Tire comprising a tread containing reinforcing elements
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsPatrick Pallot, Frédéric Perrin
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AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsPatrick Pallot, Frédéric Perrin
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A tire (1) in which at least one of the said tread pattern blocks (51) comprises a circumferential reinforcing element (52) positioned axially on the inside relative to the said at least one groove (71) when working from the outside towards the inside and axially close to the said circumferential groove, the circumferential reinforcing element (52) is made of a rubber compound having a dynamic shear modulus G* at least twice as high as the dynamic shear modulus G* of the rubber compound of the rest of the blocks of the tread, the circumferential reinforcing element (52) extends radially from the radially exterior surface of the said crown reinforcement (6) towards the surface of the said tread with an axial width which decreases progressively with increasing radial proximity to the outside, and in which the said circumferential reinforcing element (52) partially forms the axially internal lateral face (7i) of the said at least one of the said tread pattern blocks (51).
A tire having an exterior side and an interior side, the tire comprising a crown reinforcement and a tread radially on the outside, the tread comprising a plurality of tread pattern blocks, two tread pattern blocks being separated by at least one groove extending at least partially circumferentially, each groove being delimited by an axially internal lateral face, by an axially external lateral face and by a groove bottom, and the tread having a contact face intended to come into contact with the roadway when the tire is being driven on and a wear limit level situated radially on the outside of a groove bottom,
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