Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9259971-B2
Application number	US-201314406180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2013
Priority date	Jul 13, 2012
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

In a pneumatic tire, a belt layer includes an inner-side cross belt and outer-side cross belt having belt angles of not less than 46° and not more than 80° as absolute values with respect to a tire circumferential direction, the belt angles having mutually opposite signs, a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle satisfying a range of ±5° with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and disposed between the inner-side cross belt and outer-side cross belt, and a supplemental belt having a belt angle of not less than 10° and not more than 45° as an absolute value with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and disposed on the outer side in a tire radial direction of the outer-side cross belt. Additionally, the supplemental belt and the outer-side cross belt have belt angles of mutually opposite signs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire having a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass layer, a tread rubber disposed on an outer side in the tire radial direction of the belt layer, at least three circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions defined by the circumferential main grooves, wherein the belt layer includes:
an inner-side cross belt and outer-side cross belt having belt angles of not less than 46° and not more than 80° as absolute values with respect to the tire circumferential direction, the belt angles having mutually opposite signs;
a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle satisfying a range of ±5° with respect to the tire circumferential direction and disposed between the inner-side cross belt and outer-side cross belt; and
a supplemental belt having a belt angle of not less than 10° and not more than 45° as an absolute value with respect to the tire circumferential direction and disposed on an outer side in the tire radial direction of the outer-side cross belt, the supplemental belt and the outer-side cross belt having belt angles of mutually opposite signs;
wherein a difference Dr=R1−R2 between a radius R1 of the circumferential reinforcing layer at a tire equatorial plane and a radius R2 at an outer end portion in a tire width direction of the circumferential reinforcing layer, and the width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer have a relationship such that −0.010≦Dr/Ws≦0.010.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the inner-side cross belt is disposed so as to be located adjacent to the carcass layer.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a width Wb4 of the supplemental belt and a width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer have a relationship such that 1.02≦Wb4/Ws.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the width Wb4 of the supplemental belt and the width Wb3 of the outer-side cross belt have a relationship such that 0.75≦Wb4/Wb3≦0.95.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the supplemental belt has a belt cord constituted by steel wire, and has not less than 15 ends/50 mm and not more than 25 ends/50 mm.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an outer radius Hcc of a tread profile at the tire equatorial plane CL and an outer radius Hsh of a tread profile at a tire ground contact edge have a relationship such that 0.010≦(Hcc−Hsh)/Hcc≦0.015.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a distance Gcc from the tread profile to a tire inner circumferential surface at the tire equatorial plane CL and a distance Gsh from a tread edge to the tire inner circumferential surface have a relationship such that Gsh/Gcc≦1.20.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a ground contact width Wcc of a land portion closest to the tire equatorial plane CL and a ground contact width Wsh of an outermost land portion in the tire width direction have a relationship such that 0.80≦Wsh/Wcc≦1.30.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the outermost land portion in the tire width direction has a chamfered portion at an edge portion on the circumferential main groove side.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a hardness of the tread rubber is not less than 60.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the supplemental belt has a split structure.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the supplemental belt is disposed so as to cover regions where outermost circumferential main grooves are disposed.

13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a tread width TW and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer have a relationship such that 0.82≦TW/Wca≦0.92.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamanaka Hideki
• Iga Koshi
• Kotoku Koichi

Classifications

• B60C2009/2061

  Physical properties or dimensions of the belt coating rubber · CPC title

• B60C11/0083

  characterised by the curvature of the tyre tread · CPC title

• B60C9/28 Primary

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

• B60C2009/2077

  Diameters of the cords; Linear density thereof · CPC title

• B60C2009/283

  characterised by belt curvature · CPC title