Abstract: A steel cord and a manufacturing process are disclosed. The steel cord includes a steel core wire located in the center and having a diameter of d; and M sheath-layer steel wires arranged around the steel core wire in the center, tangent to the steel core wire, and having a diameter of d1, at least two gaps L existing between the M sheath-layer steel wires, where M is 4; d, d1, and L satisfy the following relationship: 0.420<(d/d1)<0.800, d1 is between 0.20 mm and 0.44 mm, and L?0.0008 mm. The steel cord of the present invention may allow rubber to be fully penetrated into the gaps, thereby reducing air content in the steel cord, avoiding point contact friction between the layers of steel wires due to insufficient rubber penetration, and further solving the problem of failure of the bearing capacity of the steel cord due to abrasion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission belt providing a belt member, and at least one RFID tag attached to the belt member, the at least one RFID tag including an integrated circuit, and an antenna connected to the integrated circuit for transmitting a signal indicative of a state of the transmission belt. The signal indicative of the state of the transmission belt is determined on the basis of a current deflection of the antenna.

Abstract: A multi-strand cord (50) comprises an internal layer (CI) made up of K=1 internal strand (TI) having two layers (C1, C3), with the internal layer (C1) being made up of Q internal metallic threads (F1) and the external layer (C3) being made up of N external metallic threads (F3), and an external layer (CE) made up of L>1 external strands (TE) having two layers (C1?, C3?) wound around the internal layer (CI), with the internal layer (C1?) being made up of Q? internal metallic threads (F1?) and the external layer (C3?) being made up of N? external metallic threads (F3?). The cord (50) has an energy-to-break per unit area ES?145 N·mm?1 with E ? S = ? i = 1 N ? c ? F m ? i × ? i = 1 N ? c ? A t ? i / Nc × Cfrag / D where ? i = 1 N ? c ? F m ? i is the sum of the forces at break, ? i = 1 N ? c ? A t ? i is the sum of the total elongation, Cfrag is the coefficient of weakening, and D is the diameter.

Abstract: A pet door having a casing and a door assembly contained within the casing, the door assembly having a plurality of rotatably interlocking segments such that the door assembly is rigid in a direction along an axis of rotation of the interlocking segments and flexible along a second axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the interlocking segments, and a plurality of end caps for preventing horizontal sliding of individual interlocking segments, the end caps having a first surface which engages the end of the interlocking segments and a recess surface spaced away from the end of the interlocking segment to allow free rotation of the interlocking segment not engaging the first surface of the end cap. The pet door further includes a magnet positioned in the end caps which are aligned with a corresponding magnet positioned along the sides of the casing member to individually position the interlocking segments in the casing.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire including a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions and a belt reinforcing layer disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer, the carcass layer is formed of a carcass cord made of an organic fiber cord, an elongation at break of the carcass cord is set to 20% or more, an elongation under a load of 1.5 cN/dtex of the carcass cord on the inner circumferential side of the belt layers is set to from 5.5% to 8.5%, the belt reinforcing layer is formed of a cover cord made of an organic fiber cord, and a tensile strength of the cover cord per width of 50 mm at a 3.0% elongation is set to from 2.8 kN to 4.0 kN.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire including a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions and a belt reinforcing layer disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer, the carcass layer is formed of a carcass cord made of an organic fiber cord, an elongation at break of the carcass cord is set to 20% or more, an elongation under a load of 1.5 cN/dtex of the carcass cord in sidewall portions is set to from 5.0% to 8.0%, the belt reinforcing layer is formed of a cover cord made of an organic fiber cord, and a tensile strength of the cover cord per width of 50 mm at a 3.0% elongation is set to from 2.8 kN to 4.0 kN.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a V-ribbed belt that includes carbon-fiber twisted cords as core wires, the V-ribbed belt having a tensile elasticity of 240-500 N/(mm·%), and the core wire diameter of the core wires being 0.6-1.2 mm. The V-ribbed belt may have a tensile strength of 620 N/mm or more per 1 mm width of the belt.

