Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/18—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers
  • B60C9/20—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel
  • B60C9/2003—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel characterised by the materials of the belt cords
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/0007—Reinforcements made of metallic elements, e.g. cords, yarns, filaments or fibres made from metal
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/0042—Reinforcements made of synthetic materials
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/005—Reinforcements made of different materials, e.g. hybrid or composite cords
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/0064—Reinforcements comprising monofilaments
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/18—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers
  • B60C9/20—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel
  • B60C9/2003—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel characterised by the materials of the belt cords
  • B60C9/2009—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel characterised by the materials of the belt cords comprising plies of different materials
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
  • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
  • D02G3/00—Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
  • D02G3/44—Yarns or threads characterised by the purpose for which they are designed
  • D02G3/48—Tyre cords
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/18—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers
  • B60C9/20—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel
  • B60C2009/2012—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel with particular configuration of the belt cords in the respective belt layers
  • B60C2009/2016—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel with particular configuration of the belt cords in the respective belt layers comprising cords at an angle of 10 to 30 degrees to the circumferential direction
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/18—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers
  • B60C9/20—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel
  • B60C2009/2061—Physical properties or dimensions of the belt coating rubber
  • B60C2009/2067—Thickness
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/18—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers
  • B60C9/20—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel
  • B60C2009/2074—Physical properties or dimension of the belt cord
  • B60C2009/2077—Diameters of the cords; Linear density thereof
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
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  • B60C2009/2074—Physical properties or dimension of the belt cord
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
  • B60C9/18—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers
  • B60C9/20—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel
  • B60C2009/2074—Physical properties or dimension of the belt cord
  • B60C2009/2096—Twist structures
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
  • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
  • D10B2331/00—Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products
  • D10B2331/02—Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products polyamides
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
  • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
  • D10B2331/00—Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products
  • D10B2331/04—Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products polyesters, e.g. polyethylene terephthalate [PET]

Definitions

• the present invention relates to tires for vehicles, and their crown reinforcement or belt. It relates more particularly to multilayer composite laminates used in the belt of such tires, particularly for passenger cars or vans.
• a radial carcass reinforcement tire for a passenger vehicle or a van has, as is known, a tread, two inextensible beads, two flexible flanks connecting the beads to the tread and a rigid crown reinforcement or "belt” (“ belt ”) arranged circumferentially between the carcass reinforcement and the tread.
• the tire belt is generally constituted by at least two rubber plies known as “working plies”, “triangulation plies” or “working reinforcement”, superimposed and crossed, most often reinforced with metal cables arranged substantially parallel to one another. relative to the others and inclined relative to the median circumferential plane, these working plies may or may not be associated with other plies and / or fabrics of rubber. These working plies have the primary function of giving the tire rigidity or high drift (“drift thrust” or “cornering”), necessary in a known manner to obtain good road handling (“handling”). ”) on a motor vehicle.
• the above belt which is particularly the case for tires likely to run at high speed in a sustained manner, may further comprise an additional rubber ply above the working plies (tread side), called “"hoopingweb” or “hooping reinforcement”, which is generally reinforced by so-called “circumferential” reinforcing yarns, that is to say that these reinforcement yarns are arranged substantially parallel to one another and extend substantially circumferentially around the tire casing so as to form an angle preferably in the range of -5 ° to + 5 ° with the median circumferential plane.
• These circumferential reinforcing son have the primary function, it is recalled, to resist the centrifugation of the top at high speed.
• Such belt structures ultimately consisting of a multilayer composite laminate comprising at least one hooping web, most often textile, and two generally metallic working webs, are well known to those skilled in the art and do not need to be described here in more detail.
• the shrinking function provided by the hooping reinforcement and that of stiffening provided by the reinforcement of work are no longer sufficiently differentiated from one another and may be mutually interfering. This is detrimental to the proper functioning of the tire crown, the performance and the overall endurance of the tire.
• patent applications WO 2013/117476 and WO 2013/117477 filed by the Applicants have proposed a multilayer composite laminate with a specific structure which makes it possible to appreciably reduce the tire belt, and thus to reduce their resistance to rolling, while overcoming the disadvantages mentioned above.
