B60C9/00

Reinforcing ply for articles consisting of an elastomeric material, and vehicle pneumatic tires
11192402 · 2021-12-07 · ·

A rubberized reinforcing ply (1) for articles consisting of an elastomeric material, preferably for vehicle tires, wherein the reinforcing ply (1) has a multiplicity of textile strengthening members (2) which are arranged parallel to and spaced apart from one another, wherein each textile strengthening member (2) is composed of at least one twisted multifilament yarn, and wherein the textile strengthening member (2) is not composed of the material rayon. The reinforcing ply (1) satisfies the following condition: (D.sup.2/E.sub.0) in mm corresponds to a value in a range from 0.22 mm to 0.38 mm, and the reinforcing ply (1) has a strength of >10 kN/dm, where D is the diameter of the textile strengthening member (2) in mm and lies in a range from 0.38 mm to 0.52 mm, and where E.sub.0=100/epdm.

Tire for Passenger Vehicle
20210370722 · 2021-12-02 ·

A passenger vehicle tire having rolling resistance without negatively affecting the grip and behaviour. The tread (2) has a radial height H.sub.S between 5 mm and 8 mm, a volumetric void ratio T.sub.EV between 22% and 30%, a total volume V.sub.CP of the main voids (241) at least equal to 80% of the total volume V.sub.C of the voids (24), and comprises an elastomeric compound having a glass transition temperature T.sub.g between 22° C. and 5° C., a Shore A hardness between 45 and 65, and a dynamic loss tgδ at 23° C. at least equal to 0.13 and at most equal to 0.39. The metal reinforcers of the working layers (41, 42) are steel monofilaments having a cross section S with a smallest dimension Dmin between 0.20 mm and 0.50 mm. The monofilaments distributed at a density d.sub.T between 100 threads/dm 200 threads/dm, each working layer (41, 42) having a mean radial thickness E.sub.T between D+0.1 mm and D+0.6 mm.

COMPOSITE CORD AND TIRE USING SAME
20210370719 · 2021-12-02 · ·

A composite cord is composed of two first strands formed of aramid fibers and one second strand formed of nylon fibers. In a cross section perpendicular to a length direction, a ratio L2/L0 of a length L2 of an exposed surface of the second strand along the outer cord periphery to a length L0 of an exposed surface of the composite cord along the outer cord periphery is in a range of 0.30 or more and 0.40 or less.

HYBRID TIRE CORD WITH STRONG ADHESION TO RUBBER AND EXCELLENT FATIGUE RESISTANCE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
20210370720 · 2021-12-02 ·

According to the present disclosure, there is disclosed a hybrid tire cord capable of realizing high performance and weight reduction of a tire by having strong adhesion to rubber and excellent fatigue resistance as well as high tenacity and high modulus by providing a cabled yarn in which an aramid hybrid Z-twisted yarn composed of an aramid multifilament yarn and an aramid spun yarn; and a general-purpose Z-twisted yarn are S-twisted together. There is also provided a method for manufacturing the same.

PNEUMATIC TIRE
20210370721 · 2021-12-02 · ·

In a pneumatic tire according to an embodiment, a belt layer is configured such that the angle of a belt cord relative to the tire circumferential direction is more than 30° and 40° or less. An organic fiber cord of a belt-reinforcing layer, which is placed on the radially outer side of the belt layer, is configured such that when the number of twists per 10 cm length is T (twists/10 cm), the fineness is D (dtex), and the fiber density is ρ (g/cm.sup.3), the twist coefficient K defined as T×(D/ρ).sup.1/2 is 900 to 2,600, and the product of the load at 5% elongation LASE 5% (N) of the organic fiber cord and the end count E (cords/25 mm) of the organic fiber cord is 1,000 N or more.

Metal or metallized reinforcement with polybenzoxazine-coated surface

A metal or metallized reinforcer, at least the surface of which is at least partially metallic, comprises at least a metallic part coated with a polybenzoxazine, the repeat units of which comprise at least one unit corresponding to the formulae (I) or (II): ##STR00001##
in which Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which are identical or different, represent an at least divalent, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic bonding group comprising at least one carbon atom and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from O, S, N and P. Such a reinforcement can be used for the reinforcement of a rubber article, in particular a motor vehicle tire.

Metal or metallized reinforcement with polybenzoxazine-coated surface

A metal or metallized reinforcer, at least the surface of which is at least partially metallic, comprises at least a metallic part coated with a polybenzoxazine, the repeat units of which comprise at least one unit corresponding to the formulae (I) or (II): ##STR00001##
in which Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which are identical or different, represent an at least divalent, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic bonding group comprising at least one carbon atom and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from O, S, N and P. Such a reinforcement can be used for the reinforcement of a rubber article, in particular a motor vehicle tire.

Methods and systems for providing alerts to a driver of a vehicle via condition detection and wireless communications

A computing device comprises at least one output device, one or more processors, and a memory storing a software application that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing device to wirelessly connect with a computing system of a vehicle when a driver is within the vehicle, the vehicle including an external monitoring system comprising one or more sensors. The computing device can receive, from the computing system of the vehicle, an alert indicating a change in at least one condition external to the vehicle, and output, via the at least one output device, a corresponding alert indicating the change in the at least one condition external to the vehicle.

Methods and systems for providing alerts to a driver of a vehicle via condition detection and wireless communications

A computing device comprises at least one output device, one or more processors, and a memory storing a software application that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing device to wirelessly connect with a computing system of a vehicle when a driver is within the vehicle, the vehicle including an external monitoring system comprising one or more sensors. The computing device can receive, from the computing system of the vehicle, an alert indicating a change in at least one condition external to the vehicle, and output, via the at least one output device, a corresponding alert indicating the change in the at least one condition external to the vehicle.

TIRE WITH PROTECTIVE BELT STRUCTURE

A tire having a jointless cut protector belt, wherein the jointless cut protector belt is continuously wound using a strip of one or more reinforcement cords, wherein the strip of one or more reinforcement cords is wavy, extending primarily in the circumferential direction, and preferably wound in a sine wave pattern.