Heavy duty tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorMasayuki YOSHINO
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Abstract
A tire 2 includes a pair of heads 10, a carcass 12, a pair of sidewalls 6, a pair of chafers 8, and a tag member 26 including an RFID tag 56. Each of the beads 10 includes an inner apex 40 and an outer apex 42. A carcass ply 48 included in the carcass 12 includes a ply body 50 and a pair of turned-up portions 52. The tag member 26 is in contact with the outer apex 42 on a radially outer side of an end PF of the turned-up portion 52, the RFID tag 56 is located between an outer end PG2 of the outer apex 42 and an outer end PB of the chafer 8, and an outer end 26s of the tag member 26 is located radially outward of the outer end PB of the chafer 8.
Claims13
A heavy duty tire comprising:
- a pair of beads;
- a carcass extending on and between the pair of beads;
- a pair of sidewalls each located axially outward of the carcass;
- a pair of chafers each located radially inward of the sidewall and configured to come into contact with a rim;
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- a tag member including an RFID tag, wherein
- each of the beads includes a core, an inner apex located radially outward of the core, and an outer apex located radially outward of the inner apex,
- the carcass includes a carcass ply,
- the carcass ply includes a ply body extending between the pair of beads and a pair of turned-up portions each connected to the ply body and turned up around the bead,
- the tag member is in contact with the outer apex on a radially outer side of an end of the turned-up portion,
- the RFID tag is located between an outer end of the outer apex and an outer end of the chafer in a radial direction, and
- an outer end of the tag member is located radially outward of the outer end of the chafer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.