Device inside a tire for reducing rolling noise
View Patent ↗Tire including a crown, sidewalls extending the crown on each side, these sidewalls being connected to beads intended to be in contact with a mounting rim on which the tire is mounted, this tire having an internal wall delimiting, with the mounting rim, an internal cavity to allow the tire to be inflated. This tire includes, over at least part of its internal wall delimiting the internal cavity, a plurality of protrusions of elongate shape forming a dense coating, this tire being characterized in that these protrusions of elongate shape include a plurality of supporting fibers and a plurality of branching fibers, the branching fibers being attached to the supporting fibers, each supporting fiber having two ends, of which at least one is attached to the internal wall of the tire.
1. A tire intended for use without an air chamber, this tire comprising:
a crown provided with a tread intended to come into contact with the road surface during running,
sidewalls extending the crown on each side, these sidewalls being connected to beads intended to be in contact with a mounting rim on which the tire is mounted,
an internal wall delimiting, with the mounting rim, an internal cavity to allow the tire to be inflated,
a plurality of protrusions of elongate shape forming a dense coating over at least part of the internal wall delimiting the internal cavity, comprising:
a plurality of supporting fibers, each having two ends, one of which is attached to the internal of the tire, and
a plurality of branching fibers, attached to the supporting fibers.
2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting fibers and the branching fibers are chosen from the group consisting of nylon, PET, acrylic, cotton, flax, wool and rayon fibers.
3. The tire according to claim 2 , wherein the supporting fibers have a length of at least 0.5 mm and at most 10 mm and a diameter ranging between 0.01 mm and 0.5 mm.
4. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the number of supporting fibers is at least 5 to 100 per unit area expressed in mm 2 .
5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the number of branching fibers attached to one supporting fiber is at least 1 and at most 20.
6. The tire according to claim 5 , wherein the branching fibers have been attached to the supporting fibers by a “flocking” process, and wherein the supporting fibers have been attached to the internal wall by a “flocking” process, thereby increasing the volume density of the supporting fibers and the branching fibers.
7. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein that the entirety of the internal wall of the tire is provided with protrusions of elongate shape, each protrusion being made up of a supporting fiber to which at least one branching fiber is attached.
8. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting fibers and the branching fibers are made of rubber.