Tire with beads including bead filler and outer strip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9248703-B2
Application number	US-201113704947-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2011
Priority date	Jun 15, 2010
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

In a tire having two beads, each bead has a bead filler situated at least partially between a main portion and a wrapped-around portion of a carcass reinforcement and an outer strip situated axially outside of the wrapped-around portion of the carcass reinforcement. The bead filler has a thickness E(r). An assembly formed by the bead filler and the outer strip has a thickness ET(r). For all the points of intersection of which the radial distance from the radially innermost point of the annular reinforcing structure is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 35% of the radial height H of the tire, the ratio E(r)/ET(r) is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 0.5.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire comprising:
two beads designed to come into contact with a mounting rim, each bead comprising at least one annular reinforcing structure;
two sidewalls extending the beads radially outwards, the two sidewalls meeting in a crown comprising a crown reinforcement surmounted by a tread; and
a single carcass reinforcement comprising a plurality of carcass reinforcing elements anchored in the two beads and extending from the beads through the sidewalls to the crown, the carcass reinforcement being anchored in the two beads by a turn-up axially outwardly around the at least one annular reinforcing structure, so as to form, in each bead, a main portion and a wrapped-around portion, each wrapped-around portion extending radially on the outside as far as an end situated a radial distance DEC from the radially innermost point of the at least one annular reinforcing structure of the bead, the radial distance DEC being greater than or equal to 5% of the radial height H of the tire and less than or equal to 85% of the radial height H of the tire,
wherein each bead comprises a bead filler made of a rubber composition, the majority of the bead filler being situated radially on the outside of the at least one annular reinforcing structure and the bead filler being situated at least partially between the main portion and the wrapped-around portion of the carcass reinforcement, the bead filler extending radially as far as a radially outer end of the bead filler, the radially outer end of the bead filler being situated a radial distance DEE 1 from the radially innermost point of the at least one annular reinforcing structure of the bead, the radial distance DEE 1 being greater than or equal to 30% and less than or equal to 50% of the radial height H of the tire,
wherein each bead further comprises an outer strip, made of a rubber composition, the outer strip being situated axially on the outside of the wrapped-around portion of the carcass reinforcement, the outer strip extending between a radially inner end of the outer strip and a radially outer end of the outer strip, the radially inner end of the outer strip being situated a radial distance DEI 2 from the radially innermost point of the at least one annular reinforcing structure of the bead, the radial distance DEI 2 being greater than or equal to 1% and less than or equal to 5% of the radial height H of the tire, the radially outer end of the outer strip being situated a radial distance DEE 2 from the radially innermost point of the at least one annular reinforcing structure of the bead, the radial distance DEE 2 being greater than or equal to 30% and less than or equal to 50% of the radial height H of the tire,
wherein the bead filler has a thickness E(r), this thickness corresponding to the length of the intersection of the direction perpendicular to the main portion of the carcass reinforcement with the bead filler, r denoting the distance separating the point of intersection of said direction perpendicular to the main portion of the carcass reinforcement with the carcass reinforcement from the radially innermost point of the at least one annular reinforcing structure,
wherein the bead filler and the outer strip form an assembly that has a thickness ET(r), this thickness corresponding to the length of the intersection of the direction perpendicular to the main portion of the carcass reinforcement with said assembly, r denoting the distance separating the point of intersection of said direction perpendicular to the main portion of the carcass reinforcement with the carcass reinforcement from the radially innermost point of the at least one annular reinforcing structure,
and wherein for all the points of intersection of said direction perpendicular to the main portion of the carcass reinforcement with the carcass reinforcement of which the radial distance from the radially innermost point of the at least one annular reinforcing structure is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 35% of the radial height H of the tire, the ratio E(r)/ET(r) is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 0.5.

2. The tire of claim 1 , wherein the radial distance DEC is greater than or equal to 5% of the radial height H of the tire and less than or equal to 20% of the radial height H of the tire.

3. The tire of claim 1 , wherein the radial distance DEE 2 is greater than or equal to 35% and less than or equal to 45% of the radial height H of the tire.

4. The tire of claim 1 , wherein the radial distance DEE 1 is greater than or equal to 35% and less than or equal to 45% of the radial height H of the tire.

5. The tire of claim 1 , wherein the radial distance DEE 2 is greater than the radial distance DEE 1 .

6. The tire of claim 1 , wherein, in any radial section, the bead filler has a cross section of area S 1 and the outer strip has a cross section of area S 2 , the ratio S 1 /(S 1 +S 2 ) being greater than or equal to 0.4 and less than or equal to 0.6.

7. The tire of claim 6 , wherein the ratio S 1 /(S 1 +S 2 ) is greater than or equal to 0.4 and less than or equal to 0.45.

8. The tire of claim 1 , wherein, for all the points of intersection of said direction perpendicular to the main portion of the carcass reinforcement with the carcass reinforcement of which the distance r from the radially innermost point of the at least one annular reinforcing structure is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 35% of the radial height H of the tire, the ratio E(r)/ET(r) is greater than or equal to 0.35 and less than or equal to 0.5.

Assignees

• Bruneau François-Xavier
• Bourgeois Frédéric
• Michelin & Cie
• Michelin Rech Tech

Inventors

• Bruneau François-Xavier
• Bourgeois Frédéric

Classifications

• B60C2015/0617

  comprising a cushion rubber other than the chafer or clinch rubber · CPC title

• B60C15/06 Primary

  Flipper strips, fillers, or chafing strips {and reinforcing layers for the construction of the bead} · CPC title

• B60C2015/009

  Height of the carcass terminal portion defined in terms of a numerical value or ratio in proportion to section height · CPC title

• B60C2015/061

  Dimensions of the bead filler in terms of numerical values or ratio in proportion to section height · CPC title

• B60C2015/0621

  adjacent to the carcass turnup portion · CPC title