A radial tire, notably for a passenger vehicle or van, has a very thin belt structure comprising a multilayer composite laminate of specific construction, with a first layer of rubber reinforced by circumferential textile reinforcers in the form of monofilaments or assemblies of monofilaments, preferably slightly heat-shrinkable, for example made of nylon or of polyester, this first layer radially (in the direction Z) surmounting two other layers of rubber, reinforced by high-strength steel monofilaments. The mean thickness of rubber, measured in the radial direction (Z), separating a first reinforcer from the second reinforcer which is closest to it, and that separating a second reinforcer from the third reinforcer which is closest to it, are both less than or at most equal to 0.35 mm.

A radial tire, notably for a passenger vehicle or van, has a lightened belt structure comprising a multilayer composite laminate of specific construction, with a first layer of rubber reinforced by heat-shrinkable circumferential textile reinforcers in the form of monofilaments or assemblies of monofilaments, for example made of nylon or of polyester, this first layer radially (in the direction Z) surmounting two other layers of rubber, reinforced by small steel cords such as, for example, carbon steel cords of construction 12.

Disclosed are a hybrid cord produced by plying and twisting high modulus yarns and polyamide monofilaments, and a tire including the same. More specifically, disclosed is a method of producing a hybrid cord having a clear core-covering structure including a core comprising a polyamide monofilament and a covering spirally twisted around the core and comprising a high modulus yarn. The hybrid cord can clearly control the modulus ratio in each area, improving production efficiency of the cord and processability of the tire and reducing deviations of uniformity and driving performance. In addition, the tire using the hybrid cord reduces tire deformation during driving, thus satisfying both driving performance and comfort.

To provide a pneumatic tire excellent in steering stability and fuel efficiency at high-speed driving, it is provided a pneumatic tire having a tread portion with a circumferential groove and a belt layer, wherein a monofilament cord is used as a reinforcing cord for the belt layer; the number of arrangements e (lines/5 cm) of the monofilament cords arranged per 5 cm in the tire width direction in the tire radial cross section of the belt layer is 50/5 cm or more; and the distance G (mm) from the surface of the land portion closest to the equatorial plane among land portions separated by the circumferential groove to the monofilament cord, and the loss tangent (30 C. tan ) when the rubber composition constituting the surface of the tread portion is measured under conditions of temperature: 30 C., initial strain: 5%, dynamic strain: 1%, frequency: 10 Hz, and deformation mode: tensile, satisfy 30 C. tan G<1.5.

A flat or planar reinforcer shaped as a multicomposite strip (R1), which is defined by three main perpendicular directions: an axial direction (X), a transverse direction (Y), and a radial direction (Z), has a width L.sub.R in the Y direction of between 2 and 100 mm, and has a thickness E.sub.R in the Z direction of between 0.1 and 5 mm. A ratio L.sub.R/E.sub.R is greater than 3. The multicomposite strip includes a plurality of monofilaments made of a composite material. The monofilaments are oriented along the X direction and include filaments of a mineral material embedded in a thermoset resin having a glass transition temperature Tg.sub.1 that is greater than 70 C. The monofilaments are coated in a layer of thermoplastic material. The reinforcer may be used to reinforce a tire and a multilayer laminate, which may be used to reinforce a tire.

The tire (10) comprises a crown (12) surmounted by a tread (22), two sidewalls (24), two beads (26), each sidewall (24) connecting each bead (26) to the crown (12), a carcass reinforcement (34) anchored in each of the beads (26) and extending in the sidewalls (24) as far as the crown (12). The carcass reinforcement (34) comprises one carcass ply (44) comprising carcass reinforcing elements (46) having a mean laying pitch (P) strictly greater than 1.5 mm. The carcass ply (44) comprises an elastomer matrix (54) in which the carcass reinforcing elements (46) are embedded, each carcass reinforcing element (46) comprising: one filamentary element (56), and one sheath (58) coating the filamentary element (56) and comprising at least one layer (60) of a thermoplastic polymer composition.

Provided is a tire such that both tire weight reduction and high durability can be achieved by establishing a technology capable of ensuring the sufficient effect of preventing diameter growth even when the amount of steel used in a belt layer is decreased. The tire includes: two or more crossing belt layers 4 including rubberized layers of steel cords tilting and extending at an angle of 10 to 30 with respect to a tire equatorial plane, the rubberized layers being arranged such that the directions of the cords intersect each other; and a high-angle bell layer 3 including a rubberized layer of steel cords tilting and extending at an angle which is 5 or more greater than the angle of the crossing belt layers. The mass of the steel cords per unit area included in the high-angle belt layer is 85% or less of the mass of the steel cords per unit area included in the crossing belt layers, and compressive rigidity per unit area in a cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the steel cords of the high-angle belt layer is greater than compressive rigidity per unit area in a cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the steel cords of the crossing belt layers.

Method for the treatment of single-filament polyethylene terephthalate cords for the reinforcing layers of a pneumatic tyre comprising (a) an adhesive solution coating step, wherein the single filament cord is immersed in an adhesive solution; (b) a drying step, wherein the cord covered in adhesive resin is held within a drying oven at a temperature of between 12 and 180 C.; and (c) a thermobonding step wherein the cord, proceeding from the drying step, is arranged within an oven at a temperature of between 23 and 260 C. for a period of between 30 and 90 seconds. During the thermobonding step, the single filament cord is subjected to a tension of between 8 and 12 mN/dtex.

The invention relates to a two-wheeled vehicle pneumatic tire (1), preferably bicycle tire, particularly preferably racing bike tire (1), having a tread (2), a tire carcass, tire side walls (3) and two bead regions (4), each with a tire bead with a core (5), wherein the tire carcass comprises two carcass inlays (6,6) wherein the two carcass inlays (6, 6) extend from a zenith region (17) of the two-wheeled vehicle pneumatic tire (1) over the tire side walls (3) as far as the two bead regions (4) and are looped there around the respective core (5) from axially on the inside axially outward and end with carcass inlay ends (7,7) and wherein the two bead regions (4) each have a bead protective strip (8) arranged on the carcass from the outside as protection against chafing. The problem addressed is that of improving the rolling resistance. The problem is solved in that the carcass inlay ends (7) of the inner carcass inlay (6) are covered from the outside by the respective bead protective strip (8), wherein the inner carcass inlay (6) is formed by that carcass inlay of the two carcass inlays (6, 6) which is the radially inner carcass inlay in the zenith region (17). The invention furthermore relates to a two-wheeled vehicle having a tire of said type.

The present invention is directed to a cord reinforcement for a tire comprising parallel cords wherein at least one of the cords is a hybrid cord comprising a flat monofilament and a multifilament yarn, wherein the flat monofilament comprises polyamide and the multifilament yarn is wrapped around the flat monofilament and comprises one or more of aramid, glass fiber material and carbon fiber material. The flat monofilament has a linear density within a range of 2200 dtex to 6000 dtex and the multifilament yarn has a linear density within a range of 1800 dtex to 4400 dtex. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a tire comprising one or more of such cords.