Abstract: A cord (50) comprises a single layer (52) of helically wound metal filamentary elements (54). The metal filamentary elements define an internal enclosure (58) of the cord of diameter Dv. Each metal filamentary element (54) has a diameter Df and a helix radius of curvature Rf. With Dv, Df and Rf being expressed in millimetres, the cord satisfies the following relationships: 9?Rf/Df?30 and 1.30?Dv/Df?2.10.

Abstract: A reinforcement strand (400) comprises a core (403) around which steel filaments (404) are twisted all with the same final lay length and direction. The steel filaments are arranged in an intermediate layer comprising N first steel filaments and an outer layer of 2N steel filaments circumferentially arranged around the intermediate layer. In the intermediate layer filaments will contact one another at a closing lay length that is determined by the number of steel filaments N in the intermediate layer, the diameter of the core and the diameter of the first steel filaments. By choosing the final lay length and direction equal to the between two and six times the closing lay length gaps will form between the intermediate layer filaments. The 2N outer layer filaments are further divided into a group of smaller (408) and a group of larger (406) diameter steel filaments.

Abstract: Provided is a steel cord for rubber article reinforcement, which has both the tensile strength in the cord axial direction and the strength in the shear direction at higher levels. A steel cord (10) for rubber article reinforcement includes: a single core strand (11) having a layer-twisted structure; and plural sheath strands (12) each having a layer-twisted structure, and the sheath strands (12) are twisted around the core strand (11). In the sheath strands (12), a ratio between the diameter of a core filament (12a) and the diameter of a sheath filament (12b) is 0.75 to 0.85, and a ratio between the strength of the core filament (12a) and the strength of the sheath filament (12b) is 0.55 to 0.7.

Abstract: A cord (50) comprises: an internal strand (TI) comprising internal layer (C1) of Q=1 internal wire (F1), an intermediate layer (C2) of M intermediate wires (F2) wound around the internal layer (C1) with a pitch p2, an external layer (C3) of N external wires (F3) wound around the intermediate layer (C2) with a pitch p3; and L>1 external strands (TE) comprising an internal layer (C1?), an external layer (C3?). The external layer (CE) of the cord is wound around the internal layer (CI) of the cord in a direction of winding of the cord (50). Each external layer (C3, C3?) of each internal and external strand (TI, TE) is wound in the same direction of winding that is the opposite to the direction of winding of the cord (50). The external layer (CE) of the cord (50) is desaturated, and 0.36?(p3?p2)/p3?0.57.

Abstract: Provided are: a tire steel cord having not only excellent cutting resistance and corrosion resistance but also excellent processability in plant; and a pneumatic tire including the same. The tire steel cord has a layer-twisted structure including: a core 11 composed of two core filaments 1; and a sheath 12 composed of eight sheath filaments 2 that are twisted together around the core 11, in which tire steel cord the two core filaments 1 constituting the core 11 are twisted together, the twisting direction of the core filaments 1 and that of the sheath filaments 2 are different, and a diameter (Dc) of the core filaments 1 and a diameter (Ds) of the sheath filaments 2 satisfy a relationship represented by the following Equation (1): 0.90?Ds/Dc?1.10??(1).

Abstract: A cut, slash and/or abrasion resistant shaped knit garment having both high cut resistance and preferably light fabric weight, a cut resistance of at least 1500 (as measured by ASTM-F1790-2005) and preferably a fabric weight of no more than 27.9 ounces/square yard (OPSY).

Abstract: Without decreasing the strength in the axial direction of the cord, and without increasing the thickness in the radial direction, a steel cord for reinforcing a rubber article, which improves durability against cut, as well as a construction vehicle tire utilizing the steel cord for reinforcing a rubber article as a reinforcing material is provided. A steel cord for reinforcing a rubber article is formed by twisting a plurality of sheath strands 2 formed by twisting a plurality of wires around a core strand 1 formed by twisting a plurality of wires, wherein the core strand 1 is constituted of a 4-layer-twisted structure and the diameter of the steel cord is 5 mm or larger.

