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Granted Patent B2
US 10,207,541 · App. 14/240,658 · Granted Feb 19, 2019

Pneumatic radial tire for a passenger vehicle and method of using the same

Inventors: Isao Kuwayama (Kodaira, JP); Hiroyuki Matsumoto (Kodaira, JP); Shintaro Hatanaka (Kodaira, JP)
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
B60C3/04B60C9/08B60C13/00B60C15/04B60C15/0603B60C2009/0425B60C2013/007B60C2015/061
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Patent No.
US 10,207,541
App. No.
14/240,658
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pneumatic radial tire for a passenger vehicle according to the present invention has an appropriate relationship between a tire cross-sectional width SW and a tire outer diameter OD. Also, a method of using the pneumatic radial tire for a passenger vehicle according to the present invention is to use the above radial tire with at least specified internal pressure.

Claims (63)

1. A tire-rim assembly formed by assembling a pair of bead cores of a passenger vehicle pneumatic radial tire having a carcass, which includes a ply of cords radially arranged and toroidally provided between the pair of bead cores, a belt and a bead filler disposed outside the bead cores in a tire radial direction, wherein:

the radial tire comprises an inner liner on a tire inner surface;

the radial tire is a tubeless tire;

the tire-rim assembly is applied with internal pressure of at least 250 kPa and less than 350 kPa and is filled only with gas,

a tire cross-sectional width SW is greater than or equal to 145 (mm) and less than 165 (mm),

a ratio of the tire cross-sectional width SW to a tire outer diameter OD, SW/OD, is no more than 0.26,

a ratio of the tire cross-sectional width SW to a rim outer diameter D, SW/D, is greater than 0.3 and less than 0.36,

an aspect ratio of the passenger vehicle pneumatic radial tire is greater than or equal to 50 and less than or equal to 70,

a bead filler tire-width-direction cross-sectional area S1 is one to four times a size of a bead core tire-width-direction cross-sectional area S2,

the bead filler is a high-rigidity member having 100% modulus at room temperature at 24 to 31 MPa,

the belt comprises a belt cord with Young's modulus of 45,000 MPa or higher,

the rim outer diameter D is in a range of 18 to 19 inches, and

the tire outer diameter OD is in a range of 653.1 mm to 671.1 mm.

2. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, when BFW represents a width of the bead filler in a tire width direction in a tire radial direction center position of the bead filler and BDW represents a maximum width of the bead core in the tire width direction, the following relational expression:

0.1≤BFW/BDW≤0.5

is satisfied.

3. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, when BFH represents a height of the bead filler in the tire radial direction and SH represents a tire sectional height, the following relational expression:

0.1≤BFH/SH≤0.25

is satisfied.

4. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 1 , wherein BFH, a height of the bead filler in the tire radial direction, is no more than 45 mm.

5. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the aspect ratio of the passenger vehicle pneumatic radial tire is greater than or equal to 50 and less than 70.

6. A tire-rim assembly formed by assembling a pair of bead cores of a passenger vehicle pneumatic radial tire having a carcass, which includes a ply of cords radially arranged and toroidally provided between the pair of bead cores, a belt and a bead filler disposed outside the bead cores in a tire radial direction, wherein:

the radial tire comprises an inner liner on a tire inner surface;

the radial tire is a tubeless tire;

the tire-rim assembly is applied with internal pressure of at least 250 kPa and less than 350 kPa and is filled only with gas,

a tire cross-sectional width SW is greater than or equal to 145 (mm),

the tire cross-sectional width SW and a tire outer diameter OD satisfy a relational expression:

OD≥−0.0187×SW 2 +9.15×SW−380,

a ratio of the tire cross-sectional width SW to a rim outer diameter D, SW/D, is greater than 0.3 and less than or equal to 0.40,

an aspect ratio of the passenger vehicle pneumatic radial tire is greater than or equal to 50 and less than or equal to 70,

a bead filler tire-width-direction cross-sectional area S1 is one to four times a size of a bead core tire-width-direction cross-sectional area S2,

the rim outer diameter D is in a range of 18 to 22 inches, and

the tire outer diameter OD is in a range of 638.7 mm to 751.3 mm.

7. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 6 , wherein, when BFW represents a width of the bead filler in a tire width direction in a tire radial direction center position of the bead filler and BDW represents a maximum width of the bead core in the tire width direction, the following relational expression:

0.1≤BFW/BDW≤0.5

is satisfied.

8. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 6 , wherein, when BFH represents a height of the bead filler in the tire radial direction and SH represents a tire sectional height, the following relational expression:

0.1≤BFH/SH≤0.25

is satisfied.

9. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 6 , wherein BFH, a height of the bead filler in the tire radial direction, is no more than 45 mm.

10. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the aspect ratio of the passenger vehicle pneumatic radial tire is greater than or equal to 50 and less than 70.

11. A tire-rim assembly formed by assembling a pair of bead cores of a passenger vehicle pneumatic radial tire having a carcass, which includes a ply of cords radially arranged and toroidally provided between the pair of bead cores, a belt and a bead filler disposed outside the bead cores in a tire radial direction, wherein:

the radial tire comprises an inner liner on a tire inner surface;

the radial tire is a tubeless tire;

the tire-rim assembly is applied with internal pressure of at least 250 kPa and less than 350 kPa and is filled only with gas,

a tire cross-sectional width SW is greater than or equal to 145 (mm),

the tire cross-sectional width SW and a tire outer diameter OD satisfy a relational expression:

OD≥22.135×SW+282.3,

a ratio of the tire cross-sectional width SW to a rim outer diameter D, SW/D, is greater than 0.3 and less than or equal to 0.40,

an aspect ratio of the passenger vehicle pneumatic radial tire is greater than or equal to 50 and less than or equal to 70,

a bead filler tire-width-direction cross-sectional area S1 is one to four times a size of a bead core tire-width-direction cross-sectional area S2,

the bead filler is a high-rigidity member having 100% modulus at room temperature at 24 to 31 MPa,

the belt comprises a belt cord with Young's modulus of 45,000 MPa or higher,

the rim outer diameter D is in a range of 18 to 22 inches, and

the tire outer diameter OD is in a range of 638.7 mm to 751.3 mm.

12. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 11 , wherein, when BFW represents a width of the bead filler in a tire width direction in a tire radial direction center position of the bead filler and BDW represents a maximum width of the bead core in the tire width direction, the following relational expression:

0.1≤BFW/BDW≤0.5

is satisfied.

13. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 11 , wherein, when BFH represents a height of the bead filler in the tire radial direction and SH represents a tire sectional height, the following relational expression:

0.1≤BFH/SH≤0.25

is satisfied.

14. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 11 , wherein BFH, a height of the bead filler in the tire radial direction, is no more than 45 mm.

15. The tire-rim assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the aspect ratio of the passenger vehicle pneumatic radial tire is greater than or equal to 50 and less than 70.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2014
From: KUWAYAMA, ISAO; MATSUMOTO, HIROYUKI; HATANAKA, SHINTARO
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032293/0696 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2011-185178 · Aug 26, 2011 · national
JP 2011-185195 · Aug 26, 2011 · national
JP 2011-185279 · Aug 26, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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