• a radial tire defining three main directions, circumferential, axial and radial, having a crown surmounted by a tread, two sidewalls, two beads, each side connecting each bead at the top, a carcass reinforcement anchored in each bead and extending in the sidewalls and in the apex, a crown reinforcement or belt extending in the circumferential direction and radially located between the carcass reinforcement and the tread, said belt comprising a laminate multilayer composite comprising at least three superposed layers of reinforcements, said reinforcements being in each layer unidirectional and embedded in a thickness of rubber, with in particular: o tread side, a first rubber layer having a first row of reinforcements, oriented at an angle alpha of - 5 to +5 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction, these reinforcements, said first reinforcements being made of heat-shrinkable textile material;
• a second rubber layer comprising a second row of reinforcements, oriented at a given angle beta, positive or negative, between 10 and 30 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction, these reinforcement said second reinforcements being metal reinforcements;
• a third rubber layer comprising a third row of reinforcements, oriented at a gamma angle opposite the beta angle, itself between 10 and 30 degrees relative to the circumferential direction, said reinforcements said third reinforcements being metal reinforcements.
• the first reinforcements consist of multifilament fibers, polyamide or polyester, conventionally twisted together in the form of textile ropes.
• the second and third reinforcements consist of monofllaments steel, especially carbon steel very high strength.
• the weight of the tires and their rolling resistance can be reduced at reduced cost by using monofllaments made of steel that do not require any prior assembly operation, this without penalizing the rigidity of drift and therefore the road behavior, neither overall endurance while driving.
• the present invention relates (according to the references given in FIGS. 1 and 2 appended) to a radial tire (1), defining three main directions, circumferential (X), axial (Y) and radial (Z), having a top (2) surmounted by a tread (3), two sidewalls (4), two beads (5), each sidewall (4) connecting each bead (5) to the top (2), a carcass reinforcement (7) anchored in each of the beads (5) and extending in the flanks (4) to the top (2), a crown reinforcement or belt (10) extending into the top (2) in the direction circumferential (X) and located radially between the carcass reinforcement (7) and the tread (3), said belt (10) comprising a multilayer composite laminate (10a, 10b, 10c) comprising at least three superposed layers of reinforcements (110, 120, 130), said reinforcements being in each layer unidirectional and embedded in a rubber thickness (re spectively C1, C2, C3), with: o tread side, a first layer
• a second layer (10b) of rubber (C2) comprising a second row of reinforcements (120), oriented at a given beta angle, positive or negative, between 10 and 30 degrees relative to the circumferential direction (X), these reinforcements (120) said second reinforcements being metal reinforcements;
• a third layer (10c) of rubber (C3) comprising a third row of reinforcements (130), oriented at a gamma angle opposite to the angle beta, - even between 10 and 30 degrees relative to the circumferential direction (X), these reinforcements (130) said third reinforcements being metal reinforcements, this tire being characterized in that: o all or part of the first reinforcements (110) of heat-shrinkable textile material are mono filaments of diameter or thickness greater than 0.10 mm, or assemblies of such mono-filaments;
• o the overall diameter noted Dl of the first reinforcements (110) is between 0.20 mm and 1.20 mm;
• o all or part of the second (120) and / or third (130) reinforcements are steel cables consisting of 2 to 5 mono filaments, the diameter of these cables, denoted respectively D2 and D3, being between 0, 20 mm and 0.70 mm.
• the multilayer composite laminate according to the invention can be used as a belt-reinforcing element for any type of tire, particularly for a passenger vehicle including 4x4 vehicles and SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles) or for a van vehicle.
• an example of multilayer composite laminate (10a, 10b, 10c) used in the tire (1) according to the invention incorporating the reinforcements (1 10) of heat-shrinkable textile material in the form of a mono assembly filaments and reinforcements (respectively 120, 130) in the form of small 2-wire steel cables (Fig. 2 and Fig. 2a, 2b and 2c);
• rubber or "elastomer” (both terms being considered synonymous): any type of elastomer, whether of the diene type or of the non-diene type, for example thermoplastic;
• rubber composition or “rubber composition” means a composition which comprises at least one rubber and a filler
• layer means a sheet, strip or other element of relatively small thickness with respect to its other dimensions, preferably having a ratio of the thickness to the largest of the other dimensions less than 0.5, more preferably less than at 0.1;
• axial direction a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire;
• circumferential direction means a direction that is substantially perpendicular both to the axial direction and to a radius of the tire (in other words, tangent to a circle whose center is on the axis of rotation of the tire);
• radial direction a direction along a radius of the tire, that is to say any direction passing through the axis of rotation of the tire and substantially perpendicular to this direction, that is to say, with a perpendicular at this direction an angle not diverging by more than 5 degrees;
• any unitary filament in general, any unitary filament, irrespective of the shape of its cross-section, including the diameter (case of a circular cross-section) or the thickness (case of a non-circular cross section) are greater than 100 ⁇ .
