Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Lionel Maubre

Francis Bordoz

Pascal Pachoud

A tire comprises a bead having an axial width at the seat D comprising a circumferential reinforcing element () of which the radially innermost point () is at a radial distance Z and at an axial distance Y from the radially innermost point () of the bead, and such that Y/D is at least equal to 0.5 and Z/D is at most equal to 0.4. The end of the carcass reinforcement () is situated radially on the outside of the radially outermost point () of the circumferential reinforcing element. This same bead comprises at least one bead layer () surrounding the bead filler rubber () and such that its axially outermost end () is radially on the outside of the end () and such that its axially innermost end () is at least radially on the outside of the point ().

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

Lionel Maubre