Pneumatic tire
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsMasayuki ARIMA, Keiichi HASEGAWA
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire is provided with a belt in which reinforcing cords are embedded in resin. A graph shows proportional belt chamfer height BWH values on a horizontal axis X and proportional tread chamfer height TWH values on a vertical axis Y. The proportional tread chamfer height TWH and proportional belt chamfer height BWH are specified so as to fall in a region of this graph that is bounded by a straight line expressed by the formula Y=−2.43X+17.9. This region is at the side of the straight line at which the proportional tread chamfer height TWH and proportional belt chamfer height BWH are smaller.
Claims4
A pneumatic tire, comprising:
- a carcass that spans from one bead portion to another bead portion;
- a belt that is disposed at an outer side, in a tire radial direction, of the carcass and includes at least a resin layer;
- a tread portion disposed at an outer side, in the tire radial direction, of the belt;
- and
- a side portion disposed at an outer side, in a tire width direction, of the carcass, wherein, when:
- L1 represents a first reference line, viewed in a section cut along a tire rotation axis, that passes through an outermost portion, in the tire radial direction, of an outer surface of the tread portion and that is parallel with the tire rotation axis,
- P represents an intersection between a tread-side imaginary line, viewed in the section cut along the tire rotation axis, which is an extension to an outer side, in the tire width direction, of an outline of the outer surface of the tread portion, and a side-side imaginary line that is an extension to an outer side, in the tire radial direction, of an outline of an outer surface of the side portion,
- A represents a dimension measured in the tire radial direction from the tire rotation axis to the first reference line L1,
- B represents a dimension measured in the tire radial direction from the first reference line L1 to the intersection P,
- a ratio B/A represents a proportional tread chamfer height TWH (%),
- L2 represents a second reference line, viewed in the section cut along the tire rotation axis, that passes through an outermost portion, in the tire radial direction, of an outer side face, in the tire radial direction, of the belt and that is parallel with the tire rotation axis,
- C represents a dimension measured in the tire radial direction from the tire rotation axis to the second reference line L2,
- as viewed in the section cut along the tire rotation axis, D represents a dimension measured in the tire radial direction from the second reference line L2 to an end, in the tire width direction, of the outer side face, in the tire radial direction, of the belt, and
- a ratio D/C represents a proportional belt chamfer height BWH (%),
- a proportional tread chamfer height TWH and a proportional belt chamfer height BWH fall in a region of a graph, in which proportional belt chamfer height BWH values are represented by a horizontal axis X and proportional tread chamfer height TWH values are represented by a vertical axis Y, the region being at a side of a straight line expressed by the formula Y=−2.43X+17.9, at which the values of the proportional tread chamfer height TWH and the proportional belt chamfer height BWH are smaller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.