A tungsten wire according one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a metal wire containing one of tungsten and a tungsten alloy; and a plating layer which covers a surface of the metal wire. The plating layer contains copper.

A metallic or metallized reinforcer has at least a surface of which is at least partially metallic, the at least partially metallic surface being coated with a polybenzoxazine sulfide whose repeating units include at least one unit corresponding to formula (I) or (II):

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in which the two oxazine rings are connected together via a central aromatic group, the benzene ring of which bears one, two, three or four groups of formula —S.sub.x—R in which “x” is an integer from 1 to 8 and R represents hydrogen or a hydrocarbon-based group including 1 to 10 carbon atoms and optionally a heteroatom chosen 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.

Disclosed are a metal wire, a manufacturing method therefor, and a tire. The metal wire is made by twisting a filament; an outer peripheral surface of the filament is covered with a Cu-M-Zn alloy coating; the outer peripheral surface of the filament is also covered with a Cu—Zn alloy coating; the metal wire is made of at least one filament; an area covered by the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is 10%-90% of an area of the outer peripheral surface of the filament, and the rest is the Cu—Zn alloy coating; M in the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is selected from one or two of Co, Ni, Mn, or Mo; the mass fraction of Cu in the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is 58%-72%, the mass fraction of M in the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is 0.5%-5%, and the balance in the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is Zn and inevitable impurities.

There is provided a steel cord including a steel wire and a plating layer that covers the steel wire and has Cu, Zn, and Co, wherein Cu and Zn are alloyed and a region covered with Co and a region not covered with Co are mixed on the outermost surface of the plating layer.

Provided is a pneumatic tire having excellent durability by defining a viscosity and a softening point of a coumarone resin within predetermined ranges. The pneumatic tire uses a reinforcing material having a coumarone resin film formed on a surface thereof. The coumarone resin film includes a coumarone resin having a viscosity from 350 to 2200 Pa.Math.sec at a temperature of 160 C. and a softening point from 75 to 130 C., and the reinforcing material is at least one of a bead wire or a steel cord. The coumarone resin film preferably has a thickness from 0.05 to 0.40 m. The reinforcing material is preferably the bead wire or the steel cord.

Provided is a pneumatic tire using a reinforcing material having a coumarone resin film formed on a surface thereof. The coumarone resin film includes a coumarone resin having a viscosity from 350 to 2200 Pa.Math.sec at a temperature of 160 C. and a softening point from 75 to 130 C., and the reinforcing material is at least one of abead wire or a steel cord.

The present disclosure relates to an electroplated bead wire having excellent oxidation resistance, of which oxidation resistance and aging adhesive strength with tire rubber are improved by forming a copper- and cobalt-plated layer by electroplating. The electroplated bead wire includes the plated layer formed through electroplating, wherein the plated layer contains 40 to 99 wt % of copper and 1 to 40 wt % of cobalt.

The rubber composite comprises a steel reinforcing element coated with an adhesive layer coating at least a portion of the reinforcing element. The adhesive layer comprises an adhesive composition comprising at least one phenol/aldehyde resin based on at least: one aromatic aldehyde and one polyphenol comprising one or more aromatic nucleus/nuclei. The coated steel reinforcing element is embedded in a rubber matrix based on a rubber composition comprising a crosslinking system comprising a content of molecular sulphur ranging from 1 to 5 phr.

A plurality of belt layers are laminated in a radial direction. The belt layer includes a plurality of steel cords arranged in parallel and aligned in a row, and rubber. The steel cords have a 14 structure in which 4 filaments are stranded. [Tensile rigidity][number of ends] is 10,000 N/% or greater and 20,000 N/% or less, and an interface rigidity is 2.5 MPa or higher and 5.0 MPa or lower.

Provided are: a tire including: a tire frame; and a reinforcing metal cord member that is wound at least on the outer circumference of the tire frame, wherein at least a portion of the reinforcing metal cord member is coated with a coating composition via an adhesion layer that contains a polyamide-based adhesive and has a melting point of from 160 C. to 200 C., the coating composition containing at least one thermoplastic material selected from polyamide-based thermoplastic resins having a melting point of from 160 C. to 240 C. and polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomers having a melting point of from 160 C. to 240 C.; and a method of producing the same.

A tire includes a steel cord having a plated coating layer, rubber covering the steel cord, the plated coating layer including Cu and Zn, and a bonding layer including Cu.sub.2S and CuS provided closer to the rubber than an interface between the steel cord and the rubber, wherein a molar ratio Cu.sub.2S/CuS of Cu.sub.2S and CuS included in the bonding layer is 1.0 or higher.