Abstract: The pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on an outer side of the belt layer in the radial direction. Additionally, the carcass layer has a cord angle of 80° or more and 100° or less. Additionally, the belt layer is formed by layering a first reinforcing belt, a second reinforcing belt that is narrower than the first reinforcing belt, and an auxiliary belt that is spaced apart from a tire equatorial plane and disposed between the carcass layer and the first reinforcing belt. Additionally, the first reinforcing belt and the second reinforcing belt have cord angles of 11° or more and 30° or less, and the auxiliary belt has a cord angle of 55° or more and 70° or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-sealing tyre for vehicle wheels comprising at least one carcass ply (3), a tread band (7) applied in a radially external position with respect to said carcass ply in a crown portion, at least one liner (9) applied in a radially internal position with respect to said carcass ply, a sealing assembly (10, 11) applied in a radially internal position with respect to said liner and axially extending at least at a part of the crown portion; wherein said sealing assembly comprises a permanent self-supporting elastomeric layer (11) having an elongation modulus at 10% lower than 0.

Abstract: In the pneumatic tire including a sealant layer containing an adhesive sealant on an inner surface of a tread portion, when a thickness of the sealant layer at 0° C. is G0, a thickness of the sealant layer at 50° C. is G50, a width of the sealant layer at 0° C. is W0, and a width of the sealant layer at 50° C. is W50, a rate of change RG of thickness expressed by RG=(|G50?G0|/G0)×100 is set to 3% or less, and a rate of change RW of width expressed by RW=(|W50?W0|/W0)×100 is set to 3% or less.

Abstract: A motorcycle tyre, comprising a radial carcass structure (2) and a tread band (8) applied at a radially outer position with respect to the radial carcass structure (2), wherein the radial carcass structure (2) comprises a first carcass ply (3a) and a second carcass ply (3b) including a first plurality of textile reinforcing cords (30) and a second plurality of textile reinforcing cords (32), respectively, wherein the first textile reinforcing cords (31) are parallel to each other and the second textile reinforcing cords (33) are parallel to each other and have a respective first and second inclination at a crown portion (8c) of the tread band (8) with respect to an equatorial plane (X-X) of the tyre, wherein said second inclination is opposite to said first inclination. The first textile reinforcing cords (31) and the second textile reinforcing cords (33) have a tenacity comprised between 0.35 cN/Tex and 1.2 cN/Tex at 2% elongation and comprised between 0.5 cN/Tex and 3 cN/Tex at 5% elongation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode assembly in which a plurality of first electrode plates including electrode tabs, a plurality of second electrode plates including electrode tabs, and a separator interposed between each of the first electrode plates and each of the second electrode plates are arranged in a stacked manner. In the electrode assembly, electrode tabs of the same polarity are bend-formed so that the electrode tabs are gathered at the center of the stacking direction of the electrode assembly and protrude outward, and sub-tabs may be bonded on the bend-formed electrode tabs. In addition, the present disclosure may include a manufacturing method of an electrode assembly in which a pair of sub-tabs is respectively bonded on opposite sides of a bundle of electrode tabs that are gathered at the center of the stacking direction of the electrode assembly and protrude outward as described above.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a rubber occupancy ratio in a closed region is in a range of 15% or less. Bead cores have a predetermined wire arrangement structure formed by arranging wire cross sections of bead wires in a cross-sectional view in a tire meridian direction. A tangential contacts an innermost layer in a tire radial direction and the wire cross sections innermost and outermost in a tire lateral direction in the wire arrangement structure from a rim fitting surface side. Contact points of the tangent line are on the innermost and outermost wire cross sections. A gauge is in the tire lateral direction from the midpoint to the rim fitting surface. A rate of change of the gauge between before and after mounting on a rim is in a range from 10% or greater to 60% or less.

