Tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorsRena ONITSUKA, Mahito ARAI
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Abstract
A band 20 of a tire 2 includes a full band 48 covering an entirety of a belt 14, and a pair of edge bands 50 disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in an axial direction and each covering an end 46 of the belt 14. A cross-section of the band 20 includes a large number of cross-sections of a band strip 52. In a cross-section of the full band 48, a plurality of cross-sections of the band strip 52 are aligned with a gap therebetween. In a cross-section of each edge band 50, a plurality of cross-sections of the band strip 52 are aligned without any gap therebetween. An inner end 62 of each edge band 50 is located so as to be spaced apart from a bottom BT of a shoulder circumferential groove 24s in the axial direction.
Claims17
A tire comprising:
- a tread having a plurality of circumferential grooves formed thereon;
- a belt located inward of the tread in a radial direction;
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- a band located between the tread and the belt in the radial direction and configured of a spirally wound band strip including a plurality of band cords aligned with each other, wherein
- the band includes a full band covering an entirety of the belt, and a pair of edge bands disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in an axial direction and each covering an end of the belt,
- a cross-section of the band includes a number of cross-sections of the band strip,
- a plurality of cross-sections of the band strip are aligned with a gap therebetween in a cross-section of the full band,
- a plurality of cross-sections of the band strip are aligned without any gap therebetween in a cross-section of each of the edge bands,
- among the plurality of circumferential grooves, one of the circumferential grooves located on an outer side in the axial direction is a shoulder circumferential groove, and
- an inner end of one of the edge bands is located so as to be spaced apart from a bottom of the shoulder circumferential groove in the axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.