The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

Tuneo Morikawa

Kazuyuki Kabe

Shuji Takahashi

Tetsuya Kuze

Shuichi Tsukada

Tomohiko Kogure

Susumu Watanabe

Ryoji Hanada

Yusaku Miyazaki

Masakazu Okihara

Kenhachi Mitsuhashi

Takashi Yamashita

Kiyoshi Tomioka

Hajime Tomoda

Toru Horikawa

Masaki Kato

A pneumatic radial tire includes a cylindrical steel cord belt layer having a two-layered structure is formed by winding a tape obtained by burying one or a plurality of steel cords in parallel with one another in a matrix, round the outer circumference of a carcass layer on a tread while bending the tape zigzag.

Pneumatic radial tire with zigzag steel cord belt layer

A pneumatic radial tire is formed by disposing a single steel cord belt layer on the outer side of a carcass layer in a tread, and providing a cylindrical organic fiber cord belt layer of a double structure on the outer side of the steel cord belt layer by winding a tape, which is obtained by burying one or a plurality of organic fiber cords in parallel with each other in a matrix, around the steel cord belt layer while bending the tape zigzag.

Pneumatic radial tire with zigzag organic fiber cored belt layer

Tires each having a tread pattern comprising sub-grooves diagonally disposed in the same direction are fitted on the left- and right-hand sides of an automobile such that imaginary lines extending respectively from the sub-grooves of the left- and right-hand tires of the same axles intersect each other on the front side of the automobile for the dry road running, while the imaginary lines intersect each other on the rear side of the automobile for the wet road running.

Method of fitting pneumatic tires for wet and dry road conditions

A pneumatic tire characterized in that a carcass layer is constructed by arranging non-twisted polyamide monofilament cords each having a flat cross-section such that the major axis of said flat cross-section is disposed along the surface direction of said carcass layer, that said carcass layer is fold up from the inside to the outside of said tire around a bead portion, and that the folded-up end portions are constructed such that the thickness thereof becomes smaller toward the distal end thereof.

Pneumatic tire with improved durability of the bead portion

An pneumatic radial tire for a passenger car having an improved durability, which tire has a carcass layer formed of aromatic plyamide cords in which an end portion of the carcass layer is turned up around an annular bead wire and a lower bead filler from the inside to the outside of the tire to form a turnup portion which is extended along the main body of the carcass layer, wherein an upper bead filler having a JIS hardness of from 75 to 95 is disposed axially outside the turnup portion, and wherein the height b (mm) of the lower bead filler relative to the height a (mm) of a rim flange upon which the tire is mounted satisfies the formula:

Pneumatic radial tire and rim combination for passenger car

A pneumatic tire is improved by use of carcass cords being made from aromatic polyamide fiber and having a twisting angle of 31.3 to 39.3 degree. Durability is much improved.

Pneumatic tire

A pneumatic tire for a passenger car, wherein a carcass layer consists of two layers, cords of nylon 46 fiber are used as the carcass cords of each of these layers, and the cords of one of the layers cross those of the other layer at an angle of from 5.degree. to 40.degree.. A pneumatic tire for a passenger car, wherein a belt cover layer is disposed on a belt layer and cords of nylon 46 fiber is disposed as the cords of the belt cover layer on the belt layer.

Pneumatic tire for passenger car

A pneumatic radial passenger-car tire comprising a carbon fiber cord layer disposed between a carcass layer on the side of an inner liner and a bead filler all along the circumference of the tire, and having a height thereof between a bead heel and the top end thereof equal to or larger than the height of the bead filler between the bead heel and the top end thereof.

Pneumatic radial passenger-car tire

A pneumatic radial tire having a block pattern asymmetric about the right and left portions on the ground-contacting portion of the tire which has a specific area ratio of grooves and a specific angle of subgrooves on the ground-contacting portion of the tire.

Asymetric pneumatic radial tire tread for passenger car

A radial tire for a passenger car characterized in that an upper filler is disposed on a bead filler positioned on a bead wire buried in each bead portion of the tire, and a single steel reinforcing layer is interposed between the upper filler and the bead filler so that it extends from outside the upper filler to the inside of the bead filler and its height H from a bead heel does not exceed 50% of a sectional height T of the tire.

