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• Main Authors: ANTONIO BRUNACCI, CLAUDIO ZANICHELLI, MARCO NAHMIAS NANNI
• Format: Patent
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: 09.02.2010
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING; TYRE INFLATION; VEHICLE TYRES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A tire with an elastomeric intermediate layer of compound material disposed between the tread band and the belted plies where the elastomeric intermediate layer is made of a fiber-reinforced material. In one embodiment, the elastomeric intermediate layer is further characterized in that it has edge portions that are about 33 % thicker than the central portion. In this embodiment, the edge portions are about 2 mm thick and the central portion is about 1.5 mm thick. The edge portions each comprise about 2/7ths of the width of the elastomeric intermediate layer while the central portion comprises the remaining 3/7ths of the width of the layer. The elastomeric intermediate layer may be reinforced with short reinforcing fibers to improve its modulus of elasticity, among other mechanical characteristics. The short reinforcing fibers have a diameter of about 10 microns, a length of about 200 microns, and an aspect ratio of about 20. The short reinforcing fibers are incorporated in the compound material with a concentration between about 5 and 15 parts per hundred of rubber (phr).