Abstract: A steel cord for reinforcement of rubber articles, whose cord strength is enhanced by preventing occurrence of preceding break of the outermost layer filaments in the steel cord having a multi-twisted structure, and a pneumatic tire using it as a reinforcing material are provided. In a steel cord for reinforcement of rubber articles having a multi-twisted structure in which a plurality of strands are twisted together, which strands have a layered twisted structure in which a plurality of steel filaments are twisted together, dc/ds, which represents the ratio between dc, the diameter of outermost layer sheath filaments constituting the outermost layer sheath of a core strand, and ds, the diameter of outermost layer sheath filaments constituting the outermost layer sheath of sheath strands, is 1.05 to 1.25.

Abstract: A metal cord (C-1) having two layers (Ci, Ce) of 3+N construction, rubberized in situ, comprising an inner layer (Ci) formed from three core wires (10) of diameter d1 wound together in a helix with a pitch p1 and an outer layer (Ce) of N wires (11) N varying from 6 to 12, of diameter d2, which are wound together in a helix with a pitch p2 around the inner layer (Ci), said cord being characterized in that it has the following characteristics (d1, d2, p1 and p2 being in mm): 0.08<d1<0.30; 0.08<d2?0.20; p1/p2?1; 3<p1<30; 6<p2<30; the inner layer is sheathed with a diene rubber composition called a “filling rubber” (12) which, for any length of cord of 2 cm or more, is present in the central channel (13) formed by the three core wires and in each of the gaps lying between the three core wires (10) and the N wires (11) of the outer layer (Ce); the content of filling rubber in the cord is between 5 and 35 mg per g of cord.

Abstract: Provided is a steel cord for reinforcing a rubber article, which has an improved durability against so-called cuts, such as notches and perforations, which are generated in the case of treading on an obtusely or sharply pointed projection, without decreasing the strength in the axial direction of the cord, and without increasing the thickness in the radial direction, namely without increasing the weight of a tire, as well as a tire using the steel cord for reinforcing a rubber article as a reinforcing material, especially a construction vehicle tire. Also provided is a steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles with a multi-twisted structure formed by twisting a plurality of sheath strands formed by twisting a plurality of wires around a core strand formed by twisting a plurality of wires, and the core strand being constituted of an at least three-layer-twisted structure formed by twisting core filaments and sheath filaments.

Abstract: A motorcycle tire comprises: a toroidal carcass comprising two carcass plies of cords arranged at an angle of from 20 to 80 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction; and a band comprising at least one ply of at least one helically wound cord disposed radially outside the carcass. The band cord is made of steel filaments of 0.08 to 0.20 mm diameter twisted together into a L×M×N structure. The band cord has a low tensile elastic modulus range and a high tensile elastic modulus range, wherein an inflection point between the low tensile elastic modulus range and the high tensile elastic modulus range lies between 2% elongation and 7% elongation of the cord, and a tensile force required to cause 2% elongation of the band cord is not more than 60 Newton.

Abstract: A motorcycle tire for uneven terrain travel including two carcass plies, at least one of which is aramid ply 16 using aramid fiber cord 17 obtained by subjecting N (2 to 4) bundles 18 of aramid fiber “f” to final twist, the aramid fiber cord 17 having a total fineness D of 2,200 to 5,010 dtex and a twist factor T represented by the equation (1): T=n×(?{square root over (D)})×10?3??(1) in which n is the number of final twists per 10 cm of the cord (unit: time), and D is a total fineness of the cord (unit: dtex), the twist factor falling within the range of: in the case where the aramid ply 16 is inner carcass ply 6A, from 2.8 to 3.2 when the number of filament bundles 18 is 2, and from 2.4 to 3.2 when the number of filament bundles 18 is 3 or 4, and in the case where the aramid ply 16 is outer carcass ply 6B, from 2.4 to 3.2 when the number of filament bundles 18 is 2, and from 2.2 to 3.2 when the number of filament bundles 18 is 3 or 4.

