IP Library Granted Patent US 11,498,363
Granted Patent B2
US 11,498,363 · App. 16/079,537 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Pneumatic tire

Inventor: Yasutaka Akashi (Hiratsuka, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C9/08B60C5/14B60C5/142B60C9/04B60C13/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,498,363
App. No.
16/079,537
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a pneumatic tire. A partial tie rubber layer is selectively disposed between a carcass layer and an inner liner layer in an area on a tread portion on either side in a tire lateral direction excluding a center region of the tread portion such that a length of intrusion from a perpendicular line extending from an outermost edge of a belt layer in a tire lateral direction through the inner liner layer toward a tire equator of each of the partial tie rubber layers is within the range from 0 to 15 mm and a length of protrusion from the perpendicular line toward a bead portion of the partial tie rubber layer is within the range from 15 to 120 mm.

Claims (10)

1. A pneumatic tire comprising:

an annular tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction;

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

a pair of bead portions disposed inward of the sidewall portions in a tire radial direction;

a carcass layer mounted between the pair of bead portions;

a belt layer disposed on the tread portion on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer;

an inner liner layer disposed on a tire inner surface along the carcass layer; and

a partial tie rubber layer selectively disposed between the carcass layer and the inner liner layer and in an area on the tread portion on either side in a tire lateral direction excluding a center region of the tread portion, wherein

the partial tie rubber layer has a length of intrusion L 1 from a perpendicular line P extending from an outermost edge of the belt layer in the tire lateral direction through the inner liner layer toward a tire equator of the partial tie rubber layer that is within a range from 5 mm to 10 mm and a length of protrusion L 2 from the perpendicular line P toward the bead portion of the partial tie rubber layer that is within a range from 85 mm to 120 mm, and

a hardness of rubber of the partial tie rubber layer is within a range from 50 to 63.

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 Dec 28, 2018
From: AKASHI, YASUTAKA
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047870/0135 →