IP Library Granted Patent US 8,225,834
Granted Patent B2
US 8,225,834 · App. 12/397,975 · Granted Jul 24, 2012

Pneumatic tire for heavy load

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Patent No.
US 8,225,834
App. No.
12/397,975
Granted
Jul 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a pneumatic tire for heavy load including a circumferentially-formed groove running in a tire circumferential direction on a surface of a tread part, when a pneumatic pressure equivalent to a normal inner pressure is applied with reference to a case where a pneumatic pressure equivalent to an inner pressure of kPa is applied, a radius growth in a tire radial direction at a crown center of the tread part and in the circumferentially-formed groove located at the most lateral side in a tire width direction is made to be less than 0.3%.

Claims (32)

1. A pneumatic tire for heavy load comprising:

a circumferentially-formed groove running in a tire circumferential direction on a surface of a tread part;

at least two crossing belts arranged at an angle not less than 10 degrees and not more than 30 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction; and

at least one circumferential reinforcement layer arranged at an angle not less than zero degrees and not more than five degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction provided at an outer side of a carcass layer in the tire radial direction;

wherein when a pneumatic pressure equivalent to a normal inner pressure is applied to the tire with reference to a case where a pneumatic pressure equivalent to an inner pressure of 100 kPa is applied, a radius growth in a tire radial direction at a crown center of the tread part and in the circumferentially-formed groove located at a most lateral side in a tire width direction is less than 0.3%,

wherein a summation ΣLi [kN] of a circumferential force of the crossing belts and the circumferential reinforcement layer with respect to a normal load W [kN] is set within a range expressed by 3.00≦ΣLi/W≦4.20,

wherein when a straight line drawn from a position of a rim height FH in the tire width direction is treated as an X axis and a straight line drawn in the tire radial direction through the crown center is treated as a Y axis, a nominal dimension S for an aspect ratio, a distance USH in the Y-axis direction from a maximum width position T of a carcass layer in the tire width direction to an inflection point Q of the carcass layer, a distance HB from the X axis to a top R of the carcass layer at the crown center, a distance WE from the Y axis to the maximum width position T of the carcass layer in the tire width direction, and a distance WF from the Y axis to the inflection point Q of the carcass layer have a relationship expressed by

0.48 ≦USH/HB≦ 0.52,

a relationship expressed by

5.52 S 2 ×10 −5 −2.407 S× 10 −2 +2.29 ≦WE/HB≦ 5.52 S 2 ×2.407 S× 10 −2 +2.39,

and a relationships expressed by

−1.1312 S 2 ×10 4 +5.822 S× 10 −3 +0.62 ≦WF/WE≦− 1.1312 S 2 ×10 −4 +5.822 S× 10 −3 +0.68.

2. The pneumatic tire for heavy load according to claim 1 , wherein a summation ΣMi [kN] of the circumferential force of the crossing belts with respect to the normal load W [kN] is set within a range expressed by

1.80 ≦ΣMi/W≦ 2.60.

3. The pneumatic tire for heavy load according to claim 1 , wherein a summation ΣLi [kN] of a circumferential force of the crossing belts and the circumferential reinforcement layer with respect to a normal inner pressure P [kPa] is set within a range expressed by

0.20 ≦ΣLi/P≦ 0.25.

4. The pneumatic tire for heavy load according to claim 3 , wherein a summation ΣMi [kN] of the circumferential force of the crossing belts with respect to the normal inner pressure P [kPa] is set within a range expressed by

0.12 ≦ΣMi/P≦ 0.16.

5. The pneumatic tire for heavy load according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum width WB of the circumferential reinforcement layer in the tire width direction with respect to a maximum width WC of the carcass layer in the tire width direction is set within a range expressed by

0.60 ≦WB/WC≦ 0.75

in a cross sectional view, along a meridional direction, of the tire to which the pneumatic pressure equivalent to the normal inner pressure is applied.

6. The pneumatic tire for heavy load according to claim 1 , wherein a total width in the tire width direction is set within a range not less than 300 mm.

7. The pneumatic tire for heavy load according to claim 1 , wherein a nominal dimension for an aspect ratio is set within a range not more than 70%.

8. The pneumatic tire for heavy load according to claim 1 , wherein a width WD as a half of a base width of the tire and a nominal dimension M for a cross sectional width of the tire have a relationship expressed by

0.44 ≦WD/M≦ 0.46.

9. The pneumatic tire for heavy load according to claim 1 , wherein a curvature radius RA of a carcass layer at a position on an outer side in the tire width direction from a belt layer which includes at least two crossing belts and at least one circumferential reinforcement layer and the distance USH from the maximum width position T of the carcass layer in the tire width direction to the inflection point Q of the carcass layer in the Y axis direction have a relationship expressed by

0.95 ≦RA/USH≦ 1.05.

10. The pneumatic tire for heavy load according to claim 1 , wherein the nominal dimension S for the aspect ratio, the distance USH, the distance HB, the distance WE, and the distance WF have a relationship expressed by

4.157 S 2 ×10 −5 −6.738 S× 10 −3 +0.56 ≦USH/HB≦ 4.157 S 2 ×10 −5 −6.738 S× 10 −3 +0.63,

and a relationship expressed by

1.7874 S 2 ×10 4 −2.7522 S× 10 −2 +1.60 ≦WF/WE≦ 1.7874 S 2 ×10 4 −2.7522 S× 10 −2 +1.66

in a state where the tire is assembled to an application rim and a pneumatic pressure equivalent to 5% of the normal inner pressure is applied to the tire.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Nov 18, 2023
From: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065626/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2009
From: ISOBE, SATORU
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022345/0824 →