Studless tire including tread comprising short fibers
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorsHidehiko Hino, Hiroyuki Nakagawa
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Abstract
A studless tire comprises a tread defining a ground-contacting region, the tread comprising at least a diene rubber and non-metallic short fibers oriented in the tire radial direction. The tire profile satisfies the following equation 1>TW/S>0.92−0.17×A wherein TW is the ground-contacting width of the tire; S is the section width of the tire; and A is the tire aspect ratio. In the ground-contacting region, at least one circumferential rib of which total axial width is 15 to 30% of the ground-contacting width TW may be disposed. The ground-contacting face of the tread may be provided on at least 80% of its area with unevenness molded by a tire vulcanizing mold so as to have a ten-point mean roughness of from 30 to 500 micrometers.
Claims11
A studless tire comprising:
- a rubber tread defining a ground-contacting region,
- a tire profile satisfying the following equation
- 1>TW/S>0.92−0.17×A
- wherein
- TW is a ground-contacting width of the tire,
- S is a section width of the tire, and
- A is an aspect ratio of the tire,
- the rubber tread comprising at least a diene rubber and non-metallic short fibers oriented in a tire radial direction so that
- the rubber tread has a modulus ratio E1/E2 in a range of from 1.2 to 3.5, wherein E1 is a complex elastic modulus in the tire radial direction, and E2 is a complex elastic modulus in a tire circumferential direction, each measured at a temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 10 Hz,
- the rubber tread having a hardness in a range of from 45 to 60 when measured according to Japanese Industrial Standard K6253 at a temperature of −10° C., and
- the rubber tread provided in at least 80% area of a ground-contacting region with unevenness, wherein the unevenness is molded by a tire vulcanizing mold having unevenness, which has a ten-point mean roughness of from 30 to 500 micrometers, for orienting the adjacent short fibers towards directions not parallel with a ground-contacting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.