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US 11,014,405 B2Granted
Pneumatic tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorDaisuke Sato
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Abstract
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having excellent fuel efficiency, handling stability, and ride quality while maintaining a good balance between them. Provided is a pneumatic tire including a tire component formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition having cured rubber properties satisfying predetermined values.
Claims13
A pneumatic tire, comprising a tire component formed from a rubber composition,
- the rubber composition having cured rubber properties satisfying all relationships (1) to (3):
- tan δ≤0.11 (1),
- 1.10≤(E*a/E*b)≤1.53 (2), and
- 0.072≤(E*a/HS)≤0.140 (3)
- wherein
- the tan δ in relationship (1) is a tan δ determined by viscoelastic measurement at an initial strain of 10%, a dynamic strain of 1%, and a temperature of 50° C.;
- the E*a in relationships (2) and (3) is a complex modulus E*a in a circumferential direction of the tire determined by viscoelastic measurement at an initial strain of 10%, a dynamic strain of 1%, and a temperature of 50° C.;
- the E*b in relationship (2) is a complex modulus E*b in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the tire determined by viscoelastic measurement at an initial strain of 10%, a dynamic strain of 1%, and a temperature of 50° C.;
- and
- the HS in relationship (3) is a hardness (HS) at 50° C. determined in accordance with JIS K6253-1,
- wherein the tire component is a sidewall and/or an innerliner,
- wherein the rubber composition comprises a rubber component and a short fibrous filler, and
- the short fibrous filler has a fiber width of 3 to 200 nm, a fiber length of 0.2 to 10 μm, and a ratio of the fiber length to the fiber width (fiber length/fiber width) of 5 to 1,000.
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