Abstract: A tire comprises a pair of flexible bead wires (51) of reduced mass. Each bead wire (51) has the form of a closed circumferential ring, bracing the bead of the tire (1) against the rim (100) and comprising a first part made of a first material M1 taking the form of textile cords (560), the first part interacting with a second part of the bead wire (51) made of a reinforcing second material M2; the tensile stiffness is comprised between 4.5×105 N/m and 1.8×106 N/m; the circumferential bending stiffness, Kf, is greater than or equal to Kr*(1000*D/(16*25.4))3, where D is the diameter of the wheel on which the tire is mounted, measured at the seat (110) of the rim (100) in meters, and where Kr is equal to 2.10?2 N.m2; and the elastic elongation of the bead wire (51) is greater than or equal to 2%.

Abstract: A tire has a tread 5 which includes grooves 7, the side faces 72 of which are undercut, and includes at least one circumferential reinforcing element 8-1 arranged axially relative to said undercut side face 72 at a distance “d” of between 0 and 15% of the axial width L51 of the tread block 51, at least extending radially from the inside towards the outside from a radial level situated above the wear limit level and to a radial height equal to 5% of the thickness “p” of the tread.

Abstract: A tire, the tread of which has an underlayer and a circumferential reinforcement made up of a rubber mixture with a stiffness greater than the stiffness of the rubber mixture and the underlayer, has an outer side and an inner side. The circumferential reinforcement has a reinforcing element of tapered shape positioned in the tread pattern elements disposed axially on the outside with respect to the first or the second circumferential grooves of the tread from the outside to the inside and axially close to the circumferential groove.

Abstract: A tire having a tread comprising at least one circumferential reinforcing element 8 of which at least part of the meridional cross section has the shape of a triangle, the vertex of which is oriented radially towards the outside, the circumferential reinforcing element 8 comprising a skin 81 and a core 82, the skin material being at least twice as stiff as the core material.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire intended to be mounted on a rim and fitted to a lightweight vehicle, namely an assembly (A) for a tire, made up of a tire element (1) and of a clamping insert (9), and able to be wound onto a rim. To increase the load-bearing capability, the tire element (1) has two stiffening portions (6) at least partially not joined together, and each stiffening portion (6) extends in the open main interior cavity (5), from a transition zone between the bead (4) and the sidewall (3) as far as the vicinity of the middle of the crown (2), and delimits, with a portion of tire element (7) facing the stiffening portion (6), a closed secondary interior cavity (8). The clamping insert (9) may be a tape, with two transverse edges (91) inserted in the respective longitudinal grooves (41) of the two beads (4) of the tire element (1) so that to apply a clamping force to the two beads (4).

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire intended to be mounted on a rim and fitted to a lightweight vehicle, and the subject of the present invention is more specifically a tire element, which is able to be wound onto a rim. To increase the load-bearing capability, the tire element (1) has two stiffening portions (6) at least partially not joined together, and each stiffening portion (6) extends in the open main interior cavity (5), from a transition zone between the bead (4) and the sidewall (3) as far as the vicinity of the middle of the crown (2), and delimits, with a portion of tire element (7) facing the said stiffening portion (6), a closed secondary interior cavity (8).

Abstract: A tire has a tread 5 which includes grooves 7, the side faces 72 of which are undercut, and includes at least one circumferential reinforcing element 8-1 arranged axially relative to said undercut side face 72 at a distance “d” of between 0 and 15% of the axial width L51 of the tread block 51, at least extending radially from the inside towards the outside from a radial level situated above the wear limit level and to a radial height equal to 5% of the thickness “p” of the tread.

Abstract: A tire, the tread of which has an underlayer and a circumferential reinforcement made up of a rubber mixture with a stiffness greater than the stiffness of the rubber mixture and the underlayer, has an outer side and an inner side. The circumferential reinforcement has a reinforcing element of tapered shape positioned in the tread pattern elements disposed axially on the outside with respect to the first or the second circumferential grooves of the tread from the outside to the inside and axially close to the circumferential groove.