Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10632789-B2
Application number	US-201715637297-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2017
Priority date	Jul 29, 2016
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

A tire has a cap rubber formed of a nonconductive rubber and forms a ground surface, and a conductive portion provided in at least one side end portion of a pair of side end portions in both ends in a tire width direction. The conductive portion is formed of a conductive rubber, and reaches a side surface of the cap rubber from the ground surface through an inner portion of the cap rubber. The conductive portion is the smallest in thickness in the ground surface, is relatively large in thickness in the side surface of the cap rubber, is gradually increased in thickness from the ground surface to the side surface of the cap rubber, and is formed into a trumpet shape which is curved into an inner side in a tire width direction and an inner side in a radial direction, in a tire meridian cross section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a cap rubber which is formed of a nonconductive rubber and forms a ground surface; and
a conductive portion which is provided in at least one side end portion of a pair of side end portions in both ends in a tire width direction of the cap rubber,
a strip rubber which is formed of a conductive rubber and covers a side surface of the cap rubber,
wherein the conductive portion is formed of a conductive rubber, and reaches a side surface of the cap rubber from the ground surface through an inner portion of the cap rubber,
the conductive portion is the smallest in a thickness in the ground surface, is relatively large in a thickness in the side surface of the cap rubber, is gradually increased in the thickness from the ground surface to the side surface of the cap rubber, and is formed into a trumpet shape which is curved into an inner side in a tire width direction and an inner side in a radial direction, in a tire meridian cross section,
the strip rubber is formed by a rubber which has a lower rubber hardness than the cap rubber, and does not form any ground surface, and
the conductive portion passes through the strip rubber.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a cross sectional area S 1 of the conductive portion is equal to or more than 5% and equal to or less than 15% in relation to a total area (S 1 +S 2 ) of a cross sectional area S 1 of the conductive portion existing in the inner portion of the cap rubber and a cross sectional area S 2 of the cap rubber, in a half of the tire meridian cross section.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the cap rubber is sectioned into a center side cap rubber and an end side cap rubber by the conductive portion, and
wherein the rubber hardness of the end side cap rubber is lower than the rubber hardness of the center side cap rubber and is higher than the rubber hardness of the strip rubber.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a display indicating an installing direction of the tire to a vehicle is provided on an outer surface of the tire, and
wherein the conductive portion is provided at least in the side end portion which comes to an installation inner side to the vehicle.

Assignees

• Toyo Tire & Rubber Co
• Toyo Tire Corp

Inventors

• Nagai Kunihiko

Classifications

• B60C11/00

  Tyre tread bands; Tread patterns; Anti-skid inserts · CPC title

• B60C5/007

  made from other material than rubber · CPC title

• B60C2011/0016

  Physical properties or dimensions · CPC title

• B60C11/0008

  characterised by the tread rubber · CPC title

• H01B1/00

  Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors · CPC title