Patent Document:

fig1 and fig2 show a utility vehicle pneumatic tire of a radial type of construction with two side walls 2 extending in a radial direction r of the vehicle tire with a crown region 3 formed axially between them . the side walls are in this case designed , at their end of extent pointing radially inward , with a bead region 1 , in which is formed a bead core 4 of known type which is resistant to tensile force in the circumferential direction u and extends over the circumference of the tire in a circumferential direction . the bead cores 4 are designed in a known way to be wound from wire extending in the circumferential direction u of the vehicle pneumatic tire and embedded in rubber . an apex ( bead filler ) 6 of triangular cross section , made from hard rubber material , is formed in the conventional way on the bead cores 4 . the vehicle pneumatic tire is designed with a carcass 5 which , starting from the bead core 4 formed in the left bead region 1 of the vehicle pneumatic tire , extends in the radial direction r of the vehicle pneumatic tire outward through the left side wall 2 as far as the crown region 3 and , in the crown region 3 , in the axial direction a of the vehicle pneumatic tire as far as the right side wall 2 and , in the right side wall 2 of the vehicle pneumatic tire , radially inward as far as the bead core 4 formed in the bead region 1 of the right side wall 2 . the carcass is designed in each of the two bead regions 1 to extend along the axial inner side of the bead core 4 as far as the radial inner side of the respective bead core 4 , then , in prolongation of the axial direction , along the radial inner side of the bead core 4 as far as the axial outer side of the bead core 4 and then , in prolongation on the axial outer side of the bead core 4 , as a wrap - around part 7 radially outward . the carcass 5 extends with its wrap - around part 7 along the axial outer side of the apex 6 and ends on the axial outer side of the apex 7 . the carcass is formed in a known way , not illustrated in any more detail , from a carcass ply extending in the circumferential direction u over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire and having parallel cords , for example steel cords , which are embedded in rubber and which extend in the region of the side walls 2 essentially in the radial direction r and in the crown region essentially in the axial direction a . on that side of the carcass 5 which points toward the tire inner side , an inner layer 12 made from known , especially air - impermeable rubber material extends from the left bead region 1 as far as the right bead region 1 . in each case an additional bead reinforcer strip 8 , which extends over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire , is formed in the bead region 1 on that side of the carcass 5 which points away from the bead core 4 . the bead reinforcer strip 8 is , for example , a material strip made from parallel strengtheners of textile or metallic type and embedded in rubber . in the region of the tire crown 3 , a belt 9 extending over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire in circumferential direction u and in the axial direction a from the left tire shoulder as far as the right tire shoulder is formed in the radial direction r of the vehicle pneumatic tire outside the carcass 5 on the carcass 5 and is formed from three belt plies 13 , 14 and 15 arranged one above the other and so as to lie one on the other in the radial direction r . a profiled running strip 10 of known type , which completely covers the belt 9 , and which extends over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire in the circumferential direction u and in the axial direction a from the left tire shoulder as far as the right tire shoulder is formed radially outside the belt 9 on the belt 9 . a side wall rubber strip 11 is formed in a known way in the region of the tire side walls 2 on that side of the carcass 5 pointing axially away from the tire and extends in the radial direction r from the bead region 1 as far as the profiled running strip 10 in the crown region 3 . the radially inner belt ply 13 and the radially outer belt ply 15 are designed as working plies of the tire and in each case extend in the circumferential direction u over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire and in the axial direction a from the left tire shoulder as far as the right tire shoulder . the working ply 13 is formed from a ply of thread - like parallel strengtheners 23 which are embedded in rubber and which extend over the entire width a , measured in the axial direction a , of the belt ply 13 essentially in a straight line and form an inclination angle α to the circumferential direction u of 10 °≦ α ≦ 45 °. the working ply 15 is formed from a ply of thread - like parallel strengtheners 25 which are embedded in rubber and which extend over the entire axial width c of the belt ply 15 essentially in a straight line and form an inclination angle γ to the circumferential direction u of 10 °≦ γ ≦ 45 °. the inclination direction of the strengtheners 25 of the working plies 15 is designed , as seen along the circumferential direction u , in the opposite axial direction a to the inclination direction of the strengtheners 23 of the working ply 13 . the third belt ply 14 formed between the two working plies 15 and 13 extends in the circumferential direction u over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire and in the axial direction from the left tire shoulder to the right tire shoulder and is designed as a 0 ° ply . for this purpose , the belt ply 14 is formed from parallel thread - like strengtheners which are embedded in rubber and which extend in a straight line over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire , at the same time forming an angle β to the circumferential direction u of 0 °≦ β ≦ 5 °, and are therefore oriented essentially in the circumferential direction u of the vehicle pneumatic tire . all three belt plies 13 , 14 and 15 extend on both axial sides in each case into a position in the respective tire shoulder which lies axially outside the ground contact surface , illustrated by the axial width t a of the ground contact surface . the belt ply 14 is over its entire axial extent in direct touch contact both with the working ply 13 arranged below it and with the working ply 15 arranged above it . the 0 ° ply 14 extends in the axial direction a over an axial width b , the lower working ply 13 extends in the axial direction a over an axial width a and the upper working ply 15 extends in the axial