The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

Eiji Igarashi

Susumu Imamiya

Hisao Kato

Tomohiko Kogure

Yasuo Suzuki

Takeo Masaki

Yoshiki Kanehira

Ryuzou Komatsu

Tosio Kawai

Pneumatic radial tire with flat 1.times.6 steel belt cord

Highly durable, lightweight tires of a pneumatic radial type for passenger cars are constructed with a tread portion having on its outer peripheral surface a plurality of grooves arranged circumferentially of the tire and a belt layer formed from an array of steel cords and disposed in the tread. Each of the steel cords results from twisting a selected number of steel filaments each of specified contents of C, Si and Ni and has a specified level of tensile strength. The distance of rubber from a bottom end of each of the grooves to an outer surface of the steel cord array is defined to be of a specified range as determined cross-sectionally of the tire.

Pneumatic radial tire for passenger cars with defined steel belt cord

Pneumatic radial tires for automotive use are constructed with a belt layer reinforced with a steel cord of a unique structure. The steel cord results from the preformation of a single steel wire into a spiral shape meeting specified spiral parameters as determined by specified spiral diameters, specified wire diameters and specified spiral pitches. Significant weight saving is attainable with sufficient driving performance.

Pneumatic radial tire reinforced with single wire steel cords of

A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire including between a tread and at least one carcass layer, at least two belt layers, wherein an outermost belt layer disposed most closely to the tread out of all belt layers comprises a steel cord which has a cord structure of 2+7 made of an element wire having a carbon content of 0.77 to 0.92% by weight and a diameter d of 0.28 to 0.40 mm and which has a tenacity at break of (1700.about.2050)d.sup.1.872 (kgf/cord) and a ratio of an elongation at break .epsilon. to P.L.E., .epsilon./P.L.E., of at least 30, and a coat rubber having a 50% modulus of 10 to 40 kg/cm.sup.2, and wherein the outermost belt layer has a thickness of at least 1.67 times the minor diameter but at greatest 1.79 times the major diameter, of the steel cord.

Heavy duty pneumatic radial tire with improved steel cord belt

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Hiratsuka, Japan

Eiji Igarashi