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US 5,725,702 AGranted
Heavy duty pneumatic radial tires with deformation-absorbing rubber layer covering turnup portion outer surface
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsHiroshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Iida, Makoto Tsuruta
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Abstract
A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions containing a pair of bead cores therein, at least one radial carcass ply, and a bead filler comprised of at least two rubber stocks, in which at least a part of an outer surface of a turnup portion of the carcass ply in axial direction of the tire is covered with a deformation-absorbing rubber layer arranged along an upper rubber stock of the bead filler and having a Shore A hardness of not more than 55.degree..
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A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprising;
- a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions extending inward from both side ends of the tread portion in a radial direction of the tire, a pair of bead portions extending inward from the sidewall portions and containing a pair of bead cores therein, at least one radial carcass ply extending between the bead cores and wound around each of the bead cores from inside of the tire toward the outside thereof to form a turnup portion and containing cords having a modulus of elasticity of not less than 2500 kg/mm.sup.2 therein, a bead filler extending upward and taperingly from the bead core over an outward end of the turnup portion in the radial direction and comprised of at least two rubber stocks in which a lower part near to the bead core is a hard rubber stock and an upper part is a soft rubber stock, at least a part of an outer surface of the turnup portion in axial direction of the tire being covered with a deformation-absorbing rubber layer arranged along the soft rubber stock to extend outward over the outward end of the turnup portion in the radial direction and having a Shore A hardness of not more than 55.degree., and a length of the outer surface of the turnup portion covered with the deformation-absorbing rubber layer being 3 to 30 times a diameter of the cord included in the turnup portion.
A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprising;
- a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions extending inward from both side ends of the tread portion in a radial direction of the tire, a pair of bead portions extending inward from the sidewall portions and containing a pair of bead cores therein, at least one radial carcass ply extending between the bead cores and wound around each of the bead cores from inside of the tire toward the outside thereof to form a turnup portion and containing cords having a modulus of elasticity of not less than 2500 kg/mm.sup.2 therein, a bead filler extending upward and taperingly from the bead core over an outward end of the turnup portion in the radial direction and comprised of at least two rubber stocks in which a lower part near to the bead core is a hard rubber stock and an upper part is a soft rubber stock, at least a part of an outer surface of the turnup portion in axial direction of the tire being covered with a deformation-absorbing rubber layer arranged along the soft rubber stock to extend outward over the outward end of the turnup portion in the radial direction and having a Shore A hardness of not more than 55.degree., and a maximum thickness of the deformation-absorbing rubber layer in the axial direction being 1 to 10 times the diameter of the cord included in the turnup portion.
A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprising;
- a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions extending inward from both side ends of the tread portion in a radial direction of the tire, a pair of bead portions extending inward from the sidewall portions and containing a pair of bead cores therein, at least one radial carcass ply extending between the bead cores and wound around each of the bead cores from inside of the tire toward the outside thereof to form a turnup portion and containing cords having a modulus of elasticity of not less than 2500 kg/mm.sup.2 therein, a bead filler extending upward and taperingly from the bead core over an outward end of the turnup portion in the radial direction and comprised of at least two rubber stocks in which a lower part near to the bead core is a hard rubber stock and an upper part is a soft rubber stock, at least a part of an outer surface of the turnup portion in axial direction of the tire being covered with a deformation-absorbing rubber layer arranged along the soft rubber stock to extend outward over the outward end of the turnup portion in the radial direction and having a Shore A hardness of not more than 55.degree., and a ply end rubber similar to a coating rubber of the carcass ply being arranged on the outward end of the turnup portion so as to extend inward from the outward end along at least one side surface of the turnup portion in the radial direction.
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