IP Library Granted Patent US 12,172,469
Granted Patent B2
US 12,172,469 · App. 16/942,618 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Pneumatic tire

Inventor: Miyuki Iizuka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
B60C11/0304B60C1/0016B60C11/0302B60C11/0306B60C11/1204B60C11/1236C08L9/06B60C2011/1213C08L2205/025
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Patent No.
US 12,172,469
App. No.
16/942,618
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion including a rubber composition including a diene rubber including styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and butadiene rubber (BR), and a filler. The styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) includes emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (E-SBR) by an amount of 40 mass % or greater in the diene rubber. A ratio of a blended amount of the styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) to a blended amount of the butadiene rubber (BR) is from 1.0 to 1.3, and the filler includes 70 parts by mass or greater of silica with respect to 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.

Claims (55)

1. A pneumatic tire comprising:

a tread portion including a rubber composition comprising a diene rubber comprising styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and butadiene rubber (BR), and a filler,

the styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) comprising emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (E-SBR) having a weight average molecular weight of 500,000 to 1,000,000 in an amount of 40 mass % or greater in the diene rubber,

a ratio of a blended amount of the styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) to a blended amount of the butadiene rubber (BR) being from 1.0 to 1.3,

the filler comprising 70 parts by mass or greater of silica with respect to 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, and

an amount of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) and natural rubber (NR) in the diene rubber being 0 mass %.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein

the blended amount of the styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) in the diene rubber is less than or equal to 56.5 mass %.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tread portion comprises a tread pattern in a surface configured to contact with a road surface,

the tread pattern comprises a pair of circumferential main grooves formed of an inner circumferential main groove disposed in a half-tread region on one side in the tire lateral direction with respect to the tire equator line, and an outer circumferential main groove disposed outward in the tire lateral direction with respect to the inner circumferential main groove, and

the outer circumferential main groove has a groove width that is greater than a groove width of the inner circumferential main groove.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein

the filler is 80 parts by mass or greater with respect to 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber,

the filler further comprises carbon black, and

a ratio of a blended amount of the carbon black to a blended amount of the filler is 15% or greater.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 4 , wherein the rubber composition comprises 10 parts by mass or greater of naphthene oil with respect to 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 4 , wherein in the rubber composition, a tan δ (−20° C.) at −20° C. after vulcanization, a tan δ (20° C.) at 20° C. after vulcanization, and a storage modulus E′ (20° C.) at 20° C. after vulcanization satisfy {tan δ (−20° C.)−tan δ (20° C.)}/E′ (20° C.)<0.01.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 4 , wherein the tread portion comprises a tread pattern in a surface configured to contact a road surface,

the tread pattern comprising

a pair of circumferential main grooves formed of an inner circumferential main groove disposed in a half-tread region on one side in a tire lateral direction with respect to a tire equator line, and an outer circumferential main groove disposed outward in the tire lateral direction with respect to the inner circumferential main groove, and

a plurality of sipes disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction in regions defined by the pair of circumferential main grooves, the plurality of sipes extending in the regions at an incline with respect to the tire lateral direction, and connecting the pair of circumferential main grooves,

each of the plurality of sipes comprising an inner inclined portion, and a both-side inclined portion disposed on both sides of the inner inclined portion in the tire lateral direction, and

an inclination angle of the inner inclined portion with respect to the tire lateral direction is greater than an inclination angle of the both-side inclined portion with respect to the tire lateral direction.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 4 , wherein the tread portion comprises a tread pattern in a surface configured to contact with a road surface,

the tread pattern comprises a pair of circumferential main grooves formed of an inner circumferential main groove disposed in a half-tread region on one side in the tire lateral direction with respect to the tire equator line, and an outer circumferential main groove disposed outward in the tire lateral direction with respect to the inner circumferential main groove, and

the outer circumferential main groove has a groove width that is greater than a groove width of the inner circumferential main groove.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition comprises 10 parts by mass or greater of naphthene oil with respect to 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 9 , wherein in the rubber composition, a tan δ (−20° C.) at −20° C. after vulcanization, a tan δ (20° C.) at 20° C. after vulcanization, and a storage modulus E′ (20° C.) at 20° C. after vulcanization satisfy {tan δ (−20° C.)−tan δ (20° C.)}/E′ (20° C.)<0.01.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 9 , wherein the tread portion comprises a tread pattern in a surface configured to contact a road surface,

