Tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10556466-B2
Application number	US-201415029340-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2014
Priority date	Oct 29, 2013
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

A tire comprising: a carcass; and inclined belt layers and a circumferential belt layer, wherein: the circumferential belt layer satisfies a correlation that X≥750 when it is defined that X=Y×n×m, where Y is a Young's modulus in GPa of the cords forming the circumferential belt layer, n is a number of the cords implanted per 50 mm of width, and m is a number of layers of the circumferential belt layer; the inclined belt layers comprise at least two inclined belt layers having different tire widthwise widths; and a tire widthwise width W 1 of an inclined belt layer having a widest width and a tire widthwise width W 2 of an inclined belt layer having a narrowest width satisfy a correlation that W 2 ≤0.6W 1 .

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire comprising:
a carcass toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions; and
inclined belt layers having cords inclined with respect to a tire circumferential direction and two circumferential belt layers, each circumferential belt layer having cords extending along the tire circumferential direction, the inclined belt layers being disposed on and adjacent to a tire radial outer side of a crown portion of the carcass and the two circumferential belt layers being disposed on a tire radial outer side of a crown portion of the inclined belt layers, wherein:
the two circumferential belt layers each satisfy a correlation that
X≥ 750

when it is defined that
X=Y×n×m,

where Y is a Young's modulus in GPa of the cords forming the circumferential belt layer, n is a number of the cords implanted per 50 mm of width, and m is a number of layers of each circumferential belt layer;
the inclined belt layers comprise at least two inclined belt layers having different tire widthwise widths;
a tire widthwise width W 1 of an inclined belt layer having a widest width and a tire widthwise width W 2 of an inclined belt layer having a narrowest width satisfy a correlation that
W 2 ≤0.6 W 1 ,

the inclined belt layer having the widest width, the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width, and the two circumferential belt layers are disposed in this order from a tire radial inner side to the tire radial outer side;
each of the two circumferential belt layers is located on a tire equatorial plane;
a first circumferential belt layer of the two circumferential belt layers is disposed on a first side of a tread edge wherein the first circumferential belt layer extends from a vicinity of the first side of the tread edge to a tire equatorial plane and terminates beyond the tire equatorial plane at a first end portion; and
a second circumferential belt layer of the two circumferential belt layers is disposed on a second side of the tread edge, the second side of the tread edge being on an opposite side of the tread edge than the first side of the tread edge, wherein the second circumferential belt layer extends from a vicinity of the second side of the tread edge to the tire equatorial plane and terminates in a manner overlapping the first end portion of the first circumferential belt layer.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tire satisfies a correlation that W 2 ≥0.25W 1 .

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tire satisfies correlations that
30°≤θ 1 ≤85°,

10°≤θ 2 ≤30°, and

θ 1 >θ 2 ,

where θ 1 is an inclination angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the widest width, and θ 2 is an inclination angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width.

4. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the inclined belt layers consist of only a wide-width inclined belt layer and a narrow-width inclined belt layer.

5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein, when the internal pressure of the tire is 250 kPa or more, a ratio of a sectional width SW to an outer diameter OD of the tire SW/OD is 0.26 in the case where the sectional width SW of the tire is less than 165 mm, and the sectional width SW and an outer diameter OD of the tire satisfy a relation expression that OD≥2.135*SW+282.3 in the case where the sectional width SW of the tire is 165 mm or more.

6. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the cords of the two circumferential belt layers comprise cords containing aramid, or hybrid cords of aramid and nylon.

7. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tire widthwise width of the two circumferential belt layers together, as measured from the first side of the tread edge to the second side of the tread edge, is 90% or more and 115% or less of a tread width.

8. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tire widthwise width of the two circumferential belt layers together, as measured from the first side of the tread edge to the second side of the tread edge, is smaller than the tire widthwise width of the inclined belt layer having the widest width and larger than the tire widthwise width of the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Kuwayama Isao

Classifications

• B60C2009/2261

  Modulus of the cords · CPC title

• B60C2009/2266

  Density of the cords in width direction · CPC title

• B60C2009/2016

  comprising cords at an angle of 10 to 30 degrees to the circumferential direction · CPC title

• B60C2009/2223

  with an interrupted zero degree ply, e.g. using two or more portions for the same ply · CPC title

• B60C2009/2083

  Density in width direction · CPC title