Abstract: There are provided a pneumatic radial tire of heavy load vehicles, in which durability of a belt is improved. A pneumatic radial tire for heavy load vehicles comprises a pair of bead portions in each of which a bead core is embedded, a radial carcass ply 1 extending from one bead portion to the other bead portion and turned around the bead core from an inner side to an outer side of the bead core in a width direction of the tire and at least six belt layers 2 disposed on an outer side of this radial carcass ply 1 in a radial direction of the tire, wherein the following relations are satisfied: W56>W34>W12, where W12 is a maximum width of first and second belts 2a f the belt layers 2, W34 is a maximum width of third and forth belts 2b of the belt layers 2 and W56 is a maximum width of fifth and sixth belts 2c of the belt layers 2; and 1>D12/D34>0.6, where D12 is a cord diameter of the first and second belts and D34 is a cord diameter of the third and forth belts.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for use on aircraft has a tread, a crown reinforcement, and a radial carcass reinforcement having at least one axially inner ply of textile cords wound around a pair of bead cores, at least one axially inner ply being wound around the bead core in each bead from inside to the outside forming outside turn-ups and at least one axially outer ply of textile cords extending from bead to bead along the turn-ups of the at least one axially inner ply. The at least one axially inner ply or at least one axially outer ply has merged cords having a percent elongation at break of 12% to less than 20% and a break strength greater than 1050 N with a linear density of greater than 9,000 dtex. Merged cord reinforcement is preferably used in the ply layers or strips of the crown reinforcement as well.

Abstract: Poly-V belt, particularly for driving accessories of an internal combustion engine, comprising a cord realized from a yarn composed of a plurality of filaments by means of a first twisting in which are formed at least two plied yarns each composed of at least one yarn and a second twisting in which the plied yarns are twisted together to form the cord; the first twisting and the second twisting are made in opposite directions, and the numbers of twists per meter of the two twisting steps are calculated so that in the finished cord the filaments form with the axis of the cord an angle smaller than 3.3°.

Abstract: A single-layered rubber-product-reinforcing steel cord with good rubber penetration properties, excellent fatigue resistance, and small low-load stretch is obtained. All of wires 11 are provided with curls having a substantially elliptical cross-section and a pitch smaller than that of curls for intertwining, formed by providing the wires with spiral curls and then pressing the wires. These wires are intertwined into each other to form a single-layered twist structure, and, thus, a cord is obtained in which a hollow portion at the center of the cord is in communication with an outside via a gap 12 between the wires 11, and at least any one pair of adjacent wires 11 are substantially in contact with each other at any point in the longitudinal direction of the cord.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a single carcass ply, at least one belt ply disposed radially outward of the carcass ply in a crown portion of the tire, and at least one insert located adjacent the carcass ply in a sidewall portion, the insert providing support for the tire load to enable the tire to operate in underinflated conditions. The carcass ply is comprised of at least one composite cord. The composite cord is formed of at least two first yarns twisted helically about at least one second yarn. The first yarns and the second yarn having different modulus of elasticity, the first yarns having a modulus greater than the modulus of the second yarn.

Abstract: A hybrid layered cable for use in tire reinforcement includes a non-metallic internal layer and an unsaturated external layer including 3-12 strands. Each strand is at least partly metallic and is helically wound around the internal layer. Each strand includes at least 3 filaments wound helically together. The cable has a relative elongation at break, measured in tension in accordance with the standard ISO 6892 of 1984, which is higher than 7%.

Abstract: The durability is improved by using as a carcass ply cord or a belt cord of a tire a cord formed by twisting plural steel filaments having a tensile strength of not less than 2700 N/mm2, and a total elongation at break of the cord of 3.0-7.0% without sacrificing the excellent ride comfort.

