Pneumatic tire
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroaki Honda
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Abstract
In a pneumatic tire mountable on a 5°-tapered rim, a bottom of a bead core is inclined from 0°-5° in a direction in which the bottom diverges toward an outer side in a radial direction as the bottom extends from an inner side in the width direction toward an outer side in the width direction. Each bead portion includes a base, a toe, and a heel. The base is inclined from 8°-12° in a direction in which the bead base portion diverges toward the outer side in the radial direction as the base extends from the inner side toward the outer side in the width direction. The heel has a radius of curvature from 25-30 mm. A rim cushion rubber has a modulus at 100% elongation within a range from 5.0-8.0 MPa. The toe has a displacement between before and after mounting on the rim from 9.0-13.5 mm.
Claims5
A pneumatic tire to be mounted on a 5°-tapered specified rim, comprising:
- a pair of bead portions disposed on both sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire width direction;
- a bead core provided in each of the pair of bead portions;
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- a rim cushion rubber disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the bead core in each of the pair of bead portions;
- the bead core having a hexagonal shape in a tire meridian cross-section, a bead core bottom as an inner circumferential surface of the bead core being inclined within a range of 0° or more and 5° or less with respect to a tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead core bottom diverges toward an outer side in a tire radial direction as the bead core bottom extends from an inner side in the tire width direction toward an outer side in the tire width direction,
- each of the pair of bead portions comprising a bead base portion, a toe portion, and a heel portion, the bead base portion being an inner circumferential surface of each of the pair of bead portions, the toe portion being located on an inner side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction, the heel portion being located on an outer side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction,
- the bead base portion being linearly formed in the tire meridian cross-section, the bead base portion being inclined within a range of 8° or more and 12° or less with respect to the tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead base portion diverges toward the outer side in the tire radial direction as the bead base portion extends from the inner side in the tire width direction toward the outer side in the tire width direction,
- the heel portion having a shape in the tire meridian cross-section formed in an arc shape having a radius of curvature within a range of 25 mm or more and 30 mm or less,
- the rim cushion rubber having a modulus at 100% elongation within a range of 5.0 or more MPa and 8.0 MPa or less, and
- the toe portion having an amount of displacement in the tire radial direction between before and after mounting on the specified rim within a range of 9.0 mm or more and 13.5 mm or less, wherein
- a relationship between a maximum width W1 in the tire meridian cross-section of the bead core and a bead width W2 as a distance in the tire width direction between an outer end portion of the bead core in the tire width direction and a leading edge portion of the toe portion is within a range 0.65≤(W1/W2)≤0.75.
A pneumatic tire to be mounted on a 5°-tapered specified rim, comprising:
- a pair of bead portions disposed on both sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire width direction;
- a bead core provided in each of the pair of bead portions;
- a rim cushion rubber disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the bead core in each of the pair of bead portions;
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- a carcass extended between the pair of the bead portions, the carcass running through the inner side in the tire radial direction of the bead core and being folded back in the tire width direction in each of the pair of bead portions;
- the bead core having a hexagonal shape in a tire meridian cross-section, a bead core bottom as an inner circumferential surface of the bead core being inclined within a range of 0° or more and 5° or less with respect to a tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead core bottom diverges toward an outer side in a tire radial direction as the bead core bottom extends from an inner side in the tire width direction toward an outer side in the tire width direction,
- each of the pair of bead portions comprising a bead base portion, a toe portion, and a heel portion, the bead base portion being an inner circumferential surface of each of the pair of bead portions, the toe portion being located on an inner side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction, the heel portion being located on an outer side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction,
- the bead base portion being linearly formed in the tire meridian cross-section, the bead base portion being inclined within a range of 8° or more and 12° or less with respect to the tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead base portion diverges toward the outer side in the tire radial direction as the bead base portion extends from the inner side in the tire width direction toward the outer side in the tire width direction,
- the heel portion having a shape in the tire meridian cross-section formed in an arc shape having a radius of curvature within a range of 25 mm or more and 30 mm or less,
- the rim cushion rubber having a modulus at 100% elongation within a range of 5.0 or more MPa and 8.0 MPa or less,
- the toe portion having an amount of displacement in the tire radial direction between before and after mounting on the specified rim within a range of 9.0 mm or more and 13.5 mm or less, wherein
- the carcass has a radius of curvature R2 in the tire meridian cross-section at a position on an inner side in the tire radial direction of the bead core bottom within a range of 50 mm or more and 70 mm or less, and the radius of curvature R2 has a relationship with a radius of curvature R1 of the heel portion in the tire meridian cross-section of R1<R2.
A pneumatic tire to be mounted on a 5°-tapered specified rim, comprising:
- a pair of bead portions disposed on both sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire width direction;
- a bead core provided in each of the pair of bead portions;
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- a rim cushion rubber disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the bead core in each of the pair of bead portions;
- the bead core having a hexagonal shape in a tire meridian cross-section, a bead core bottom as an inner circumferential surface of the bead core being inclined within a range of 0° or more and 5° or less with respect to a tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead core bottom diverges toward an outer side in a tire radial direction as the bead core bottom extends from an inner side in the tire width direction toward an outer side in the tire width direction,
- each of the pair of bead portions comprising a bead base portion, a toe portion, and a heel portion, the bead base portion being an inner circumferential surface of each of the pair of bead portions, the toe portion being located on an inner side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction, the heel portion being located on an outer side of the bead base portion in the tire width direction,
- the bead base portion being linearly formed in the tire meridian cross-section, the bead base portion being inclined within a range of 8° or more and 12° or less with respect to the tire rotation axis in a direction in which the bead base portion diverges toward the outer side in the tire radial direction as the bead base portion extends from the inner side in the tire width direction toward the outer side in the tire width direction,
- the heel portion having a shape in the tire meridian cross-section formed in an arc shape having a radius of curvature within a range of 25 mm or more and 30 mm or less,
- the rim cushion rubber having a modulus at 100% elongation within a range of 5.0 or more MPa and 8.0 MPa or less,
- the toe portion having an amount of displacement in the tire radial direction between before and after mounting on the specified rim within a range of 9.0 mm or more and 13.5 mm or less, wherein:
- the inner circumferential surface of the bead core is inclined within a range of 0° or more and 4° or less with respect to the tire rotation axis in the direction in which the bead core bottom diverges toward the outer side in the tire radial direction as the bead core bottom extends from the inner side in the tire width direction toward the outer side in the tire width direction, and
- the bead base portion is inclined within a range of 9° or more and 12° or less with respect to the tire rotation axis in the direction in which the bead base portion diverges toward the outer side in the tire radial direction as the bead base portion extends from the inner side in the tire width direction toward the outer side in the tire width direction.
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