Tire
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsSeiji KON, Yoshihide KOUNO
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Abstract
A tire includes a tire frame member, a reinforcing layer, and a housing recess. The tire frame member is circular and is formed from a resin material. The tire frame member includes a bead portion, a side portion, and a crown portion. The reinforcing layer is provided at a tire radial direction outer side of the crown portion, and comprises a reinforcing cord extending in a direction intersecting the tire width direction, the reinforcing cord being covered by rubber. The housing recess is formed in the crown portion and extends in a tire circumferential direction. At least an inner circumferential portion of the reinforcing layer is housed in the housing recess with side faces of the reinforcing layer contacting recess wall faces on both tire width direction sides of the housing recess.
Claims18
A tire, comprising:
- a circular tire frame member that is formed from a resin material and that includes a bead portion, a side portion continuous with a tire radial direction outer side of the bead portion, and a crown portion continuous with a tire width direction inner side of the side portion;
- a reinforcing layer that is provided at a tire radial direction outer side of the crown portion, and that comprises a reinforcing cord extending in a direction intersecting the tire width direction, the reinforcing cord being covered by rubber;
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- a housing recess that is formed in the crown portion, and that extends in a tire circumferential direction, with at least an inner circumferential portion of the reinforcing layer being housed in the housing recess and with side faces of the reinforcing layer contacting recess wall faces on both tire width direction sides of the housing recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.