• This definition covers both substantially cylindrical monofilaments (circular cross section) and monofilaments of different shape, for example oblong monofilaments (flattened shape), or rectangular or square cross section;
• oriented perpendicular to an axis or direction speaking of any element such as a reinforcement, an element which is oriented substantially perpendicular to that axis or direction, that is to say making with a perpendicular to this axis or direction an angle not more than 5 degrees apart;
• M Median circumferential plane
• reinforcement or "reinforcing thread”: any long and thin strand that is to say filiform, elongated, of great length relative to its cross section, especially any unitary filament, any multifilamentary fiber or any assembly of such filaments or fibers such as a plied yarn or cable, this strand or wire being rectilinear as non-rectilinear, for example twisted or corrugated, such a strand or wire being capable of reinforcing a rubber matrix (that is to say increasing the tensile properties of the matrix);
• unidirectional reinforcements reinforcements substantially parallel to each other, that is to say oriented along the same axis;
• laminate or "multilayer laminate”: within the meaning of the International Patent Classification, any product having at least two layers, of flat or non-planar shape, in contact with each other, the latter being either unrelated, connected to each other; the term “bound” or “connected” must be interpreted extensively to include all connecting or joining means, in particular by gluing. On the other hand, unless expressly indicated otherwise, all the percentages (%) indicated are% by mass.
• the expression “x and / or y” means “x” or “y” or both (i.e., "x and y").
• any range of values designated by the expression “between a and b” represents the range of values from more than “a” to less than “b” (i.e., “a” and “b” terminals excluded ) while any range of values referred to as “a to b” means the range of values from “a” to "b” (ie including the strict "a” and “a” limits).
• “B”) any range of values designated by the expression “between a and b” represents the range of values from more than “a” to less than “b” (i.e., “a” and “b” terminals excluded ) while any range of values referred to as “a to b” means the range of values from “a” to “b” (ie including the strict “a” and “a” limits).
• FIG. 1 very schematically represents (that is to say, without respecting a specific scale) a radial section of a tire according to the invention, for example for a tourism type vehicle. or van, whose belt comprises a multilayer composite laminate according to the invention.
• This tire (1) defining three perpendicular, circumferential (X), axial (Y) and radial (Z) directions, comprises an apex (2) surmounted by a tread (3), two sidewalls (4), two beads (5), each flank (4) connecting each bead (5) to the top (2), a carcass reinforcement (7) anchored in each of the beads (5) and extending into the flanks ( 4) to the top (2), a crown reinforcement or belt (10) extending in the crown (2) in the circumferential direction (X) and radially between the carcass reinforcement (7) and the web rolling (3).
• the carcass reinforcement (7) is in a known manner constituted by at least one rubber ply reinforced by so-called "radial" textile cords arranged substantially parallel to each other and extending from one bead to the other so as to form an angle generally between 80 ° and 90 ° with the median circumferential plane M; it is here, for example, wrapped around two rods (6) in each bead (5), the upturn (8) of this armature (7) being for example disposed towards the outside of the tire (1) which is shown here mounted on its rim (9).
• the belt (10) of the tire (1) comprises a multilayer composite laminate comprising three layers (10a, 10b, 10c) superimposed reinforcements, said reinforcements being in each unidirectional layer and embedded in a rubber thickness (respectively Cl, C2, C3), with: at the tread side, a first layer (10a) of rubber (C1) having a first row of reinforcements (110), oriented at an angle alpha of -5 to +5 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction (X), these reinforcements (110) said first reinforcements being made of heat-shrinkable textile material;
• a second layer (10b) of rubber (C2) comprising a second row of reinforcements (120), oriented at a given beta angle, positive or negative, between 10 and 30 degrees relative to the circumferential direction (X), these reinforcements (120) said second reinforcements being metal reinforcements;
• a third layer (10c) of rubber (C3) comprising a third row of reinforcements (130), oriented at a gamma angle opposite to the angle beta, even between 10 and 30 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction (X), identical to or different from the angle beta, these reinforcements (130) said third reinforcements being metal reinforcements.
