Tire with asymmetrical and reinforced sidewalls
AssigneeMichelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
InventorOliver Muhlhoff
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AssigneeMichelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
InventorOliver Muhlhoff
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A tire comprising two beads, a crown and sidewalls that connect the crown to said beads, the tire being reinforced by a carcass reinforcement anchored in each bead to at least one annular anchoring element, each sidewall comprising an additional, inextensible sidewall ring located axially inside the axially outermost carcass ply and a coupling section located radially between the annular anchoring element in the bead and said sidewall ring and positioned axially inside the axially outermost carcass ply. The tire is characterized in that the line segments passing through the centers of gravity of the sections of the annular anchoring rings in the beads and through the center of gravity of the sidewall rings on the same respective side, make angles respectively of β1 and β2 relative to the rotation axis, these angles being different.
A tire comprising two beads, a crown provided with a tread and first and second sidewalls connecting said crown to said beads, said beads comprising radially on the inside portions which make an angle open axially and radially outwards and intended to be in contact with a rim comprising rim seats inclined at an angle γ which is also open axially and radially outwards, said tire being reinforced by a carcass reinforcement comprising at least one carcass ply formed of reinforcements parallel to one another in the ply and making an angle α relative to the circumferential direction such that 60°≦α≦90°, said reinforcement being anchored in each bead to at least one annular anchoring element, and the carcass reinforcement being surmounted radially by a crown reinforcement itself surmounted by the tread,
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