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
  • B60C9/1821—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers comprising discrete fibres or filaments
• • 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
  • B60C3/00—Tyres characterised by the transverse section
  • B60C3/04—Tyres characterised by the transverse section characterised by the relative dimensions of the section, e.g. low profile
• • 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
  • B60C9/02—Carcasses
  • B60C9/04—Carcasses the reinforcing cords of each carcass ply arranged in a substantially parallel relationship
  • B60C2009/0416—Physical properties or dimensions of the carcass cords
  • B60C2009/0425—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
  • B60C9/02—Carcasses
  • B60C9/04—Carcasses the reinforcing cords of each carcass ply arranged in a substantially parallel relationship
  • B60C2009/0475—Particular materials of the carcass 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
  • B60C2200/00—Tyres specially adapted for particular applications
  • B60C2200/04—Tyres specially adapted for particular applications for road vehicles, e.g. passenger cars
• • 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
  • B60C9/02—Carcasses
  • B60C9/04—Carcasses the reinforcing cords of each carcass ply arranged in a substantially parallel relationship
  • B60C9/08—Carcasses the reinforcing cords of each carcass ply arranged in a substantially parallel relationship the cords extend transversely from bead to bead, i.e. radial ply
• • 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
  • B60C9/02—Carcasses
  • B60C9/12—Carcasses built-up with rubberised layers of discrete fibres or filaments
  • B60C9/13—Carcasses built-up with rubberised layers of discrete fibres or filaments with two or more differing cord materials

Definitions

• Tire comprising a single carcass layer
• the present invention relates to a tire, a mounted assembly comprising such a tire and a passenger vehicle comprising such a tire or such a mounted assembly.
• tire is meant a tire intended to form a cavity by cooperating with a support element of the mounted assembly, this cavity being capable of being pressurized to a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
• a mounted assembly according to the invention has a structure of substantially toroidal shape of revolution around a main axis of the mounted assembly coinciding with the main axis of the tire.
• a tire for a passenger vehicle is known from the state of the art, this tire being capable of carrying a relatively high load.
• This tire is marketed under the MICHELINTM brand in the Pilot Sport 4 range and is 255/35R18 in size.
• This tire has an EXTRA-LOAD version (abbreviated to XL) within the meaning of the ETRTO 2019 standard manual and, in this EXTRA-LOAD version, has a load index equal to 94. This means that, at a pressure of 290 kPa , the tire is capable of carrying a load of 670 kg.
• This load capacity is relatively high compared to a tire of the same size and qualified as STANDARD LOAD (abbreviated as SL) having a load index equal to 90 and which is capable of carrying a load of 600 kg at a pressure of 250kPa.
• STANDARD LOAD abbreviated as SL
• a given vehicle could be fitted with tires having a higher load index.
• a vehicle fitted with the tires described above in their EXTRA LOAD version could be fitted with tires of size 275/35R19 in their EXTRA-LOAD version which have a load index equal to 100 and capable, at a pressure of 290 kPa, to carry a load of 800 kg, much higher than the load of 670 kg.
• the object of the invention is to provide a tire capable of carrying a greater load than existing tires without necessarily involving an increase in the recommended pressure of the tire while controlling the dissipation of energy and the rise in temperature in the structure of the tire, in particular in cases of under-inflation, without sacrificing the habitability, compactness and comfort of the vehicle.
• the tire is a tire for a passenger vehicle.
• a tire is for example defined in the ETRTO 2019 (European Tire and Rim Technical Organization) standard manual.
• ETRTO 2019 European Tire and Rim Technical Organization
• Such a tire generally has, on at least one of the sidewalls, a marking in accordance with the marking in the ETRTO 2019 standard manual indicating the dimension of the tire in the form X/Y a V U P with X designating the nominal section width, Y designating the nominal aspect ratio, a denoting the structure and can be R or ZR, V denoting the nominal rim diameter, U denoting the load index and p denoting the speed symbol.
• the load index Ll' is the load index of a tire having the same dimension, i.e. the same nominal section width, the same nominal aspect ratio, the same structure (R and ZR being considered identical) and the same nominal rim diameter.
• the load index Ll' is given by the standard manual ETRTO 2019, in particular in the Section entitled Passenger Car Tires - Tires with Metric Designation, pages 20 to 41.
