to +75° or −75° with respect to the circumferential direction between the points C and D.

4. The tire according to claim 2 , wherein the reinforcers of the carcass reinforcement are set at an angle successively equal to +75°, −75°, +75° starting from the most outward direction to the most inward direction in the axial direction between the points C and D.

5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of the carcass reinforcement are set at an angle of greater than or equal to 85°, with respect to the circumferential direction between the points D and S.

6. The tire according to claim, 1 , wherein the reinforcers of the carcass reinforcement that is disposed radially outside the tread are set at an angle equal to 90° with respect to the circumferential direction.

7. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of the carcass reinforcement are made of a textile material chosen from rayon, nylon, polyester, aramid or a mixture thereof.

8. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein between 3% and 8% of the reinforcers of the central part are cut.

9. The tire according to claim 8 , wherein the cut reinforcers of the central part are consecutive.

10. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the decoupling elastomer composition has a secant modulus at 10% extension of greater than or equal to 30 MPa and less than or equal to 60 MPa.

11. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of the carcass reinforcement are set at an angle equal to 90° with respect to the circumferential direction between the points D and S.

Assignees

• Michelin & Cie

Inventors

• Ferigo Hervé

Classifications

• B60C15/04

  Bead cores · CPC title

• B60C2009/0223

  comprising a cushion layer between adjacent carcass plies · CPC title

• B60C2015/0621

  adjacent to the carcass turnup portion · CPC title

• B60C11/00

  Tyre tread bands; Tread patterns; Anti-skid inserts · CPC title

• B60C9/08

  the cords extend transversely from bead to bead, i.e. radial ply (B60C9/07 takes precedence) · CPC title