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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Kazuo Hayashi, Kodaira, JP;
Kazuo Hayashi, Kodaira, JP;
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A high-performance, low-profile tire for four-wheeled passenger car comprises a carcass comprised of at least two carcass cord plies each extending between a pair of bead cores and wound around the respective bead core from an inside of the tire toward an outside thereof, a belt, a tread rubber, a bead apex extending outward from the bead core in the radial direction of the tire and having a tapered sectional form, a flipper arranged outside the carcass in the radial direction of the tire and wound around the bead core and bead apex from an inside of the tire toward an outside thereof, and at least one bead-side reinforcing layer arranged to pass between a turnup portion of the flipper and the bead apex and extend up to a vicinity of a tire maximum width, and has an aspect ratio of 35–55%.