Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9505268-B2
Application number	US-201114235741-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2011
Priority date	Jul 29, 2011
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

The pneumatic tire 1 includes the belt layer 14 having the pair of cross belts 142, 143 , and a circumferential reinforcing layer 145 disposed between the cross belts 142, 143 or disposed inward in the tire radial direction of the cross belts 142, 143 . Moreover, the circumferential reinforcing layer 145 is configured by one wire 1451 that is wound spirally at a slant within a range of ±5 deg with respect to the tire circumferential direction. Moreover, the crossing angle α in the tire circumferential direction of the wire end portion at the first edge and the wire end portion at the second edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer 145 is within a range of 5 deg≦α≦355 deg.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire comprising a belt layer having a pair of cross belts and a circumferential reinforcing layer disposed between the cross belts or disposed inward in a tire radial direction of the cross belts; wherein,
the circumferential reinforcing layer has a multiple winding structure configured by a plurality of wires that are wound spirally around side-by-side to each other at a slant within a range of ±5 deg with respect to a tire circumferential direction;
an offset angle β 1 in the tire circumferential direction of end portions of the plurality of wires at a first edge and an offset angle β 2 in the tire circumferential direction of end portions of the plurality of wires at a second edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer is within a range 0 deg<β 1 <5 deg and 5 deg≦β 2 ≦180 deg;
a crossing angle α in the tire circumferential direction of an end portion of the wire at the first edge and an end portion of the at the second edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer is within a range of 10 deg≦α≦350 deg;
the circumferential reinforcing layer is disposed inward in the tire width direction of the left and right edges of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts, and a width W of the narrower cross belt and a distance S from an edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer to an edge of the narrower cross belt are in ranges such that 0.03≦S/W; and
the circumferential reinforcing layer continuously extending from a first side of a tire equatorial plane to a second side of the tire equatorial plane in the tire width direction.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the wire is a steel wire, and the number of ends of the circumferential reinforcing layer is no less than 17 ends/50 mm and no more than 30 ends/50 mm.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the wire is within a range of no less than 1.2 mm and no more than 2.2 mm.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and the width W of the narrower cross belt have a relationship such that 60%≦Ws/W.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the crossing angle α is within a range of 20 deg≦α≦40 deg.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the crossing angle α is within a range of 10 deg≦α≦30 deg or 330 deg≦α≦350 deg.

7. A pneumatic tire comprising a belt layer having a pair of cross belts and a circumferential reinforcing layer disposed between the cross belts or disposed inward in a tire radial direction of the cross belts; wherein,
the circumferential reinforcing layer has a multiple winding structure composed of a plurality of wires that are wound spirally around side-by-side to each other at a slant within a range of ±5 deg with respect to a tire circumferential direction, each of the plurality of wires of the multiple winding structure continuously extending over an entire width of the circumferential reinforcing layer respectively;
an offset angle β 1 in the tire circumferential direction of end portions of the plurality of wires at a first edge and an offset angle β 2 in the tire circumferential direction of end portions of the plurality of wires at a second edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer are within a range of 5 deg≦β 1 ≦180 deg and 5 deg≦β 2 ≦180 deg;
a crossing angle α in the tire circumferential direction of an end portion of the wire at the first edge and an end portion of the wire at the second edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer is within a range of 5 deg≦α≦355 deg;
the circumferential reinforcing layer is disposed inward in the tire width direction of the left and right edges of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts, and a width W of the narrower cross belt and a distance S from an edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer to an edge of the narrower cross belt are in ranges such that 0.03≦S/W; and
the circumferential reinforcing layer continuously extending from a first side of a tire equatorial plane to a second side of the tire equatorial plane in the tire width direction.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein the wire is a steel wire, and the number of ends of the circumferential reinforcing layer is no less than 17 ends/50 mm and no more than 30 ends/50 mm.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein a diameter of the wire is within a range of no less than 1.2 mm and no more than 2.2 mm.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein a width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and the width W of the narrower cross belt have a relationship such that 60%≦Ws/W.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein the crossing angle α is within a range of 20 deg≦α≦40 deg.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein the crossing angle α is within a range of 10 deg≦α≦30 deg or 330 deg≦α≦350 deg.

13. A pneumatic tire comprising a belt layer having a pair of cross belts and a circumferential reinforcing layer disposed between the cross belts or inward in a tire radial direction of the cross belts; wherein,
the circumferential reinforcing layer has a divided structure in which the circumferential reinforcing layer is divided into a plurality of portions in a tire width direction, and each of divided portions of the circumferential reinforcing layer has a single winding structure configured by one wire that is wound spirally at a slant within a range of ±5 deg with respect to a tire circumferential direction;
a crossing angle α in the tire circumferential direction of an end portion of the wire at a first edge and an end portion of the wire at a second edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer is within a range of 5 deg≦α≦355 deg;
a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the apparent number of wire cords when viewed as a cross-section from a direction perpendicular to the tire circumferential direction is equal to or less than one cord in any 30 deg zone around a tire rotational axis; and
the circumferential reinforcing layer is disposed inward in the tire width direction of the left and right edges of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts, and a width W of the narrower cross belt and a distance S from an edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer to an edge of the narrower cross belt are in ranges such that 0.03≦S/W.

14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 13 , wherein a width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and the width W of the narrower cross belt have a relationship such that 60%≦Ws/W.

15. The pneumatic tire according to claim 13 , wherein the crossing angle α is within a range of 20 deg≦α≦40 deg.

16. The pneumatic tire according to claim 13 , wherein the crossing angle α is within a range of 5 deg≦α≦30 deg or 330 deg≦α≦355 deg.

17. A pneumatic tire comprising a belt layer having a pair of cross belts and a circumferential reinforcing layer disposed between the cross belts or disposed inward in the tire radial direction of the cross belts; wherein,
the circumferential reinforcing layer has a divided structure in which the circumferential reinforcing layer is divided into a plurality of portions in a tire width direction, and each of divided portions of the circumferential reinforcing layer has a multiple winding structure configured by a plurality of wires that are wound spirally around side-by-side to each other at a slant within a range of ±5 deg with respect to a tire circumferential direction;
at least one of an offset angle β 1 in the tire circumferential direction of end portions of the plurality of

Assignees

• Sato Toshiyuki
• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Toshiyuki

Classifications

• B60C2009/2257

  Diameters of the cords; Linear density thereof · CPC title

• B60C9/2006 Primary

  consisting of steel cord plies only · CPC title

• B29D30/30

  Applying the layers; Guiding or stretching the layers during application {(applying tread bands to carcasses B29D30/58; retreading B29D30/54)} · CPC title

• B60C2009/2045

  with belt joints or splices · CPC title

• B60C9/30 Primary

  asymmetric to the midcircumferential plane of the tyre · CPC title