Tire for vehicle of construction plant type

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10933694-B2
Application number	US-201515304976-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2015
Priority date	Apr 22, 2014
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

The tire for a construction plant vehicle includes a tread and a crown reinforcement arranged radially internal to the tread. The crown reinforcement includes a protective reinforcement, a working reinforcement, and a hoop reinforcement. The protective reinforcement includes at least one protective ply that exhibits a force at break FmNSP. The working reinforcement includes at least one working ply that exhibits a force at break FmNST. The hoop reinforcement includes at least one hooping ply, each of which includes hoop reinforcing elements that make an angle at most equal to 10° with a circumferential direction of the tire. The working reinforcement is arranged radially internal to the protective reinforcement. A ratio FmNSP/FmNST is greater than or equal to 0.27 and less than or equal to 0.90.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire for a construction plant vehicle, the tire comprising:
a tread; and
a crown reinforcement arranged radially internal to the tread, the crown reinforcement including:
(1) a protective reinforcement that includes at least one protective ply that exhibits a force at break Fm NSP and that is a reinforcement of the tire that is closest radially to the tread, wherein each of the at least one protective ply exhibits a force at break Fm NSP greater than or equal to 1300 daN·cm −1 ;
(2) a working reinforcement that includes at least one working ply that exhibits a force at break Fm NST , the working reinforcement being arranged radially internal to the protective reinforcement, wherein each of the at least one working ply exhibits a force at break Fm NST greater than or equal to 2000 daN·cm −1 ; and
(3) a hoop reinforcement that includes at least one hooping ply that exceeds a force at break Fm NSF greater than or equal to 1300 daN·cm −1 , each of the at least one hooping ply including hoop reinforcing elements that make an angle at most equal to 10° with a circumferential direction of the tire, the hoop reinforcement being arranged radially internal to the working reinforcement,
wherein the following condition is satisfied:
0.50≤ Fm NSP /Fm NST ≤0.70, and

wherein the tire has a size according to a W R U type, where U≥49, and
wherein each protective reinforcing element comprises a metal cord having a structure K×(M+P), where K is a number of strands, and where each strand comprises (1) an internal layer comprising M internal threads and (2) an external layer comprising N external threads wrapped helically around the internal layer, and
wherein each hoop reinforcing element comprises a metal cord having the same K×(M+P) structure as the metal cord of the protective reinforcing element.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one protective ply exhibits a force at break Fm NSP greater than or equal to 1400 daN·cm −1 .

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one protective ply exhibits a force at break Fm NSP greater than or equal to 1500 daN·cm −1 .

4. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one protective ply exhibits a force at break Fm NSP greater than or equal to 1600 daN·cm −1 .

5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one protective ply includes protective reinforcing elements, and each of the protective reinforcing elements exhibits a force at break (Fr) greater than or equal to 3000 N.

6. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one protective ply includes protective reinforcing elements laid at a pitch that ranges from 1.2 mm to 6.5 mm.

7. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one working ply exhibits a force at break Fm NST greater than or equal to 2500 daN·cm −1 .

8. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one working ply exhibits a force at break Fm NST greater than or equal to 3000 daN·cm −1 .

9. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one working ply exhibits a force at break Fm NST greater than or equal to 4000 daN·cm −1 .

10. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one working ply includes working reinforcing elements, and each of the working reinforcing elements exhibits a force at break (Fr) greater than or equal to 15000 N.

11. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one working ply includes working reinforcing elements laid at a pitch that ranges from 2.5 mm to 7.5 mm.

12. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one protective ply includes protective reinforcing elements, and the protective reinforcing elements make an angle at least equal to 10° with a circumferential direction of the tire.

13. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one working ply includes working reinforcing elements, and the working reinforcing elements make an angle at most equal to 60° with a circumferential direction of the tire.

14. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the angle that the hoop reinforcing elements make with the circumferential direction of the tire is in a range from 5° to 10°.

15. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one protective ply exhibits a force at break Fm NSP greater than or equal to 1400 daN·cm −1 , and
wherein each of the at least one working ply exhibits a force at break Fm NST greater than or equal to 2500 daN·cm −1 .

16. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one protective ply exhibits a force at break Fm NSP greater than or equal to 1600 daN·cm −1 , and
wherein each of the at least one working ply exhibits a force at break Fm NST greater than or equal to 4000 daN·cm −1 .

17. The tire according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one protective ply are plural in number,
wherein each of the at least one protective ply comprises protective reinforcing elements, and each of the protective reinforcing elements exhibits a force at break (Fr) greater than or equal to 3500 N,
wherein the protective reinforcing elements are laid at a pitch that ranges from 2.5 mm to 5.0 mm,
wherein the at least one working ply are plural in number,
wherein each of the at least one working ply comprises working reinforcing elements, and each of the working reinforcing elements exhibits a force at break (Fr) greater than or equal to 15000 N,
wherein the working reinforcing elements are laid at a pitch that ranges from 3 mm to 7 mm,
wherein the at least one hooping ply are plural in number,
wherein each of the at least one hooping ply exhibits a force at break Fm NSF greater than or equal to 1500 daN·cm −1 ,
wherein each of the hoop reinforcing elements exhibits a force at break (Fr) greater than or equal to 2500 N,
wherein the hoop reinforcing elements are laid at a pitch that ranges from 1.8 mm to 6.5 mm, and
wherein U≥57.

18. The tire according to claim 17 , wherein each of the protective reinforcing elements exhibits a force at break (Fr) greater than or equal to 5500 N,
wherein the protective reinforcing elements are laid at a pitch that ranges from 3.5 mm to 4.5 mm,
wherein the working reinforcing elements are laid at a pitch that ranges from 3.5 mm to 6.5 mm,
wherein each of the at least one hooping ply exhibits a force at break Fm NSF greater than or equal to 2000 daN·cm −1 ,
wherein each of the hoop reinforcing elements exhibits a force at break (Fr) greater than or equal to 6500 N, and
wherein the hoop reinforcing elements are laid at a pitch that ranges from 3.7 mm to 4.8 mm.

19. The tire according to claim 18 , wherein each of the hoop reinforcing elements exhibits a force at break (Fr) greater than or equal to 8500 N,
wherein the protective reinforcing elements make an angle in the range of 15° to 35° with the circumferential direction of the tire,
wherein each of the M internal threads and the N internal threads of the metal cord of the protective reinforcing element have a diameter in the range of from 0.10 mm to 0.35 mm,
wherein either (1) each working reinforcing element comprises a metal cord having a structure (J+Q)×(A+B) and comprising an internal layer comprising J internal strands, an external layer comprising Q external strands wrapped helically around the internal layer, each of the J internal strands and the Q external strands comprising an internal layer comprising A internal threads and an external layer comprising B exter

Assignees

• Michelin & Cie
• Michelin Rech Tech

Inventors

• Domingo Alain
• Clement Emmanuel
• Ragot Pascal

Classifications

• B60C9/2006 Primary

  consisting of steel cord plies only · CPC title

• B60C2009/2058

  being different between adjacent plies · CPC title

• B60C2009/2016

  comprising cords at an angle of 10 to 30 degrees to the circumferential direction · CPC title

• B60C2009/209

  Tensile strength · CPC title

• B60C2009/2083

  Density in width direction · CPC title