• angles ⁇ and ⁇ of opposite directions may be identical or different, that is to say that the second (120) and third (130) reinforcements may be arranged symmetrically or not, on either side of the median circumferential plane (M) previously defined.
• the tread (3), the multilayer laminate (10) and the carcass reinforcement (7) may or may not be in contact with each other, even if these parts have been voluntarily separated in Figure 1, schematically, for reasons of simplicity and clarity of the drawing. They could be physically separated, at least for a part of them, for example by bonding gums, well known to those skilled in the art, intended to optimize the cohesion of the assembly after baking or crosslinking.
• the first reinforcements (110) made of heat-shrinkable textile material are monofilaments or assemblies of monofilaments, such monofilaments taken individually having a diameter (or, by definition, a thickness if the monofilament n is not a substantially circular cross-section) denoted ⁇ which is greater than 0.10 mm, preferably between 0.15 and 0.80 mm, in particular between 0.20 and 0.60 mm.
• the overall diameter (average) D1 of these first textile reinforcements (110) is meanwhile between 0.20 mm and 1.20 mm, preferably between 0.30 and 1.00 mm, in particular between 0, 40 and 0.80 mm; in other words, in the particular case where the reinforcement (110) consists of a unitary monofilament unit of circular cross section, the latter has a diameter ⁇ which is necessarily greater than 0.20 mm.
• Any heat-shrinkable textile material is suitable, in particular and preferably a textile material satisfying the contraction characteristics CT set forth below is suitable.
• this heat-shrinkable textile material is chosen from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters and polyketones.
• polyamides that may be mentioned in particular are polyamides 4-6, 6, 6-6, 11 or 12.
• polyesters that may be mentioned for example PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PEN (polyethylene naphthalate), PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) ), PBN (polybutylene naphthalate), PPT (polypropylene terephthalate), PPN (polypropylene naphthalate).
• hybrid reinforcements consisting of two (at least two) different materials such as for example aramid / nylon, aramid / polyester monofilament assemblies aramid / polyketone.
• the heat-shrinkable textile material constituting the first reinforcements (110) is a polyamide (nylon) or a polyester.
• the density di of the first reinforcements (110) in the first rubber layer (C1), measured in the axial direction (Y), is preferably between 70 and 130 son / dm, more preferably between 80 and 120 son / dm. , in particular between 90 and 110 threads / dm.
• CT thermal contraction
• the quantity CT is measured, except for different precisions, according to the ASTM D1204-08 standard, for example on a device of the "TESTRITE" type, under a so-called standard pretension of 0.5 cN / tex (thus reduced to the title or linear density of the sample tested).
• the maximum contraction force (denoted Fc) is also measured using the above test, this time at a temperature of 180 ° C. and at 3% elongation.
• This contraction force Fc is preferably greater than 20 N (Newton).
• a high contraction force proved to be particularly favorable to the hooping capacity of the first reinforcements (110) of heat-shrinkable textile material, vis-à-vis the crown reinforcement of the tire when the latter heats up under high speed rolling.
• the quantities CT and F c above can be indistinctly measured on the initial textile reinforcements glued before their incorporation into the laminate and then into the tire, or else measured on these reinforcements once extracted from the central zone of the vulcanized tire and preferably " degummed "(that is to say, freed of the rubber which coats them in the layer C1).
• FIG. 4 schematizes in cross-section various examples (112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117) of assemblies of (respectively 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) monofilaments (111) of heat-shrinkable textile material such as as for example polyamide, polyester or polyketone, used as reinforcements (110) in the first layer (10a) of the multilayer composite laminate according to the invention.
• monofilaments (111) of heat-shrinkable textile material such as as for example polyamide, polyester or polyketone, used as reinforcements (110) in the first layer (10a) of the multilayer composite laminate according to the invention.
• the monofilaments or assemblies of heat-shrinkable textile monofilts have the advantage, compared to textile cords formed of conventional multifilament fibers, to better protect against moisture the rest of the multilayer composite laminate, thus limiting the risks of penalizing the adhesion between the various reinforcements of the laminate and their surrounding rubber matrix, not to mention the risks of corrosion of steel reinforcements.
• assemblies of textile monofilaments preferably comprise 2 to 10, more preferably 3 to 7 monofilaments of heat-shrinkable textile material such as for example polyamide, polyester or polyketone.
• the monofilaments are wired, twisted together according to well-known techniques, with a twist preferably between 30 and 200 rev / m (revolutions per meter), more preferably between 30 and 100 rev / m, these monofilaments being known in a known manner, or virtually devoid of torsion on themselves.
