The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

Mitsutoshi Saeki

Masahiro Ebiko

Kenichiro Endo

Yukio Kuroda

Takeshi Masatomo

Hiroshi Tokizaki

Izumi Kuramochi

Hikomitsu Noji

Kazuyoshi Saneto

Automobile tire

A pneumatic tire wherein an end portion of a carcass layer is turned up from inside to outside of the tire around each bead core up to a buttress portion, and this turn-up end portion is clamped between a belt edge cushion rubber and an under-tread rubber.

Pneumatic tire with carcass turnup between belt edge cushion rubber and

A cord inclination angle of the outermost belt layer of a tire on the right side with respect to a tire running direction is arranged in such a manner as to be inclined leftwardly downward in the tire running direction while the cord inclination angle of the outermost belt layer of the left tire is arranged in such a manner as to be inclined rightwardly downward in the tire running direction. In addition, projecting bent portions of lug grooves on a tread pattern of a tire grounding surface are disposed outside from the center of a tread exploded width in the tire running direction.

Asymmetric tire and tread

Growing community of inventors

Hiratsuka, Japan

Mitsutoshi Saeki