TIRE INCLUDING A REINFORCEMENT FOR REINFORCING A SIDEWALL
A tire ( 10 ) comprises: a crown ( 12 ) surmounted by a tread ( 20 ), two sidewalls ( 22 ), two beads ( 24 ), each sidewall ( 22 ) connecting each bead ( 24 ) to the crown ( 12 ), a carcass reinforcement ( 32 ) anchored in each of the beads ( 24 ) and extending from each bead ( 24 ) through each sidewall ( 22 ) and comprising textile filamentary carcass reinforcing elements, a sidewall reinforcing reinforcement ( 25 ) comprising textile filamentary sidewall reinforcer reinforcing elements. R=max(K1,i)/min(K2,j)>1 where K1,i is the twist factor of each of the i carcass multifilament textile plied strands of each textile filamentary carcass reinforcing element, and K2,j is the twist factor of each of the j sidewall reinforcer multifilament textile plied strands of each textile filamentary sidewall reinforcer reinforcing element.
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11 . A tire comprising:
a crown surmounted by a tread,
two sidewalls,
two beads, each sidewall connecting each bead to the crown,
a carcass reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and extending from each bead through each sidewall and comprising textile filamentary carcass reinforcing elements, each textile filamentary carcass reinforcing element comprising at least two carcass multifilament textile plied strands wound in a helix one about the other with a twist R1 expressed in turns per meter,
a sidewall reinforcing reinforcement comprising textile filamentary sidewall reinforcer reinforcing elements, each textile filamentary sidewall reinforcer reinforcing element comprising at least two sidewall reinforcer multifilament textile plied strands wound in a helix one around the other with a twist R2 expressed in turns per meter,
wherein R=max(K1,i)/min(K2,j)>1,
where K1,i is the twist factor of each of the i carcass multifilament textile plied strands of each textile filamentary carcass reinforcing element defined by K1,i=R1·[T1,i/(1000·d1,i)] 1/2 in which T1,i, expressed in tex, is the count of each of the i carcass multifilament textile plied strands and d1,i is the density of the material in which each of the i carcass multifilament textile plied strands is made, and
where K2,j is the twist factor of each of the j sidewall reinforcer multifilament textile plied strands of each textile filamentary sidewall reinforcer reinforcing element defined by K2,j=R2·[T2,j/(1000·d2,j)] 1/2 in which T2,j, expressed in tex, is the count of each of the j sidewall reinforcer multifilament textile plied strands and d2,j is the density of the material in which each of the j sidewall reinforcer multifilament textile plied strands is made.
12 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein R≧1.05.
13 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein R≧1.10.
14 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein R≧1.30.
15 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein R≧1.40.
16 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein R≦2.
17 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein R≦1.75.
18 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein R≦1.6.
19 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein the carcass reinforcement is axially discontinuous, the discontinuity extending axially at least partially under the crown.
20 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein the carcass reinforcement comprises a single carcass ply.
21 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein the sidewall reinforcing reinforcement comprises a single sidewall reinforcing ply.
22 . The tire according to claim 11 , wherein the carcass reinforcement is anchored in each bead by being turned up around an annular structure of the bead so as to form a main strand and a turn up.
23 . The tire according to claim 11 further comprising a crown reinforcement radially interposed between the carcass reinforcement and the tread.
24 . The tire according to claim 23 , wherein the crown reinforcement comprises at least one crown ply, and the radially outer end of the sidewall reinforcing reinforcement is axially on the inside of the axially outer end of the crown ply radially adjacent to the sidewall reinforcing reinforcement.
25 . The tire according to claim 24 , wherein the axial distance between the radially outer end of the sidewall reinforcing reinforcement and the axially outer end of the crown ply radially adjacent to the sidewall reinforcing reinforcement is greater than or equal to 10 mm.