Patent classifications
B60C2001/0075
Tire Comprising A Layer Of Circumferential Reinforcing Elements
Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of reinforcing elements. First layer C of rubber compound is placed between ends of the two working crown layers. Second layer S of polymer compound is in contact with at least one working crown layer and with the carcass reinforcement. The crown reinforcement includes at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements. The elastic modulus under tension at 10% elongation of first layer C is less than 8 MPa, the maximum value of tan() of first layer C is less than 0.100. The second layer S is made up of a filled elastomer blend having a macro dispersion coefficient Z greater than or equal to 65 and a maximum tan() value less than 0.100, and its complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60 C. on the return cycle, is greater than 1.35 MPa.
Tire Comprising A Layer Of Circumferential Reinforcement Elements
A tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers each one formed of reinforcing elements inserted between two skim layers of rubber compound, a first layer S of polymer compound being in contact with at least one working crown layer and in contact with the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement comprising at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements. The elastic modulus under tension at 10% elongation of the layer C is greater than 9 MPa, the maximum value of tan(), denoted tan()max, of the layer C is less than 0.100 and the complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60 C. on the return cycle, of the first layer S of polymer compound is greater than 1.35 MPa.
Tire Having Improved Dynamic Properties
Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of reinforcing elements, crossed from one layer to the other making with the circumferential direction angles comprised between 10 and 45. A first layer S of polymer compound is in contact with at least one working crown layer and in contact with the carcass reinforcement, the first layer S of polymer compound extending axially as far as at least the axial end of the tread, the first layer S of compound polymer compound is made up of a filled elastomer blend having a macro dispersion coefficient Z greater than or equal to 65 and a maximum tan() value, denoted tan()max, less than 0.100 and its complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60 C. on the return cycle is greater than 1.35 MPa.
Tire Comprising A Layer Of Circumferential Reinforcement Elements
Tire comprising a crown reinforcement comprising two working crown layers having unequal axial widths. Layer C of rubber compound is placed between ends of the working crown layers. Second layer S of polymer compound is in contact with at least one working crown layer and the carcass reinforcement, which comprises a layer of circumferential reinforcing elements arranged radially between two working crown layers. Distance d between the end of the axially narrowest working layer and the working layer separated from it by layer C is 1.1<d<2.2, being the diameter of the reinforcing elements, in a meridian plane. Second layer S is made up of a filled elastomer blend having a macro dispersion coefficient Z65 and a maximum tan() value less than 0.100. Its complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60 C. on the return cycle is greater than 1.35 MPa.
AIRLESS TIRE
An airless tire includes a tread ring, a hub formed on radial direction inner side of the ring to be fixed to an axle, and a spoke structure connecting the ring and hub. The ring includes a tread rubber layer, a first reinforcing cord layer, a second reinforcing cord layer and a shear rubber layer between the first and second cord layers, the first and second cord layers and shear layer are formed such that ratio Eb.sub.1/Ee between tire circumferential direction tensile modulus Eb.sub.1 of the first cord layer and shear modulus Ee of the shear layer is 100 or greater and that ratio Eb.sub.2/Ee between tire circumferential direction tensile modulus Eb.sub.2 of the second cord layer and shear modulus Ee is 100 or greater, and each cord layer has a topping rubber having loss tangent tan b of 0.03 to 0.10 and tensile modulus E*b of 4 to 20 MPa.