IP Library Patent Application 16967715
Patent Application
App. No. 16/967,715

Pneumatic Tire

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App. No.
16/967,715
Abstract

A pneumatic tire includes a main groove in a tread portion. The main groove has a groove depth of from 7 mm to 11 mm. A rubber composition for a tread constituting the tread portion includes a natural rubber, a styrene-butadiene rubber, and a butadiene rubber as a rubber component. The average glass transition temperature of the rubber component is −50° C. or lower. Silica is compounded in the rubber composition for a tread at 50 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. The compounded amount of the silica is 80 mass % or more of the total amount of carbon black and silica. Aroma oil is compounded in the rubber composition for a tread at 40 mass % or less relative to the amount of silica.

Claims (15)

1 . A pneumatic tire, comprising:

a tread portion having an annular shape and extending in a tire circumferential direction;

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

a main groove extending in the tire circumferential direction in a surface of the tread portion,

the main groove having a groove depth of from 7 mm to 11 mm,

a rubber composition for a tread comprising, as a rubber component, a natural rubber, a styrene-butadiene rubber, and a butadiene rubber, the rubber composition for a tread constituting the tread portion,

the rubber component having an average glass transition temperature Tg of −50° C. or lower,

silica being compounded in the rubber composition for a tread at 50 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component,

a compounded amount of the silica being 80 mass % or more of a total amount of carbon black and the silica, and

aroma oil being compounded in the rubber composition for a tread at 40 mass % or less relative to an amount of the silica.

2 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the silica has a CTAB specific surface area of from 140 m 2 /g to 220 m 2 /g.

3 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an area ratio of the main groove to a ground contact area is from 20% to 25%.

4 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a strength at break TB (MPa), an elongation at break EB (%), and a storage modulus E′ (MPa) of the rubber composition for a tread satisfy a relationship of 8≤(TB×EB)/(E′×100).

5 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein an area ratio of the main groove to a ground contact area is from 20% to 25%.

6 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 5 , wherein a strength at break TB (MPa), an elongation at break EB (%), and a storage modulus E′ (MPa) of the rubber composition for a tread satisfy a relationship of 8≤(TB×EB)/(E′×100).

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 Aug 5, 2020
From: OKA, MIYUKI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053414/0190 →