Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11712930-B2
Application number	US-201716345672-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2017
Priority date	Oct 26, 2016
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

With a pneumatic tire not mounted on a rim, in a meridian cross-section a first line is parallel with an innermost bottom side of a bead core in a radial direction and passes through an outermost projection of the bead core in a lateral direction, a second line is orthogonal with the first line at the outermost projection, a third line is orthogonal with the first line and passes through an intersection of a rim cushion rubber, a distance between the second and third lines is 2.0 to 4.0 mm, a shortest distance between an innermost projection of the bead core in the lateral direction and a cord of a carcass layer is 0.6 to 1.4 mm, and a shortest distance between an innermost end of the bottom side of the bead core in the lateral direction and the cord of the carcass layer is 1.2 to 2.2 mm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire, comprising:
a pair of bead portions;
a pair of bead cores disposed one in each bead portion, each one of the pair of bead cores being formed by a bead wire being wound a plurality of times in a tire circumferential direction;
a carcass layer including each end portion being folded back on a respective one of the pair of bead cores from inside to outside in a tire lateral direction;
a cover member covering each bead core and being disposed on a respective folded back laterally inner side of the carcass layer;
a steel cord reinforcing layer disposed one adjacent to each folded back laterally outer side of the carcass layer; and
a rim cushion rubber disposed one adjacent to a laterally outer surface of each steel cord reinforcing layer and including a bead base portion and a bead outer surface portion, the bead base portion forming a contour of an inner surface of the respective bead portion in a tire radial direction, and the bead outer surface portion forming a contour of an outer surface of the respective bead portion in the tire lateral direction continuous to the outer end of the bead base portion in the tire lateral direction via an intersection point, wherein
in a meridian cross-section under a state with the pneumatic tire not mounted on a rim, in each bead portion a line segment being parallel with an innermost bottom side of the bead core in the tire radial direction and passing through an outermost outer projection point of the bead core in the tire lateral direction is specified as a first line segment, a line segment being orthogonal with the first line segment at a position of the outer projection point is specified as a second line segment, and a line segment being orthogonal with the first line segment and passing through the intersection point of the rim cushion rubber is specified as a third line segment,
a distance A between the second line segment and the third line segment is from 2.0 mm to 4.0 mm,
a shortest distance B between an innermost inner projection point of the bead core in the tire lateral direction and a carcass cord of the carcass layer is from 0.6 mm to 1.4 mm, and
a shortest distance C between an innermost end of the bottom side of the bead core in the tire lateral direction and a carcass cord of the carcass layer is from 1.2 mm to 2.2 mm.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
each cover member includes a bead cover layer surrounding the bead core and a filler cover layer disposed adjacent to an outer surface of the bead cover layer and along an inner surface of the carcass layer,
the bead cover layer comprising a rubber layer and the filler cover layer comprising another rubber layer, the respective filler cover layer is disposed to extend outward in the tire radial direction along the carcass layer beyond a circle of 15 mm radius centered on the inner projection point of the respective bead core, and
a JIS-A hardness of the filler cover rubber layer is from 68 to 76 and is less than a JIS-A hardness of the bead cover layer rubber layer.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein
the filler cover layer in each bead portion or the bead cover layer in each bead portion is a two-layer structure laminating the rubber layer and a nylon reinforcing layer, and
a total thickness of rubber along the shortest distance B is 0.5 mm or greater.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein
each cover member includes a bead cover layer surrounding the bead core and a filler cover layer disposed adjacent to an outer surface of the bead cover layer and along an inner surface of the carcass layer,
the bead cover layer comprising a rubber layer and the bead filler comprising another rubber layer, the filler cover layer in each bead portion or the bead cover layer in each bead portion is a two-layer structure laminating the rubber layer and a nylon reinforcing layer, and
a total thickness of rubber along the shortest distance B is 0.5 mm or greater.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishio Koji

Classifications

• B60C15/04 Primary

  Bead cores · CPC title

• B60C15/02

  Seating or securing beads on rims (sealing means between beads and rims of tubeless tyres B60C5/16; means for securing solid tyres on rims B60C7/24) · CPC title

• B60C15/06

  Flipper strips, fillers, or chafing strips {and reinforcing layers for the construction of the bead} · CPC title

• B60C15/0603

  characterised by features of the bead filler or apex · CPC title

• B60C15/0628

  comprising a bead reinforcing layer · CPC title