• the invention makes it possible to increase the load capacity of the assembled assembly without modifying the habitability, compactness and comfort of the vehicle on which it is used.
• the size of the tire according to the invention being identical to that of the tire in its EXTRA-LOAD version, the mounted assembly does not take up more space than the tire in its EXTRA-LOAD version.
• a tire according to the invention may bear a distinctive marking making it possible to distinguish it from its STANDARD LOAD version and from its EXTRA-LOAD version, for example a marking of the HL type (for HIGH LOAD) or XL+ (for EXTRA LOAD +).
• a marking of the HL type for HIGH LOAD
• XL+ for EXTRA LOAD +
• Such marking is disclosed in particular in the manual of the ETRTO 2021 standard, page 3 of the General Notes - Passenger Car tires section to designate tires of the HIGH LOAD CAPACITY type. Examples of dimensions are also disclosed in the ETRTO 2021 Standard Handbook, page 44, paragraph 9.1 of the section Passenger Car tires - Tires with metric designation.
• a carcass reinforcement comprising a single carcass layer in accordance with the invention makes it possible to obtain a tire with optimal energy dissipation and operating temperature, in particular under heavy load and under a pressure less than or equal to the recommended pressure for a tire of the same size in its STANDARD LOAD or EXTRA-LOAD version. Indeed, contrary to a carcass reinforcement comprising two carcass layers in which the bending of each sidewall causes a relatively high compression of the carcass layer most axially inside in the sidewall and at the shoulder of the tire and increased energy dissipation, the single carcass layer has less compression in the sidewall and shoulder and therefore leads to a lower and more optimal operating temperature.
• the carcass reinforcement is, with the exception of the carcass layer, devoid of any layer reinforced by wire reinforcement elements.
• the wire reinforcement elements of such reinforced layers excluded from the carcass reinforcement of the tire comprise metal wire reinforcement elements and textile wire reinforcement elements.
• the carcass reinforcement consists of the single carcass layer.
• the single carcass layer is delimited axially by two axial edges of the single carcass layer and comprises corded carcass reinforcement elements extending axially from one axial edge to the other axial edge of the layer. of carcass.
• the sidewall height H is such that H ⁇ 95.
• Tires having a relatively low sidewall height have a relatively high compression of the carcass reinforcement, all the more so as the load carried is high, which is the case for tires having a load index L1 in accordance with the invention.
• the use of a single carcass layer in combination with a sidewall height H ⁇ 95 is an essential characteristic of the invention.
• the nominal section width SW and the nominal aspect ratio AR are those of the dimension marking on the sidewall of the tire and in accordance with the ETRTO 2019 standard manual.
• the tire according to the invention has a substantially toroidal shape around an axis of revolution substantially coinciding with the axis of rotation of the tire.
• This axis of revolution defines three directions conventionally used by those skilled in the art: an axial direction, a circumferential direction and a radial direction.
• axial direction is meant the direction substantially parallel to the axis of revolution of the tire or of the mounted assembly, that is to say the axis of rotation of the tire or of the mounted assembly.
• Circumferential direction means the direction which is substantially perpendicular both to the axial direction and to a radius of the tire or of the mounted assembly (in other words, tangent to a circle whose center is on the axis of rotation of the tire or of the mounted assembly).
• radial direction means the direction along a radius of the tire or of the mounted assembly, that is to say any direction intersecting the axis of rotation of the tire or of the mounted assembly and substantially perpendicular to this axis.
• the median plane of the tire means the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire which is located at the axial mid-distance of the two beads and passes through the axial center of the crown reinforcement.
• equatorial circumferential plane of the tire is meant, in a meridian section plane, the plane passing through the equator of the tire, perpendicular to the median plane and to the radial direction.
• the equator of the tire is, in a meridian section plane (plane perpendicular to the circumferential direction and parallel to the radial and axial directions) the axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire and located equidistant between the radially most outside of the tread intended to be in contact with the ground and the radially innermost point of the tire intended to be in contact with a support, for example a rim.
• meridian plane we mean a plane parallel to and containing the axis of rotation of the tire or of the mounted assembly and perpendicular to the circumferential direction.