direction a over an axial width c in the tire , with a & gt ; c & gt ; b . in this case , on both axial sides of the 0 ° ply 14 , the inner working ply 13 extends by an axial length of extent e beyond the axial position of the respective belt margin of the 0 ° ply 14 . the outer working ply 15 likewise extends in each of the two axial directions by an axial length of extent d beyond the axial position of the respective belt margin of the 0 ° ply 14 . what applies to the lengths of extent e and d of this overhang is e & gt ; d . the dimension d is in this case designed to be d ≧ 10 mm . in the exemplary embodiment , the dimension e is designed to be e ≦ 60 mm . the two working plies 13 and 15 also do not touch one another in the region of the overhang . the strengtheners 23 and 25 of the two working plies 13 and 15 are steel cords of known type which , when subjected to tensile load , have a breaking force f of f & gt ; 2500 n and , under 10 % of the breaking force , an extension d of 0 . 28 %≦ d ≦ 0 . 32 %. such steel cords are , for example , steel cords of type 3 + 8 × 0 . 35 ht with a breaking force f = 3000 n and with an extension d of d = 3 . 0 % under 10 % of the breaking force . the values are determined by way of the bisfa e6 standard test method for steel cords . in one version , the strengtheners 24 are steel cords of known type . in another version , the strengtheners 24 are steel cords which are designed in a known way as high - elongation cord ( he cord ). highly stretchable high - elongation cords of this type have a modulus of elasticity under an extension of between 0 % and 2 % which is lower than its modulus of elasticity under an extension of more than 2 %. in an exemplary embodiment , β is selected equal to 1 °, a equal to 20 °, γ equal to 20 °, d equal to 11 mm and e equal to 15 mm . in an alternative version , not illustrated , of the versions mentioned above , in each case the inclination angle α of the strengtheners 23 of the inner working ply 13 is designed to be greater than the inclination angle γ of the strengtheners 25 of the outer working ply 15 . in an alternative version , not illustrated , of the versions mentioned above , in each case the inclination angle α of the strengtheners 23 of the inner working ply 13 is designed to be lower than the inclination angle γ of the strengtheners 25 of the outer working ply 15 . fig3 and fig4 show a further alternative version in which the belt 9 , in addition to the belt plies 13 , 14 and 15 illustrated in fig1 and fig2 , is designed on the radial outer side of the outer working ply 15 with an additional belt ply 16 which extends in the circumferential direction u over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire and in the axial direction a of the vehicle pneumatic tire from the left tire shoulder as far as the right tire shoulder . the belt ply 16 is formed from a ply of thread - like parallel strengtheners 26 which are embedded in rubber and which extend over the entire axial width f of the belt ply 16 essentially in a straight line and form an inclination angle δ to the circumferential direction u of 15 °≦ δ ≦ 45 °. the belt ply 16 extends , over its entire axial extent , in direct touch contact with the working ply 15 and ends in the axial direction a , at each of its two belt ply margins , in an axial position between the nearest belt ply margin of the 0 ° ply 14 and the nearest belt ply margin of the radially outer working ply 15 at the axial distance g from the belt ply margin of the 0 ° ply 14 , with g & lt ; d . the width f is the dimension of the axial extent of the additional belt ply 16 with b & lt ; f & lt ; c & lt ; a . in one exemplary embodiment , the strengtheners 26 of the belt ply 16 are designed with the same inclination direction as the strengtheners 25 of the working ply 15 . in another version , not illustrated , the additional belt ply 16 is designed as a 0 ° ply and the inclination angle δ of its strengtheners 26 extending over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire is designed at 0 °≦ δ ≦ 5 °. if the additional working ply 16 is designed as a 0 ° ply , the strengtheners 26 are in one version steel cords of known type . in another version , the strengtheners 26 of the working ply 16 designed as a 0 ° ply are steel cords which are designed in a known way as high - elongation cord ( he cord ). highly stretchable high - elongation cords of this type have a modulus of elasticity under an extension of between 0 % and 2 % which is lower than their modulus of elasticity under an extension of more than 2 %. fig5 and fig6 show a further alternative exemplary embodiment in which , contrary to the exemplary embodiments illustrated and explained in fig1 and fig2 , the belt 9 is additionally designed with a belt ply 17 which is arranged in a radial position between the radially inner working ply 13 and the carcass 5 and which extends in the circumferential direction u over the entire circumference of the vehicle pneumatic tire and in the axial direction a of the vehicle pneumatic tire from the left tire shoulder as far as the right tire shoulder . the belt ply 17 is formed from a ply of thread - like parallel strengtheners 27 which are embedded in rubber and which extend over the entire axial width h of the belt ply 17 essentially in a straight line and form an inclination angle ε to the circumferential direction u of 45 °≦ ε ≦ 90 °, for example of ε = 50 °. the belt ply 17 extends , over its entire axial extent , in direct touch contact with the working ply 13 and ends in the axial direction a , at each of its two belt ply margins , in an axial position between the nearest belt ply margin of the 0 ° ply 14 and the nearest belt ply margin of the radially outer working ply 15 at the axial distance k from the belt ply margin of the 0 ° ply 14 , with k & lt ; d & lt ; e . the width h is the dimension of the axial extent of the additional belt ply 17 with b & lt ; h & lt ; c & lt ; a . in one exemplary embodiment , the strengtheners 27 of the belt ply 17 are designed with the same inclination direction as the strengtheners 23 of the radially inner working ply 13 . in further alternative versions , not illustrated , the additional inner belt ply 17 illustrated in connection with fig5 and fig6 is also formed in the versions with an additional belt ply 16 which are illustrated in connection with fig3 and fig4 . in this case , the belt 9 is formed from a 5 - ply arrangement with the belt plies 17 , 13 , 14 , 15 and 16 arranged one above the other radial from inside radially outward .

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