Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10913313-B2
Application number	US-201515327261-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2015
Priority date	Jul 28, 2014
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

A pneumatic tire in which a side reinforcement layer formed of a treated member is arranged, the treated member formed by coating with rubber organic fiber cords extending parallelly to ply cords of a carcass ply of the carcass main body, only on a sidewall portion of a half portion on one tire widthwise side; a tire radial inner end of the side reinforcement layer is located on a side inner in the tire radial direction than a tire radial outermost position of a rim flange, and a tire radial outer end of the side reinforcement layer overlaps the belt by 5 mm or more in a tire widthwise direction; and the tread portion has one or more circumferential main grooves, and a contact width of a tire widthwise outermost land portion is larger than a contact width of a tire widthwise outermost land portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire, comprising: a carcass formed of at least one carcass ply, the carcass ply formed of a carcass main body and a carcass folded-up portion, the carcass main body extending toroidally from a tread portion through a pair of sidewall portions to a pair of bead portions, and fixed to bead cores embedded in the bead portions, the carcass folded-up portion extending from the carcass main body and formed by folding up a circumference of the bead cores from a tire widthwise inner side to a tire widthwise outer side, the carcass ply being formed from a plurality of carcass ply cords, and the carcass ply cords that are positioned on one tire widthwise side partitioned by a tire equatorial plane extend in directions that are symmetrical with those of the carcass ply cords positioned on the other tire widthwise side of the tire equatorial plane; a belt formed of one or more belt layers arranged on a tire radial outer side of a crown portion of the carcass; and bead fillers provided on a tire radial outer side of the bead cores, wherein:
the bead fillers are provided such that at least a part thereof is sandwiched between the carcass main body and the carcass folded-up portion,
a side reinforcement layer is arranged inside the carcass main body only on a sidewall portion of a half portion on the one tire widthwise side partitioned by the tire equatorial plane, the side reinforcement layer formed of a treated member, the treated member formed by coating with rubber organic fiber cords extending parallelly to the carcass ply cords of the carcass ply of the carcass main body,
at an unloaded condition, when the pneumatic tire is mounted to an applicable rim and is applied with a prescribed internal pressure, a tire radial inner end of the side reinforcement layer is located on a side inner in the tire radial direction than a tire radial outermost position of a rim flange, and a tire radial outer end of the side reinforcement layer overlaps the belt by 5 mm or more in a tire widthwise direction, and
the tread portion has one or more circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, including a first circumferential main groove, which is the circumferential main groove nearest the tire equatorial plane, a second circumferential main groove on the one tire widthwise side of the first circumferential main groove, and a third circumferential main groove on the other tire widthwise side of the first circumferential main groove, the first circumferential main groove being positioned off-center in the tire widthwise direction with respect to the tire equatorial plane,
and at an unloaded condition, when the pneumatic tire is mounted to an applicable rim and is applied with a prescribed internal pressure, a contact width of a first tire widthwise outermost land portion partitioned by the second circumferential main grooves and a tread edge on the one tire widthwise side is larger than a contact width of a second tire widthwise outermost land portion partitioned by the third circumferential main grooves and a tread edge on the other tire widthwise side.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein: a contact width of the first tire widthwise outermost land portion is 1 to 3 mm larger than a contact width of the second tire widthwise outermost land portion the half portion on the other tire widthwise side.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein: a thickness of a side rubber of the sidewall portion on the half portion on the other tire widthwise side is larger than a thickness of a side rubber of the sidewall portion on the half portion on the one tire widthwise side.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein: at an unloaded condition, when the pneumatic tire is mounted to an applicable rim and is applied with a prescribed internal pressure, a tire widthwise distance from an end of the belt to the tire equatorial plane of the half portion on the other tire widthwise side is larger than the half portion on the one tire widthwise side.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein: at an unloaded condition, when the pneumatic tire is mounted to an applicable rim and is applied with a prescribed internal pressure, a tire widthwise distance from an end of the belt to the tire equatorial plane of the half portion on the other tire widthwise side is larger than the half portion on the one tire widthwise side.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein: a thickness of a side rubber of the sidewall portion on the half portion on the other tire widthwise side is larger than a thickness of a side rubber of the sidewall portion on the half portion on the one tire widthwise side.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 6 , wherein: at an unloaded condition, when the pneumatic tire is mounted to an applicable rim and is applied with a prescribed internal pressure, a tire widthwise distance from an end of the belt to the tire equatorial plane of the half portion on the other tire widthwise side is larger than the half portion on the one tire widthwise side.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein: at an unloaded condition, when the pneumatic tire is mounted to an applicable rim and is applied with a prescribed internal pressure, a tire widthwise distance from an end of the belt to the tire equatorial plane of the half portion on the other tire widthwise side is larger than the half portion on the one tire widthwise side.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an angle of groove walls of the circumferential main grooves to the tire radial direction of one tire widthwise side is larger than the other tire widthwise side.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the first circumferential main groove is positioned between the tire equatorial plane and the third circumferential main groove.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the one side of the tire width outermost land portion has only one circumferential minor groove, which is narrower than each circumferential main groove.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the second tire widthwise outermost land portion has no circumferential minor groove which is narrower than each circumferential main groove.

13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein when the pneumatic tire is mounted to an applicable rim and is applied with a prescribed internal pressure, in each of the first, second, and third circumferential main grooves an angle of a groove wall on one tire wire widthwise side of the groove is larger than angle of a groove wall on the other tire widthwise side of the groove.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Aoki Naotoshi

Classifications

• B60C11/0304 Primary

  Asymmetric patterns · CPC title

• B60C2015/0696

  Asymmetric bead reinforcement, e.g. arrangement of bead reinforcing layer or apex · CPC title

• B60C3/06

  asymmetric · CPC title

• B60C11/13

  characterised by the groove cross-section, e.g. for buttressing or preventing stone-trapping · CPC title

• B60C13/00

  Tyre sidewalls; Protecting, decorating, marking, or the like, thereof (B60C17/08 takes precedence; tyre shoulders B60C11/01; removable tyre sidewall trim rings B60B7/01) · CPC title