Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11241921-B2
Application number	US-201816968556-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2018
Priority date	Feb 8, 2018
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

In a pneumatic tire on a rim with 5° taper, a bead core includes a bead core bottom inclined 0° to 5° with respect to a rotation axis in a direction in which the bead core bottom extends outward in a radial direction from an inner side toward an outer side in the lateral direction, a bead portion includes a bead base portion inclined 8° to 12° with respect to the rotation axis in a direction in which the bead base portion extends outward in the radial direction from the inner side toward the outer side in the lateral direction. A bead width BW is a distance between tire inner and outer surfaces on a straight line through a bead core center in the meridian cross-section and parallel to the bead base portion. The bead core has a maximum width CW within a range of (BW×0.54)≤CW≤(BW×0.58).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire, comprising:
a pair of bead portions disposed on opposite sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire lateral direction;
bead cores each provided on a corresponding bead portion of the pair of bead portions; and
a reinforcing layer disposed extending between an inner side and an outer side in a tire lateral direction of the bead cores through an inner side of the bead cores in a tire radial direction,
the pneumatic tire being mounted on a specified rim with a 5° taper,
the bead core being formed in a hexagonal shape in a tire meridian cross-section and a bead core bottom corresponding to an inner circumferential surface of the bead core being inclined with respect to a tire rotation axis within a range of 0° or larger and 5° or smaller in a direction in which the bead core bottom extends outward in a tire radial direction as the bead core bottom extends from an inner side toward an outer side in the tire lateral direction,
in the bead portion, at least a part of a bead base portion corresponding to the inner circumferential surface of the bead portion which part is located inward of the bead core bottom in the tire radial direction being inclined with respect to the tire rotation axis within a range of 8° or larger and 12° or smaller in a direction in which the part extends outward in the tire radial direction as the part extends from the inner side toward the outer side in the tire lateral direction, and

assuming that a bead width BW is a distance between a tire inner surface and a tire outer surface on a straight line extending through a bead core center in the tire meridian cross-section and parallel to the bead base portion, the bead core has a maximum width CW within a range of (BW×0.55)≤CW≤(BW×0.57) in the tire meridian cross-section, wherein
the bead width BW is within a range of (0.265x+20.5) mm≤BW≤(0.265x+26.5) mm with respect to a specified load x kN.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a relationship between the maximum width CW in the tire meridian cross-section and a height CH in the tire radial direction is within a range of 1.0≤(CW/CH)<1.5.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the reinforcing layer is formed by coating a cord member with a rubber member, and
in the bead portion, a distance in the tire radial direction from a center of the bead core bottom in the tire meridian cross-section to a surface of the cord member in a portion of the reinforcing layer located inward of the bead core in the tire radial direction is within a range of 2.0 mm or longer and 3.5 mm or shorter.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
in a case where the pneumatic tire is mounted on the specified rim, a compression ratio of rubber located inward of the bead core in the tire radial direction is within a range of 45% or more and 55% or less at a position inward of the center of the bead core bottom in the tire radial direction in the tire meridian cross-section.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a width of the bead core bottom is within a range of 33% or more and 40% or less of a width of the bead base portion.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a distance between the bead core and a tire outer surface in the tire lateral direction at a position of a bead core maximum width is within a range of (0.004x+13.5) mm or longer and {(0.004x+13.5)×1.2} mm or shorter with respect to a specified load x kN.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein
the reinforcing layer is formed by coating a cord member with a rubber member, and
in the bead portion, a distance in the tire radial direction from a center of the bead core bottom in the tire meridian cross-section to a surface of the cord member in a portion of the reinforcing layer located inward of the bead core in the tire radial direction is within a range of 2.0 mm or longer and 3.5 mm or shorter.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein
in a case where the pneumatic tire is mounted on the specified rim, a compression ratio of rubber located inward of the bead core in the tire radial direction is within a range of 45% or more and 55% or less at a position inward of the center of the bead core bottom in the tire radial direction in the tire meridian cross-section.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 8 , wherein
a width of the bead core bottom is within a range of 33% or more and 40% or less of a width of the bead base portion.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 9 , wherein
a distance between the bead core and a tire outer surface in the tire lateral direction at a position of a bead core maximum width is within a range of (0.004x+13.5) mm or longer and {(0.004x+13.5)×1.2} mm or shorter with respect to a specified load x kN.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tauchi Risa

Classifications

• B60C2015/009

  Height of the carcass terminal portion defined in terms of a numerical value or ratio in proportion to section height · CPC title

• B60C15/0635 Primary

  using chippers between the carcass layer and chafer rubber wrapped around the bead · CPC title

• B60C2015/0614

  characterised by features of the chafer or clinch portion, i.e. the part of the bead contacting the rim · CPC title

• B60C15/04 Primary

  Bead cores · CPC title

• B60C15/024

  Bead contour, e.g. lips, grooves, or ribs · CPC title