A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure, the belt reinforcing structure comprising: a zigzag belt reinforcing structure formed of a strip of one or more reinforcement cords, the strip of one or more reinforcement cords being inclined at 5 to 30 degrees relative to the centerplane of the tire extending in alternation to turnaround points at each lateral edge, wherein the zigzag strip of cords may be formed from two different reinforcement cords made of different materials, and the lateral edges of the strip are preferably pointed or triangular in shape.

A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction. The belt layer formed by laminating an angle belt having a belt angle 45 and 70 in absolute values, a pair of cross belts, having belt angles of 10 and 45 in absolute values and having belt angles of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of 5 with respect to a tire circumferential direction. A tread width TW and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer have a relationship such that 0.82TW/Wca0.92. A width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer such that 0.60Ws/Wca0.70.

The invention relates to a fastening apparatus for fastening a measuring sensor such as a tire pressure sensor within a tire cavity on a vehicle rim, in particular a utility vehicle rim, comprising a band-shaped tensioning belt which carries a receiving device for the measuring sensor.

The fastening apparatus according to the invention is characterized in that the tensioning belt is produced from a material shrinking with the supply of heat, such that the tensioning belt shortens its length under heat supply.

The tire (10) for a construction plant vehicle comprises a tread (22) and a crown reinforcement (14) arranged radially on the inside of the tread (22). The crown reinforcement (14) comprises: a protective reinforcement (36) comprising at least one protective ply (42, 44) that exhibits a force at break Fm.sub.NSP; a working reinforcement (38) comprising at least one working ply (46, 48) that exhibits a force at break Fm.sub.NST; and a hoop reinforcement (39) comprising at least one hooping ply (40, 41), the hooping ply (40, 41) comprising reinforcing elements known as hoop reinforcing elements, the hoop reinforcing elements making an angle at most equal to 10 with the circumferential direction of the tire (10).

The working reinforcement (38) is arranged radially on the inside of the protective reinforcement (36). The ratio Fm.sub.NSP/Fm.sub.NST is greater than or equal to 0.27 and less than or equal to 0.90.

A tire includes a tread and a crown reinforcement arranged radially internal to the tread. The crown reinforcement includes a protective reinforcement and a working reinforcement. The protective reinforcement includes a protective ply that exhibits a force at break greater than or equal to 1300 daN.Math.cm.sup.1. The protective ply includes protective reinforcing elements, each of which exhibits a force at break greater than or equal to 3000 N. The working reinforcement is arranged radially internal to the protective reinforcement and includes a working ply. The working ply includes working reinforcing elements, each of which includes a working cord formed of at least a strand that includes an external layer of unsaturated threads.

The tire has a crown part with sidewalls that end in beads. The crown part has a tread and a crown reinforcement. The crown reinforcement has protective, working and additional reinforcements. The protective reinforcement has a protective layer with elastic metal reinforcers which form an angle at least equal to 10. The working reinforcement has working layers with crossed metal reinforcers and forming, with the circumferential direction, an angle at most equal to 60. The additional reinforcement has a layer with an axial width at most equal to 0.9 times the shortest of the axial widths of the working layers and comprising metal reinforcers which form an angle at most equal to 25. A tread pattern design of the tread has circumferentially oriented grooves. The mean axial distance between the two grooves closest to the equatorial midplane is greater than the maximum axial width of the additional reinforcement.

A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer radially outward of the carcass layer, and a tread rubber radially outward of the belt layer. A belt cord angle of a belt layer large angle belt is 45-70, opposite sign belt cord angles of cross belts are 10-45, and a reinforcing layer belt cord angle is within 5 of a circumferential direction. A reinforcing layer width Ws and a carcass cross-sectional width Wca satisfy 0.60Ws/Wca0.70. The reinforcing layer is radially outward of the cross belts which are radially outward of the large angle belt. A wider cross belt width Wb2 of the pair and Wca satisfy 0.79Wb2/Wca0.89. Wb2 and Wca satisfy 0.79Wb2/Wca0.89. Relationships 0.79Wb2/Wca0.84 and either 0.82TW/Wca0.92 or 0.79TW/SW0.89 are satisfied, where TW is a tread width and SW is a total tire width.

A pneumatic tire according to an embodiment includes a belt ply containing steel cords arranged to be inclined with respect to a tire circumferential direction, and a bending stiffness of the belt ply calculated by multiplying a bending stiffness per cord of the steel cords by a cord end count is 10 N/25.4 mm or more and less than 30 N/25.4 mm. A circumferential strength of the belt ply calculated by multiplying a product of a breaking load per cord of the steel cords and the cord end count by cos , where represents an inclination angle of the steel cords with respect to the tire circumferential direction, is 13.5 kN/25.4 mm or more.

A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer radially outward of the carcass layer, and a tread rubber radially outward of the belt layer. The belt layer is formed by laminating a large angle belt having a belt-cord angle of 45-70, a pair of cross belts having belt cord angles of 10-45 with opposite sign belt cord angles, and a reinforcing layer having a belt cord angle satisfying 5 relative to a circumferential direction. A reinforcing layer width Ws and a carcass cross-sectional width Wca satisfy 0.60Ws/Wca0.70. A wider cross belt width Wb2 of the pair of cross belts and the carcass width Wca satisfy 0.79Wb2/Wca0.89. Relationships 0.79Wb2/Wca0.84 and either 0.82TW/Wca0.92 or 0.79TW/SW0.89 are satisfied, where TW is a tread width and SW is a total tire width.

A pneumatic vehicle tire having a strength member ply comprising steel monofilaments having a cross-sectional area of 98 mm.sup.2 to 125 mm.sup.2 per meter of strength member ply, the steel has a carbon content of at least 0.86% by weight. To improve rolling resistance the monofilaments have a brass coating having a copper content of 61% by weight to 70% by weight and a zinc content of 30% by weight to 39% by weight, in that the monofilaments have a linear density of 92 g/100 m to 105 g/100 m, and the monofilaments each have a tensile density Td of 34 MPa/(g/100 m) to 39 MPa/(g/100 m). The strength member ply has an areal strength AS of 109 Nmm.sup.2 to 166 Nmm.sup.2, and the rubber material has a breaking elongation of 300% to 450%.