# US 12,005,746 B2 · Tire, tire mold, and tire production method

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- Number: US 12,005,746 B2
- Document ID: US12005746B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/528,193
- Filed: 2021-11-17
- Published: 2022-05-26
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2020-11-20
- Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Applicants: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Inventors: Masahiro Nagase
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005746B2

## CPC

- B60C 15/0603: {characterised by features of the bead filler or apex}
- B29D 30/0606: {Vulcanising moulds not integral with vulcanising presses (for solid tyres B29D30/02)}
- B60C 11/0332: {by the footprint-ground contacting area of the tyre tread}
- B60C 15/0036: {with high ply turn-up, i.e. folded around the bead core and terminating radially above the point of maximum section width}
- B60C 15/0242: {with bead extensions located radially outside the rim flange position, e.g. rim flange protectors}
- B60C 11/005: {with cap and base layers}
- B60C 2013/007: {Thickness}
- B60C 2015/061: {Dimensions of the bead filler in terms of numerical values or ratio in proportion to section height}
- B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
- B29D: PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B9/00; making preforms B29B11/00)

## Abstract

A tire includes a tread, a pair of sidewalls, a pair of beads, and a carcass. Each bead includes a core and an apex. In the tire in the normal state, a ratio (HA/HS) of a distance HA in a radial direction from a bead base line to an outer end PA of the apex to a tire cross-sectional height HS may not be less than 20% and/or may not be greater than 30%, and an angle of a line segment connecting between the outer end PA of the apex and a center PM of a width, in an axial direction, of a contact surface of the apex at which the apex is in contact with the core, relative to the bead base line, may not be less than 45° and/or may not be greater than 55°.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A tire having a speed range from W to Y in a speed rating chart, where W is 270 km/h and Y is 300 km/h, the tire comprising:
a tread configured to come into contact with a road surface;
a pair of sidewalls continuous with ends of the tread, the pair of sidewalls disposed inwardly of the tread in a radial direction;
a pair of beads disposed inwardly of the sidewalls in the radial direction; and
a carcass extending on and between one of the beads and another of the beads in portions inward of the tread and the pair of sidewalls,
wherein the beads include cores and apexes disposed outwardly of the cores in the radial direction, and
wherein, in a normal state in which the tire is mounted on a normal rim, an internal pressure is adjusted to a normal internal pressure, and no load is applied:
a ratio of a distance in the radial direction from a bead base line to an outer end of each said apex, to a tire cross-sectional height, is not less than 20% and not greater than 30%, and
an angle of a line segment connecting between the outer end of each said apex and a center of a width, in an axial direction, of a contact surface of the apex at which the apex is in contact with a corresponding one of the cores, relative to the bead base line, is not less than 45° and not greater than 55°,
wherein a vertical deflection B100 and a ground contact area A100, and a vertical deflection B73 and a ground contact area A73 satisfy the following Equation (1), where B100 and A100 represent the vertical deflection and the ground contact area, respectively, obtained when a first load represented by a load index is applied as a vertical load to the tire in the normal state, and B73 and A73 represent the vertical deflection and the ground contact area, respectively, obtained when a second load that is 73% of the load represented by the load index is applied as a vertical load to the tire in the normal state:
1.03
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### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The tire according to claim 1,
wherein the carcass includes a first carcass ply and a second carcass ply,
wherein the first carcass ply has a first ply body extending on and between one of the cores and another of the cores, and a pair of first turned-up portions that are continuous with the first ply body and are turned up around the cores from an inner side toward an outer side in the axial direction,
wherein an end of each first turned-up portion is disposed outwardly of a tire maximum width position in the radial direction,
wherein the second carcass ply has a second ply body extending on and between one of the cores and another of the cores, and a pair of second turned-up portions that are continuous with the second ply body and are turned up around the cores from the inner side toward the outer side in the axial direction, and
wherein an end of each said second turned-up portion is disposed between the outer end of a corresponding one of the apexes and the contact surface of the apex at which the apex is in contact with a corresponding one of the cores, in the radial direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The tire according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of each said sidewall at a tire maximum width position is not greater than 4.0 mm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The tire according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of each said sidewall at a tire maximum width position is not greater than 4.0 mm.