Abstract:
There is provided a steel cord for reinforcing rubber article having superior durability, and a pneumatic radial tire improved in steering stability and durability by using it. There is also provided a pneumatic radial tire satisfactorily combining steering stability, durability, and good cost performance required for a high performance radial tire intended for the application to a high performance passenger car. The steel cord for reinforcing rubber article has a 1×n structure composed of a plurality of steel filaments stranded in the same direction at the same stranding pitch, wherein the number of the steel filaments is 6 to 12 and the diameter of the steel filaments is 0.08 to 0.21 mm. In the pneumatic radial tire having a carcass (1), as a framework, extending toroidally between a pair of bead parts (11), with a crown part of the carcass being reinforced with a belt layer (2), the above-described steel cord for reinforcing rubber article is applied to a cord constituting the belt layer.
Abstract:
A tire cord having core filaments preformed into a helical configuration while maintaining the core filaments in a parallel, side-by-side relationship. The core filaments are not twisted or stranded together. High tensile strength sheath filaments are also preformed into a flattened helical configuration so that the sheath filaments can be wrapped around the side-by-side core filaments such that the sheath filaments do not put such tension on the core filaments as to cause the core filaments to bunch. The core filaments are maintained in a flat, side-by-side configation so that no voids are formed and rubber can penetrate into the tire cord. The core filaments may number from three to six and the sheath filaments from one to seven. The cross-section of the tire cord is flattened and confined within an oval-shaped outer bound, the oval outer bound being characterized by a major axis and a minor axis. It is desirable that the minor axis be no greater than 60% of the major axis to created the appropriate difference in the bending modulus of the tire cord in the horizontal versus the vertical direction.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a three-layer metal cord of L+M+N construction, which can be used to reinforce a tyre carcass reinforcement. The inventive cable comprises: an inner layer C1 with L wires having a diameter d1, L varying between 1 and 4; an intermediate layer C2 which surrounds the inner layer, with M wires having a diameter d2, which are helically wound together with a pitch p2, M varying between 3 and 12; and an outer layer C3, which surrounds the intermediate layer C2, with N wires having a diameter d3, which are helically wound together with a pitch p3, N varying between 8 and 20. The cord is characterised in that a sheath, which is made from a crosslinkable or crosslinked rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, covers at least the aforementioned intermediate layer C2. The invention also relates to the plastic and/or rubber semifinished products or articles reinforced with one such multilayer cord, such as tyres that are intended for industrial vehicles and, more specifically, heavy vehicle tyres and the carcass bracing plies thereof.
Abstract:
A reinforcing structure designed for handling compression stress states when the structure is molded into a composite. The structure, specifically a wrapped cord (10, 20) with metallic filaments (12) contained therein, is suitable for both compression and tension load forces. The reinforcing structure has a core (14) comprising a plurality of essentially straight, nested filaments (12) arranged in parallel, the filaments (12) forming a line of contact with adjacent filaments (12) that extends along the length of the filaments (12). Wrapped about the core (14) is at least one helically wound wire (16).
Abstract:
A tire cord having core filaments (10) performed into a helical configuration while maintaining the core filaments (10) in a parallel, side-by-side relationship. The core filaments (10) are not twisted or stranded together. High tensile strength sheath filaments (11) are also performed into a flattened helical configuration so that the sheath filaments (11) can be wrapped around the side-by-side core filaments such that the sheath filaments (11) do not put such tension on the core filaments (10) as to cause the core filaments (10) to bunch. The core filaments (10) are maintained in a flat side-by-side configuration so that no voids are formed and rubber can penetrate into the tire cord. The core filaments (10) may number from three to six and the sheath filaments (11) from one to seven. The cross-section of the tire cord is flattened and confined within an oval-shaped outer bound (21), the oval outer bound (21) being characterized by a major axis and a minor axis. It is desirable that the minor axis be no greater than 60% of the major axis to create the appropriate difference in the bending modulus of the tire cord in the horizontal versus the vertical direction.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a spiral hex bead (10) and a method of constructing the spiral hex bead (10) with a bead core (12) having a hexagonal cross-sectional shape formed from a single filament of bead core wire (16) continuously wound in at least three layers of successive, superimposed rows (20a, 20b, 20c) each having two or more successive, concentric windings (1-7). The bead core wire (16) has a coating (20) of cured or uncured rubber or elastomeric material. A first annular wrap (14) of bead wrapping wire (26) is helically wound around the bead core (12) in a first direction.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a reinforcement for a building works structure (1) comprising an assembly of solid wires (13, 14). The wires are mutually parallel to form a bundle and the reinforcement comprises a sheath (12) made of plastic material enclosing the bundle and providing it with cohesion.
Abstract:
A steel cord (10) adapted for the reinforcement of an elastomer comprises steel filaments (12,14) of a pearlitic structure. The steel cord has a plastic and elastic elongation at break of x % and a plastic and elastic elongation capability in the vulcanized elastomer of y %, the values x and y fulfilling following equation : y - 0.50 ≤ x ≤ y + 0.50, which means that the total elongation at break does not reduce considerably after embedding the steel cord into an elastomer. The steel core (10) has a high elongation capability which is largely independent of the structure of the steel cord.