Abstract: A tire for a vehicle wheel includes at least one metallic reinforcing cord comprising a single strand of elementary filaments preformed by sinusoidal waving and wound together. The number of filaments is greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 8. A diameter of each filament is greater than or equal to 0.12 mm and less than or equal to 0.35 mm. A linear density of the at least one reinforcing cord is greater than or equal to 0.18 g/m and less than or equal to 4.0 g/m. A value of a breaking-stress integral of the at least one reinforcing cord is greater than or equal to 5,000 J/m3. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the at least one reinforcing cord in a tire for front-mounting may be distributed with a variable density while, in a tire for rear-mounting, the density may be constant.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for use on aircraft has a tread, a crown reinforcement, and a radial carcass reinforcement having at least one axially inner ply of textile cords wound around a pair of bead cores, at least one axially inner ply being wound around the bead core in each bead from inside to the outside forming outside turn-ups and at least one axially outer ply of textile cords extending from bead to bead along the turn-ups of the at least one axially inner ply. The at least one axially inner ply or at least one axially outer ply has merged cords having a percent elongation at break of 12% to less than 20% and a break strength greater than 1050 N with a linear density of greater than 9,000 dtex. Merged cord reinforcement is preferably used in the ply layers or strips of the crown reinforcement as well.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a component including at least one diene based rubber and discontinuous textile cord having at least two textile yarns, wherein the cord is partially untwisted.

Abstract: A hybrid cord 1 for rubber reinforcement comprises a strand 2 having higher elastic modulus, made of PBO fiber or the like, which is disposed at the center of the cord, and strands 3 having lower elastic modulus, made of glass fiber or the like, which are disposed therearound. The hybrid cord has enough strength and is excellent in flexural fatigue resistance, adhesion property relative to rubber, and dimensional stability. A rubber product employs this hybrid cord 1 for rubber reinforcement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal cable usable for reinforcing a carcass reinforcement for a tire, such as a heavy-vehicle tire, to a composite fabric usable as a ply for such a carcass reinforcement, to a carcass reinforcement comprising this fabric and to a tire incorporating this carcass reinforcement. A metal cable according to the invention comprises a textile wrap, and is such that said wrap is formed of an aromatic thermotropic polyester or polyester amide. A composite fabric according to the invention is such that it comprises a rubber composition which is reinforced by said cables. A tire according to the invention has its carcass reinforcement comprising said composite fabric.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a cord-reinforced layer such as carcass, belt, bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords, each metallic cord is made up of six to twelve metallic filaments whose diameter is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45 mm, the metallic filaments include waved filaments and unwaved filaments, each waved filament is two-dimensionally waved at a wave pitch and wave height before twisted, the wave pitch is in a range of from 5.0 to 35.0 times the diameter of the filament, and the wave height is in a range of from 0.2 to 4.0 times the diameter of the filament, and the metallic filaments are twisted together into the cord at a twist pitch of from 10 to 40 mm so that the two-dimensionally waved filaments are each subjected to a certain rotation around its axial.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a hybrid dip cord consisting of rayon yarn and lyocell yarn to apply to the carcass ply or cap ply (belt reinforced layer) of pneumatic radial tire used in a car and a radial tire using the same. And also, according to the present invent the hybrid dip cord and the radial tire for application to the carcass ply or cap ply (belt reinforced layer) of pneumatic radial tire used in cars are produced by means of the following steps; imparting S direction twist of 20 to 200 TPM yarn number to one rayon yarn to produce a pre-yarn, imparting twist to said one rayon pre-yarn and one non-twisted lyocell respectively to produce a ply twist yarn, and imparting cable twist to two ply of ply twist yarn made from combination of said ply twist yarn or impart cable twist to a ply twist yarn to be produced by regulating low the twist number of one lyocell yarn and the rayon yarn to one lyocell as 20 to 200 TPM when the ply twist processes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lyocell raw cord prepared from at least 2-ply lyocell multifilaments, which gives a stress-strain curve exhibiting that (a) the lyocell raw cord has an elongation of 1.5% or less at an initial stress of 1.0 g/d, and an initial modulus value of 50 to 100 g/d; (b) has an elongation of 7% or less in a stress region of 1.0 g/d to 4.0 g/d; and (c) has an elongation of 1% or more at a tensile strength of 4.0 g/d to the breaking point, as measured in the dried state. The lyocell raw cord prepared according to the present invention can be used as industrial fibers, in particular, fibers for tire cords.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lyocell dipped cord prepared by dipping a lyocell raw cord comprising at least 2-ply lyocell multifilament in a dipping solution and curing the dipped cord, which gives a stress-strain curve exhibiting that (a) the lyocell dipped cord has an elongation of 1.2% or less at an initial stress of 1.0 g/d, and an initial modulus value of 80 to 200 g/d; (b) has an elongation of 6% or less in a stress region of 1.0 g/d to 4.0 g/d; and (c) has an elongation of 1% or more at a tensile strength of 4.0 g/d to the breaking point, as measured in the dried state. The lyocell dipped cord prepared according to the present invention can be used as industrial fibers, in particular, fibers for tire cords.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tire having at least one reinforcing ply in the carcass, belt, or bead region of the tire. The reinforcing ply is comprised of a blended fiber cord. The cords, in combination with a preferred cure temperature adhesive, achieve a high degree of thermal stability allowing for the use of such cords in various reinforcing plies for a pneumatic tire and for preferred use for such cords in areas of the tire subject to high temperatures either in curing or performance.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rubber reinforcing steel cord is provided, wherein the steel cord has a steel wire plated with metal containing copper and having on its surface an oil layer containing a cobalt compound, and includes an application step in which the oil containing a cobalt compound is applied to the steel wire or a steel cord plated with metal containing copper, and a step of twisting the steel wires.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a cord-reinforced layer such as carcass, belt, bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords, each metallic cord is made up of six to twelve metallic filaments whose diameter is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45 mm, the metallic filaments include waved filaments and unwaved filaments, each waved filament is two-dimensionally waved at a wave pitch and wave height before twisted, the wave pitch is in a range of from 5.0 to 35.0 times the diameter of the filament, and the wave height is in a range of from 0.2 to 4.0 times the diameter of the filament, and the metallic filaments are twisted together into the cord at a twist pitch of from 10 to 40 mm so that the two-dimensionally waved filaments are each subjected to a certain rotation around its axial.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a body having a plurality of main body cords. The tire includes an upper section above the maximum section width and a lower section below the maximum section width. The modulus of the body cords is configured to be larger in the lower section than in the upper section. This modulus ratio decreases the rolling resistance of the tire. The increased modulus in the lower section is achieved by providing intermediate body cords disposed between the main body cords. In another embodiment, the increased modulus is achieved by changing the material and/or size of the cords in the lower section.

