IP Library Granted Patent US 9,956,827
Granted Patent B2
US 9,956,827 · App. 14/411,858 · Granted May 1, 2018

Agricultural vehicle tire carcass reinforcement

Inventor: Claude Orlowski (Clermont-Ferrand, FR)
Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
B60C15/0018B60C3/04B60C15/0036B60C2015/009B60C2200/08
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Patent No.
US 9,956,827
App. No.
14/411,858
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Tire comprising carcass reinforcement ( 7 ) comprising turned-up carcass layers ( 71, 72 ) and non-turned-up carcass layers ( 73, 74 ), each turned-up carcass layer ( 71, 72 ) comprising main part ( 711, 721 ) wrapped, in each bead ( 4 ), from the inside of the tire towards the outside around bead wire ( 8 ) of diameter D, to form turn-up ( 712, 722 ) of which end (E 1 , E 2 ) is positioned radially on the outside of radially outermost point E of bead wire ( 8 ) at a radial distance (a 1 , a 2 ), each non-turned-up carcass layer ( 73, 74 ) having an end (E 3 , E 4 ) which is positioned at radial distance (b 3 , b 4 ) from the radially outermost point of E of bead wire ( 8 ), the radial distance (a 1 , a 2 ) is at least equal to 0.5 times the section height H of the tire and the radial distance (b 3 , b 4 ) is at most equal to diameter D of bead wire ( 8 ).

Claims (19)

1. A tire for a heavy vehicle of a self-propelled agricultural type, comprising:

a tread, of width A, connected by way of two sidewalls to two beads configured to provide a mechanical connection to a rim, of width L;

a reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement, radially on an inside of the tread, and a carcass reinforcement, radially on the inside of the crown reinforcement;

wherein the carcass reinforcement comprises at least two turned-up carcass layers and at least two non-turned-up carcass layers;

wherein each said turned-up carcass layer includes mutually parallel reinforcing elements and comprises a main part wrapped, in each said bead, from the inside of the tire towards an outside around a bead wire, of diameter D, so as to form a turn-up of which an end is positioned radially on the outside of a radially outermost point of the bead wire at a radial distance;

wherein each said non-turned-up carcass layer includes mutually parallel reinforcing elements, an end of which is positioned at a radial distance from the radially outermost point of the bead wire, and each non-turned-up carcass layer is not wrapped around any portion of any bead wire;

wherein a meridian section of the tire has, in a meridian plane passing through a rotation axis of the tire, a section height H and a section width S;

wherein, in each sidewall portion of the tire, a sequence of carcass layers from the outside of the tire to the inside of the tire comprises a turn-up of a first turned-up carcass layer, a first non-turned-up carcass layer, a turn-up of a second turned-up carcass layer, a second non-turned-up carcass layer, a main portion of the second turned-up carcass layer, and a main portion of the first turned-up carcass layer;

wherein the radial distance between the end of the turn-up of each turned-up carcass layer and the radially outermost point of the bead wire is at least equal to 0.5 times the section height H of the tire, and wherein the radial distance between the end of each non-turned-up carcass layer and the radially outermost point of the bead wire is at most equal to the diameter D of the bead wire.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the radial distance between the end of the turn-up of each turned-up carcass layer and the radially outermost point of the bead wire is at most equal to 0.85 times the section height H of the tire.

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing elements of at least one of the carcass layers is made of textile.

4. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing elements of at least one of the carcass layers is made of polyester.

5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the meridian section of the tire has a crown deflection B, and the tread width A is at most equal to 20 times the crown deflection B.

6. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the meridian section of the tire has a crown deflection B, and the tread width A is at least equal to 10 times the crown deflection B.

7. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the section width S of the tire is at most equal to 1.4 times the rim width L.

8. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the section width S of the tire is at least equal to 1.1 times the rim width L.

9. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tread width A is at most equal to 0.95 times the section width S of the tire.

10. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tread width A is at least equal to 0.75 times the section width S of the tire.

11. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tread width A is at most equal to 16 times a crown deflection B.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2017
From: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
To: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
Reel/Frame 044777/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2015
From: ORLOWSKI, CLAUDE
To: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN; MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
Reel/Frame 034905/0804 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 12 56153 · Jun 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150165832A1 · Jun 18, 2015