Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11364751-B2
Application number	US-201917278884-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2019
Priority date	Oct 11, 2018
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

In a pneumatic tire mountable on a 5°-tapered rim, a bottom of a bead core is inclined from 0°-5° in a direction in which the bottom diverges toward an outer side in a radial direction as the bottom extends from an inner side in the width direction toward an outer side in the width direction. Each bead portion includes a base, a toe, and a heel. The base is inclined from 8°-12° in a direction in which the bead base portion diverges toward the outer side in the radial direction as the base extends from the inner side toward the outer side in the width direction. The heel has a radius of curvature from 25-30 mm. A rim cushion rubber has a modulus at 100% elongation within a range from 5.0-8.0 MPa. The toe has a displacement between before and after mounting on the rim from 9.0-13.5 mm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire to be mounted on a 5°-tapered specified rim, comprising:
a pair of bead portions disposed on both sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire width direction;
a bead core provided in each of the pair of bead portions; and
a rim cushion rubber disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the bead core in each of the pair of bead portions;
the bead core having a hexagonal shape in a tire meridian cross-section, a bead core bottom as an inner circumferential surface of the bead core being inclined within a range of 0° or more and 5° or less with respect to a tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead core bottom diverges toward an outer side in a tire radial direction as the bead core bottom extends from an inner side in the tire width direction toward an outer side in the tire width direction,
each of the pair of bead portions comprising a bead base portion, a toe portion, and a heel portion, the bead base portion being an inner circumferential surface of each of the pair of bead portions, the toe portion being located on an inner side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction, the heel portion being located on an outer side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction,
the bead base portion being linearly formed in the tire meridian cross-section, the bead base portion being inclined within a range of 8° or more and 12° or less with respect to the tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead base portion diverges toward the outer side in the tire radial direction as the bead base portion extends from the inner side in the tire width direction toward the outer side in the tire width direction,
the heel portion having a shape in the tire meridian cross-section formed in an arc shape having a radius of curvature within a range of 25 mm or more and 30 mm or less,
the rim cushion rubber having a modulus at 100% elongation within a range of 5.0 or more MPa and 8.0 MPa or less, and
the toe portion having an amount of displacement in the tire radial direction between before and after mounting on the specified rim within a range of 9.0 mm or more and 13.5 mm or less, wherein
a relationship between a maximum width W 1 in the tire meridian cross-section of the bead core and a bead width W 2 as a distance in the tire width direction between an outer end portion of the bead core in the tire width direction and a leading edge portion of the toe portion is within a range 0.65≤(W 1 /W 2 )≤0.75.

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

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , comprising
a carcass extended between the pair of the bead portions, the carcass running through the inner side in the tire radial direction of the bead core and being folded back in the tire width direction in each of the pair of bead portions, wherein
the carcass has a radius of curvature R 2 in the tire meridian cross-section at a position on an inner side in the tire radial direction of the bead core bottom within a range of 50 mm or more and 70 mm or less, and the radius of curvature R 2 has a relationship with a radius of curvature R 1 of the heel portion in the tire meridian cross-section of R 1 <R 2 .

4. A pneumatic tire to be mounted on a 5°-tapered specified rim, comprising:
a pair of bead portions disposed on both sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire width direction;
a bead core provided in each of the pair of bead portions;
a rim cushion rubber disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the bead core in each of the pair of bead portions; and
a carcass extended between the pair of the bead portions, the carcass running through the inner side in the tire radial direction of the bead core and being folded back in the tire width direction in each of the pair of bead portions;
the bead core having a hexagonal shape in a tire meridian cross-section, a bead core bottom as an inner circumferential surface of the bead core being inclined within a range of 0° or more and 5° or less with respect to a tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead core bottom diverges toward an outer side in a tire radial direction as the bead core bottom extends from an inner side in the tire width direction toward an outer side in the tire width direction,
each of the pair of bead portions comprising a bead base portion, a toe portion, and a heel portion, the bead base portion being an inner circumferential surface of each of the pair of bead portions, the toe portion being located on an inner side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction, the heel portion being located on an outer side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction,
the bead base portion being linearly formed in the tire meridian cross-section, the bead base portion being inclined within a range of 8° or more and 12° or less with respect to the tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead base portion diverges toward the outer side in the tire radial direction as the bead base portion extends from the inner side in the tire width direction toward the outer side in the tire width direction,
the heel portion having a shape in the tire meridian cross-section formed in an arc shape having a radius of curvature within a range of 25 mm or more and 30 mm or less,
the rim cushion rubber having a modulus at 100% elongation within a range of 5.0 or more MPa and 8.0 MPa or less,
the toe portion having an amount of displacement in the tire radial direction between before and after mounting on the specified rim within a range of 9.0 mm or more and 13.5 mm or less, wherein
the carcass has a radius of curvature R 2 in the tire meridian cross-section at a position on an inner side in the tire radial direction of the bead core bottom within a range of 50 mm or more and 70 mm or less, and the radius of curvature R 2 has a relationship with a radius of curvature R 1 of the heel portion in the tire meridian cross-section of R 1 <R 2 .

5. A pneumatic tire to be mounted on a 5°-tapered specified rim, comprising:
a pair of bead portions disposed on both sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire width direction;
a bead core provided in each of the pair of bead portions; and
a rim cushion rubber disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the bead core in each of the pair of bead portions;
the bead core having a hexagonal shape in a tire meridian cross-section, a bead core bottom as an inner circumferential surface of the bead core being inclined within a range of 0° or more and 5° or less with respect to a tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead core bottom diverges toward an outer side in a tire radial direction as the bead core bottom extends from an inner side in the tire width direction toward an outer side in the tire width direction,
each of the pair of bead portions comprising a bead base portion, a toe portion, and a heel portion, the bead base portion being an inner circumferential surface of each of the pair of bead portions, the toe portion being located on an inner side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction, the heel portion being located on an outer side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction,
the bead base portion being linearly formed in the tire meridian cross-section, the bead base portion being inclined within a range of 8° or more and 12° or less with respect to the tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead base portion diverges towar

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Honda Hiroaki

Classifications

• B60C9/0292

  Carcass ply curvature (sidewall curvature B60C13/003) · CPC title

• B60C15/0607 Primary

  comprising several parts, e.g. made of different rubbers · CPC title

• B60C2015/0621

  adjacent to the carcass turnup portion · CPC title

• B60C15/04 Primary

  Bead cores · CPC title

• B60C15/0635

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