• radially inner, respectively radially outer is meant closer to the axis of rotation of the tire, respectively further from the axis of rotation of the tire.
• axially inside, respectively axially outside is meant closer to the median plane of the tire, respectively further from the median plane of the tire.
• bead is meant the portion of the tire intended to allow the tire to be attached to a mounting support, for example a wheel comprising a rim.
• a mounting support for example a wheel comprising a rim.
• each bead is in particular intended to be in contact with a hook of the rim allowing it to be attached.
• Any interval of values designated by the expression “between a and b” represents the range of values going from more than a to less than b (i.e. limits a and b excluded) while any interval of values designated by the expression “from a to b” means the range of values going from a to b (that is to say including the strict limits a and b).
• 90 ⁇ H ⁇ 95 have relatively high sidewalls in the range of sidewall heights covered by the invention and for which the use of A single carcass layer is particularly advantageous because it makes it possible to significantly reduce the mass of the tire and the rolling resistance compared with a tire comprising two carcass layers.
• the single carcass layer forms a winding around a circumferential reinforcement element of each bead so that an axially inner portion of the single carcass layer is arranged axially within an axially outer portion of the single carcass layer and such that each axial end of the single carcass layer is arranged radially outside of each circumferential reinforcement element.
• each axial end of the single carcass layer is arranged radially inside the equator of the tire and even more preferably arranged at a radial distance less than or equal to 30 mm of a radially inner end of each circumferential reinforcement element of each bead.
• each axial end of the single layer of wound carcass is significantly reduced.
• the vast majority of rims currently used for tires for passenger vehicles have J-type hooks whose height is, in all cases, less than 30 mm.
• the very preferential arrangement of each axial end in a zone substantially corresponding radially to the rim hook makes it possible to mechanically protect each axial end.
• each axial end would then find itself in a flexible zone of the tire subjected to excessive stresses, stresses which are particularly high in the case of a tire of the HIGH LOAD CAPACITY type.
• the single carcass layer has a portion arranged axially between two circumferential reinforcement elements of each bead and each axial end of the single layer carcass is arranged radially inside each radially outer end of each circumferential reinforcement element of each bead.
• the choice of the anchoring of the carcass reinforcement will be made in particular according to the sidewall height H and the LL index Indeed, the lower the sidewall height H and the higher the load index, the more preference will be given to the second embodiment of anchoring. In cases where the sidewall height H is high and the load index low, the first or the second embodiment of anchoring can be chosen indifferently.
• the single carcass layer is delimited axially by two axial edges of the carcass layer and comprises wire reinforcement elements carcass textiles extending axially from one axial edge to the other axial edge of the carcass layer in a main direction forming, with the circumferential direction of the tire, an angle ranging, in absolute value, from 80° to 90°.
• wire element we mean an element having a length at least 10 times greater than the largest dimension of its section whatever the shape of the latter: circular, elliptical, oblong, polygonal, in particular rectangular or square or oval. In the case of a rectangular section, the wire element has the shape of a strip.
• textile we mean a filamentary element comprising one or more elementary textile monofilaments optionally coated with one or more layers of a coating based on an adhesive composition.
• This or these elementary textile monofilaments is or are obtained, for example, by melt spinning, solution spinning or gel spinning.
• Each elementary textile monofilament is made of an organic, in particular polymeric, or inorganic material, such as for example glass or carbon.
• the polymeric materials can be of the thermoplastic type, such as for example aliphatic polyamides, in particular polyamides 6-6, and polyesters, in particular polyethylene terephthalate.
• the polymeric materials can be of the non-thermoplastic type, such as for example aromatic polyamides, in particular aramid, and cellulose, both natural and artificial, in particular rayon.
• each carcass textile filament reinforcement element comprises an assembly of at least two multifilament strands and having a total titer greater than or equal to 475 tex.
• each carcass textile wire reinforcement element has an average diameter D>0.85 mm, preferably D>0.90 mm.
• D ⁇ 1.10 mm, preferably D ⁇ 1.00 mm.
• each strand and wire reinforcement element are determined according to the ASTM D 885/D 885M - 10a standard of 2014. The title is given in tex (weight in grams of 1000 m of product - recall: 0.111 tex equal to 1 denier).
