Summary of the invention
Various feature and advantage of the present invention, a part will provide in the following description, perhaps can obviously find out from specification sheets.The invention provides a kind of air-inflation tyre that pinch shock is had high holding capacity.The intensive aspect of tire is in ad-hoc location and direction, thereby forms the opposing to the fracture of for example body piles.
In an illustrative embodiment, a kind of air-inflation tyre that is used to be contained on the wheel rim is provided, comprise the fetus face of kiss the earth and the crown part that supports fetus face.Crown part is positioned at the radially inner side of fetus face.Each of pair of sidewalls extends radially inwardly from the axial edge of crown part.Each sidewall forms the sidepiece of tire.Also comprise pair of bead, each tyre bead has along the inextensible bead core of circumferential direction and forms the bead core center.Each tyre bead is at the radially inner side of tire respective side walls part.Carcass passes crown part and extends between tyre bead.Body piles has a pair of carcass layer end, and each end is rolled around respective bead.Body piles is formed by the body piles cord of many radial directed.
At least one crown plies is positioned at the fetus face radially inner side, and is positioned at the body piles radial outside.Crown plies is extended between the tire sidepiece.Also comprise a pair of reinforcement plies.Each single reinforcement plies is positioned on the tire sidepiece, and extends to the radially inner position of crown plies from corresponding sidewall.Each reinforcement plies extends predetermined apart from d from the axial edge of crown plies.Reinforcement plies is formed by many reinforcement plies cords.The reinforcement plies cord becomes the oriented at predetermined angles of 0 to 20 degree with respect to the body piles cord.In certain embodiments, the reinforcement plies cord is basically parallel to the body piles cord.
The present invention also has a lot of other illustrative embodiment.As an example, tire can be by constituting as mentioned above, and wherein predetermined distance d is greater than about 10mm.The pair of bead external protection cement also is provided, and each is positioned at the tyre bead of tire.In this illustrative embodiment, each bead filler rubber separates body piles with carcass layer end, and each bead filler rubber radially extends preset distance h from corresponding tyre bead center
fFor some embodiment, preset distance h preferably
fGreater than about 30mm.
As another example, for each described sidepiece of tire, air-inflation tyre can also comprise carcass layer end, and carcass layer end is passed the position of corresponding sidewall arrival between corresponding reinforcement plies and crown plies.Each carcass layer end is extended predetermined distance d from the corresponding axial edge of crown plies.For some embodiment, preferably, the absolute value of the difference of predetermined distance d and d ' is greater than 5mm.In another embodiment, preferably, predetermined distance d ' greater than about 10mm.
In addition, as substituting of the carcass layer end of extending, can provide a pair of second enhancement layer, each is positioned on each sidepiece of tire.Each this second reinforcement plies extends to position between previously described reinforcement plies and the crown plies from corresponding bead part.The structure of each second reinforcement plies is to extend predetermined distance d from the corresponding axial edge of crown plies '.For some embodiment, preferably, the absolute value of the difference of predetermined distance d and d ' is greater than 5mm.In another embodiment, preferably, predetermined distance d ' greater than about 10mm.In other optional embodiment of the present invention, reinforcement plies stretches into corresponding sidewall from crown plies axial edge preset distance f, and preset distance f is 25mm at least approximately.As other example, form equator (equator) at tire, preset distance f can stretch into respective side walls at 25mm and reinforcement plies and reach between the amount near tire equator.
At last, as another example of the embodiment of the invention, airtyred structure is, each corresponding reinforcement plies at corresponding side wall portion and the corresponding overlapping about 5mm of body piles to 30mm.In addition, airtyred structure is that each reinforcement plies starts from corresponding tyre bead, extends through the position that corresponding side wall portion arrives the crown plies radially inner side.
Preferably, the body piles cord of any previously described embodiment and reinforcement plies cord are to be made by the textile material such as the combination of polyester, nylon, aramid, regenerated fiber or these textile materials.
