Heavy duty tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorsRiho Fujii, Kae Ito
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Abstract
A tire includes a reinforcing layer positioned between a carcass and a tread. The reinforcing layer includes a belt and a band. The belt includes an inner belt ply and an outer belt ply. An inclination direction of the belt cords included in the inner belt ply is opposite to an inclination direction of the belt cords included in the outer belt ply. The band includes a full band obtained by spirally winding a full band strip. The full band is positioned between the inner belt ply and the outer belt ply. The full band strip includes a cord array including a plurality of band cords arrayed. The band cords included in the full band strip are not less than two and not greater than five in number.
Claims16
A heavy duty tire comprising a pair of beads, a carcass extending between the pair of beads, a tread positioned radially outside the carcass and having a tread surface configured to come into contact with a road surface, and a reinforcing layer positioned radially between the carcass and the tread, wherein
- the reinforcing layer includes a belt including a large number of belt cords arranged parallelly, and a band including a band cord spirally wound,
- the belt includes an inner belt ply and an outer belt ply aligned radially,
- an inclination direction of the belt cords included in the inner belt ply is opposite to an inclination direction of the belt cords included in the outer belt ply,
- the band includes a full band obtained by spirally winding a full band strip,
- the full band is positioned between the inner belt ply and the outer belt ply,
- the full band strip includes a cord array in which a plurality of the band cords are arranged,
- the band cords included in the full band strip are not less than two and not greater than five in number,
- a ratio of an axial width of the full band to a width of the tread surface is not less than 0.70 and not greater than 0.80, and
- in the full band strip, the band cords are adjacent to each other at an interval not less than 0.5 mm and not greater than 2.0 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.