Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10449803-B2
Application number	US-201515319746-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2015
Priority date	Jun 17, 2014
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

Provided is a pneumatic tire where a total width (SW) and an outer diameter (OD) satisfy the relationship SW/OD≤0.3; an inner diameter (ID) and an outer diameter (OD) satisfy the relationship ID/OD≥0.7; as viewed in a tire meridional cross section, an area (X1) (mm2) of a first region (R1) and a periphery length (Y1) (mm) of an inner peripheral surface of the first region (R1) have a ratio X1/Y1 of 12 or greater and 30 or less; and an area X2 (mm2) of a second region (R2) and a periphery length (Y2) (mm) of an inner peripheral surface of the second region (R2) have a ratio X2/Y2 of 10 or greater and 15 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a carcass layer toroidally bridging a pair of bead portions and a tread portion via a pair of sidewall portions;
a total width SW and an outer diameter OD satisfying the relationship SW/OD<0.3;
an inner diameter ID and the outer diameter OD satisfying the relationship ID/OD>0.7;
in a tire meridian cross-section, on each side in the tire width direction with the tire equatorial plane in-between, an imaginary pair of first boundary lines passing through the intersection of an extension line of a shoulder arc and an extension line of a side arc and perpendicular to the tire inner circumferential surface, and an imaginary pair of second boundary lines passing through a rim checking line and perpendicular to the tire inner circumferential surface;
regions between the first boundary lines and the second boundary lines being respective first regions, and regions further inside from the second boundary lines in the tire radial direction being respective second regions;
the area X 1 (mm 2 ) of the first region and the periphery length Y 1 (mm) of the inner circumferential surface of the first region having a ratio X 1 /Y 1 of 12 or greater and 30 or less;
the area X 2 (mm 2 ) of the second region and the periphery length Y 2 (mm) of the inner circumferential surface of the second region having a ratio X 2 /Y 2 of 10 or greater and 15 or less;
reference points being the intersections of the first boundary lines on the both sides in the tire width direction and a profile line of the tire outer circumferential surface, and a developed tread width TDW being the length along the profile line between the two reference points;
a tread apex being an intersection of the profile line and tire equatorial plane, and an angle θ being an angle of a line segment joining the reference point and the tread apex relative to the tire width direction; the developed tread width TDW and a total width SW having a ratio TDW/SW of 0.8 or greater and 1 or less; and
the angle θ being 1° or greater and 5° or less.

2. A pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the region between the pair of first boundary lines being a third region, for the area X 3 (mm 2 ) of the third region and the periphery length Y 3 (mm) of the inner circumferential surface of the third region, a ratio X 3 /Y 3 is 11 or greater and 15 or less.

3. A pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the ratio X 1 /Y 1 is greater than the ratio X 2 /Y 2 .

4. A pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
in a tire meridian cross-section, a tread apex being the intersection of a profile line of a tire outer circumferential surface and a tire equatorial plane, an imaginary pair of third boundary lines orthogonal to the tire inner circumferential surface and passing through respective positions on the tire outer circumferential surface at a distance 0.25 times the tire cross-sectional height from the tread apex, each fourth region being a region between the second boundary line and the third boundary line, a tire maximum thickness position in the first region is present in the fourth regions.

5. A pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
in a tire meridian cross-section, a tread apex being the intersection of a profile line of a tire outer circumferential surface and a tire equatorial plane, an imaginary pair of fourth boundary lines orthogonal to the tire inner circumferential surface and passing through respective positions on the tire outer circumferential surface at a distance 0.5 times the tire cross-sectional height from the tread apex, each fifth region being a region between the first boundary line and the fourth boundary line, a variation of the tire thickness in the fifth region is 2 mm or smaller.

6. A pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
in a tire meridian cross-section, crescent-shaped side reinforcing rubber is arranged inside in the tire width direction of the carcass layer.

7. A pneumatic tire according to claim 6 , wherein
the loss tangent (tan δ) of the side reinforcing rubber at 60° C. is 0.01 or greater and 0.1 or less.

8. A pneumatic tire according to claim 6 , wherein
the JIS-A hardness of the side reinforcing rubber at 20° C. is 60 or greater and 80 or less.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Minami Yuji

Classifications

• B60C2015/061

  Dimensions of the bead filler in terms of numerical values or ratio in proportion to section height · CPC title

• B60C2013/007

  Thickness · CPC title

• B60C11/0083

  characterised by the curvature of the tyre tread · CPC title

• B60C17/0009

  comprising sidewall rubber inserts, e.g. crescent shaped inserts · CPC title

• B60C9/0042

  Reinforcements made of synthetic materials · CPC title