the tread pattern comprising

a pair of circumferential main grooves formed of an inner circumferential main groove disposed in a half-tread region on one side in a tire lateral direction with respect to a tire equator line, and an outer circumferential main groove disposed outward in the tire lateral direction with respect to the inner circumferential main groove, and

a plurality of sipes disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction in regions defined by the pair of circumferential main grooves, the plurality of sipes extending in the regions at an incline with respect to the tire lateral direction, and connecting the pair of circumferential main grooves,

each of the plurality of sipes comprising an inner inclined portion, and a both-side inclined portion disposed on both sides of the inner inclined portion in the tire lateral direction, and

an inclination angle of the inner inclined portion with respect to the tire lateral direction is greater than an inclination angle of the both-side inclined portion with respect to the tire lateral direction.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 9 , wherein the tread portion comprises a tread pattern in a surface configured to contact with a road surface,

the tread pattern comprises a pair of circumferential main grooves formed of an inner circumferential main groove disposed in a half-tread region on one side in the tire lateral direction with respect to the tire equator line, and an outer circumferential main groove disposed outward in the tire lateral direction with respect to the inner circumferential main groove, and

the outer circumferential main groove has a groove width that is greater than a groove width of the inner circumferential main groove.

13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein in the rubber composition, a tan δ (−20° C.) at −20° C. after vulcanization, a tan δ (20° C.) at 20° C. after vulcanization, and a storage modulus E′ (20° C.) at 20° C. after vulcanization satisfy {tan δ (−20° C.)−tan δ (20° C.)}/E′ (20° C.)<0.01.

14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 13 , wherein the tread portion comprises a tread pattern in a surface configured to contact a road surface,

the tread pattern comprising

a pair of circumferential main grooves formed of an inner circumferential main groove disposed in a half-tread region on one side in a tire lateral direction with respect to a tire equator line, and an outer circumferential main groove disposed outward in the tire lateral direction with respect to the inner circumferential main groove, and

a plurality of sipes disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction in regions defined by the pair of circumferential main grooves, the plurality of sipes extending in the regions at an incline with respect to the tire lateral direction, and connecting the pair of circumferential main grooves,

each of the plurality of sipes comprising an inner inclined portion, and a both-side inclined portion disposed on both sides of the inner inclined portion in the tire lateral direction, and

an inclination angle of the inner inclined portion with respect to the tire lateral direction is greater than an inclination angle of the both-side inclined portion with respect to the tire lateral direction.

15. The pneumatic tire according to claim 13 , wherein the tread portion comprises a tread pattern in a surface configured to contact with a road surface,

the tread pattern comprises a pair of circumferential main grooves formed of an inner circumferential main groove disposed in a half-tread region on one side in the tire lateral direction with respect to the tire equator line, and an outer circumferential main groove disposed outward in the tire lateral direction with respect to the inner circumferential main groove, and

the outer circumferential main groove has a groove width that is greater than a groove width of the inner circumferential main groove.

16. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the tread portion comprises a tread pattern in a surface configured to contact a road surface,

the tread pattern comprising

a pair of circumferential main grooves formed of an inner circumferential main groove disposed in a half-tread region on one side in a tire lateral direction with respect to a tire equator line, and an outer circumferential main groove disposed outward in the tire lateral direction with respect to the inner circumferential main groove, and

a plurality of sipes disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction in regions defined by the pair of circumferential main grooves, the plurality of sipes extending in the regions at an incline with respect to the tire lateral direction, and connecting the pair of circumferential main grooves,

each of the plurality of sipes comprising an inner inclined portion, and a both-side inclined portion disposed on both sides of the inner inclined portion in the tire lateral direction, and

an inclination angle of the inner inclined portion with respect to the tire lateral direction is greater than an inclination angle of the both-side inclined portion with respect to the tire lateral direction.

17. The pneumatic tire according to claim 16 , wherein

the outer circumferential main groove has a groove width that is greater than a groove width of the inner circumferential main groove.

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 Jul 30, 2020
From: IIZUKA, MIYUKI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 053360/0846 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-139616 · Jul 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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