Patent classifications
B60C11/0075
TRUCK TIRE
A pneumatic tire for use on trucks, the tire comprising: a tread which includes a belt reinforcement structure, the belt structure including a pair of working belts, wherein the angle of the working belts range from about 10 degrees to about 50 degrees, and wherein the first working belt has an angle of the reinforcements different that the angle of the belt reinforcements of the second working belt. The belt package further includes a low angle belt that is preferably positioned between of the working belts. The pneumatic tire further includes a tread having a groove reinforced with a tread compound having a tensile at break greater than 18 MPa, and an elongation at break greater than 450%.
Tire with a tread sub-layer containing multiple materials
A tire has a sub-layer (7) made up substantially of a first base layer (71) disposed radially on the crown reinforcement (5) and axially between the median plane (CP) and a transition edge (711), the transition edge (711) being situated axially between the median plane (CP) and a shoulder (60), said first base layer (71) being made up of a rubber compound of given stiffness A, a second base layer (72) disposed radially on the crown reinforcement (5) and axially between the transition edge (711) and a shoulder end (721), said second base layer (72) being made up of a rubber compound of given stiffness B, a covering layer (73) disposed radially on the first base layer (71) and on the second base layer (72) and radially on the inside of the tread (6) and axially at least in sections situated between the median plane (CP) and the shoulder end (721), said covering layer (73) being made up of a rubber compound of given stiffness C, the stiffness B being less than the stiffness A, which is less than the stiffness C, and the stiffness C being greater than the stiffness M.
Tire having tread sub-layer flush with the groove bottom and reinforcing elements made of high modulus rubber integrated into the tread
A tire having an axis of rotation and a median plane (CP) perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and comprising: a crown reinforcement, a tread positioned radially on the outside of the crown reinforcement and axially between two shoulders, comprising a contact face intended to come into contact with the roadway while the tire is being driven on, wherein the tread is primarily made up of at least one rubber compound of given dynamic shear modulus M and comprises a plurality of furrows oriented substantially circumferentially, each furrow having a furrow bottom, and a sub-layer disposed radially on the outside of the crown reinforcement and radially on the inside of the tread, wherein the sub-layer is made up of at least one rubber compound of given dynamic shear modulus A is flush with each furrow bottom.
Pneumatic tire for heavy load
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a pneumatic tire for heavy load having improved fuel efficiency and rib tear resistance. Provided is a pneumatic tire for heavy load comprising a tread, wherein the pneumatic tire has a difference in modulus at 200% elongation between a base rubber layer and a cap rubber layer is set within a predetermined range and an acetone extraction amount of the base rubber layer is set within a predetermined range.
TIRE
A tire comprising a tread part, wherein a ratio (G/W.sub.L) of a tire weight G (kg) with respect to a maximum load capability W.sub.L (kg) of the tire is 0.0131 or less, the tread comprises at least one rubber layer composed of a rubber composition comprising a rubber component and a reinforcing filler, tan δ at 30° C. (30° C. tan δ) of the rubber composition is over 0.15, and complex modulus at 30° C. (E*.sub.30) of the rubber composition is less than 8.0 MPa, and a ratio (30° C. tan δ/G) of the 30° C. tan δ with respect to the G is 0.016 or more.
TIRE
In a tire, a tread includes a cap layer forming a part of an outer surface of the tire, a base layer disposed inwardly of the cap layer in a radial direction, and an intermediate layer disposed between the cap layer and the base layer in the radial direction. A loss tangent of the intermediate layer at 30° C. is less than a loss tangent of the cap layer at 30° C. and a loss tangent of the base layer at 30° C. is less than the loss tangent of the intermediate layer at 30° C. The tread includes at least two three-layer body portions formed of the cap layer, the intermediate layer, and the base layer, and at least one two-layer body portion that is formed of the cap layer and the base layer and disposed between a first three-layer body portion and a second three-layer body portion.
TIRE COMPRISING A TREAD WITH REINFORCING ELEMENTS
A tire having a tread comprising at least one circumferential reinforcing element 8 of which at least part of the meridional cross section has the shape of a triangle, the vertex of which is oriented radially towards the outside, the circumferential reinforcing element 8 comprising a skin 81 and a core 82, the skin material being at least twice as stiff as the core material.
Pneumatic Tire with Optimized Crown-and-Tread-Pattern Architecture
The invention is a tire comprising a crown comprising at least one layer of reinforcing elements. The radially outermost layer comprises at least one undulation (512). The undulations (512) in the radially outermost layer (5) are such that the points of the undulations are radially on the outside of the points of said layer (5) that are vertically beneath the centre of the bottom face (243) of the closest major groove (24) by at least a radial distance of 1.5 mm. The undulations (512) in the radially outermost crown layer make up at least 10% of the radially outer surface (ROS) of said crown layer (5). A rubber compound with a dynamic modulus G*, measured at 40° C. at 10% peak-to-peak strain at 10 Hz, that is at most equal to 3.25 MPa, makes up at least 30% of the rubber compounds vertically above said undulations.
Tread Structure of an Agricultural Vehicle Tire
Agricultural vehicle tire having tread (1) with bearing surface (10) on which main lugs (3) and shorter secondary lugs (3) are formed on each side of the equatorial mid-plane (XX′), each secondary lug (3) interposed between two main lugs (2). The main lugs (2) and secondary lugs (3) make up, in the radial direction, a lens (21, 31) of a first material, each lens (21, 31) surmounted by a second material extending to the contact face of the main lugs and the secondary lugs. The viscous modulus G″1 of the first material is at most 60% of the viscous modulus G″2 of the second material. The complex modulus G*1 of the first material differs from the complex modulus G*2 of the second material, the difference between these complex moduli being at most 30% of the complex modulus G*2 of the second material.
Tire with a tread having reinforced sectors and self-maintaining recesses
A tire is provided with a tread that includes first and second sectors and grooves. The second sectors are formed of a rigid reinforcing compound. Each of the first and second sectors has a contact face intended to contact a road surface when the tire is in use. Each groove includes sidewalls and a bottom, and extends from an end of an adjacent contact face. A depth P of each groove is measured in a radial direction between its bottom and a position corresponding to a radial height of the adjacent contact face. At least one of the second sectors has a contact face that includes a recess having a depth p of less than 2 mm, as measured in a radial direction from a surface of the recess to a position corresponding to a radial height of an adjacent first sector.