Pneumatic radial tire with reduced road noise
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorTomohiko Kogure
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Abstract
In a pneumatic tire of the type wherein both end portions of a carcass layer are supported by a pair of right and left bead cores, respectively, and at least two belt layers are disposed on the outer periphery of a tread of the carcass layer, a cord reinforcing layer having a cord weight per unit width of not greater than 1.30 g/mm on a radial section and a cord angle of not greater than 80.degree. with respect to a tire circumferential direction is disposed at a buttress portion between a maximum width portion of a tire section and the end portion of the belt layers in a tire width-wise direction.
Claims5
A pneumatic radial tire of the type wherein both end portions of a carcass layer are turned up around a pair of right and left bead cores, respectively, and at least two belt layers are disposed on the outer periphery of a tread of said carcass layer, characterized in that:
- a cord reinforcing layer is disposed at a buttress portion between a maximum width portion of a radial section of said tire and the end portion of said belt layers in a tire width-wise direction, a cord weight of said cord reinforcing layer per unit width of said radial section is not greater than 1.30 g/mm, a cord angle with respect to a tire circumferential direction is not greater than 80.degree., a minimum rubber thickness of a rubber layer of said buttress portion over said cord reinforcing layer is at least 1 mm, and a recess having a depth of at least 15% of the thickness of said rubber layer of said buttress portion and a width of at least 30% of the width of said cord reinforcing layer is disposed on the surface of said buttress portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.