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Fatigue resistant cables
Assignee: Bekaert NV SA
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Filing: 1982-02-04
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Granted: 1984-11-13
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Expires: 2002-02-04
Abstract
Abstract In order to improve the fatigue resistance of a cable, particularly a rubber adherable cable for reinforcing rubber articles such as vehicle tires, substantially uniformly distributed residual compressive stress is induced in substantially the complete peripheric zone of the wires making up the cable. The stress may be induced by submitting lengths of the cable to a number of elementary bending--unbending operations in considerably different planes and simultaneously tensioning the cable.
Inventors
- 👤 Marc De Bondt
- 👤 Urbain D'Haene
- 👤 Paul Dambre
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 02:29
CPC Classifications
D; D07; D07B; D07B1/00; D07B1/06; D07B1/0606; D07B1/062; D07B1/0626; D07B5/00; D07B5/12; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/902; Y10S57/00; Y10S57/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A steel cable having improved fatigue resistance, comprising a number of wires with smooth surfaces having substantially their complete peripheral zone in a state of substantially uniformly distributed residual compressive stress wherein said compressive stress has a substantial value in a longitudinal direction, said substantial value of compressive stress for a given wire of said cable being determined by calculating a ratio of the diameter of said wire to the radius of curvature of said wire after selective etching wherein said ratio is at least 2×10 -4 , said wires having a tensile strength of at least about 2,000 Newtons per square millimeter and a maximum diameter of about 0.80 millimeters.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
A steel cable having improved fatigue resistance, comprising a number of wires with smooth surfaces having substantially their complete peripheral zone in a state of substantially uniformly distributed residual compressive stress wherein said compressive stress has a substantial value in a longitudinal direction, said substantial value of compressive stress for a given wire of said cable being determined by calculating a ratio of the diameter of said wire to the radius of curvature of said wire after selective etching wherein said ratio is at least 2×10 -4 , said wires having a tensile strength of at least about 2,000 Newtons per square millimeter and a maximum diameter of about 0.80 millimeters.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A steel cable according to claim 1, in the form of a rubber adherable steel cord for reinforcement of rubber articles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A steel cable in the form of carbon steel cord according to claim 1 or 2, the steel having a tensile strength of more than 3000 Newtons per square millimeter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A vehicle tire reinforced with a rubber adherable steel cord according to anyone of claims 2 or 3.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1991-11-13 | 1992-05-14 | 1992-11-13 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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