• the monofilaments or assemblies of monofilaments of heat-shrinkable textile material represent the majority (by definition, majority in number), more preferably all, the first (110) reinforcements of the first layer (10a) of rubber (Cl).
• all or part of the second (120) and / or third (130) reinforcements are steel cables consisting of 2 to 5 mono filaments, these monofilaments not being used in the unitary state but assembled (twisted, wired) together; the diameter of these cables, noted respectively D2 and D3, is between 0.20 mm and 0.70 mm.
• diameter of the steel cable By diameter of the steel cable, it is of course understood, in the usual manner, the diameter of the circle circumscribing its cross-section (or overall diameter), as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 (FIGS. ); for example, for two monofilaments with an individual diameter of 0.30 mm, the diameter of the 1x2 cable, in the case of maximum compactness, is therefore 0.60 mm.
• D2 and D3 may be the same or different from one layer to another; if they are different, D3 may be greater than D2 or less than D2, depending on the particular embodiments of the invention.
• the cables may be of identical or different constructions from one layer (10b) to another (10c) of rubber. More preferably, for optimal endurance of the tire of the invention, especially under severe driving conditions, it is preferred that D2 and D3 are each greater than 0.25 mm and less than 0.60 mm, in particular included in a range. from 0.30 to 0.55 mm.
• the density, denoted respectively d 2 and d 3 , of the second (120) and third (130) reinforcements in respectively the second (C2) and third (C3) rubber layers, measured in the axial direction (Y), is comprised of preferably between 75 and 200 threads / dm, more preferably between 80 and 160 threads / dm, in particular between 120 and 160 threads / dm.
• the number of monofilts in steel cables constituting the second and / or third (more preferably second and third) reinforcements is in a range from 2 to 4, more preferably equal to 2 or 3.
• the steel monofilaments constituting the cables have a diameter (elementary) preferably between 0.10 mm and 0.40 mm, more preferably in a range from 0.15 to 0.35 mm, in particular from 0.15 to 0. , 30 mm, it being understood that the diameter of the cable used (D2 and D3) remains in all cases greater than 0.20 mm and less than 0.70 mm.
• these cables or steel assemblies are 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 2 + 1, 2 + 2 construction.
• a particularly preferred embodiment consists in using 1x2 construction cables consisting of only two monofilaments, for example monofilaments with an elementary diameter of 0.15 to 0.30 mm.
• Another embodiment may consist of using 1x3 or 2 + 1 construction cables, consisting of three monofilaments, for example monofilms with an elementary diameter of 0.15 to 0.30 mm.
• Such reduced mono-diameter and reduced diameter steel cables are well known to those skilled in the tire field. They can be assembled, wired in a single assembly or wiring operation, as in the case of 1x2, 1x3 or 1x4 construction cables, or in two separate operations as in the case of 2 + 1 construction cables. or 2 + 2.
• the steel of these reinforcements is a carbon steel such as those used in "steel cords" type cables for tires; but it is of course possible to use other steels, for example stainless steels, or other alloys.
• a carbon steel when a carbon steel is used, its carbon content (% by weight of steel) is in a range of 0.5% to 1.2%, more preferably 0.7%. % to 1.0%.
• the invention applies in particular to steels of the steel cord type with normal resistance (called “NT” for “Normal Tensile”) or with high resistance (called “HT” for “High Tensile”), the (second and third ) reinforcing carbon steel then having a tensile strength (Rm) which is preferably greater than 2000 MPa, more preferably greater than 2500 MPa.
• the invention also applies to steels of the steel cord type with very high strength (called “SHT” for “Super High Tensile”), ultra-high strength (called “UHT” for “Ultra High Tensile” or “MT” for “Mega Tensile”), the (second and third) carbon steel reinforcements then having a tensile strength (Rm) which is preferably greater than 3000 MPa, more preferably greater than 3500 MPa.
• Rm tensile strength
• tensile strength, tensile strength Rm (in MPa) and elongation at break noted At are measured. in tension according to the ISO 6892 standard of 1984.
• the steel used whether it is in particular a carbon steel or a stainless steel, may itself be coated with a metallic layer improving, for example the properties of implementation of the mono-filament steel, or the properties of use of the reinforcement and / or the tire themselves, such as adhesion properties, corrosion resistance or resistance to aging.
