Puncture Resistance for High-Performance Tires

A passenger vehicle tire with improved resistance to penetration and puncture while also being lighter weight than conventional tires. The tire reinforcement design uses a triangulated arrangement of the carcass, working, and hooping layers. The carcass layer angle is optimized for flexibility while the hooping layer angle is shallow to provide radial stiffness. The hooping layer has narrow-spaced reinforcements with high strength. The resulting tire has reduced susceptibility to puncture while using less material.

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A pneumatic tire with improved puncture resistance and durability, particularly in the sidewall area. The tire has two carcass reinforcing plies. The first ply extends radially between the bead portions. The second ply wraps around the bead and apex forming a turn-up portion. This configuration provides increased strength and puncture resistance in the sidewall compared to a single ply. The two plies work together to distribute loads and prevent cuts and penetration.

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Tire structure for light trucks and off-road vehicles with enhanced cut and puncture resistance. The tire has a carcass reinforcement with at least one ply wrapped around bead cores and through sidewalls. A cut/puncture-resistant sidewall layer, adjacent to the carcass reinforcement, contains cords twisted together with an unbalanced twist. One example is nylon and aramid cords twisted together with nylon S twist (4-8 tpi) and aramid Z twist (4-8 tpi). This provides a cord with extensibility like nylon at low elongation and modulus and cut resistance like aramid at high elongation.

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Pneumatic tire with a fiber-reinforced rubber layer beneath the tread to prevent foreign object penetration. The layer is made of rubber reinforced with fibers like nylon or aramid along with specific chemicals like dithiodicarboxylic acid and dimaleimide. The fiber reinforcement and chemical additives make the layer act as a barrier to stop objects from penetrating deeper into the tire.

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Off-road tire design to improve puncture resistance and reduce sidewall cutting on rough surfaces. The design includes larger side blocks protruding from the sidewall in the shoulder region of the tire. These side blocks provide extra protection against rocks and debris impacting the sidewall and help prevent cuts and punctures in off-road conditions. The larger size of these side blocks compared to the shoulder blocks also helps maintain traction over time while reducing sidewall damage.

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A bicycle tire with improved puncture resistance and rolling resistance. The tire tread contains modified silicate fibers and fibrillated polymer fibers as reinforcement instead of conventional materials like carbon black or silica. The modified silicate fibers have needle-like nanometric morphology while the fibrillated polymer fibers have micrometric size.

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A bicycle tire with improved puncture resistance without sacrificing performance. The tire uses a tread compound containing fibrillated polymeric fibers to provide puncture protection. It also has protective layers under the tread that contain angled cords or fabrics to stop punctures from reaching the inner carcass. These layers extend beyond the tire's axial length. The angled reinforcements and extended layers complement the fiber-filled tread to provide comprehensive puncture resistance for all bike types.

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A bulletproof and puncture-resistant tire with lightweight, riding stability, and bulletproof/puncture resistance for vehicles like military and armored cars. The tire uses modified rubber containing high-performance short fibers. The fiber modification involves exposing the fibers to UV light to incorporate coupling agents. The modified rubber is used in the tire's tread, belt ply, and inner liner. The tire also has a buffer layer made of modified rubber. The cord ply uses twisted high-performance long fibers.

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Self-sealing pneumatic tire with improved puncture sealing and noise reduction by using a specific silicone composition for the self-sealing layer. The silicone composition contains silyl terminated polymers, cross-linkers, catalysts, and fillers. The molar ratios of hydroxyl groups, hydrolyzable groups, and catalysts are controlled to optimize curing properties. The composition is applied as a two-part mixture that adheres, seals punctures, and cures on the inner tire surface. A sound-absorbing layer is adhered to the self-sealing layer.

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Aircraft tire with improved cut and puncture resistance for heavy load and high-speed conditions. The tire has a cut/puncture-resistant breaker layer between the crown reinforcement and tread. The breaker layer is made of parallel monofilaments inclined at 0-10 degrees to the equatorial plane. This configuration protects against cuts and punctures without sacrificing ride comfort or tire life.

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A reinforced tire cord that balances strength and flexibility while allowing good elastomer penetration. The cord has an internal strand surrounded by an external strand. The external strand is wound in the opposite direction to the internal strand. The external strand has an incomplete layer - the outer wires don't touch. This creates gaps for elastomer to penetrate between the strands. The internal strand's wires have larger diameters towards the center to help elastomer flow. The cord is used in heavy-duty vehicle tires.

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Rubber composition for tires that improves puncture and block resistance, particularly for heavy-duty all-steel radial tires used in harsh road conditions like mining areas and mountainous regions. The composition contains 40-60 parts rubber, 40-80 parts carbon black, and 1-5 parts zinc isooctanoate. The zinc isooctanoate additive enhances puncture and block resistance while maintaining good tear strength. Other ingredients like plasticizer, vulcanizing agent, and anti-aging agent can be added in specified ranges.

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Steel-free tire tread composition for improved puncture resistance, tear strength, and tread life in all-steel radial tires. The tread rubber formulation contains a specific blend of natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber and styrene-butadiene copolymer. It also uses enhanced special organic fillers with high iodine value and nitrogen adsorption surface area, along with silica inorganic filler. The unique rubber and filler combination provides better resistance to cutting, tearing, and puncturing compared to conventional tread compounds.

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