Pirelli Tyre S.p.a.

Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.a.

Prysmian Cavi E Sistemi Energia S.r.l.

Pirelli & C. S. P. a.

Johnson Controls Gmbh

Pirelli Limited

Cristiano Puppi

Ivan Gildo Boscaino

Gianni Mancini

Albert Berenguer

Andrea Natta

Maurizio Marchini

Stefano Testi

Renato Caretta

Maurizio Stefano Galimberti

Enrico Albizzati

Cesare Emanuele Amurri

Luca Castellani

Maurizio Boiocchi

Thomas Hanel

Christian De Col

Erika Vaniglia

Franco Peruzzotti

Luca Giannini

Francesco D'Oria

Alfredo Balini

Enrico Sabbatani

Francesco Romani

Matteo Accorra'

Stefano Sangiovanni

Mauro Maritano

Marco Nahmias Nanni

Diego Tirelli

Francesco Mascia

Pier Giuseppe Piantanida

Luigia Rossiello

Massimiliano Pavan

Raffaella Donetti

Dante Siano

Giuseppe Cereda

Andrea Pelizzoni

Paola Caracino

Antonio Monterosso

Giovanni Simonato

Jan-Eric Jack Martijn Rubingh

Lisa Grassi

Marco Sabatini

Lorenzo Avanzini

Michele Galbusera

Marco Pozzoli

Stefano Solinas

Guido Carlo Carosio

Giorgio Zuliani

Dario Rattazzi

Andrea Scotti

Matteo Di Biase

Thomas Mattia Mauro Ponta

Giuseppe Ducoli

Michela Caprio

Francesco D'oria

Nanni Marco Mahmias

The present disclosure relates to a tyre () for vehicle wheels comprising at least one carcass structure (), a tread band () applied in a position radially external to said carcass structure, and a pair of sidewalls () applied laterally on the opposite sides with respect to said carcass structure, where on at least one sidewall of said pair of sidewalls (), a label () is applied comprising a protective layer (), an adhesive layer (), and possibly one or more ink layers () interposed between said protective layer () and said adhesive layer (), where said adhesive layer () adheres the label () to the surface of said sidewall, where said protective layer () comprises polyester-based and/or polyether-based cross-linked aliphatic polyurethanes exhibiting dynamic elastic modulus values E', measured at 25° C., static tensile deformation 1%, dynamic deformation ±0.1%, and frequency 1 Hz, equal to or higher than about 5 MPa, and a residual deformation measured at 25° C. after 4 cycles of deformation from 0% to 12%, equal to or lower than about 1%.

Tyre for vehicle wheels

Tyre () for motor-cycles comprising a monitoring device () fixed onto the inner surface () of the tyre () at a crown portion (), wherein the monitoring device () comprises a flexible support () in single body on which an electronic unit () and an electric power supplier () are fixed, wherein the electronic unit () comprises: at least one sensor for detecting at least one of the following physical quantities: temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver.

Tyre for motor-cycles comprising a monitoring device

The present disclosure is directed to a tyre with a monitoring device equipped with an electronic unit, an electric power supplier and an electrical connection between the electronic unit and the electric power supplier, wherein the electronic unit comprises a rigid printed circuits board on which a sensor is fixed to detect temperature, pressure and/or acceleration, a processing unit and a transceiver and wherein the electronic unit and the electric power supplier are both fixed on an inner surface of the tyre at the crown.

Tyre comprising a monitoring device

A tyre monitoring device with an electronic unit enclosed in an encapsulation material. The encapsulation material forms a single body with an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion encloses and protects the electronic unit and the lower portion has a base surface aimed at fixing said device to the inner surface of the tyre.

Tyre monitoring device comprising an electronic unit and tyre comprising said device

The present disclosure is directed to a tyre comprising a monitoring device fixed on the inner surface at a crown portion of the tyre, wherein the monitoring device comprises an electronic unit and an electric power supplier electrically connected to the electronic unit, the electronic unit comprising a sensor for detecting at least one of temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation, a processing unit; a transceiver, wherein the monitoring device comprises a flexible support in a single body, the electronic unit being fixed on said the flexible support, wherein the electric power supplier comprises a plurality of electric energy accumulators electrically connected to the electronic unit for supplying the electronic unit, and wherein each accumulator is fixed onto the flexible support.

Tyre () comprising a monitoring device () comprising an electronic unit () comprising a sensor for detecting at least one of the following physical quantities: temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver; an electric power supplier () having a housing body (), a first pole () and a second pole (); an electric circuit () for connecting the two poles () to the electronic unit (); a flexible support () on which the electronic unit is fixed (), wherein the housing body () is fixed onto the flexible support () at a first face (), wherein the monitoring device () comprises a tab () integral with the flexible support () and folded so that a portion () of the tab is fixed to a second face () of the housing body (), and wherein the electric circuit () comprises a connecting track () extending along the tab () up to electrically contact the second pole ().

