PNEUMATIC TIRE

• Main Authors: PASSANTE SPACCAPIETRA, Ettore, MULLER, Philippe Joseph Auguste, COCCON, Marco Nicolo, MANOGARAN, Arun Prasath
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.08.2023
• Subjects: DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING; TYRE INFLATION; VEHICLE TYRES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A pneumatic tire, preferably a pneumatic truck tire, comprising a tread, a carcass (18) and a belt package (40) interposed between the carcass (18) and the tread is disclosed. The belt package (40) includes a first working belt (41, 110), wherein the first working belt (41, 110) is the radially innermost belt and is the axially widest belt of the belt package (40), The belt package (40) further includes a relatively low angle belt (43, 120) located radially outward of the first working belt (41, 110) and comprising parallel reinforcement elements angled at an angle of less than 10 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire (10, 100). The relatively low angle belt (43, 120) is formed of a spirally wound strip comprising reinforcement cords. The relatively low angle belt (43, 120) is formed of a central portion (124) wherein the strips comprising the reinforcement cords are not overlapped, and an axially outer portion (122), preferably on each axially outer side of the central portion (120), wherein the strips comprising the reinforcement cords are overlapped. The reinforcement elements of the relatively low angle belt (43, 120) are extensible and/or the belt package (40) further includes a second working belt (45, 130) that is located radially outward of the relatively low angle belt (43, 120), the second working belt (45, 130) having a first lateral end section (46) and a second lateral end section (50).