Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11260704-B2
Application number	US-201616063634-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2016
Priority date	Dec 25, 2015
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

A pneumatic tire mountable on a 15° tapered specified rim includes a bead core, a carcass, a steel cord reinforcing layer, a bead rubber layer, an organic fiber reinforced layer, and a first reinforcing rubber layer. A distance from a second line segment to a third line segment is from 4 mm to 12 mm, a complex modulus of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 6 MPa to 10 MPa, an elongation at break of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 300% to 450%, and a difference between a first height and a second height is from 3 mm to 15 mm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire mountable on a 15° tapered specified rim, the pneumatic tire comprising:
a pair of bead portions disposed on either side of a tire equatorial plane in a tire lateral direction;
a bead core provided in each of the pair of bead portions;
a carcass supported by the pair of bead cores, the carcass comprising a carcass body portion and a carcass folded back portion formed by the carcass folding back at the bead core;
a steel cord reinforcing layer disposed on an outer surface of the carcass folded back at the bead core;
a bead rubber layer with at least a portion thereof disposed between the carcass body portion and the carcass folded back portion;
an organic fiber reinforced layer comprising an outer edge portion disposed outward from the carcass folded back portion in the tire lateral direction and outward from the carcass folded back portion in a tire radial direction, and an inner edge portion disposed within a 20 mm radius radially outward from a bead core center, the organic fiber reinforced layer being folded around the bead core with the inner edge portion positioned on an axially inner side of the bead core and positioned radially inward of a radially outermost point of the bead core; and
a first reinforcing rubber layer disposed in space surrounded by the bead rubber layer, the organic fiber reinforced layer, the carcass folded back portion, and the steel cord reinforcing layer;
when the pneumatic tire is not mounted on the specified rim,
a distance from a second line segment to a third line segment being from 4 mm to 12 mm, a complex modulus of the first reinforcing rubber layer being from 6 MPa to 10 MPa, and an elongation at break of the first reinforcing rubber layer being from 300% to 450%, wherein a first line segment passing through an outermost projecting point of the bead core in the tire lateral direction and being parallel with a longest side of the bead core, a side of a bead base portion closer to a bead heel that is a portion of the bead portion that comes into contact with the specified rim, a curved line of a tire outer surface that is a portion of the bead portion that is located outward from the bead base portion in the tire lateral direction, a first intersection point of the side and the curved line, the second line segment passing through the first intersection point and being perpendicular to the first line segment, and the third line segment passing through the projecting point and being perpendicular to the first line segment are specified,
a difference between a first height and a second height being from 3 mm to 15 mm, wherein an outer edge portion of the first reinforcing rubber layer located outward in the tire radial direction is disposed outward in the tire radial direction from the outer edge portion of the organic fiber reinforced layer located outward in the tire radial direction, and the first height, which is a distance from the bead core center to the outer edge portion of the first reinforcing rubber layer, and the second height, which is a distance from the bead core center to the outer edge portion of the organic fiber reinforced layer, are specified, and
an outer edge portion of the steel cord reinforcing layer is located radially inward of a radially outer edge of the carcass folded back portion, the outer edge portion of the steel cord reinforcing layer being located inward in the tire radial direction of an inner edge portion of the steel cord reinforcing layer in the tire lateral direction.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a fiber orientation angle of the organic fiber reinforced layer with respect to the tire radial direction is from 45° to 75°.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the organic fiber reinforced layer comprises a plurality of organic fiber reinforced layers, where the inner edge portion of a first organic fiber reinforced layer of the plurality of organic fiber reinforced layers is disposed within the 20 mm radius radially outward from the bead core center and a second organic fiber reinforced layer of the plurality of organic fiber reinforced layers is disposed within a 20 mm radius radially inward from the bead core center, and where the inner edge portion of each of the plurality of organic fiber reinforced layers is disposed axially inward of an axially innermost point of the bead core and radially outward of a radially innermost point of the bead core.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the first reinforcing rubber layer is disposed between the organic fiber reinforced layer and the carcass folded back portion, and the first reinforcing rubber layer extends radially outward beyond a radially outermost end of the organic fiber reinforced layer.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishio Koji

Classifications

• B60C15/0635 Primary

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

• B60C2015/066

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

• B60C2015/065

  at the axially outer side of the carcass turn-up portion not wrapped around the bead core · CPC title

• B60C2015/0692

  characterised by particular materials of the cords · CPC title

• B60C2015/0678

  Physical properties of the bead reinforcing layer, e.g. modulus of the ply · CPC title