• the diameter of each carcass textile cord reinforcement element is the diameter of the smallest circle in which the carcass textile cord reinforcement element is circumscribed.
• the average diameter is the average of the diameters of the reinforcing elements carcass textile cords located over a length of 10 cm from each carcass layer.
• Each multifilament strand is selected from a polyester multifilament strand, an aromatic polyamide multifilament strand and an aliphatic polyamide multifilament strand, preferably each multifilament strand is selected from a polyester multifilament strand and an aromatic polyamide multifilament strand.
• polyester multifilament strand is meant a multifilament strand consisting of monofilaments of linear macromolecules formed from groups bonded together by ester bonds.
• Polyesters are made by polycondensation by esterification between a dicarboxylic acid or one of its derivatives and a diol.
• polyethylene terephthalate can be made by polycondensation of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol.
• polyesters examples include polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polybutylene naphthalate (PBN), polypropylene terephthalate (PPT) or polypropylene naphthalate (PPN).
• PET polyethylene terephthalate
• PEN polyethylene naphthalate
• PBT polybutylene terephthalate
• PBN polybutylene naphthalate
• PPT polypropylene terephthalate
• PPN polypropylene naphthalate
• Multifilamentary strand of aromatic polyamide means a multifilamentary strand consisting of monofilaments of linear macromolecules formed of aromatic groups bonded together by amide bonds, at least 85% of which are directly bonded to two aromatic rings, and more particularly fibers made of poly (p-phenylene terephthalamide) (or PPTA), which have been manufactured for a very long time from optically anisotropic spinning compositions.
• aromatic polyamides mention may be made of polyarylamides (or PAA, in particular known under the trade name Ixef from the company Solvay), poly(metaxylylene adipamide), polyphthalamides (or PPA, in particular known under the trade name Amodel from the company Solvay), amorphous semi-aromatic polyamides (or PA 6-3T, in particular known under the trade name Trogamid from the company Evonik), para-aramids (or poly(paraphenylene terephthalamide or PA PPD-T, in particular known under the trade name Kevlar from Du Pont de Nemours or Twaron from Teijin).
• PAA polyarylamides
• PAA poly(metaxylylene adipamide)
• PPA polyphthalamides
• PA 6-3T amorphous semi-aromatic polyamides
• PA 6-3T in particular known under the trade name Trogamid from the company Evonik
• para-aramids or poly(paraphenylene ter
• multifilament strand of aliphatic polyamide is understood a multifilament strand consisting of monofilaments of linear macromolecules of polymers or copolymers containing amide functions not having aromatic rings and which can be synthesized by polycondensation between a carboxylic acid and an amine.
• aliphatic polyamides mention may be made of the nylons PA4.6, PA6, PA6.6 or else PA6.10, and in particular Zytel from the company DuPont, Technyl from the company Solvay or Rilsamid from the company Arkema.
• the assembly is chosen from an assembly of two polyester multifilament strands and an assembly of a polyester multifilament strand and an aromatic polyamide multifilament strand.
• the tire has a nominal section width SW ranging from 205 to 315, a nominal aspect ratio ranging from 25 to 55, a nominal rim diameter ranging from 17 to 23 and an index load Ll ranging from 98 to 116, preferably a nominal section width SW ranging from 225 to 315, a nominal aspect ratio ranging from 25 to 55, a nominal rim diameter ranging from 18 to 23 and a load index Ll ranging from 98 to 116, and more preferably a nominal section width SW ranging from 245 to 315, a nominal aspect ratio ranging from 30 to 45, a nominal rim diameter ranging from 18 to 23 and a load index Ll ranging from 98 to 116.
• the tires according to the invention are intended to carry relatively high loads necessarily leading to relatively high wear compared with tires of the same dimensions in their EXTRA LOAD version.
• the invention is preferably applied to tires capable of flexing relatively significantly because they have a relatively high load index for a given sidewall height, that is to say satisfying H/LI ⁇ 0.92. This is made possible by the presence of a single carcass layer which reduces energy dissipation despite significant sidewall deflection. However, if the sidewall is too short compared to the load index, i.e. satisfying H/LI ⁇ 0.82, the sidewall bending leads to relatively high compression of the single layer of carcass and therefore an increase in energy dissipation.