To these and other feature, aspect and the advantage that the present invention may be better understood with reference to following description.Embodiments of the invention are sent out in the accompanying drawing diagram, and accompanying drawing is in conjunction with in this manual and constitute the part of this specification sheets, accompanying drawing with describe one and be used from and explain principle of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
Below will be in detail with reference to embodiments of the invention, its one or more examples are represented in the accompanying drawings.Each example provides according to explanation the present invention, and does not mean that restriction the present invention.For example, can be applied to another embodiment as the part of embodiment diagram or the feature described and produce the 3rd embodiment.Therefore, the present invention includes these other modifications and variations.It should be noted that for the ease of discussing, only the exemplary tire embodiment of half represents in the accompanying drawings.One of ordinary skill in the art it should be understood that utilizes principle given here, can repeat identical or similar substantially feature in the tire both sides.
Referring to Fig. 1, air-inflation meridian tire 100 has as the feature that further describes below below, is used for providing under some above-mentioned unfavorable driving conditions the opposing that pinch shock is increased.Tire 100 has contact ground-surface fetus face 105.Fetus face 105 is supported by crown part 110, and it is radially inside that crown part 110 is positioned at fetus face 105.Side wall portion 115 is from the radially inward direction extension of axial edge 120 of crown part 110.Tyre bead 125 is positioned at side wall portion 115 radially inner sides, and comprises the inextensible bead core 130 of circumferential direction.Though be illustrated as single-piece, bead core 130 generally includes along a branch of metal filament of circumferential direction through tyre bead 125.One of ordinary skill in the art it should be understood that the accurate shape of utilizing principle given here, the present invention not to limit the tyre bead 125 shown in Fig. 1-4, fetus face 105 or tire 100.Other embodiment that is used to be installed in multiple different size and shape wheel rim also falls within the scope of the invention.
For the opposing that pinch shock is increased is provided, tire 100 is included in the intensive aspect in the tire shoulder portion 135 that describes below.Body piles 140 extends between the tyre bead 125 of tire 100, and terminates in a pair of carcass layer end 145.Each carcass layer end 145 is by twining body piless 140 around bead core 130, ending body piles 140 along side wall portion 115 after radially outward direction is extended preset distance then and form.Body piles 140 passes crown part 100 in crown plies 150 radially inner positions.Bead filler rubber 155 is positioned at the radial outside of each tyre bead 130, and body piles 140 is separated with carcass layer end 145.When perpendicular to tire 100 axially begin from bead core 130 centers measure, bead filler rubber 155 has predetermined altitude h
fWhen axially begin to measure from bead core 130 centers perpendicular to tire 100, carcass layer end 145 has predetermined altitude h
cFor specific embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 1, predetermined altitude h
cIt is at least 55% of nominal lower tire side wall height H (persons skilled in the art should be appreciated that nominal lower tire side wall height is the product that the tire aspect ratio multiply by the tire cross-section width).But such as other consideration of manufacturing process, perhaps the tyre performance except that pinch shock to need to consider the predetermined altitude h of different numerical value
c
Usually, body piles 140 is to be formed by many textile cords, and cord is by making such as the combination of polyester, nylon, aramid, regenerated fiber or these textile materials.These cords are arranged diametrically along the side wall portion 115 of tire 100 usually.More specifically, along the side wall portion of tire 100, the cord of body piles 140 is basically perpendicular to the S. A. of tire 100.
In addition, tire 100 has a pair of reinforcement plies 160, each is in a side of tire 100 and be arranged in tire shoulder portion 135. as shown in Figure 1, each reinforcement plies 160 extends to the radially inner side of crown plies 150 from side wall portion 115. and reinforcement plies 160 shown in Figure 1 is in body piles 140 radially outer positions, but, it should be understood that, reinforcement plies 160 is in body piles 140 radially inner sides location also within the spirit and scope of the present invention. and reinforcement plies 160 extends predetermined distance d towards crown part 110, and the axial edge 165. of crossing radially interior crown plies 150 preferably, predetermined distance d is greater than 10mm, but can be according to such as other factors such as manufacturing process or the tyre performance except pinch shock and longer. reinforcement plies 160 also extends preset distance f towards side wall portion 115, and the axial edge 165. of crossing radially interior crown plies 150 preferably, preset distance f is 25mm at least, but can be according to such as other factorses such as manufacturing process or the tyre performance except pinch shock and longer. in other embodiments of the invention, apart from the length of f 25mm at least, but be no more than the length that reinforcement plies 160 is crossed tire equator E. as body piles 140, reinforcement plies 160 is formed by many textile cords usually, cord is by such as polyester, nylon, aramid, the combination of regenerated fiber or these textile materials is made. as carcass layer end 145, reinforcement plies 160 provides extra reinforcement in tire 100, opposing destroys or pinch shock when extruding occurring between wheel rim and road surface.
