The present invention relates to a tyre (1) comprising:—a carcass (5);—at least one high elongation belt (1, 2, 3, 4), being applied as a single cord externally to said carcass (5); and—an external tread portion (6), provided with two or more grooves (7) extending according to a circumferential direction (L) around said tread portion (6), wherein the axial width (Wg) of at least one of said grooves (7), measured according to an axial direction (A) parallel to an axis of rotation (R) of said tyre (10) and orthogonal to said circumferential direction (L), is at most equal to 2 millimeters.

The subject of the invention is a cord (50) comprising a single layer (52) of helically wound metal filamentary elements (54). The metal filamentary elements define an internal enclosure (58) of the cord of diameter Dv. Each metal filamentary element (54) has a diameter Df and a helix radius of curvature Rf.

With Dv, Df and Rf being expressed in millimetres, the cord satisfies the following relationships:

9≤Rf/Df≤30, and

1.30≤Dv/Df≤2.10.

A pneumatic tire is described which includes a tread, a carcass and a belt structure interposed between the carcass and the tread. The belt structure includes a first and second working belt, wherein the angle of the working belts range from about 12 degrees to about 30 degrees, wherein the belt structure further includes a low angle belt located between the working belts. The first working belt is the radially innermost belt, and is the widest belt. The second working belt is radially outward of the low angle belt, and has first and second lateral ends that are located adjacent first and second lateral belts. The first and second lateral belts are low angle belts. The pneumatic tire may further include an optional third working belt, that is the radially outermost belt.

The invention relates to a tyre (10) comprising a hooping ply (19) comprising at least one textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element making an angle strictly less than 10° with the circumferential direction (Z) of the tyre (10). The bonded textile wire-like reinforcer element has, before the step of production of the hooping ply (19), a tangent modulus less than or equal to 5 cN/tex/% for any elongation less than or equal to 3%. The textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element has, once extracted from the tyre (10), a tangent modulus greater than or equal to 5 cN/tex/% for any elongation greater than or equal to 4%.

The invention relates to a tyre comprising a working reinforcement comprising a single working ply, a carcass reinforcement and a hoop reinforcement. The hooping reinforcing textile filamentary element or elements (480), the working reinforcing filamentary elements (460) and the carcass reinforcing filamentary elements (440) are arranged so as to form a triangular mesh in projection on the circumferential equatorial plane (E). The or each hooping reinforcing textile filamentary element (480) is formed by a cord (30) with a triple twist (T1, T2, T3), comprising an assembly (25) consisting of N>1 strands (20a, 20b, 20c) twisted together with a twist T3 in a direction D2, each strand consisting of M>1 pre-strands, which are themselves twisted together with a twist T2 (T2a, T2b, T2c) in a direction D1 opposite to D2, each pre-strand itself consisting in a yarn that has been previously twisted about itself with a twist T1 in the direction D1, wherein at least half of the N times M yarns consist of elementary monofilaments of aromatic polyamide or aromatic copolyamide.

A tire (10) comprises a crown (12) comprising a tread (20), a crown reinforcement (14), a carcass reinforcement (32), two side walls (22), two beads (24), each side wall (22) linking each bead (24) to the crown (12), the crown reinforcement (14) extending in the crown (12) in a circumferential direction (Z) of the tire (10). The textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element (48), the wire-like working reinforcer elements (46) and the wire-like carcass reinforcer elements (44) are arranged so as to define, in projection on the equatorial circumferential plane (E), a triangular mesh. The textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element comprises a core composed of a first strand comprising at least one monofilament, and a layer comprising at least two second strands, each second strand comprising at least one monofilament, each second strand of the layer being helically wound around the core.

A tire constructed with a plurality of reinforcement belts is provided. At least one of the reinforcement belts extends along the axial width of the tire summit and is constructed according to an equilibrium curve that is flat throughout the summit. The reinforcement belts include cable reinforcements that are substantially parallel to the equatorial plane. Substantial reductions in the tension experienced by the cables can be achieved to provide, as a result, improvements in e.g., tread wear.

A tire constructed with a plurality of reinforcement belts is provided. At least one of the reinforcement belts extends along the axial width of the tire summit and is constructed according to an equilibrium curve that is flat throughout the summit. The reinforcement belts include cable reinforcements that are substantially parallel to the equatorial plane. Substantial reductions in the tension experienced by the cables can be achieved to provide, as a result, improvements in e.g., tread wear.

A radial tire (1) for a heavy-duty vehicle, in which the reinforcing elements of each hooping layer (331, 332, 333), forming an angle at most equal to 5? with the circumferential direction, and the reinforcing elements of the transverse reinforcer layers (321, 322, 323), forming an angle of between 10? and 45? with the circumferential direction, are extensible and therefore such that, in their rubberized state extracted from a polymer matrix, their structural elongation As is at least equal to 0.5%, their total elongation at break At is at least equal to 3% and their tensile Young's modulus E is at most equal to 150 GPa.

A pneumatic vehicle tire has a carcass, a belt and a profiled tread. The belt includes four belt plies wherein the third belt ply and the fourth belt ply are working plies. The reinforcement members of the working plies are arranged at an angle to the circumferential direction of 10 to 45 and the reinforcement members of the fourth belt ply at an angle of 10 to 45. The reinforcement members of the third and fourth belt plies are arranged such that they cross one another. The reinforcement members of the first belt ply are arranged at an angle of 40 to 75 and the reinforcement members of the second belt ply are arranged at an angle of 0 to 5 to the circumferential direction. The reinforcement members of the third belt ply and the reinforcement members of the first belt ply have the same direction of inclination.