Heavy duty tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorMasayuki YOSHINO
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Abstract
A tire 2 includes a pair of beads 10, a carcass 12 including a carcass ply 36, a pair of sidewalls 6, a pair of chafers 8, and a tag member 22 including an RFID tag 54. The carcass ply 36 includes a ply body 38 and a pair of turned-up portions 40. A plurality of recesses 62 are provided on a side surface 26, of the tire 2, which includes a maximum width position PW of the tire 2. An end PF of the turned-up portion 40 and the plurality of recesses 62 overlap a boundary BS between the sidewall 6 and the chafer 8. Among the plurality of recesses 62, the recess 62 located on a radially outermost side is a first recess 62a, and the RFID tag 54 is located radially inward of the maximum width position PW and located radially outward of the first recess 62a.
Claims15
A heavy duty tire comprising a pair of beads, a carcass extending on and between the pair of beads, a tread located radially outward of the carcass, a pair of sidewalls located axially outward of the carcass, a pair of chafers located radially inward of the sidewall and configured to come into contact with a rim, and a tag member including an RFID tag, wherein
- each bead includes a core and an apex located radially outward of the core,
- 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 connected to the ply body and turned up at the beads,
- a plurality of recesses aligned in a circumferential direction are provided on a side surface, of the tire, which includes a maximum width position of the tire,
- an end of the turned-up portion and the plurality of recesses overlap a boundary between the sidewall and the chafer in an axial view,
- among the plurality of recesses, a recess located on a radially outermost side is a first recess, and
- the RFID tag is located radially inward of the maximum width position and located radially outward of the first recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.