• Particularly preferred embodiments are those in which the tire has a dimension and a load index L1 chosen from the following dimensions and load indexes: 205/40R17 88, 205/40ZR17 88, 255/35R18 98, 255 / 35ZR18 98, 245 / 35R20 98, 265 / 35R20 102, 265 / 35R21 99, 245/35 / 35R21 101, 255 / 35ZR21 101, 265/35 / 35R21 103 265/35ZR21 103, 285/30R21 103, 285/30ZR21 103, 315/30R21 109, 315/30ZR21 109, 315/30R23 111, 315/30ZR23 111.
• L1 chosen from the following dimensions and load indexes: 205/40R17 88, 205/40ZR17 88, 255/35R18 98, 255 / 35ZR18 98,
• the crown reinforcement comprises a working reinforcement comprising a radially inner working layer and a radially outer working layer arranged radially outside of the working layer. radially inner.
• each working layer is delimited axially by two axial edges of said working layer and comprises wired working reinforcement elements extending axially from one axial edge to the other axial edge of said working layer substantially parallel to each other.
• each wired working reinforcement element extends in a main direction forming, with the circumferential direction of the tire, an angle, in absolute value, strictly greater than 10°, preferably ranging from 15° to 50° and more preferably ranging from 20° to 35°.
• the working reinforcement comprises a radially innermost working layer and a radially outermost working layer arranged radially outside the radially outer working layer innermost
• the main direction along which each working wire reinforcement element of the radially innermost working layer extends and the main direction along which each working wire reinforcement element of the radially innermost working layer extends outermost form, with the circumferential direction of the tire, angles of opposite orientations.
• the crown reinforcement comprises a hooping reinforcement delimited axially by two axial edges of the hooping reinforcement and comprising at least one hooping wire reinforcement element wound circumferentially helically so as to extend axially between the axial edges of the shrink-fit reinforcement.
• the hooping reinforcement is arranged radially outside the working reinforcement.
• the or each wire-wrapped reinforcement element extends in a main direction forming, with the circumferential direction of the tire, an angle, in absolute value, less than or equal to 10°, preferably less than or equal to 7° and more preferably less than or equal to 5°.
• the invention also relates to a mounted assembly comprising:
• a mounting bracket comprising a rim
• the crown reinforcement being arranged radially between the tread and the carcass reinforcement and comprising a working reinforcement comprising at least one axially narrower working layer, the axially narrower working layer having an axial width T2 expressed in mm, and the rim having a rim width A according to the ETRTO 2019 standard manual, and expressed in mm, the T2/A ratio is such that T2/A ⁇ 1.00.
• the axial width of the axially narrowest working layer is measured on a tire section in a meridian plane and corresponds to the width in the axial direction between the two axial ends of the working layer.
• the axially narrowest working layer is the radially outer working layer of the working reinforcement.
• T2/A ratio which is not too small. Indeed, for a given rim width A, it is preferable not to reduce too much the value of the axial width T2 of the axially narrowest working layer at the risk of reducing the bending rigidity on edges and therefore the rigidity of high drift drift.
• the width of the contact patch is reduced, which increases the pressure exerted on the tread and therefore wear, this wear being amplified by the fact that the tires according to the invention are intended to carry relatively high loads necessarily leading to high wear, in any case higher than tires of the same size in their EXTRA LOAD version which are required to carry loads lower.
• an axial width T2 of the given axially narrowest working layer it is also preferable not to increase the value of the rim width A too much in order, as explained above, to limit the increase in the rotating masses. on the vehicle but also in order to reduce the size of the mounted assembly to promote the habitability and the compactness of the vehicle.
• the tire has a nominal section width SW such that T2 > SW - 75, preferably T2 > SW - 70.
• the axially least working layer wide which mainly defines the width of the contact patch is not too narrow. Indeed, as explained above, this makes it possible to maintain good wear performance of the tire, despite the fact that the tires are intended to carry relatively high loads necessarily leading to relatively high wear.
• the tire has a nominal section width SW such that T2 ⁇ SW - 27, preferably T2 ⁇ SW - 30.
• the nominal section width is that of the marking of the dimension inscribed on the side of the tire.
• the rim is chosen from:
• rim width code equal to the measurement rim width code for the tire size increased by 0.5.
