TIRE SIDEWALL FOR A HEAVY DUTY CIVIL ENGINEERING VEHICLE

• Main Authors: ROUSSEL, CÉCILE, ROYER, THIERRY, BELIN, CÉCILE, LEMARCHAND, CHRISTOPHE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.11.2019
• 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 radial tire (10) for a heavy vehicle of construction plant type, and more particularly, to the sidewalls thereof (20), aims to reduce the surface cracking of the tire sidewalls and slow down the propagation of cracks in the thickness of the sidewall. The tire (10) comprises two sidewalls (20), each sidewall (20) consisting of a laminate comprising at least first and second sidewall layers (21, 22) that are axially superposed and have a total thickness E, the axially outermost first sidewall layer (21) having a thickness E1 and consisting of a elastomeric compound M1, the axially innermost second sidewall layer (22) having a thickness E2 and consisting of a second elastomeric compound M2. The thickness E1 is at most equal to 0.9 times the total thickness E, the thickness E2 is at least equal to the minimum value between 3 mm and 0.1 times the total thickness E, the first elastomer compound M1 has a number of cycles to failure NR1 at least equal to 150,000 cycles, the second elastomeric compound M2 has a number of cycles to failure NR2 at least equal to 300,000 cycles and the VP1/VP2 ratio of the respective crack propagation rates in the first and second elastomeric compounds (M1, M2) is at least equal to 1.25.