Heavy duty tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorRiho Fujii
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Abstract
In a tire 2, in a normal state, a profile of a tread surface 22 includes a crown circular arc as a circular arc representing a profile of a portion including an equator PC, and the crown circular arc has a radius of not less than 1600 mm and not greater than 2000 mm. On a ground-contact surface 52 obtained when a load is applied to the tire 2 in the normal state and the tread surface 22 is brought into contact with a flat road surface, an ultra-light load shape index F30 is higher than a light load shape index F60, the ultra-light load shape index F30 is not less than 1.10 and not greater than 1.20, and the light load shape index F60 is not less than 1.04 and not greater than 1.14.
Claims12
A heavy duty tire comprising a tread having a tread surface that comes into contact with a road surface, wherein
- in the tire in a normal state where the tire is mounted on a normal rim, an internal pressure of the tire is adjusted to a normal internal pressure, and no load is applied to the tire, a profile of the tread surface includes a crown circular arc as a circular arc representing a profile of a portion including an equator, and the crown circular arc has a radius of not less than 1600 mm and not greater than 2000 mm, and
- when a ratio of an equator ground-contact length measured along the equator, to a reference ground-contact length at a position corresponding to a width that is 70% of a maximum ground-contact width, on a ground-contact surface obtained when a load is applied to the tire in the normal state and the tread surface is brought into contact with a flat road surface, is defined as a shape index, the shape index obtained when the load is 30% of a normal load is defined as an ultra-light load shape index, and the shape index obtained when the load is 60% of the normal load is defined as a light load shape index,
- the ultra-light load shape index is higher than the light load shape index, the ultra-light load shape index is not less than 1.10 and not greater than 1.20, and the light load shape index is not less than 1.04 and not greater than 1.14.
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