IP Library Granted Patent US 12679143
Granted Patent B2
US 12679143 · App. 17/310,976 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Pneumatic tire

Inventor: Takamitsu Chaya (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C9/0042B60C9/04B60C2009/0092B60C2009/0425B60C2009/0441B60C2009/0458B60C2009/0466
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Patent No.
US 12679143
App. No.
17/310,976
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a pneumatic tire, at least one carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions is formed from a carcass cord formed of an organic fiber cord having filament bundles of organic fibers intertwined together, a fineness based on corrected mass of the carcass cord is from 4000 dtex to 8000 dtex, an intermediate elongation of the carcass cord at the sidewall portion under 1.0 cN/dtex load is from 3.3% to 4.2%, and an elongation at breakage of the carcass cord is 20% or more, and a ratio G/R of an interval between adjacent carcass cords within the carcass layer at a tire maximum width position to a cord diameter of the carcass cord is from 0.35 to 0.60.

Claims (18)

1 . A pneumatic tire, comprising:

a tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction and having an annular shape;

a pair of sidewall portions respectively disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and

a pair of bead portions each disposed on an inner side of the pair of sidewall portions in a tire radial direction;

the pneumatic tire comprising at least one carcass layer mounted between the pair of bead portions;

the at least one carcass layer being formed from a carcass cord formed of an organic fiber cord having filament bundles of organic fibers intertwined together, a fineness of the carcass cord after dip treatment being from 4000 dtex to 8000 dtex, an intermediate elongation of the carcass cord at the sidewall portion under 1.0 cN/dtex load being from 3.3% to 4.2%, and an elongation at breakage of the carcass cord being 20% or more; and

a ratio G/R of an interval G between adjacent carcass cords within one carcass layer at a tire maximum width position to a cord diameter R of the carcass cord being from 0.35 to 0.60.

2 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a twist coefficient K of the carcass cord after dip treatment is from 2100 dtex to 2500 dtex.

3 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a twist coefficient K of the carcass cord after dip treatment represented by Formula (1) is 2000 or more:

K=T×D 1/2   (1)

where T is an upper twist count of cord (counts/10 cm), and D is a total fineness of cord (dtex).

4 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein an organic fiber forming the carcass cord is a polyethylene terephthalate fiber.

5 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an organic fiber forming the carcass cord is a polyethylene terephthalate fiber.

6 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 5 , wherein the fineness of the carcass cord after dip treatment is from 5000 dtex to 7000 dtex.

7 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the fineness of the carcass cord after dip treatment is from 5000 dtex to 7000 dtex.

8 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein the intermediate elongation of the carcass cord at the sidewall portion under 1.0 cN/dtex load is from 3.5% to 4.0%.

9 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate elongation of the carcass cord at the sidewall portion under 1.0 cN/dtex load is from 3.5% to 4.0%.

10 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 9 , wherein a twist coefficient K of the carcass cord after dip treatment is from 2100 dtex to 2500 dtex.