The present invention relates to a reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires which is wound between the tread and the carcass in tires used in motor vehicles, increases the cornering resistance and their lifetime.
In the belt packages present in the radial vehicles tires used today, there is at least two cross belt layers and a circumferential belt reinforcement. The said cross belt layers are made of steel cords and provide the sufficient lateral and circumferential stiffness. However, there are a lot of cut ends in the said layers. The said cut ends affect the cord-rubber adhesion negatively, cause the tire dynamic to deteriorate by causing cracks at the edges of the layer. This requires the use of a separate belt layer(cap ply) for high speed performances.
European Patent document no EP1000972, an application known in the state of the art, discloses short-fiber reinforced rubber reinforcement belts in order to be used in vehicle tires. The steering stability and the rolling resistance of the vehicle is increased by means of the said belts.
European Patent document no EP1310385, another application known in the state of the art, discloses a vehicle tire comprising rubber layer reinforced with short fibers in the steel wire part which is under the rim. The said short fibers are directed towards the circumferential direction of the tire.
International Patent document no WO 2005/002884, another application known in the state of the art, discloses a tire comprising two conventional belt layer made of steel cords(working layers) and circumferential cap ply having alternating hybrid cords and lower modulus cords.
Japanese Patent document no JP2004217127 which is another application known in the state of the art, represents a motorcycle tire contains a regular steel breaker and additional layer with alternating steel and aramid cords.
Japanese Patent document no JP6 1119408 is another application known in the state of the art, which discloses that the short fibers having less than 1 micron lengths are used as filler in belt compounds. Increased compound modulus results are obtained by reducing shear strains. Those compounds are used together with conventional steel cords.
The objective of the invention is to provide a reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires which is wound between the tread and the carcass of the tires.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires which increases the durability of the tire in cases wherein the vehicle should have good cornering stiffness and high speed performance.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide a reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires which comprises both metal cords and the polymeric cords.
Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires which is reinforced with short fibers.
The reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires to fulfill the objective of the present invention is illustrated in the accompanying figures wherein,
The components in the figures are assigned reference numerals as follows:
The inventive reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires (1) essentially comprises
The circumferential belt layer (2) is a strip layer between at least two rubber layers (3), and obtained by arranging the metal cords (21) comprised of twisted monofilaments and polymer cords (22) comprised of twisted monofilaments next to each other. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the width of the circumferential belt strip (2) may vary between 5-25 mm. The distance between the cords (21, 22) is 0-0.25 mm based on the cord (21, 22) surfaces.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the metallic cord (21) is comprised of steel material. Nylon 6.6, nylon 4.6, polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate cords or aramide-nylon hybrid cords are used as polymeric cord (22).
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the steel cords (21) are formed by twisting the monofilaments having the diameter of 0.12-0.45 mm. The said monofilaments can have normal, high, super and ultra breaking strength (NT, HT, ST and UT). Polymeric cords (22) are formed by twisting the monofilaments having the diameter of 0.1-0.5 mm.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the twist level of the steel cords (21) is 50-200 tpm (twist per meter), the twist length(lay length) is between 5-20 mm. The twist level of the polymeric cords (22) is between 20-500 tpm. Twist lengths of the steel and polymeric cords may be same or different.
The total end count (21, 22) is 50-250 epdm (ends per decimeter). The linear density of the steel cord (21) and the polymeric cord (22) can be equal or different.
The rubber layer (3) is a layer comprised of short fibers which are arranged transversally to the circumferential belt layer (2) such that it will resist to lateral compression and expansion of the belt (2). Two rubber layers (3) and the circumferential belt (2) are located inside the tire (L) such that they will form a sandwich. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the short fibers are comprised of aramide, rayon, polyester and/or polyamide material. The elastic modulus of the short fiber used in the said rubber layer (3) is between 5-600 GPa.
The inventive reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires (1) is located between the tread (5) and carcass (K) layers of the tires (L). The said belt package (1) eliminates the metal-metal fretting and the wearing problem occurring as a result of the lateral compression in vehicle tires (L) during cornering and decreases the weight of the tire.
Furthermore, in the inventive belt package (1), the absence of the cut ends increases the durability and life of the tire (L).
Within the scope of these basic concepts, it is possible to develop various embodiments of the inventive reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires (1). The invention cannot be limited to the examples described herein; it is essentially as defined in the claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2012/12029 | Oct 2012 | TR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/IB2013/002286 | 10/11/2013 | WO | 00 |