Utilize finite element method, the applicant has studied the influence of the angle of the cord in the relative body piles 140 of cord that changes in the reinforcement plies 160 to the opposing pinch shock.Normally used rubbery material is in fact incompressible in tire construction.As a result, when these materials are extruded, for example producing under the condition of pinch shock between wheel rim and road surface, rubber causes the force direction expansion of extruding in approximate vertical.According to displacement, the cord in the tire may rupture, and is called pinch shock here.The applicant determined, by with the cord of reinforcement plies 160 by the mode orientation that is basically parallel to body piles 140, can produce reinforced tire 100 and increase its maximum effect the pinch shock opposing.But this parallel orientation is unfavorable to some application, for example needs to increase the application of lateral stability.Therefore, the applicant determines, can use the angle except that parallel orientation between the cord of body piles 140 and reinforcement plies 160, and the tire construction of opposing pinch shock still can be provided simultaneously.
Below with reference to the diagram of curves of Fig. 7, the cord that the x axle represents to constitute reinforcement plies 160 is the angle of the horizontal surface of the S. A. by tire 100 relatively.For example, an angle of 90 degrees is represented the horizontal surface of the cord of reinforcement plies perpendicular to the S. A. that passes through tire 100.Under this orientation, the cord of body piles 140 and reinforcement plies 160 is parallel to each other substantially.Curve y axle among Fig. 7 represents to stand the interior application force ratio of tire specific part of finite element analysis.This specific part is the choice of location that occurs the pinch shock effect from the tire shoulder portion 135 interior expections usually of tire 100.The ratio that the y axle is represented is:
R=(F
rp/F
0)*100
In the formula, F
Rp=have a tensile force that reinforcement plies stands
F
0=the tensile force that do not have reinforcement plies to stand
In order to make the tensile force minimum that causes pinch shock, need reduce R or make its minimum.Shown in the curve of Fig. 7, when the cord of reinforcement plies 160 relatively the angle of the horizontal surface of the S. A. by tire 100 be 90 when spending, the R minimum.In other words, when the cord of reinforcement plies 160 is parallel to the cord that constitutes body piles 140, the R minimum.But as shown in Figure 7, the applicant determines that when angle was spent between (that is, body piles cord 0 to 20 is spent relatively) 70 to 90, reinforcement plies 160 still produces to be resisted the pinch shock acceptable.Though under the angles that are lower than 70 degree, still play some effects, when angle when reducing, provides the cost of reinforcement plies 160 to begin to surpass the benefit of resisting pinch shock since 70 degree.Therefore, when preferably less than the angle of 90 degree (may for the application of the higher lateral stability of needs), the applicant finds to utilize the present invention still can realize opposing to pinch shock.
