Pneumatic tire
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun Matsuda, Yuji Satoh, Yuji Kodama
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Abstract
Provided is a pneumatic tire. One terminal of a carcass layer extends to a ground contact edge of a tread portion positioned on an opposite side with respect to a tire center line as a reference. The carcass layer has a double layer structure including an inner layer positioned inward in a tire radial direction in a tread region and an outer layer positioned outward in the tire radial direction of the inner layer in the tread region. A cord angle in the carcass layer in a tread central region with respect to a tire circumferential direction is different from a cord angle in at least one of the inner layer and the outer layer of the carcass layer in a side region with respect to the tire circumferential direction.
Claims20
A pneumatic tire, comprising:
- a tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction and having an annular shape;
- a pair of sidewall portions arranged on both sides of the tread portion;
- a pair of bead portions arranged inward in a tire radial direction of the pair of sidewall portions;
- and
- a carcass layer including a plurality of carcass cords, which are mounted between the pair of bead portions, the carcass layer being wound from a tire inner side to an outer side about bead cores of the pair of bead portions, wherein
- the pneumatic tire has a first side and a second side with a tire center line as a boundary, the carcass layer has a first terminal wound around a bead core on the first side and a second terminal wound around a bead core on the second side, the first terminal extends to a ground contact edge of the tread portion positioned on the second side, and the second terminal terminates at the sidewall portion on the second side,
- when a tread region indicates a region corresponding to a ground contact width of the tread portion, a tread central region indicates a region corresponding to 80% of a center of the ground contact width of the tread portion, and a side region indicates a region inward in the tire radial direction with respect to a tire maximum width position,
- the carcass layer has a double layer structure including an inner layer positioned inward in the tire radial direction in the tread region and an outer layer positioned outward in the tire radial direction of the inner layer in the tread region, and
- a cord angle in the carcass layer in the tread central region with respect to the tire circumferential direction is different from a cord angle in at least one of the inner layer or the outer layer of the carcass layer in the side region with respect to the tire circumferential direction.
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