Motorbike tire with specified carcass and crown reinforcements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11090979-B2
Application number	US-201414893372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2014
Priority date	Jun 10, 2013
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

A tire of the “bias belted” type for a motorbike comprises: a tread ( 2 ) connected by two sidewalls ( 3 ) to two beads ( 4 ). A crown reinforcement ( 5 ) is radially on the inside of the tread ( 2 ) and comprises at least one crown layer ( 51, 52 ), such a crown layer ( 51, 52 ) comprising mutually parallel reinforcers. A carcass reinforcement ( 6 ) is radially on the inside of the crown reinforcement ( 5 ) and comprises at least two carcass layers ( 61, 62, 63 ), each comprising mutually parallel reinforcers, and crossed from one carcass layer to the next. The reinforcers of each crown layer ( 51, 52 ) form, with the circumferential direction (XX′), an angle between 15° and 25° in the equatorial plane (XZ), and the reinforcers of each carcass layer ( 61, 62, 63 ) form, with the circumferential direction (XX′), an angle between 40° and 50° in the equatorial plane (XZ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motorbike tire, comprising:
a tread connected by two sidewalls to two beads;
a crown reinforcement radially on the inside of the tread and comprising at least one crown layer;
each of said at least one crown layer comprising mutually parallel reinforcers forming, with the circumferential direction of the tire, an angle at least equal to 15° and at most equal to 25° in the equatorial plane;
a carcass reinforcement radially on the inside of the crown reinforcement and comprising at least two carcass layers each connecting the two beads to one another;
each carcass layer comprising mutually parallel reinforcers forming, with the circumferential direction, an angle at least equal to 40° and at most equal to 50° in the equatorial plane, and crossed from one carcass layer to the next,
wherein at least two of the at least two carcass layers are turned-up carcass layers wound, in each bead, from the inside towards the outside of the tire around a bead wire to form a turnup comprising a free end,
wherein a respective radially outermost turnup of the at least two turned-up carcass layers is at least partially in contact with a radially innermost crown layer of the at least one crown layer along the region of overlap between the respective axial end of the radially innermost crown layer and the respective free end of the radially outermost turnup, and
wherein a curvilinear width of the region of overlap between the respective axial end of the radially innermost crown layer and the respective free end of the radially outermost turnup is at most equal to 0.6 times a curvilinear half-width of the crown layer,
wherein the curvilinear half-width of the radially innermost crown layer is measured along a curvilinear abscissa of the radially innermost crown layer between the respective axial end and a middle of the said radially innermost crown layer, and
wherein the free end of the respective turnup of every turned-up carcass layer is axially on the inside and radially on the outside of the respective axial end of every crown layer.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one crown layer has an axial width between its two axial ends in which the angle of the reinforcers thereof is constant over the entire axial width of the crown layer.

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one crown layer is at least two crown layers of which the respective reinforcers are crossed from one crown layer to the next.

4. The tire according to claim 3 , wherein the respective reinforcers of two successive crown layers are crossed from one crown layer to the next forming, with the circumferential direction angles that are equal in terms of absolute value.

5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of said at least one crown layer are made of textile.

6. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of said at least one crown layer are made of polyester.

7. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of at least a first of said at least one crown layer are made of polyester and the reinforcers of at least a second of said at least one crown layer are made of aromatic polyamide.

8. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the respective radially outermost turnup is radially on the inside of the radially innermost crown layer in the region of overlap.

9. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the curvilinear width of the region of overlap is at least equal to 0.2 times the curvilinear half-width of the radially innermost crown layer.

10. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of each carcass layer are made of textile.

11. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein, the tread being made is of an elastomeric compound, wherein the elastic modulus at 10% elongation of the elastomeric compound of the tread is at least equal to 6.5 MPa and at most equal to 9 MPa at 23° C., and at least equal to 5 MPa and at most equal to 6 MPa at 100° C.

12. The tire according to claim 1 , the sidewalls of the tire being made of an elastomeric compound, wherein the elastic modulus at 10% elongation of the elastomeric compound of the sidewalls is at least equal to 8 MPa at 23° C.

13. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of said at least one crown layer are made of aromatic polyamide or of aliphatic polyamide or of polyester.

14. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcers of each carcass layer are made of polyester or of nylon.

15. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the curvilinear width of the region of overlap is equal to 0.45 times the curvilinear half-width of the radially innermost crown layer.

Assignees

• Michelin & Cie
• Michelin Rech Tech

Inventors

• Laurent Christophe

Classifications

• B60C15/0018 Primary

  not folded around the bead core, e.g. floating or down ply · CPC title

• B60C2200/10

  for motorcycles, scooters or the like · CPC title

• B60C9/06 Primary

  the cords extend diagonally from bead to bead and run in opposite directions in each successive carcass ply, i.e. bias angle ply (B60C9/07, B60C9/09 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60C9/2009

  comprising plies of different materials · CPC title

• B60C11/0008

  characterised by the tread rubber · CPC title