A method and a related station for applying a sensing device to a tyre are described. A tape-shaped support with removably fixed sensing devices is advanced, to feed the sensing devices in sequence. A handling device is then rigidly coupled to a sensing device, maintaining at least a portion of an adhesion surface of the sensing device removably fixed to a support. The sensing device is then completely separated from the support, taken away by the handling device, and applied to an inner surface of a tyre by the handling device.

Method and station for applying a sensing device to a tyre

Apparatus for applying noise reducing elements to tyres for vehicle wheels. The apparatus includes a loading station of stacks of noise reducing elements, an extraction station of noise reducing elements from each stack placed downstream of the loading station, and a conveyor placed downstream of the extraction station and extending along a predefined path. The conveyor is configured for supporting and advancing in a row the noise reducing elements extracted from the stacks which are then applied to a radially inner surface of the tyres. The extraction of each of the noise reducing elements contemplates: retaining a first noise reducing element placed at the base of a stack; raising the remaining noise reducing elements of the stack from the first noise reducing element; moving away the first noise reducing element according to a set path; and lowering the remaining noise reducing elements of the stack.

Apparatus for applying noise reducer elements to tyres for vehicle wheels

The present disclosure is directed to a tyre with a monitoring device fixed on an inner surface at a crown portion, wherein the monitoring device includes an electronic unit and an electric power supplier, wherein the electronic unit includes a sensor for detecting at least one of temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver, wherein the monitoring device includes a flexible support on which the electronic unit and the electric energy supplier are fixed, and wherein an acute angle (A) formed between a main development direction (L) of the flexible support and a direction of intersection of the equatorial plane of the tyre with the inner surface of the tyre is greater than or equal to 20&#xb0; and lower than or equal to 70&#xb0;.

Tyre comprising monitoring device with a flexible support

Apparatus for applying noise-reducing elements to a tyre for vehicle wheels that has a radially inner surface with a service area and a circumferential dimension. The apparatus determines the position in circumferential direction of the service area, determines the position in circumferential direction of a target area on the radially inner surface of the tyre based on the position in circumferential direction of the service area, and applies a noise-reducing element the target area. The position in circumferential direction of the service area is determined by circumferentially inspecting the radially inner surface of the tyre starting from a reference position, detecting the angular position of the service area with respect to the reference position and determining the position in circumferential direction of the service area based on the angular position and on the circumferential dimension of the radially inner surface of the tyre.

Apparatus for applying noise-reducing elements to a tyre for vehicle wheels

The process for producing tyres comprises arranging no more than four sets of noise-reducing elements, each set being associated with a respective dimension Ldifferent from each other; feeding in succession a set of tyres for vehicle wheels, having different values C of the inner circumferential extension; for each inner circumferential extension value, determining a respective number nof noise-reducing elements for each set of noise-reducing elements, with x ranging from 1 to N, wherein for at least one value of the inner circumferential extension at least two respective numbers ndiffer from 0; for each tyre, collecting from each set of noise-reducing elements the respective number nof noise-reducing elements and applying the collected noise-reducing elements in circumferential sequence along an inner surface of the tyre, with dimension Loriented circumferentially.

Process for producing tyres capable of reducing cavity noise and set of tyres obtained thereby

A process and apparatus for applying noise reducer elements to tyres. Each noise reducer element has an anchoring surface coated with an adhesive layer. The anchoring surface is illuminated with a reference radiation. The radiation emitted by the anchoring surface is detected; and a digital image representative of the anchoring surface is determined as a function of the emitted radiation. Each pixel of the digital image is associated with a respective brightness value representative of the amount of adhesive present in an area of the anchoring surface corresponding to such each pixel. One or more noise reducer elements are applied on the radially inner surface of a tyre.

Process and apparatus for applying noise reducer elements to tyres for vehicle wheels

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for applying noise reducing elements to tyres for vehicle wheels. Noise reducing elements (), all equal to each other, are fed in succession on a conveyor () according to a predetermined path and are oriented on the predetermined path all in the same way. Tyres () of different sizes (C, P) are fed in succession on a conveyor () up to an application station (). In the application station (), the noise reducing elements () are picked up from the conveyor () and applied to radially inner surfaces of the tyres (). The application comprises: arranging the noise reducing elements () with the larger dimension (L) directed in a circumferential direction or arranging the noise reducing elements () with the larger dimension (L) directed in an axial direction as a function of the sizes (C, P) of the tyre () in which they are applied.

Method and apparatus for applying noise reducing elements to tyres for vehicle wheels and tyres provided with such noise reducing elements

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Cristiano Puppi