Fig. 2 represents the tire 200 of another illustrative embodiment according to the present invention.Tire 200 is at the preset distance h except bead filler rubber 255
fBeyond obviously reducing, all be similar to tire shown in Figure 1 100 in all respects.In this embodiment, the path of at least a portion carcass layer end 245 is consistent with the path of body piles 240.Preferably, carcass layer end 245 is followed the radial extension h of the radial position of body piles greater than bead filler rubber
fBy reducing the volume of bead filler rubber 255, in tyre bead 225, obtain the focal length that body piles 240 increases.Preferably, h
fBe about 20mm.Preset distance h
cAt least 30mm, but according to consider such as other consideration such as manufacturing process or the performance except pinch shock can be longer.For other embodiments of the invention, h
cCan be 30mm and be not more than numerical value between the amount that carcass layer end 245 extends across equator E at least. by previously described mode, tire 200 comprises a pair of reinforcement plies 260, in the tire shoulder portion 235 of each tire 200 each one, and comprise body piles 240, body piles is rolled around bead core 230 and is formed carcass layer end 245. reinforcement plies 260 and be illustrated in and be in body piles 240 radially outer positions among Fig. 2, but it should be understood that, radially inwardly locate reinforcement plies 260 also within the spirit and scope of the present invention at body piles 240. as previously mentioned, the angle of the cord in the relative body piles 240 of the cord in the reinforcement plies 260 is between 0 to 20 degree. in other words, cord in the reinforcement plies 260 relatively the angle of the horizontal surface of the S. A. by tire 200 between 70 to 90 degree. and, reinforcement plies 260 extends preset distance f towards side wall portion 215, and the axial edge 265. of crossing radially interior crown plies 250 preferably, preset distance f is 25mm at least, but according to consider such as other consideration such as manufacturing process or the performance except pinch shock can be longer. in certain embodiments, be 25mm at least apart from f, but reinforcement plies 260 extends across tire equator E.
Tire 300 according to another embodiment of the invention is illustrated among Fig. 3.Tire 300 comprises the body piles of rolling around bead core 330 340.But, not to terminate in side wall portion 315, carcass layer end 345 extends up through side wall portion 315 and enters tire shoulder portion 335.More specifically, carcass layer end 345 extends across axial edge 365 predetermined distance d of crown plies 350 '.Preferably, d ' is greater than 10mm.Carcass layer end 345 is between crown plies 350 and reinforcement plies 360.According to previously described mode, tire 300 comprises a pair of reinforcement plies 360.Reinforcement plies 360 is illustrated in and is in body piles 340 radially outer positions among Fig. 3, but it should be understood that reinforcement plies 360 also can be positioned at body piles 340 radially inner positions.Each reinforcement plies 360 passes tire shoulder portion 335 and crosses axial edge 365 predetermined distance d.Preferably, the absolute value of the difference of d and d ' is greater than 5mm.Though the layer 360 that the embodiment of Fig. 3 and 4 represents to increase is embedded between 340 and 345,360 can be, inside or outside in any position.This is correct for all embodiment of the present invention.
In a word, body piles 340, carcass layer end 345 and reinforcement plies 360 provide three enhancement Layers in the tire shoulder portion 335 of tire 300, and form double shielding at tyre bead 330.Be similar to previously described embodiment, body piles 340 is to become many cords of an angle of 90 degrees degree orientation to constitute by the horizontal surface radially directed or S. A. by tire 300 relatively.By making cord in the relative body piles 340 of cord that constitutes reinforcement plies 360 become angle orientation between 0 to 20 degree, the opposing of 300 pairs of pinch shock of tire increases, and the angle of 0 degree is best.This feature can reduce to combine with bead filler rubber 355 volumes, with the body piles 340 that provides local strength to increase at tyre bead 330.In addition, the durability of tyre bead 330 is by reducing preset distance h
fThe thickness of (with respect to the illustrative embodiment of for example Fig. 1) and bead filler rubber 355 and increasing.In addition, reinforcement plies 360 extends preset distance f and crosses the axial edge 365 of radially interior crown plies 350 towards side wall portion 315.Preferably, preset distance f is 25mm at least, but according to consider such as other consideration such as manufacturing process or the performance except pinch shock can be longer.In certain embodiments, be 25mm at least apart from f, but reinforcement plies 360 extends across tire equator E.
Referring to Fig. 4, represent tire 400 in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention below.Tire 400 comprises body piles 440, and it is rolled and terminate in the side wall portion 415 around bead core 430.First reinforcement plies 460 passes tire shoulder portion 435 and crosses axial edge 465 predetermined distance d.As the description of front embodiment, the reinforcement plies of representing among Fig. 4 460 is in body piles 440 radially outer positions, but it should be understood that reinforcement plies 460 is positioned at body piles 440 radially inner positions also within the spirit and scope of the present invention.Second reinforcement plies 470 begins in tyre bead 425, passes side wall portion 415 and stretch into tire shoulder portion 435.Second reinforcement plies 470 is crossed axial edge 465 predetermined distance d of crown plies 450 '.Preferably, d ' is greater than 10mm.Second reinforcement plies 470 is between crown plies 450 and reinforcement plies 460.Preferably, the absolute value of the difference of d and d ' is greater than 5mm.
