IP Library Granted Patent US 11,964,521
Granted Patent B2
US 11,964,521 · App. 17/309,913 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Pneumatic tire

Inventor: Ryohei Takemori (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C3/04B60C13/003B60C11/0083B60C11/01B60C13/002
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Patent No.
US 11,964,521
App. No.
17/309,913
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pneumatic tire includes a tread development width TDW in a tread portion and a tire maximum width SW which satisfy 0.70≤TDW/SW≤0.75. A profile line forming an outer surface of a sidewall portion in a tire meridian cross-section includes at least three arcs having mutually different radii of curvature. In the profile line, a radius of curvature R 1 of an arc from a first point to a second point, a radius of curvature R 2 of an arc from the second point to a tire maximum width position, and a radius of curvature R 3 of an arc forming a portion on an inner side in the tire radial direction from the tire maximum width position satisfy R 1 >R 2 >R 3 . A height SDH in the tire radial direction from a bead heel to the tire maximum width position and a tire cross-sectional height SH satisfy 0.47≤SDH/SH≤0.50.

Claims (12)

1. A pneumatic tire, comprising:

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

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

a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the pair of sidewall portions, at least one carcass layer formed by arranging a plurality of carcass cords in a radial direction being mounted between the pair of bead portions,

a tread development width TDW in the tread portion and a tire maximum width SW satisfying a relationship of 0.70≤TDW/SW≤0.75,

in a tire meridian cross-section, when a profile line forming an outer surface of the sidewall portions comprises at least three arcs having mutually different radii of curvature, an end point of the tread development width TDW is a point P 1 , and an end point of a tread pattern on an outer surface of the sidewall portions is a point P 2 , a radius of curvature R 1 of an arc from the point P 1 to the point P 2 , a radius of curvature R 2 of an arc from the point P 2 to a tire maximum width position, and a radius of curvature R 3 of an arc forming a portion on an inner side in the tire radial direction from the tire maximum width position satisfying a relationship of R 1 >R 2 >R 3 in the profile line, and

a height SDH in the tire radial direction from a bead heel of the bead portions to the tire maximum width position and a tire cross-sectional height SH satisfying a relationship of 0.47≤SDH/SH≤0.50.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a distance L in the tire radial direction from a tire maximum outer diameter position to the point P 2 and the tire cross-sectional height SH satisfy a relationship of 0.17≤L/SH≤0.27.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a bead filler is disposed on an outer radial side of each of bead cores in the bead portions, and a height BH in the tire radial direction from the bead heel of the bead portions to an outer end in the tire radial direction of the bead filler and the tire cross-sectional height SH satisfy a relationship of 0.18≤BH/SH≤0.30.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the carcass layer is turned up around a bead core of each of the bead portions from a tire inner side to a tire outer side, and an end of the carcass layer located on an innermost side in the tire radial direction of the tread portion is disposed within a region inside the tire corresponding to the radius of curvature R 2 .

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein a bead filler is disposed on an outer radial side of each of bead cores in the bead portions, and a height BH in the tire radial direction from the bead heel of the bead portions to an outer end in the tire radial direction of the bead filler and the tire cross-sectional height SH satisfy a relationship of 0.18≤BH/SH≤0.30.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 5 , wherein the carcass layer is turned up around the bead core of each of the bead portions from a tire inner side to a tire outer side, and an end of the carcass layer located on an innermost side in the tire radial direction of the tread portion is disposed within a region inside the tire corresponding to the radius of curvature R 2 .

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 Jun 29, 2021
From: TAKEMORI, RYOHEI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056707/0611 →