Abstract: A multi-layer cable having an unsaturated outer layer, usable as a reinforcing element for a crown reinforcement of a tire, comprising a core of diameter d0 surrounded by an intermediate layer (C1) of six or seven wires (N=6 or 7) of diameter d1 wound together in a helix at a pitch p1, this layer C1 itself being surrounded by an outer layer (C2) of P wires of diameter d2 wound together in a helix at a pitch p2, P being less by 1 to 3 than the maximum number Pmax of wires which can be wound in one layer about the layer C1, this cable having the following characteristics (d0, d1, d2, p1 and p2 in mm): (i) 0.28?d0<0.50; (ii) 0.25?d1<0.40; (iii) 0.25?d2<0.40; (iv) for N=6: l.10<(d0/d1)<1.40; for N=7: 1.40<(d0/d1)<1.70; (v) 5.3?(d0+d1)<p1<p2<4.7?(d0+2d1+d2); and (vi) the wires of layers C1 and C2 are wound in the same direction of twist.

Abstract: A steel cord is composed of three to six steel filaments each having a filament diameter of from 0.25 to 0.45 mm, the three to six steel filaments including shaped filaments and twisted together, wherein the shaped filaments are, before twisted together, coiled to be set in a form of coil having a coil diameter of less than 5 mm and a coil pitch of more than 5 mm, the shaped filaments include at least two kinds of shaped filaments which are different in respect of the form of coil, the shaped filaments are twisted together while the coil diameter is reduced, the elongation of the cord at 50 N load is less than 0.2%, and the cord strength is in a range of from 2500 to 3500 N/sq.mm.

Abstract: In order to make it possible to improve a durability of a cord wound around a connection element and to downsize a cord wound portion, in an elastic coupling structured such that connection elements connected to a drive side yoke and connection elements connected to a driven side yoke are alternately arranged on a circumference, cords are wound around each of the mutually adjacent connection elements so as to form a band shape, and the connection elements and the cords are coated by an elastic material. A single yarn having a twist number of 10 times per 10 cm or less is used as the cords.