Body piles 440; first reinforcement plies 460 and second reinforcement plies 470 provide three enhancement Layers in the tire shoulder portion 435 of tire 400; provide three protective coveres at tyre bead 430. be similar to previously described embodiment; body piles 440 is by radially directed; perhaps become many cords formations of an angle of 90 degrees degree orientation relatively by the horizontal surface of tire S. A.. become angle orientation between 0 to 20 degree by making the cord in the relative body piles 440 of cord that constitutes reinforcement plies 460; the opposing of 400 pairs of pinch shock of tire increases; the angle of 0 degree is best. this feature can reduce to combine with bead filler rubber 455 volumes; to form body piles 440. that local strengths increase at tyre bead 430 in addition, the durability of tyre bead 430 is by reducing preset distance h
fThe thickness of (with respect to the illustrative embodiment of for example Fig. 1) and bead filler rubber 455 and increasing.At last, reinforcement plies 460 extends preset distance f and crosses the axial edge 465 of radially interior crown plies 450 towards side wall portion 415.Preferably, preset distance f is 25mm at least, but according to consider such as other consideration such as manufacturing process or the performance except pinch shock can be longer.In certain embodiments, be 25mm at least apart from f, but reinforcement plies 460 extends across tire equator E.
Fig. 5 represents the tire 500 according to another illustrative embodiment of the present invention.By previously described mode, tire 500 comprises a pair of reinforcement plies 560, respectively one in each tire shoulder portion 535 of tire 500, and comprise body piles 540, body piles is rolled around bead core 530 and is formed carcass layer end 545.Reinforcement plies 560 is illustrated in and is in body piles 540 radially outer positions among Fig. 5, but it should be understood that at body piles 540 radially inner location positioning reinforcement plies 560 also within the spirit and scope of the present invention.As previously mentioned, the angle of the cord in the relative body piles 540 of the cord in the reinforcement plies 560 is between 0 to 20 degree.In other words, the cord in the reinforcement plies 560 relatively the angle of the horizontal surface of the S. A. by tire 500 between 70 to 90 degree.And reinforcement plies 560 extends preset distance f and enters side wall portion 515, and crosses axial edge 565 predetermined distance d of radially interior crown plies 550.For this embodiment of the present invention, each corresponding reinforcement plies 560 and corresponding carcass ply ends 545 overlap distance e.This overlapping amount can be at 5mm between the 30mm.
Fig. 6 represents the tire 600 of the illustrative embodiment according to the present invention.By previously described mode, tire 600 comprises a pair of reinforcement plies 660, respectively one in each tire shoulder portion 635 of tire 600, and comprise body piles 640, body piles is rolled around bead core 630 and is formed carcass layer end 645.Reinforcement plies 660 is illustrated in and is in body piles 640 radially outer positions among Fig. 6, but it should be understood that at body piles 640 radially inner location positioning reinforcement plies 660 also within the spirit and scope of the present invention.As previously mentioned, the angle of the cord in the relative body piles 640 of the cord in the reinforcement plies 660 is between 0 to 20 degree.In other words, the cord of reinforcement plies 660 relatively the angle of the horizontal surface of the S. A. by tire 600 between 70 to 90 degree.And reinforcement plies 660 is crossed the axial edge 665 extension predetermined distance d of axially interior crown plies 650.Each corresponding reinforcement plies 660 also passes corresponding side wall portion 615 and arrives corresponding tyre bead 625.Like this, reinforcement plies 660 provides reinforcement for tire shoulder portion 635 and tyre bead 625 simultaneously.
It should be understood that and the present invention includes each variation that the illustrative embodiment to apparatus and method described herein makes.