• the measurement rim is defined in particular on pages 20 to 41 of the Passenger Car Tires - Tires with Metric Designation part of the ETRTO 2019 standard manual.
• the rim has a code of rim width equal to the measurement rim width code for the tire size minus 0.5.
• the tire is inflated to a pressure ranging from 200 to 350 kPa, preferably from 250 to 330 kPa.
• the pressure is that of the assembled assembly at 25°C without the tire having been rolled. It often corresponds to one of the inflation pressures recommended by car manufacturers.
• Another subject of the invention is a passenger vehicle comprising at least one tire or a mounted assembly as defined above.
• FIG. 1 is a view, in a meridian section plane, of an assembly mounted according to a first embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 2 is a view, in a meridian section plane, of the tire of the assembly mounted of Figure 1
• Figure 3 is a sectional view along the plane III-IH 'of Figure 2 illustrating the carcass reinforcement of the tire of Figure 1
• Figure 4 is a view similar to that of figure 1 comparing the deflection of a prior art assembled assembly and that of the assembled assembly of figure 1.
• an X, Y, Z mark has been shown corresponding to the usual axial (Y), radial (Z) and circumferential (X) directions respectively of a tire or of a mounted assembly.
• FIG. 1 a mounted assembly according to the invention and designated by the general reference 10.
• the mounted assembly 10 comprises a tire 11 and a mounting support 100 comprising a rim 200.
• the tire 11 is here inflated to a pressure ranging from 200 to 350 kPa, preferably from 250 to 330 kPa and here equal to 270 kPa.
• the tire 11 has a substantially toroidal shape around an axis of revolution R substantially parallel to the axial direction Y.
• the tire 11 is intended for a passenger vehicle.
• the tire 11 is shown in new condition, that is to say not having been driven yet.
• the tire 11 comprises two sidewalls 30 bearing a marking indicating the size of the tire 11, as well as a speed index and a speed code.
• the tire 11 has a nominal section width SW ranging from 205 to 315, preferably from 225 to 315, more preferably ranging from 245 to 315 and here equal to 255.
• the tire 11 also has a ratio of nominal aspect AR ranging from 25 to 55, preferably ranging from 30 to 45 and here equal to 35.
• the tire 11 has a nominal rim diameter ranging from 17 to 23, preferably from 18 to 23 and here equal to 18.
• the marking also includes a load index Ll ranging from 98 to 116, such that Ll >Ll'+1 with Ll' being the load index of an EXTRA LOAD tire having the same dimension according to standard manual ETRTO 2019.
• a tire with a size of 255/35R18 in its EXTRA LOAD version has a load index equal to 94 as indicated on page 36 of the Passenger Car Tires - Tires with Metric Designation part of the ETRTO 2019 standard manual
• This load index equal to 98 corresponds to the load index of a HIGH LOAD CAPACITY tire of size 255/35R18 as indicated in the ETRTO 2021 manual.
• tire 11 is indeed of the HIGH LOAD CAPACITY type.
• the ETRTO 2019 standard manual indicates, page 36 of the Passenger Car Tires - Tires with Metric Designation part, a measurement rim with a rim width code equal to 9.
• the 200 rim of the mounted assembly 10 is thus chosen from:
• rim width code equal to the measurement rim width code for the tire size increased by 0.5.
• the rim 200 of the mounted assembly 10 is the rim having a rim width code equal to the width code of the measurement rim for the size of the tire minus 0.5 and therefore here equal to 8 ,5.
• the rim 200 has a type J profile and a rim width A according to the ETRTO 2019 standard manual. In this case, the profile of the rim 200 being of the 8.5 J type, its rim width A expressed in mm is equal to 215.90 mm.
• the tire 11 comprises a crown 12 comprising a tread 14 intended to come into contact with the ground during rolling and a crown reinforcement 16 extending in the crown 12 in the direction circumferential X.
• the tire 11 also comprises a sealing layer 18 to an inflation gas being intended to delimit an internal cavity closed with the mounting support 100 of the tire 11 once the tire 11 is mounted on the mounting support 100.
• the crown reinforcement 16 comprises a working reinforcement 20 and a hooping reinforcement 22.