• the steel used is covered with a layer of brass (Zn-Cu alloy) or zinc; it is recalled that during the wire manufacturing process, the coating of brass or zinc facilitates the drawing of the wire, as well as the bonding of the wire with the rubber.
• the reinforcements could be covered with a thin metal layer other than brass or zinc, whose function, for example, is to improve the corrosion resistance of these wires and / or their adhesion to rubber, for example. for example a thin layer of Co, Ni, Al, of an alloy of two or more compounds Cu, Zn, Al, Ni, Co, Sn.
• steel cables as previously described represent the majority, preferably all, of the second (120) reinforcements of the second layer (10b) of rubber (C2).
• such steel cables represent the majority, preferably all, of the third (130) reinforcements of the third layer (10c) of rubber (C3).
• Each layer (C1, C2, C3) of rubber composition (or hereinafter "rubber layer") constituting the multilayer composite laminate, is based on at least one elastomer and a filler.
• the rubber is a diene rubber, that is to say for all elastomeric recall (single elastomer or elastomer mixture) which is derived, at least in part (ie, a homopolymer or a copolymer), monomers dienes that is to say monomers bearing two carbon-carbon double bonds, whether the latter are conjugated or not.
• This diene elastomer is more preferably selected from the group consisting of polybutadienes (BR), natural rubber (NR), synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), butadiene copolymers, isoprene copolymers, and mixtures of these elastomers.
• Such copolymers being especially chosen from the group consisting of butadiene-styrene copolymers (SBR), isoprene-butadiene copolymers (BIR), isoprene-styrene copolymers (SIR) and isoprene-copolymers. butadiene-styrene (SBIR).
• a particularly preferred embodiment consists in using an "isoprene” elastomer, that is to say a homopolymer or a copolymer of isoprene, in other words a diene elastomer chosen from the group consisting of natural rubber (NR ), the synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), the various isoprene copolymers and the mixtures of these elastomers.
• isoprene elastomer, that is to say a homopolymer or a copolymer of isoprene, in other words a diene elastomer chosen from the group consisting of natural rubber (NR ), the synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), the various isoprene copolymers and the mixtures of these elastomers.
• the isoprene elastomer is preferably natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene of the cis-1,4 type.
• synthetic polyisoprenes polyisoprenes having a content (mol%) of cis-1,4 bonds greater than 90%, more preferably still greater than 98%, are preferably used.
• each layer of rubber composition comprises 50 to 100 phr of natural rubber.
• the diene elastomer may consist, in whole or in part, of another diene elastomer such as, for example, an SBR elastomer used in or with another elastomer, for example type BR.
• Each rubber composition may comprise one or more diene elastomer (s), also all or part of the additives normally used in rubber matrices for the manufacture of tires, such as, for example, reinforcing fillers such as black rubber.
• carbon or silica coupling agents, anti-aging agents, antioxidants, plasticizers or extension oils, whether these are aromatic or non-aromatic in nature (in particular very low or non-aromatic oils, for example of the naphthenic or paraffinic type, with high or preferably low viscosity, MES or TDAE oils), plasticizing resins with a high glass transition temperature (greater than 30 ° C.), agents facilitating the implementation (processability) of compositions in the green state, tackifying resins, anti-eversion agents, methylene acceptors and donors, such as for example HMT (hexamethylenetetramine) or H3M (hexamethoxymethylmelamine), reinforcing resins (such as resorcinol or bismaleimide),
• the crosslinking system of the rubber composition is a so-called vulcanization system, that is to say based on sulfur (or a sulfur-donor agent) and a primary vulcanization accelerator.
• a vulcanization system may be added various known secondary accelerators or vulcanization activators.
• the sulfur is used at a preferential rate of between 0.5 and 10 phr
• the primary vulcanization accelerator for example a sulfenamide
• the level of reinforcing filler for example carbon black and / or silica, is preferably greater than 30 phr, especially between 30 and 100 phr.
• Carbon blacks are suitable for all carbon blacks, in particular blacks of the HAF, ISAF, SAF type conventionally used in tires (so-called pneumatic grade blacks). Among the latter, mention will be made more particularly of carbon blacks of (ASTM) grade 300, 600 or 700 (for example N326, N330, N347, N375, N683, N772).
• Suitable silicas are in particular precipitated or pyrogenic silicas having a BET surface area of less than 450 m 2 / g, preferably from 30 to 400 m 2 / g.
