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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jun Arakawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/500 ; B60C 1/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/500 ; B60C 1/506 ;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire is disclosed, which comprises: (1) a reinforcing rubber layer made of short fiber reinforced rubber, alternatively (2) a reinforcing rubber layer having hardness set in a range of 90° to 99° of JIS-A hardness, which is arranged in an area of a bead section from a bead toe section along a tire inner wall surface, and wherein a chafer composed of a non-metallic fiber cord having a high strength and a high elastic modulus is provided to cover an outer side of the reinforcing rubber layer from the tire inner wall surface to the bead toe area.