• the working reinforcement 16 comprises at least one working layer and here comprises two working layers comprising a radially inner working layer 24 arranged radially inside a radially outer working layer 26 .
• the axially less wide layer is the radially outer layer 26.
• the hooping reinforcement 22 comprises at least one hooping layer and here comprises a hooping layer 28.
• the crown reinforcement 16 is radially surmounted by the tread 14.
• the hooping reinforcement 22, here the hooping layer 28, is arranged radially outside the working reinforcement 20 and is therefore radially interposed between the working reinforcement 20 and the tread 14.
• the two sides 30 extend the top 12 radially inwards.
• the tire 11 further comprises two beads 32 radially inside the sidewalls 30. Each sidewall 30 connects each bead 32 to the crown 12.
• the tire 11 comprises a carcass reinforcement 34 anchored in each bead 32, in this case forms a winding around a circumferential reinforcement element, here a bead wire 33.
• the carcass reinforcement 34 extends radially in each sidewall 30 and axially in the crown 12, radially inside the crown reinforcement 16.
• the crown reinforcement 16 is arranged radially between the tread 14 and the carcass reinforcement 34.
• the carcass reinforcement 34 comprises at least one carcass layer 36 and here a single carcass layer 36.
• the hooping reinforcement 22, here the hooping layer 28, is delimited axially by two axial edges 281, 282 and comprises one or more hooping wire reinforcements wound circumferentially helically between each axial edge 281, 282 along a main direction forming, with the circumferential direction X of the tire 10, an angle AF, in absolute value, less than or equal to 10°, preferably less than or equal to 7° and more preferably less than or equal to 5°.
• AF in absolute value, less than or equal to 10°, preferably less than or equal to 7° and more preferably less than or equal to 5°.
• AF -5°.
• Each radially inner 24 and radially outer 26 working layer is delimited axially by two axial edges respectively 241, 242, 261, 262 of each working layer 24, 26.
• the mounted assembly 10 is such that the tire 11 has radially ground sidewalls.
• Each working layer 24, 26 comprises working wire reinforcement elements extending axially from one axial edge 241, 261 to the other axial edge 242, 262 of each working layer 24, 26, each substantially parallel to the others along main directions forming with the circumferential direction X of the tire 10, angles AT1 and AT2 respectively of opposite orientations and in absolute value, strictly greater than 10°, preferably ranging from 15° to 50° and more preferably ranging from 20° to 35°.
• the single carcass layer 36 forms a winding around each circumferential reinforcement element 33 of each bead 32 so that an axially inner portion 3611, 3621 of the first carcass layer 36 is arranged axially inside of an axially outer portion 3612, 3622 of the first carcass layer 36 and so that each axial end 361, 362 of the first carcass layer 36 is arranged radially outside of each circumferential reinforcement element 33.
• Each axial end 361, 362 of the single carcass layer 36 is arranged radially inside the equator E of the tire. More specifically, each axial end 361, 362 of the first carcass layer 36 is arranged at a radial distance RNC less than or equal to 30 mm from a radially inner end 331 of each circumferential reinforcement element 33 of each bead 32.
• RNC 23mm.
• Each working layer 24, 26, hooping 28 and carcass 36 comprises a matrix for calendering the wire reinforcing elements of the corresponding layer.
• the calendering matrix is polymeric and more preferably elastomeric like those usually used in the field of tires.
• Each hooping wire reinforcement element conventionally comprises two multifilament strands, each multifilament strand being made up of a yarn of aliphatic polyamide monofilaments, here of nylon with a denier equal to 140 tex, these two multifilament strands being placed in propeller individually at 250 rpm in one direction then propelled together at 250 rpm in the opposite direction. These two strands multifilaments are helically wound around each other.
• a wire reinforcement element for hooping comprising a multifilament strand made up of a yarn of aliphatic polyamide monofilaments, here of nylon with a count equal to 140 tex and a multifilament strand made up of a yarn of monofilaments aromatic polyamide, here aramid with a titer equal to 167 tex, these two multifilament strands being twisted individually at 290 turns per meter in one direction and then twisted together at 290 turns per meter in the opposite direction. These two multifilament strands are helically wound around each other.
