Tire with a tread comprising reinforcing elements
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorBENJAMIN GORNARD
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Abstract
A tire tread comprises at least one tread pattern block having at least one circumferential reinforcing element made of a composition having a dynamic shear modulus G* at least twice the dynamic shear modulus G* of the composition of the rest of the blocks of the tread. The composition of the at least one circumferential reinforcing element is based on at least one diene elastomer, one reinforcing filler comprising a carbon black exhibiting an STSA specific surface area, measured according to the standard D6556-2016, of greater than or equal to 90 m2/g, one epoxy resin, one amine-comprising curing agent and one crosslinking system.
Claims16
-15. (canceled)
A tire (1), having an outer side (E) and an inner side (I), the tire comprising a crown reinforcement (6) and a radially outer tread (5), the tread (5) comprising a plurality of tread pattern blocks (51) oriented at least partially circumferentially and a plurality of grooves (71, 72, 73, 74) extending at least partially circumferentially, each circumferential groove (71, 72, 73, 74) being delimited by an axially internal lateral face (7i), by an axially external lateral face (7e), and by a groove bottom (7b), at least one of the tread pattern blocks (51) having at least one circumferential reinforcing element (52) made of a composition having a dynamic shear modulus G* at least twice a dynamic shear modulus G* of a composition of a remainder of the tread pattern blocks, the at least one circumferential reinforcing element (52) having an axial width which decreases progressively within increasing radial proximity to an outside, the axial width having a maximum value (520) of less than 40% of an axial width (510) of the tread pattern block,
- wherein the composition of the at least one circumferential reinforcing element (52) is based on at least one diene elastomer, one reinforcing filler comprising a carbon black exhibiting an STSA specific surface area, measured according to standard D6556-2016, of greater than or equal to 90 m2/g, one epoxy resin, one amine-comprising curing agent and one crosslinking system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.