Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11458769-B2
Application number	US-201916390245-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2019
Priority date	Jun 20, 2011
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a pneumatic tire having at least one carcass layer as a skeleton extending in toroidal shape over a pair of bead portions, at least one belt layer and a tread disposed on an outer side in the radial direction of a crown portion of the carcass. In a tire section in the widthwise direction in state where the tire is assembled to an application rim, ratio BD/BW of radius difference BD between radius at a center portion and radius at an end portion in the widthwise direction of an innermost layer of the belt layer, to width BW of the innermost layer, ranges from 0.01 to 0.04, and ratio TD/TW of radius difference TD between radius at a center portion and radius at an end portion of the tread in the widthwise direction of a tread ground surface, to tread ground-contact width TW, satisfies BD/BW<TD/TW.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire having at least one carcass layer as a skeleton extending in a toroidal shape over a pair of bead portions, a belt including two or more slant belt layers and a tread that are disposed on an outer side in a tire radial direction of a crown portion of the at least one carcass layer, wherein
in a section of the tire in a tire widthwise direction in a state where the tire is assembled to an application rim,
a ratio BD/BW of radius difference BD between radius at a center portion and radius at an end portion in the tire widthwise direction of an innermost slant belt layer, to a width BW of the innermost slant belt layer, is in a range of 0.01 to 0.04,
a ratio TD/TW of radius difference TD between radius at a center portion and radius at an end portion of the tread in the tire widthwise direction of a tread ground surface, to a tread ground-contact width TW, satisfies the relation BD/BW<TD/TW,
a relation BW>TW is satisfied, the innermost slant belt layer is a layer positioned radially innermost among belt layers having a width greater than or equal to 90% of the tread ground-contact width TW, and
the ratio TD/TW≥0.05,
a ratio TGe/TGc of a tread gauge TGe measured in the end portion in the tire widthwise direction of the innermost slant belt layer to a tread gauge TGc measured in a tread center portion is in the range of 0.2 to 0.6.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a ratio TGh/TGc of a tread gauge TGh measured in a tread end portion, to a tread gauge TGc measured in a tread center portion, is in the range of 0.5 to 0.9.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a ratio CSWh/CSH of a shortest distance CSWh between a line drawn in parallel with a rotation axis of the tire at a maximum width position of the at least one carcass layer and a line drawn in parallel with the rotation axis of the tire at a bead toe, to a distance CSH in the tire radial direction between an outermost side of the carcass in the tire radial direction and the bead toe, is in the range of 0.6 to 0.9.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a ratio SWh/SH of a shortest distance SWh between a line drawn in parallel with the rotation axis of the tire at a maximum width position of the tire and a line drawn in parallel with the rotation axis of the tire at a bead toe, to a sectional height SH of the tire, is in the range of 0.5 to 0.8.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a ratio BW/CSW of the width BW of the innermost slant belt layer, to a maximum width CSW of the at least one carcass layer, is in the range of 0.8 to 0.94.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a ratio CSL/CSP of a path length CSL from a position corresponding to the end portion in the tire widthwise direction of the innermost slant belt layer to a position corresponding to the maximum width position of the at least one carcass layer, to a path length CSP from a position corresponding to the center portion in the tire widthwise direction of the innermost slant belt layer to a position right below a bead core, is in the range of 0.1 to 0.25.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a shortest distance CSEh between a terminal end of a turn-up portion of the at least one carcass layer and a line drawn in parallel with the rotation axis of the tire at a bead toe is greater than a shortest distance SWh between a line drawn in parallel with the rotation axis of the tire at a maximum width position of the tire and a line drawn in parallel with the rotation axis of the tire at the a bead toe.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of BW/TW is the range of 1.1 to 1.6.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Katayama Shinsaku

Classifications

• B60C3/04 Primary

  characterised by the relative dimensions of the section, e.g. low profile (B60C3/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60C9/28

  characterised by the belt or breaker dimensions or curvature relative to carcass (B60C9/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60C11/0083

  characterised by the curvature of the tyre tread · CPC title

• Y10T152/10765

  Characterized by belt or breaker structure · CPC title

• B60C2009/283

  characterised by belt curvature · CPC title