• each rubber composition has, in the crosslinked state, a secant modulus in extension, at 10% elongation, which is between 4 and 25 MPa, more preferably between 4 and 20 MPa; values in particular between 5 and 15 MPa are are shown to be particularly suitable.
• the modulus measurements are carried out in tension, unless otherwise indicated according to ASTM D 412 of 1998 (specimen "C"): the secant modulus is measured in second elongation (that is to say after an accommodation cycle). "true” (that is to say, brought back to the actual section of the test piece) at 10% elongation, noted here Ms and expressed in MPa (normal temperature and humidity conditions according to standard ASTM D 1349 of 1999).
• any suitable adhesive system for example a textile glue of the "RFL” type (resorcinol-formaldehyde), may be used.
• a textile glue of the "RFL” type resorcinol-formaldehyde
• - latex or equivalent for the first textile reinforcements, or for example an adhesive coating such as brass or zinc with respect to the second and third steel reinforcements; however, it is also possible to use a clear steel, that is to say uncoated steel.
• the average thickness Ez 2 of rubber separating a second reinforcement (120) from the third reinforcement (130) which is closest to it, measured in the radial direction (Z), is less than 0.60 mm.
• E 11 is between 0.15 and 0.40 mm;
• Ez 2 is between 0.15 and 0.60 mm
• the total thickness of the multilayer composite laminate that is to say of its three superimposed layers (C1, C2, C3), measured in the radial direction Z, is between 1.8 and 2.7 mm.
• Figures 2 and 3 show schematically (without respect of a specific scale), in cross-section, two examples of multilayer composite laminate (10a, 10b, 10c) used as a belt (10) in the tire (1) according to the invention of Figure 1, the laminate (10) using in the first layer (Cl) reinforcements (110) heat-shrinkable textile material respectively in the form of an assembly of three mono-filaments ( Figure 2) or a simple unitary monofilament (Fig. 3), and in the other two layers (C2 and C3) small steel cables (120, 130) respectively in the form of a cable of 2 single-wire steel construction 1x2 (Fig. 2) or a cable with 3 1x3 construction wires (Fig. 3).
• Ezi is the average of the thicknesses (Ezi ( i ) i Ezi (2) , Ezi (3) , Ezi ( i ) ) of rubber separating a first reinforcement (110) from the second reinforcement (120) closest to it, these thicknesses being each measured in the radial direction Z, and averaged over a total axial distance of between - 5.0 cm and + 5.0 cm from the center of the belt (ie, for example in total about 100 measurements if there are ten reinforcements (110) per cm in the layer C1).
• Ezi is the average of the minimum distances EZIQ separating "back to back" each first reinforcement (110) of the second reinforcement (120) which is closest to it in the radial direction Z, this average being calculated over all first reinforcements (110) present in the central part of the belt, in an axial gap extending between - 5 cm and + 5 cm with respect to the median plane M.
• Ez 2 is the average of the rubber thicknesses (Ez 2 ( i ) , Ez 2 ( 3 ⁇ 4Ez 2 ( 3 ⁇ 4 Ez 2 ( i ) ) separating a second reinforcement (120) from the third reinforcement (130) which is the same measured in the radial direction Z, this average being calculated over a total axial distance of between - 5.0 cm and + 5.0 cm from the center of the belt, expressed differently, these thicknesses represent the minimum distances separate "back to back" the second reinforcement (120) of the third reinforcement (130) which is closest to it in the radial direction Z.
• Ez 2 is the average of the minimum distances Ez 2 ( i ) separating "back to back" each second reinforcement (120) of the third reinforcement (130) which is closest to it in the radial direction Z, this average being calculated on all the second reinforcements (120) present in the central part of the belt, in an axial gap extending between - 5 cm and + 5 cm with respect to the median plane M.
• the tire of the invention preferably satisfies at least one of the following inequalities (more preferably all three): 0.10 ⁇ / (Ezi + Dl + D2) ⁇ 0.40
• the tire of the invention preferably satisfies at least one of the following inequalities (even more preferentially the three):
• the invention offers the possibility of reducing the thickness of the multilayer composite laminates forming the tire belts, without risking to impair their endurance under extension and / or compression, thanks to the use in these laminates of reinforcements such as that defined above, namely on the one hand in the first layer (Cl) of single son or assemblies of heat shrink textile monofilaments, and secondly in the second (C2) and / or third (C3) layers of small cables in steel of reduced diameter.

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