• a hooping wire reinforcement element comprising two multifilament strands each consisting of a yarn of monofilaments of aromatic polyamide, here of aramid with a count equal to 330 tex and a multifilament strand consisting of a yarn of monofilaments of aliphatic polyamide, here of nylon with a count equal to 188 tex, each of the multifilament strands being twisted individually at 270 turns per meter in one direction then twisted together at 270 turns per meter in the opposite.
• These three multifilament strands are helically wound around each other.
• Each working wire reinforcement element is a 4.26 assembly of four steel monofilaments and comprising an inner layer of two monofilaments and an outer layer of two monofilaments wound together in a helix around the inner layer at a pitch of 14.0 mm , for example in the direction S.
• Such an assembly 4.26 has a breaking force equal to 640 N, a diameter equal to 0.7 mm.
• Each steel monofilament has a diameter equal to 0.26 mm and a mechanical strength equal to 3250 MPa.
• each carcass textile wire reinforcement element 360 comprises an assembly of at least two multifilament strands 363, 364.
• Each multifilament strand 363, 364 is selected from a polyester multifilament strand, an aromatic polyamide multifilament strand and an aliphatic polyamide multifilament strand, preferably selected from a polyester multifilament strand and an aromatic polyamide multifilament strand.
• the assembly is chosen from an assembly of two multifilamentary strands of polyester and an assembly of a multifilamentary strand of polyester and a multifilamentary strand of aromatic polyamide and here consists of two multifilamentary strands of PET, these two multifilament strands being twisted individually at 270 turns per meter in one direction and then twisted together at 270 turns per meter in the opposite direction.
• Each of these multifilament strands has a titer equal to 334 tex such that the total titer of the assembly is greater than or equal to 475 tex and here equal to 668 tex.
• a mounted assembly was simulated comprising each tire described above mounted on a mounting support comprising the measurement rim for the dimension of the tire and defined according to the ETRTO 2019 standard manual.
• a simulation of a rolling test similar to the load/speed performance test described in Annex VII of UNECE Regulation No. 30 was carried out, but under even more stressful conditions. .
• a tire inflated to a pressure equal to 250 kPa is simulated under a load that the tire must normally be able to carry in its EXTRA LOAD version but at a pressure of 290 kPa in accordance with the ETRTO 2019 standard manual.
• these conditions reproduce overloaded and underinflated use of the tire.
• the maximum meridian curvature Cmax of the axially innermost carcass layer was measured when the tire is mounted on a rim having a rim width code equal to the rim width code of measurement defined according to the ETRTO 2019 standard manual for the size of the tire minus 0.5.
• These assembled assemblies were simulated loaded to a load greater than that described in the load/speed performance test described in Annex VII of UNECE Regulation No. 30 and inflated to a pressure lower than the recommended pressure to carry the corresponding load.
• the maximum meridian curvature limit above which relatively high compression of the axially innermost carcass layer in the sidewall and increased energy dissipation is observed was equal to 0.30 mm -1 .
• the tension of each carcass wire reinforcement element is measured at the end of the single carcass layer.
• FIG. 4 In order to illustrate the effect of the rectification of the flanks, which, although advantageous is optional within the framework of the invention, there is illustrated in FIG. 4 the result of a static crushing test of a tire of size 255/35R18 identical to that described previously but in which the T2/A ratio is equal to 1.05 (tire shown on the left) and the tire described previously whose T2/A ratio is equal to 0.97 (pneumatic shown at right).
• the load applied to each tire is equal to 750 kg at a pressure of 250 kPa.
• the deflection of the left tire is much greater than the deflection of the right tire. Indeed, the distance DR1 from the axis of rotation R to the ground of the left tire is less than the distance DR2 from the axis of rotation R to the ground of the right tire.
• the sidewalls of the right-hand tire are radially straighter than the sidewalls of the left-hand tire. This is visible by comparing, at the same radial dimension of each flank, the distances DF1 and DF2 between the outer surface of the flank located opposite the contact area and the plane SA perpendicular to the axis of rotation R of the tire and passing through the bearing face of the rim delimiting the axial width A of the rim. This can also be seen by comparing, at the same radial elevation of each side located to the right of the contact area, the distances DFT and DF2' between the outer surface of the side and the perpendicular plane SA. We observe that DF1 >DF2 and that DF1'>DF2'.

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