Radial tire for passenger car

In a pneumatic tire of the type which consists of a pair of right and left beads; a pair of right and left side walls continuing the beads, respectively, and a tread interposed between the side walls, and in which a carcass cord layer is spread between the beads, and at least two layers consisting of a belt reinforcing layer whose reinforcing cords have a cord angle of from 15.degree. to 30.degree. with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire and a belt reinforcing layer whose reinforcing cords have a cord angle of from 150.degree. to 165.degree. with respect to the tire circumferential direction, are laminated and disposed between the tread and the carcass cord, a pneumatic tire for a passenger car characterized in that the carcass cord layer has a two-layered laminate structure consisting of upper and lower carcass cord layers; the angle of reinforcing cords constituting each of the carcass cord layers with respect to the tire circumferential direction, when measured from the side in which the angle of the reinforcing cords of the belt reinforcing layer on the contact side with the carcass cord layer describes an acute angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction, is such that the mean value 1/2(.alpha..sub.1 +.alpha..sub.2) of the angle .alpha..sub.2 of the reinforcing cords of the carcass cord layer on the contact side with the belt reinforcing layer and the angle .alpha..sub.1 of the reinforcing cords of the carcass cord layer below the former is from 96.degree. to 108.degree. and their difference (.alpha..sub.2 -.alpha..sub.1) is from 10.degree. to 40.degree.; the upper carcass cord layer consists of nylon fibers while the lower carcass cord layer consists of polyester fibers; and both ends of the upper and lower carcass cord layers are turned up around the bead wires, respectively.

Disclosed herein is a pneumatic radial tire for a passenger car wherein, among a plurality of belt layers, a belt layer or layers consisting of aromatic polyamide fiber cords are disposed on the side of a carcass layer, a belt layer or layers consisting of carbon fiber cords are disposed on the side of a tread portion in the proximity of the belt layer on the carcass layer side, the end portions of at least one of the belt layers on the carcass layer side, consisting of the aromatic polyamide fiber cords, are bent towards the tread portion so that the bent portions cover the end portions of the belt layer on the tread portion side, consisting of the carbon fiber cords.

Pneumatic radial tire for passenger car

A pneumatic radial tire comprises (1) a pair of left and right bead portions, (2) a pair of left and right side-wall portions continuing from the respective bead portions, (3) a tread portion positioned between the side-wall portions, (4) a carcass layer provided between the left and right bead portions a cord angle of which is substantially 90 degree in relation to the circumferential direction of the tire, (5) an auxiliary carcass layer a cord angle of which is substantially 0 degree in relation to the circumferential direction of the tire, being placed on the tread side of the carcass layer substantially to correspond to the tread portion, so that the carcass layer and the auxiliary carcass layer may be crossed substantially at a right angle to form a net structure, and (6) a belt reinforcement layer having a tensile ridigity, at the circumferential of the tire, of not less than 10 kg/mm2, being placed on the auxiliary carcass layer substantially to correspond to the tread portion.

Pneumatic radial tire

A pneumatic tire of which the durability of the turnup portions of a carcass layer is greatly improved. The tire consists of left and right bead portions, left and right side wall portions continuing from the bead portions, a tread positioned between the side wall portions, a carcass layer provided between the left and right bead portions so that a cord angle with respect to the circumferential direction the tire is 70.degree.-90.degree., and a belt reinforcement layer provided between the tread and carcass layer, characterized in that the carcass layer is formed by burying 20-60 aromatic polyamide fiber cords of 0.55-0.65 mm in diameter per 5 cm of the carcass layer in an equatorial plane in the tire in rubber coats of which a 100% modulus is 30-70 kg/cm.sup.2.

In a pneumatic tire of the type which consists of a pair of right and left beads, a pair of right and left side walls continuing the beads, respectively, and a tread interposed between the side walls, and in which a carcass cord layer is spread between the beads, and at least two layers consisting of a belt reinforcing layer whose reinforcing cords have a cord angle of from 15.degree. to 30.degree. with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire and a belt reinforcing layer whose reinforcing cords have a cord angle of from 150.degree. to 165.degree. with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and laminated and disposed between the tread and the carcass cord layer, a pneumatic tire for a passenger car characterized in that the carcass cord layer has a two-layered laminate structure consisting of upper and lower carcass cord layers; the angle of the reinforcing cords constituting each of the carcass cord layers with respect to the tire circumferential direction, when measured from the side in which the angle of the reinforcing cords of the belt reinforcing layer on the contact side with the carcass cord layer describes an acute angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction, is such that the mean value 1/2(.alpha..sub.1 +.alpha..sub.2) of the angle .alpha..sub.2 of the reinforcing cords of the carcass cord on the contact side with the belt reinforcing layer and the angle .alpha..sub.1 of the reinforcing cords of the carcass cord layer below the former is from 96.degree. to 108.degree. and their difference (.alpha..sub.2 -.alpha..sub.1) is from 10.degree. to 40.degree.; the upper carcass cord layer consists of polyester while the lower carcass cord layer consists of nylon; both ends of the upper carcass cord layer are extended from the ends of the belt reinforcing layers to the bead wires of the beads while both ends of the lower carcass cord layer are turned up from inside to outside by the bead wires; and the surface creep distance x of the upper carcass cord layer from the end of the belt reinforcing layer to the end thereof and the surface creep distance l of the lower carcass cord layer from the end of the belt reinforcing layer to the upper end of the bead wire satisfy the relation x/l=0.2.about.0.9.

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Tuneo Morikawa