Abstract: A tire (1), intended in particular for a private passenger vehicle and comprising at least one sidewall (3) with a protuberance of the sidewall (3) close to the connection of the tire with its mounting rim (2), and intended to reduce the aerodynamic drag and hence the resistance to forward motion of the wheel, in order to contribute to the reduction in fuel consumption and hence to the reduction in CO2 emissions. According to the invention, when the tire (1) is mounted on the rim (2) and inflated to a pressure as defined by the “ETRTO” standard, the radially inner end I of the protuberance (6) is positioned radially inside the radially outermost point J of the rim flange (21) at a radial distance H1 at most equal to 10 mm, or radially outside the radially outermost point J of the rim flange (21) at a radial distance H1 at most equal to 4 mm.

Abstract: Provided is an electrochemical cell, a power generation method using the electrochemical cell, and a manufacturing method of a hydrogen gas using the electrochemical cell. A fuel cell 1 (electrochemical cell) includes a proton conductor 5 represented by (Li, H)14-2xZn1+x(GeO4)4 where a portion of lithium ions of Li14-2xZn1+x(GeO4)4 where x is a number equal to or more than 0 is substituted with protons, the proton conductor having electric conductivity of 0.01 S/cm or more at 300° C., an anode 6 provided on one side of the proton conductor, a cathode 7 provided on another side of the proton conductor, a first separator 9 provided on an anode side of the proton conductor to define an anode chamber 8, and a second separator 12 provided on a cathode side of the proton conductor to define a cathode chamber 11.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a circumferentially continuous recess in at least one sidewall outer surface. In a meridian cross-section, an area A of a region surrounded by outlines of the sidewall and a bead and a tangent line, an area S of a region surrounded by the outlines of the sidewall and the bead, a carcass body, a perpendicular line L2, a perpendicular line L3, and a thickness G1 of a bead filler measured along the perpendicular line L2 satisfy 0.10×(G1?17)?A/(S+A)?0.05×(G1?10), the tangent line being straight and contacting the outlines of the sidewall and the bead, a contact point being where the tangent line and the sidewall outline contact, the perpendicular line L2 being straight and passing through a turned-up edge of a carcass and perpendicularly intersecting the carcass body, the perpendicular line L3 being straight and passing through the contact point and perpendicularly intersecting the carcass body.

Abstract: To provide a narrow and large-diameter tire capable of improving noise performance at high speeds without compromising handling performance at low temperatures. The tire has a tread portion formed of an elastomer composition. A relationship between a tire outer diameter (Dt) and a tire cross-sectional width (Wt) satisfy a following expression (1). The tread portion includes at least one circumferential groove extending in a tire circumferential direction. A rubber thickness at a groove bottom of the circumferential groove is 0.05 to 0.25 times a maximum thickness of the tread portion. The elastomer composition has a phase difference ? of 5.0×10?2? [rad] or less between a maximum value of strain and a maximum value of stress when repeatedly deformed at a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and a frequency of 10 Hz in a dynamic viscoelasticity test; 1963.4?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(1).

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire provided with a carcass layer and a belt layer, the carcass layer is formed of an organic fiber cord having an elongation at break of 20% to 30%, an elongation in a sidewall portion under a load of 2.0 cN/dtex of 5.5% to 8.0%, and a product A=D×Ec of a fineness based on corrected mass D (unit: dtex/piece) and a count Ec (unit: piece/50 mm) of 1.8×105 dtex/50 mm to 3.0×105 dtex/50 mm, and the belt layer is formed of a steel cord having a stress at break of 3300 MPa or more and a product B=S×Eb of a cross-sectional area S (unit: mm2/piece), and a count Eb (unit: piece/50 mm) is from 6.0 mm2/50 mm to 7.5 mm2/50 mm.

Abstract: A tire including a belt having a steel cord belt layer, and a bandage externally bearing radially on the belt. The bandage includes a rubber strip containing reinforcement cord. This rubber strip is wound about the belt at least from one axial belt end up to at least the other axial belt end, the ratio of the axial winding component to the circumferential winding component along the rubber strip is less than 0.01, and, over at least 70% of the axial belt width, does not vary by more than 2%. The spacing of two neighboring cords in two adjacent portions of the wound rubber strip at each circumferential position does not vary by more than 5% compared to the spacing of the cords in the rubber strip. The cords in the bandage are subjected to tension of at least 3 N/mm2 over at least 25% of the axial belt width.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material including artificial graphite particle, wherein a thermal expansion coefficient measured by a specific method is in a range of 108×10?6/K to 150×10?6/K. The negative electrode active material has excellent adhesion to an electrode, and has excellent processability and long-term cycle life characteristics accordingly, and the negative electrode including the negative electrode active material has high capacity and excellent initial efficiency.

