Pneumatic vehicle tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9381774-B2
Application number	US-201013579744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2010
Priority date	Feb 19, 2010
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire, comprising a carcass ( 5 ), a belt ( 9 ), and a profiled tread ( 10 ), wherein the belt ( 9 ) is composed of at least three belt plies ( 13, 14, 15 ) arranged one on top of the other from the radial inside to the radial outside, wherein the radially inner ( 13 ) and the radially outer ( 15 ) working plies have opposite axial inclination directions of the reinforcements ( 25 ), and wherein a belt ply ( 14 ) arranged between said two working plies ( 13, 15 ) has reinforcements ( 24 ), the orientations of which include an angle β of 0°≦β≦5° with respect to the circumferential direction U, and wherein the orientations of the reinforcements ( 23, 25 ) of one of the two working plies ( 13, 15 ) include an angle α of 10°≦α<45° with respect to the circumferential direction U, and the orientations of the reinforcements ( 25, 23 ) of the other of the two working plies ( 15, 13 ) include an angle γ of 45°≦γ≦90° with respect to the circumferential direction U.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a carcass;
a belt being arranged radially outside the carcass; and
a profiled tread arranged radially outside said belt,
wherein said belt comprises a radially inner working belt ply and radially outer working belt ply having parallel strength members that are embedded in rubber so that, when viewed in a circumferential direction of the vehicle tire, the strength members of said radially inner working belt ply have an opposing axial direction of inclination to the strength members of said radially outer working belt ply,
wherein said belt further comprises a generally zero-degree ply arranged between and in contact with the two working belt plies, the generally zero-degree ply extending axially through a center of said profiled tread and having parallel steel strength members that are embedded in rubber and oriented at an angle β to the circumferential direction in which 0°≦β≦5° and having an axial extent that is smaller than an axial extent for each of the two working belt plies,
wherein the strength members of one of the two working belt plies are oriented at an angle α to the circumferential direction in which 10°≦α≦45°, and the strength members of another of the two working belt plies are oriented at an angle γ to the circumferential direction in which 45°≦γ≦90°, and
wherein the one working belt ply in which the strength members are oriented at the angle α to the circumferential direction is the radially outer working belt ply, and the other working belt ply in which the strength members are oriented at the angle γ to the circumferential direction is the radially inner working belt ply, and
further comprising:
another belt ply having parallel strength members that are embedded in rubber, the another belt ply being is arranged radially inside the radially inner working belt ply and between the carcass and the radially inner working belt ply; and
an additional zero-degree ply being arranged radially outside said radially outer working belt ply.

2. The pneumatic vehicle tire according to the features of claim 1 , wherein the pneumatic vehicle tire is structured for utility vehicles.

3. The pneumatic vehicle tire according to the features of claim 1 , wherein the profiled tread is arranged on the belt.

4. The pneumatic vehicle tire according to the features of claim 1 , wherein the parallel strength members for the working plies comprise steel.

5. The pneumatic vehicle tire according to the features of claim 1 , wherein an axial extent of the radially outer working belt ply is smaller than an axial extent of the radially inner belt ply.

6. The pneumatic vehicle tire according to the features of claim 1 , wherein both ends of the radially outer working belt ply end within an axial extent region of the radially inner belt ply.

7. The pneumatic vehicle tire according to the features of claim 1 , wherein the strength members of at least the generally zero-degree ply arranged between the two working plies comprise high-elongation cord (HE).

Assignees

• Becker Theresia
• Schulte Maike
• Continental Reifen Deutschland

Inventors

• Becker Theresia
• Schulte Maike

Classifications

• B60C2009/2022

  comprising cords at an angle of 60 to 90 degrees to the circumferential direction · CPC title

• B60C13/00

  Tyre sidewalls; Protecting, decorating, marking, or the like, thereof (B60C17/08 takes precedence; tyre shoulders B60C11/01; removable tyre sidewall trim rings B60B7/01) · CPC title

• B60C9/28 Primary

  characterised by the belt or breaker dimensions or curvature relative to carcass (B60C9/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T152/10801

  Structure made up of two or more sets of plies wherein the reinforcing cords in one set lie in a different angular position relative to those in other sets · CPC title

• B60C2009/2214

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