Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821607-B2
Application number	US-201214404131-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2012
Priority date	Jul 13, 2012
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction. The belt layer formed by laminating an angle belt having a belt angle≧45° and ≦70° in absolute values, a pair of cross belts, having belt angles of ≧10° and ≦45° in absolute values and having belt angles of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° with respect to a tire circumferential direction. A tread width TW and a total tire width SW such that 0.79≦TW/SW≦0.89. A width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer such that 0.60≦Ws/Wca≦0.70.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire comprising a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction, wherein
the belt layer is formed by laminating a large angle belt having a belt cord angle of not less than 45° and not more than 70° in absolute values, a pair of cross belts having belt cord angles of not less than 10° and not more than 45° in absolute values and having belt cord angles of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt cord angle within a range of ±5° with respect to a tire circumferential direction,
a tread width TW and a total tire width SW have a relationship such that 0.79≦TW/SW≦0.89,
a width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer have a relationship such that 0.60≦Ws/Wca≦0.70,
a width Wb 2 of a wider cross belt of the pair of cross belts, and the cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer have a relationship such that 0.79≦Wb 2 /Wca≦0.85, and
a diameter Ya of the highest position of the carcass layer and a diameter Yc of the widest position of the carcass layer have a relationship such that 0.80≦Yc/Ya≦0.90.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a width Wb 1 of the large angle belt and a width Wb 3 of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts have a relationship such that 0.85≦Wb 1 /Wb 3 ≦1.05.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein a width Wb 1 of the large angle belt and a width Wb 3 of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts have a relationship such that Wb 1 ≦Wb 3 .

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the belt cords of the circumferential reinforcing layer are steel wire and have a number of ends of not less than 17 ends/50 mm and not more than 30 ends/50 mm.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the belt cords of the large angle belt have a number of ends of not less than 15 ends/50 mm and not more than 25 ends/50 mm.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of cross belts are disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the large angle belt,
the circumferential reinforcing layer is disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the pair of cross belts, between the pair of cross belts, on the inner side in the tire radial direction of the pair of cross belts, or on the inner side in the tire radial direction of the large angle belt, and
a belt angle of the cross belt on the inner side in the tire radial direction of the pair of cross belts, and a belt angle of the large angle belt have the same sign.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the belt cords of the pair of cross belts have a number of ends of not less than 18 ends/50 mm and not more than 28 ends/50 mm.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a modulus Es at 100% elongation of a coating rubber coating the belt cords of the circumferential reinforcing layer is in ranges such that 4.5 MPa≦Es≦7.5 MPa.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a modulus E 1 at 100% elongation of a coating rubber coating belt cords of the large angle belt and a modulus Es at 100% elongation of a coating rubber coating the belt cords of the circumferential reinforcing layer are in ranges such that 0.90≦Es/E 1 ≦1.10.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein moduli E 2 , E 3 at 100% elongation of coating rubbers coating belt cords of the pair of cross belts and the modulus Es at 100% elongation of a coating rubber coating the belt cords of the circumferential reinforcing layer are in ranges such that 0.90≦Es/E 2 ≦1.10 and 0.90≦Es/E 3 ≦1.10.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a breaking elongation λs of a coating rubber coating the belt cords of the circumferential reinforcing layer is equal to or greater than 200%.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a breaking elongation λ 1 of a coating rubber coating the belt cords of the large angle belt is equal to or greater than 200%.

13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein breaking elongations λ 2 , λ 3 of a coating rubbers coating the belt cords of the pair of cross belts are both equal to or greater than 200%.

14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , further comprising: a belt cushion disposed between the carcass layer and an end portion of the cross belt that is on the inner side of the pair of cross belts in the tire radial direction, wherein
a modulus Ebc at 100% elongation of the belt cushion is in ranges such that 1.5 MPa≦Ebc≦3.0 MPa.

15. The pneumatic tire according to claim 14 , wherein a breaking elongation λbc of the belt cushion is equal to or greater than 400%.

16. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the large angle belt and the cross belt on the inner side in the tire radial direction of the pair of cross belts are disposed contiguous to each other, and
an intercord distance D 1 between the belt cords of the large angle belt and the belt cords of the cross belt is in ranges such that 0.50 mm≦D 1 ≦1.50 mm.

17. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the circumferential reinforcing layer is disposed inward in the tire width direction of left and right edges of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts, and
a width Wb 3 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/Wb 3 .

18. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the circumferential reinforcing layer is disposed inward in the tire width direction of left and right edges of a narrower cross belt of the pair of cross belts,
a stress relief rubber is disposed between the pair of cross belts and disposed outward in the tire width direction of the circumferential reinforcing layer to flank the circumferential reinforcing layer, and
an edge relief rubber is disposed between the pair of cross belts and disposed outward in the tire width direction of the stress relief rubber and in a position contacting an edge of each of the pair of cross belts to flank the stress relief rubber.

19. The pneumatic tire according to claim 18 , wherein a modulus Ein at 100% elongation of the stress relief rubber and a modulus Eco at 100% elongation of coating rubber of the pair of cross belts have a relationship such that Ein≦Eco.

20. The pneumatic tire according to claim 18 , wherein the modulus Ein at 100% elongation of the stress relief rubber and the modulus Eco at 100% elongation of coating rubber of the pair of cross belts have a relationship such that 0.6≦Ein/Eco≦0.9.

21. The pneumatic tire according to claim 18 , wherein the modulus Ein at 100% elongation of the stress relief rubber is in ranges such that 4.0 MPa≦Ein≦5.5 MPa.

22. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the pneumatic tire a heavy duty tire with an aspect ratio of 55% or less.

23. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the belt layer has an edge cover comprising a plurality of belt cords formed from steel or organic fibers covered by coating rubber, and having a belt angle of not less than 0° and not greater than 5° in absolute values, the edge cover being disposed outward in the tire radial direction of the left and right edge portions of the outer-side cross belt or the inner-side c

Assignees

• Hamanaka Hideki
• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamanaka Hideki

Classifications

• B60C9/185

  between adjacent or radially below the belt plies · CPC title

• B60C9/20 Primary

  built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel · CPC title

• B60C2009/2064

  Modulus; Hardness; Loss modulus or "tangens delta" · CPC title

• B60C2009/2242

  Modulus; Hardness; Loss modulus or "tangens delta" · CPC title

• B60C2009/1871

  with flat cushions or shear layers between belt layers · CPC title