Abstract: A tire for use on an asphalted surface comprises a tread surface (16) comprising a continuously-smooth part (20). The or each continuously-smooth part (20) comprises a plurality of recessed portions (26) and a plurality of raised portions (28). The recessed portions (26) and the raised portions (28) are arranged in such a way that, when the continuously-smooth part (20) rolls along a surface, the mean top-of-raised-portion pressure exerted on average by that surface on the tops (32) of the raised portions (28) is strictly greater than the mean bottom-of-recessed-portion pressure exerted on average by that surface on the bottoms (30) of the recessed portions (26).

Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire which is sufficiently reduced in the rolling resistance during high-speed travel, while having sufficiently improved chipping resistance. A pneumatic tire which has a tread part, wherein: at least one rubber layer that forms the tread part contains a rubber component that contains an isoprene rubber, a styrene butadiene rubber and a butadiene rubber, while containing more than 5 parts by mass but 25 parts by mass or less of carbon black relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; and if Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width of the tire, Dt (mm) is the outer diameter of the tire, and V (mm3) is the virtual volume that is the volume of the space occupied by the tire when this pneumatic tire is installed on a standardized rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa, (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.

Abstract: A tire (1) for a vehicle of the construction plant type, having a carcass reinforcement (4) and a crown reinforcement (3), with at least five crown layers (311, 312, 321, 322, 331, 332) having metal reinforcers. The protective layer (312) has elastic reinforcers having a tensile modulus at most equal to 110 GPa. The rubbers, referred to as crown decoupling rubbers (6), that are located around the axial ends of the crown layers (311, 312, 321, 322, 331, 332) have an elongation at break at least equal to 500%, and a dynamic loss tan? at most equal to 0.06. A crown filler rubber (5) between the axial end of the axially widest working layer (321) and the carcass reinforcement (4) possibly has an elongation at break at least equal to 650% and a dynamic loss tan?, at 100° C. at 10 Hz, at most equal to 0.07.

Abstract: Provided is a tire having a cross-sectional height (SH) ranging from 50 mm to 150 mm, in an unloaded state where the tire is mounted on a specified rim and inflated to a specified internal pressure, an opening distance (A) between the tire and a rim flange on a perpendicular line drawn from an outermost point of the rim flange in a radial direction to an outer surface of the tire with respect to the cross-sectional height (SH) satisfies a relationship 0.01?A/SH?0.16 and a projection amount (W) corresponding to one half of a difference between a total width of the tire and a rim width of the specified rim satisfy a relationship 0.03?A/W?1.60.

Abstract: In a tire, an inclination angle of a cord included in a second belt layer with respect to a tire width direction is defined as a positive inclination angle in a tire see-through plan view, an intersection point between a perpendicular line drawn from an end portion of a belt layer having a maximum belt width in the tire width direction to a carcass and a cord of an outermost carcass layer in a tire radial direction is defined as a first reference point in a tire meridian cross-sectional view, and an inclination angle of the cord with respect to the tire width direction at the first reference point is ?3° or more in the tire see-through plan view.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire provided on a tread with an outer center circumferential groove, an inner center circumferential groove, an outer shoulder circumferential groove that extend linearly in a tire circumferential direction, and an inner shoulder circumferential groove extending in a zig-zag pattern in the tire circumferential direction. The groove width of the outer center circumferential groove and the groove width of inner center circumferential groove are narrower than the groove width of the outer shoulder circumferential groove and the groove width of the inner shoulder circumferential groove, respectively.

Abstract: A tyre includes at least one block on which at least one complex type sipe is obtained separating the block into two portions having a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The first surface is extended between a set of first and second longitudinal sections having, respectively, a first and a second radial profile, which are symmetrical to each other, each one comprising a coupling portion between the two block portions formed by a protrusion and a recess defined by three consecutive inclined lengths, the pattern of which is such that the ends of the coupling portion are offset from each other along a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the sipe.