Patent GB-1392002-A (GB)
Title: Tyres
IPC: B60C9/02
Filed: 1972-04-05
Abstract: 1392002 Tyres PNEUMATIQUES CAOUTCHOUC MANUFACTURE ET PLASTIQUES KLEBER COLOMBES 5 April 1972 [5 April 1971] 15784/72 Heading B7C A tyre has a carcass formed of loops 10 of flexible cord which each extend across the tyre from one bead region 14 of the tyre to the other and which, at least in the radially outer areas of the tyre sidewalls 12, lie in radial planes containing the tyre rotational axis and are spaced circumferentially from one another, the loops being formed by a single cord or successive cords wound round the carcass to form repetitively a loop, e.g. 10 1 , an arcuate cord portion, e.g. 15 1 , extending circumferentially along one bead region 14, and a further loop, e.g. 10 2 , followed by a further arcuate cord portion, e.g. 15 2 , extending circumferentially along the other bead region, the single cord, or the successive cords together, constituting a cord winding which extends for a plurality of circuits around the carcass so that circumferentially extending clusters of the cord portions 15 are obtained acting as reinforcing cores of the bead regions 14. Where successive cords are used to form the carcass the cords may be different from one another as regards their material dimensions, or construction. The loops 10 may be joined to the arcuate portions 15 by right-angle bends as shown in Fig. 1, or by radiused bends (Fig. 4, not shown) or inclined portions which cross one another in transition zones extending into the sidewalls from the bead regions 14 for a distance of as much as half the height of the sidewalls 12. The loops may lie wholly in radial planes as shown in Fig. 1, in which case a separate breaker assembly 11 may be provided. The assembly 11 may be formed by winding a continuous cord around the carcass crown along a zig-zag path to form two superposed layers of cord portions inclined at an acute angle to the equatorial plane of the tyre, with the cord portions in one layer crossing those of the other. The cord in the assembly 11 may be superposed on, Fig. 1, or interwoven with (Fig. 11, not shown) the cord of the loops 10. In an alternative embodiment, Fig. 6, the loops 10 are shaped such that two superposed or interwoven layers of crossing cord portions 19 are formed in the crown area of the carcass, which may obviate the need for a separate breaker assembly. The cord portions 19 may be joined to the remainder of the loops by angled or curved cord portions. Each bead region 14 may contain other reinforcements in addition to the clusters of portions 15, e.g. wires or cords 27 coiled for a number of circuits around the bead region along either a circumferential, Fig. 6, or a zig-zag (Fig. 5, not shown) path and superposed on or interwoven with the carcass cord, or an annular flipper strip of reinforcing material folded round the portions 15 (Fig. 7, not shown) or a strip or reinforcing material located axially outward of the portions 15 (Fig. 8, not shown) or a conventional bead ring and rubber filler assembly wrapped in a reinforcing flipper strip and located axially outward of the portions 15 (Fig. 9, not shown). The cord used in the tyre may be coated with rubber and may be made of metal, or glass or carbon fibre, or textile, e.g. rayon, nylon or polyester.