Abstract: A steel cord having a strand construction formed by twisting a plurality of sheath strands each formed by twisting plural filaments around a core strand formed by twisting plural filaments is provided. At least one of the core strand and the sheath strands has a construction of twisting one or more sheath layers each made of plural filaments around a core made of one or plural filaments, and a diameter of a filament constituting an outermost sheath layer is made larger than that of a filament constituting at least one layer located inside thereof, whereby precedent breakage in a part of the filaments is avoided to improve the durability of the steel cord.

Abstract: A strip of tire ply stock is reinforced with steel cords wherein the steel cords are constructed of high strength wire filament having at least a tensile strength of ?2000×D+4400 MPa where D is the filament diameter in mm. Tires are constructed with the ply stock in the belt and/or carcass.

Abstract: A multi-layer cable having an unsaturated outer layer, usable as a reinforcing element for a tire carcass reinforcement, comprising a core of diameter d0 surrounded by an intermediate layer (C1) of four or five wires (M=4 or 5) of diameter d1 wound together in a helix at a pitch p1, this layer C1 itself being surrounded by an outer layer (C2) of N wires of diameter d2 wound together in a helix at a pitch p2, N being less by 1 to 3 than the maximum number Nmax of wires which can be wound in one layer about the layer C1, this cable having the following characteristics (d0, d1, d2, p1 and p2 in mm): 0.08<d0<0.28;??(i) 0.15<d1<0.28;??(ii) 0.12<d2<0.25;??(iii) for M=4: 0.40 <(d0/d1)<0.80;??(iv) for M=5: 0.70<(d0/d1)<1.10; 4.8?(d0+d1)<p1<p2<5.6?(d0+2d1+d2);??(v) the wires of layers C1 and C2 are wound in the same direction of twist.

Abstract: A band layer in which a band cord is wound around in a spiral manner along a circumferential direction of the tire is provided. The band cord comprises total nine metallic wires including at least five shaped wires, and is formed by twining two to four wire bundles composed of a plurality of said metallic wires twined wile twisting each wire thereof. Each shaped wire is formed in a two-dimensional shape with repeated peaks and troughs in a condition prior to the twisting. The metallic wires of each wire bundle are revolved around the center of the wire bundle while rotating on its own axis through the twining.

Abstract: A tire reinforcing steel cord (1, 10) is provided which has a 1×n structure formed by twisting together four to seven individual wires having a wire diameter of 0.20 to 0.45 mm, the steel cord being wound a plurality of times in the vicinity of opposite side edges of a belt section of a tire, wherein the steel cord has a substantially spiral or a substantially planar wavy deformation, has an elongation of 1.2% to 2.0% when applying a tensile load of 50 N in a tensile test according to JIS B 7721, and becomes substantially linear with its wavy deformation disappearing under a tensile load in the range of 50 to 250 N.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial ply tire 20 has a tread 24, a carcass 21, and a belt reinforcing structure 40. The carcass 21 has a steel cord reinforced radial ply extending from one annular bead to a second annular bead. The belt reinforcing structure 40 has at least two belt layers 40A, 40B having steel cords 14 with large filaments 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D in the range of 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm in diameter twisted into a 7×7 cord construction.

Abstract: Belt bandage for a vehicle pneumatic tire that includes a ply having strength carriers embedded in an unvulcanized rubber mixture. The strength carriers run essentially parallel to one another. Each strength carrier includes a hybrid cord that has a first twisted yarn having a high modulus of elasticity of at least approximately 25000 N/mm2 and a second twisted yarn having a low modulus of elasticity which is no greater than approximately 15000 N/mm2. The first and second twisted yarns are final-twisted together.

Abstract: A reinforcing structure designed for handling compression stress states when the structure is molded into a composite. The structure, specifically a wrapped cord with metallic filaments contained therein, is suitable for both compression and tension load forces. The reinforcing structure has a core comprising a plurality of essentially straight, nested filaments arranged in parallel, the filaments forming a line of contact with adjacent filaments that extends along the length of the filaments. Wrapped about the core is at least one helically wound wire.