Pneumatic radial tire
View Patent ↗Provided is a pneumatic radial tire: that includes a circumferential-direction reinforcement layer having a width increased with fatigue break of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer being suppressed at edge portions thereof; and that suppresses separation in each of cross belt layers at edge portions thereof. A pneumatic radial tire according to the present invention is a pneumatic tire including: at least two cross belt layers disposed on an outer circumferential side of a carcass layer in a tread portion; and at least one circumferential-direction reinforcement layer disposed between these cross belt layers, a width of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer being smaller than that of each cross belt layer. The pneumatic radial tire is configured so that: the cross belt layers are separated away from each other at outer sides respectively of end positions, in a width direction, of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer; the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer includes steel cords of two types which differ in elongation at break; and the steel cord having relatively small elongation at break is disposed in a center portion of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer, whereas the steel cord having relatively large elongation at break is disposed in each of outer side portions of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer.
1. A pneumatic radial tire including:
at least two cross belt layers disposed on an outer circumferential side of a carcass layer in a tread portion; and
at least one circumferential-direction reinforcement layer disposed between these cross belt layers, a width of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer being smaller than that of each cross belt layer,
the pneumatic radial tire wherein,
the cross belt layers are separated away from each other at outer sides respectively of end positions, in a width direction, of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer,
the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer includes steel cords of two types which differ in elongation at break, and
the steel cord having relatively small elongation at break is disposed in a center portion of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer, whereas the steel cord having relatively large elongation at break is disposed in each of outer side portions of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer,
wherein the steel cord disposed in the center portion of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer has an m×n structure in which a direction of a first twist of filaments of the steel cord coincides with a direction of a second twist of the filaments, the steel cord having elongation at break of not less than 3%, and
the steel cord disposed in each of the outer side portions of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer has filaments which are preformed into a zigzag shape, the steel cord having elongation at break of not less than 6%.
2. The pneumatic radial tire according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the elongation at break of the steel cord disposed in the center portion of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer and the elongation at break of the steel cord disposed in each of the outer side portions of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer is not less than 1.5%.
3. The pneumatic radial tire according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein a ratio of a total width of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer to a maximum width of the cross belt layers is 65% to 95%.
4. The pneumatic radial tire according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein a ratio of a width of the center portion of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer to the total width of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer is 40% to 85%.
5. The pneumatic radial tire according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein an aspect ratio is not more than 60%.
6. The pneumatic radial tire according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein the elongation at break of the steel cord disposed in the center portion is between 3% and 6%.
7. The pneumatic radial tire according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein the elongation at break of the steel cords disposed in each of the outer side portions is between 6% and 9%.
8. The pneumatic radial tire according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein the difference between the elongation at break of each steel cord disposed in the center portion of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer and the elongation at break of each steel cord disposed in each of the outer side portions of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer is between 1.5% and 3%.
9. The pneumatic radial tire according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein a belt-edge cushion rubber layer is inserted between the edge portions, in the width direction, of the cross belt layers.