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 120 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 230 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.

A tyre for vehicle wheels comprises a support structure and a tread band arranged in a radially outer position with respect to the support structure. The support structure comprises at least one reinforcing layer including a plurality of hybrid reinforcing cords (10′) each having a metallic wire (21) twisted together with a multifilament textile yarn (22) comprising a plurality of filaments (23). In any cross section of each of said hybrid reinforcing cords (10′), the metallic wire (21) is at least partially embedded in the filaments (23) of the multifilament textile yarn (22).

The present invention relates to a self-supporting tire for vehicle wheels comprising a carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply having a plurality of hybrid reinforcing cords (10) each comprising at least two strands (20) twisted to each other with a predetermined stranding pitch (P), wherein each of said at least two strands (20) comprises at least one monofilament textile thread (21) at least partially embedded in the filaments (22a) of at least one multifilament textile yarn (22) and a pair of sidewall reinforcement inserts (113), where at least one of said sidewall reinforcement inserts comprises a vulcanised elastomeric compound which has a dynamic shear modulus value G equal to or less than 1.25 MPa measured at 70° C., 10 Hz, 9% deformation according to the RPA method reported in the present description.

A tire for use under heavy loads and high speeds includes a tread, a crown reinforcement, a carcass reinforcement with at least one ply wound about a pair of bead cores, and a cut/puncture resistant breaker layer disposed radially adjacent the crown reinforcement and radially inside the tread. The cut/puncture resistant breaker layer is formed of monofilaments inclined at between about 0 degrees and about 10 degrees relative to an equatorial plane of the tire.

A ply (16, 18) comprises metallic monofilaments (46′, 46″). Each monofilament (46′) of a first group has a positive torsional elastic deformation in a first direction about its main axis (G). Each monofilament (46″) of a second group has a negative torsional elastic deformation in a second direction about its main axis (G). The absolute value of the torsional elastic deformation C of each monofilament (46′, 46″) is such that |C|≤6 turns per ten metres. The mean S of the torsional elastic deformations of the monofilaments (46′, 46″) of the ply (16, 18) is such that −0.25 turn per ten metres≤S≤+0.25 turn per ten metres. The monofilaments (46′, 46″) are arranged next to one another so as to alternate one or more monofilaments (46′) of the first group with one or more monofilaments (46″) of the second group.

A tire includes a belt layer in a tread portion. The belt layer includes at least one belt ply. The belt ply includes a plurality of belt cords including a steel single wire having a flat cross-sectional shape. In at least one of the belt cords, the steel single wire has a short diameter direction inclined at an angle θ of less than 90 degrees with respect to a thickness direction of the belt ply.

Provided is a pneumatic tire that includes a belt reinforcing layer formed of an organic fiber cord. A belt layer disposed on an outer circumferential side of a carcass layer in a tread portion is formed of monofilament wires having a wire diameter of 0.30 mm or more and 0.45 mm or less. The belt reinforcing layer is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the belt layer, is formed of an organic fiber cord that is made of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber and has an intermediate elongation under 2.0 cN/dtex load of from 2.0% to 4.0%.

A pneumatic tire including a belt constituted by at least one belt layer on a tire radial-direction inner side of a tread portion. The belt layer includes a reinforcing element containing plural metal filaments aligned in a single row without being twisted together is embedded in an elastomer. The tread portion includes: two or more circumferential main grooves arranged within a width of a ground-contact surface; and land portions, and widthwise sipes are arranged in at least one of center land portion. The widthwise sipes each include: a linear portion linearly extending from the surface of the tread portion toward the tire radial-direction inner side; and a bent portion extending from the linear portion toward the tire radial-direction inner side, and the length of the linear portion increases from an extending length center portion of each widthwise sipe toward at least one of tread widthwise end portions.

To provide a tire that is not only improved in durability, steering stability, and low rolling resistance in high-speed driving but also excellent in tire productivity. A tire including a pair of bead cores (11), a carcass including at least one carcass ply (12) extending between the pair of bead cores (11), a belt (13) including at least one belt layer placed outward in a tire radial direction of the carcass, and at least one belt reinforcement layer (14) placed outward in a tire radial direction of the belt (13), in which a reinforcement cord of at least one of the carcass ply (12) and the belt reinforcement layer (14) includes a cord using a polyamide multifilament including a polycondensate of a dicarboxylic acid including an aromatic dicarboxylic acid with a diamine.

Provided are: an elastomer-metal cord composite which can improve various performance of a tire, such as steering stability, corrosion propagation resistance, and belt layer separation resistance; and a tire including the same. In an elastomer-metal cord composite (10), a metal cord (2) composed of a bundle of plural metal filaments (1) that are arranged in a single row without being twisted together is coated with an elastomer (3). A gap is provided between adjacent metal filaments, and when the diameter of the metal filaments is defined as D (mm), a gap amount, which is a distance between the surfaces of the adjacent metal filaments that is measured in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the metal cord, is defined as G (mm), and the number of metal filaments constituting the metal cord is defined as N (filaments), the elastomer-metal cord composite (10) satisfies a relationship expressed by the following Formula (1): 0.45≤[(D/2).sup.2×π×N]/{D×[D×N+G×(N−1)]}≤0.77 (1) wherein, D and G>0, and N is an integer.