Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10059150-B2
Application number	US-201214434381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2012
Priority date	Oct 10, 2012
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A pneumatic tire comprises: a carcass layer, a belt layer, and a tread rubber. The belt layer is formed by laminating a pair of cross belts having a belt angle of not less than 10° and not more than 45° in absolute terms and of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° with respect to the tire circumferential direction. A distance (Gcc) from a tread profile to a tire inner circumference surface along a tire equatorial plane, a distance (Gsh) from a tread end to the tire inner circumference surface, and a distance (Ge) from the tread profile to the tire inner circumference surface at an end portion on the outer side of the circumferential reinforcing layer in the tire width direction have relationships satisfying 1.10≤Gsh/Gcc and 1.00≤Ge/Gcc≤1.10.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a carcass layer;
a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction;
a tread rubber disposed on an outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction;
at least three circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction; and
a plurality of land portions defined by the circumferential main grooves;
the belt layer being formed by laminating a pair of cross belts having a belt angle of not less than 10° and not more than 45° in absolute terms and of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° with respect to a tire circumferential direction;
a distance Gcc from a tread profile to a tire inner circumferential surface along a tire equatorial plane, a distance Gsh from a tread end to the tire inner circumferential surface, and a distance Ge from the tread profile to the tire inner circumferential surface at an end portion on an outer side of the circumferential reinforcing layer in a tire width direction have relationships satisfying 1.20≤Gsh/Gcc≤1.50 and 1.00≤Ge/Gcc≤1.10;
a diameter Ya of a highest position of the carcass layer and a diameter Yd of the carcass layer at a position of the end portion of the circumferential reinforcing layer have a relationship satisfying 0.95≤Yd/Ya≤1.00; and
a tread width TW and a width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer have a relationship satisfying 0.70≤Ws/TW≤0.90.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a distance Dcc from the circumferential reinforcing layer to the tread profile along the tire equatorial plane and a distance De from an end portion of the circumferential reinforcing layer to the tread profile have a relationship satisfying 0.95≤De/Dcc≤1.05.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a diameter Ya of a highest position of the carcass layer and a diameter Yc of a widest position of the carcass layer have a relationship satisfying 0.80≤Yc/Ya≤0.90.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the circumferential reinforcing layer is disposed on an inner side, in the tire width direction, of left and right edge portions of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts; and wherein
a width Wb 3 of the narrower cross belt and a distance S from an edge portion of the circumferential reinforcing layer to the edge portion of the narrower cross belt have a relationship satisfying 0.03≤S/Wb 3 .

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
belt cords of the circumferential reinforcing layer are steel wire and have a number of ends of not less than 17 ends/50 mm and not more than 30 ends/50 mm.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
elongation of belt cords constituting the circumferential reinforcing layer when the belt cords are components is not less than 1.0% and not more than 2.5% when a tension load is from 100 N to 300 N.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
elongation of belt cords constituting the circumferential reinforcing layer when the belt cords are of a tire is not less than 0.5% and not more than 2.0% when a tension load is from 500 N to 1000 N.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the circumferential reinforcing layer is disposed on an inner side, in the tire width direction, of left and right edge portions of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts; and wherein
a stress relief rubber is disposed between the pair of cross belts and on the outer side of the circumferential reinforcing layer in the tire width direction so as to be adjacent to the circumferential reinforcing layer, and
an end portion relief rubber is disposed between the pair of cross belts, on the outer side of the stress relief rubber in the tire width direction, and in a position corresponding to an edge portion of the pair of cross belts so as to be adjacent to the stress relief rubber.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 8 , wherein
a modulus Ein at 100% elongation of the stress relief rubber and a modulus Eco at 100% elongation of coating rubber of the pair of cross belts have a relationship satisfying Ein<Eco.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 8 , wherein
a modulus Ein at 100% elongation of the stress relief rubber and a modulus Eco at 100% elongation of coating rubber of the pair of cross belts have a relationship satisfying 0.6≤Ein/Eco≤0.9.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 8 , wherein
a modulus Ein at 100% elongation of the stress relief rubber is in a range of 4.0 MPa≤Ein≤5.5 MPa.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the belt layer includes a high-angle belt having a belt angle of not less than 45° and not more than 70° in absolute terms.

13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 12 , wherein
a width Wb 1 of the high-angle belt and a width Wb 3 of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts have a relationship satisfying 0.85≤Wb 1 /Wb 3 ≤1.05.

14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 applied to a heavy-duty tire with an aspect ratio of not more than 70%.

15. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter Ya of the highest position of the carcass layer and a diameter Yc of the widest position of the carcass layer have a relationship satisfying 0.84≤Yc/Ya≤0.90.

16. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a width Wb 1 of the high-angle belt and the width Wb 3 of the narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts have a relationship satisfying 0.90≤Wb 1 /Wb 3 ≤1.05.

17. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tread profile has a flat shape approximately parallel to the tire rotational axis.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishikawa Masanori

Classifications

• B60C9/185

  between adjacent or radially below the belt plies · CPC title

• B60C2011/0033

  Thickness of the tread · CPC title

• B60C2009/1828

  characterised by special physical properties of the belt ply · CPC title

• B60C2009/2083

  Density in width direction · CPC title

• B60C9/2006 Primary

  consisting of steel cord plies only · CPC title