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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Applicant:
Ryo Oba, Kobe, JP;
Inventor:
Ryo Oba, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 9/22 (2006.01); B60C 19/00 (2006.01); B60C 9/18 (2006.01); B60C 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 19/00 (2013.01); B60C 9/18 (2013.01); B60C 9/22 (2013.01); B60C 9/2204 (2013.04); B60C 19/002 (2013.04); B60C 9/28 (2013.01); B60C 2009/2219 (2013.04); Y10T 152/10765 (2015.01);
Abstract
A pneumatic tire comprises a belt layer, a band layer, and a noise dampermade of a sponge material and attached to a radially inner surface TS of a tread. The width WA of the noise damperis of from 40%-70% of a ground contacting width TW of the tread. The band layerhas an overlapping portionin which two band pliesA,B are radially overlapped; and the overlapping portioncovers an axially outer region of the belt layerwith a cover width WB of from 10%-25% the ground contacting width TW. An axially inner endof the overlapping portionis spaced a distance LC of from 5%-20% the ground contacting width TW from an axially outer end E of the noise damper