Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9346327-B2
Application number	US-201213705295-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2012
Priority date	Dec 7, 2011
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

A pneumatic tire is disclosed. In one sidewall part, a sidewall rubber is formed by a black rubber over the whole circumference in a tire circumferential direction. In the other sidewall part, a different color rubber part for indicating marks on a tire outer surface is provided. The different color rubber part is divided into several sections in the circumferential direction, and the different color rubber part and the black rubber part are alternately and adjacently arranged in the circumferential direction. Side surfaces at both sides in the circumferential direction of the different color rubber part are formed into inclined surface shapes in a direction such that the side surfaces approach each other toward a tire inner surface side, thereby a size in the circumferential direction of the different color rubber part is decreased toward the tire inner surface side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a pair of right and left bead parts,
a pair of right and left sidewall parts,
a tread part, and
a carcass extending through the sidewall parts from the tread part and locked with the right and left bead parts,
wherein, in one sidewall part of the pair of right and left sidewall parts, a sidewall rubber is formed by a black rubber over the whole circumference in a tire circumferential direction,
in the other sidewall part, a sidewall rubber provided outside the carcass comprises at least one black rubber part and at least one different color rubber part comprising a rubber having a color other than black and which indicate marks on an outer surface of the tire,
the at least one black rubber part and the at least one different color rubber part are alternately and adjacently arranged in a tire circumferential direction, and
side surfaces at both sides in the tire circumferential direction of the at least one different color rubber part are formed into inclined surface shapes inclined in a direction such that the side surfaces approach each other toward a tire inner surface side, thereby the at least one different color rubber part is formed such that a size in the tire circumferential direction of the at least one different color rubber part is decreased toward the tire inner surface side.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of the at least one different color rubber parts, including different color rubber parts in which right and left black rubber parts adjacent in the tire circumferential direction have different volumes, and the plurality of the at least one different color rubber parts are formed such that an inclination angle (θ) to a tire outer surface of a side surface forming a boundary surface with the black rubber part having a small volume is smaller than an inclination angle (φ) to the tire outer surface of a side surface forming a boundary surface with the black rubber part having a large volume.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein end faces of both sides in a tire radial direction of the at least one different color rubber part are formed into inclined surface shapes inclined in a direction such that the end faces approach each other toward the tire inner surface side, thereby the at least one different color rubber part is formed such that a size in the tire radial direction of the different color rubber part is decreased toward the tire inner surface side.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein end faces of both sides in a tire radial direction of the plurality of different color rubber parts are formed into inclined surface shapes inclined in a direction such that the end faces approach each other toward the tire inner surface side, thereby the plurality of different color rubber parts are formed such that sizes in the tire radial direction of the plurality of different color rubber parts are decreased toward the tire inner surface side.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one different color rubber part is formed such that an inclination angle (α) to a tire outer surface of an end face inside in the tire radial direction is smaller than an inclination angle (β) to the tire outer surface of an end face outside in the tire radial direction.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of color rubber parts are formed such that an inclination angle (α) to a tire outer surface of an end face inside in the tire radial direction is smaller than an inclination angle (β) to the tire outer surface of an end face outside in the tire radial direction.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the end faces of both sides in the tire radial direction of the at least one different color rubber part is formed in a curved line in a tire meridian cross-section.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one different color rubber part has inclination angles (φ) and (θ) to a tire outer surface of the side surfaces at both sides in the tire circumferential direction of from 15° to 60°.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one different color rubber part has inclination angles (α) and (β) to a tire outer surface of end faces at both sides in a tire radial direction of from 15° to 60°.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one different color rubber part is a white rubber part.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of different color rubber parts are white rubber parts.

Assignees

• Toyo Tire & Rubber Co

Inventors

• Shibayama Kensuke

Classifications

• B60C13/04 Primary

  having annular inlays or covers, e.g. white sidewalls · CPC title

• B60C13/003 Primary

  characterised by sidewall curvature · CPC title

• B60C2013/045

  comprising different sidewall rubber layers · CPC title