Patent ID: 6499522
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement, a crown reinforcement comprising at least two working crown plies of inextensible reinforcement elements, crossed from one ply to the other ply, forming angles of between 10Â° and 45Â° with the circumferential direction, and an additional, axially continuous, ply formed of metallic reinforcement elements which is placed radially between the working plies, and the axial width of which is at least 1.1 times the axial width of the widest working crown ply, the tire characterized in that the reinforcement elements of the additional ply are continuous, inextensible, substantially radial metallic elements made of steel, the tire further characterized in that the additional ply has a substantially zero meridian curvature.