Pneumatic tire comprising specified hoop reinforcer element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12246565-B2
Application number	US-201816956892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2018
Priority date	Dec 22, 2017
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

The invention relates to a tyre ( 10 ) comprising a hooping ply ( 19 ) comprising at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element making an angle strictly less than 10° with the circumferential direction (Z) of the tyre ( 10 ). The bonded textile wire-like reinforcer element has, before the step of production of the hooping ply ( 19 ), a tangent modulus less than or equal to 5 cN/tex/% for any elongation less than or equal to 3%. The textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element has, once extracted from the tyre ( 10 ), a tangent modulus greater than or equal to 5 cN/tex/% for any elongation greater than or equal to 4%.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire comprising a crown reinforcement, the crown reinforcement comprising a hooping reinforcement, the hooping reinforcement comprising a hooping ply, the hooping ply comprising at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element making an angle strictly less than 10° with a circumferential direction of the tire, the tire being obtained by a method comprising a step of producing the hooping ply in which at least one bonded textile wire-like reinforcing element is embedded in a compound to form the at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element,
wherein the at least one bonded textile wire-like reinforcing element has, before the step of producing the hooping ply, a tangent modulus less than or equal to 5 cN/tex/% for any elongation less than or equal to 3%,
wherein the at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element has, once extracted from the tire, a tangent modulus greater than or equal to 5 cN/tex/% for any elongation greater than or equal to 4%, and
wherein the at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element comprises:
a core composed of a first strand comprising at least one monofilament, and
a layer comprising at least two second strands, each second strand of the layer comprising at least one monofilament, each second strand of the layer being helically wound around the core, and each second strand having a count from 130 tex to 220 tex.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one bonded textile wire-like reinforcing element has, before the step of producing the hooping ply, a tangent modulus less than or equal to 3 cN/tex/% for any elongation less than or equal to 2%.

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one bonded textile wire-like reinforcing element has, before the step of producing the hooping ply, a tangent modulus less than or equal to 10 cN/tex/% for any elongation less than or equal to 5%.

4. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one bonded textile wire-like reinforcing element has, before the step of producing the hooping ply, a tangent modulus less than or equal to 15 cN/tex/% for any elongation less than or equal to 6%.

5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element has, once extracted from the tire, a tangent modulus greater than or equal to 5 cN/tex/% for any elongation greater than or equal to 3.5%.

6. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element has, once extracted from the tire, a tangent modulus greater than or equal to 10 cN/tex/% for any elongation greater than or equal to 6%.

7. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element has, once extracted from the tire, a tangent modulus greater than or equal to 15 cN/tex/% for any elongation greater than or equal to 8%.

8. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element has, once extracted from the tire, a tangent modulus greater than or equal to 20 cN/tex/% for any elongation greater than or equal to 8%.

9. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one monofilament of the first strand is a material selected from the group consisting of polyesters, aliphatic polyamides, celluloses, and mixtures thereof.

10. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one monofilament of each second strand is a material selected from the group consisting of aromatic polyamides, aromatic copolyamides, polyketones, and mixtures thereof.

11. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two second strands are three or four second strands.

12. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the twist factor of the first strand of the core ranges from 60 to 80.

13. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the twist factor of each second strand of the layer ranges from 90 to 120.

14. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the twist factor of the at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element ranges from 170 to 220.

Assignees

• Michelin & Cie

Inventors

• Rih Sabrina
• Cornille Richard
• Ferigo Herve

Classifications

• B60C2009/2214

  characterised by the materials of the zero degree ply cords · CPC title

• B60C9/22

  the plies being arranged with all cords disposed along the circumference of the tyre · CPC title

• B60C2009/2285

  Twist structures · CPC title

• B60C2009/228

  Elongation of the reinforcements at break point · CPC title

• B60C2009/2261

  Modulus of the cords · CPC title