Pneumatic tire
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorIsamu Kishizoe
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes: a rim cushion rubber disposed in a bead portion where the bead portion and a rim are in contact with each other; an electrically conductive rubber disposed in the rim cushion rubber, the electrically conductive rubber having an electrical resistance value lower than that of the rim cushion rubber, and including a first end exposed on an outer surface of the rim cushion rubber in contact with the rim, and a second end disposed in contact with a tire component adjacent to the rim cushion rubber; and an ground tread rubber disposed in a tread portion passing through a cap tread rubber and an undertread rubber of the tread portion, the ground tread rubber having an electrical resistance value lower than that of the cap tread rubber.
Claims4
A pneumatic tire, comprising:
- a rim cushion rubber disposed in a bead portion where the bead portion and a rim are in contact with each other when the pneumatic tire is mounted on the rim;
- an electrically conductive rubber disposed in the rim cushion rubber, the electrically conductive rubber having an electrical resistance value lower than that of the rim cushion rubber, and including
- a first end exposed on an outer surface of the rim cushion rubber in contact with the rim, and
- a second end disposed in contact with a tire component adjacent to the rim cushion rubber;
- and
- a ground tread rubber disposed in a tread portion passing through a cap tread rubber and an undertread rubber of the tread portion, the ground tread rubber having an electrical resistance value lower than that of the cap tread rubber, and including
- a first end exposed on a tread surface, and
- a second end disposed in contact with a belt layer or a belt reinforcing layer,
- in a meridian cross-section, a width of the second end in a thickness direction being greater than a width of the first end;
- wherein
- the cap tread rubber has a loss tangent tan δ at 60° C. of 0.20 or greater, and the undertread rubber has a loss tangent tan δ at 60° C. of 0.20 or less, and
- the electrically conductive rubber has a greater loss tangent tan δ at 60° C. than that of the ground tread rubber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.