Tire
It is an object to provide a tire having well-improved fuel efficiency, wet grip performance, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance at a later stage of abrasion. Provided is a tire comprising a tread part of a rubber composition comprising a rubber component comprising an isoprene-based rubber and a styrene-butadiene rubber, wherein a vinyl content of the styrene-butadiene rubber is greater than 26 mol %, wherein a given ratio A of an ash content of the rubber composition is greater than 25%, wherein the tread part comprises two or more circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and land parts partitioned by the circumferential main grooves, wherein at least one land part of the land parts comprises at least one given flask-like circumferential groove extending in the tire circumferential direction.
1 . A tire comprising a tread part that is formed of a rubber composition, wherein
the rubber composition comprises a rubber component comprising an isoprene-based rubber in an amount of 75% to 90% by mass and a styrene-butadiene rubber in an amount of 10% to 25% by mass,
the styrene-butadiene rubber has a vinyl content that is greater than 26 mol % and not more than 45 mol %,
the styrene-butadiene rubber has a styrene content of 5% by mass or more and 18% by mass or less,
the rubber composition has a ratio A of ash content defined by the following formula that is greater than 25%,
the tread part comprises
two or more circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and
land parts partitioned by the circumferential main grooves,
at least one land part of the land parts comprises at least one flask-like circumferential groove extending in the tire circumferential direction,
the flask-like circumferential groove comprises
a neck part having a narrow groove width, and
a trunk part arranged on an inner side in a tire radial direction with respect to the neck part and having a part with a groove width greater than a maximum groove width of the neck part:
A =( m 2 /m 1 )×100
wherein m 1 denotes a mass of a residue obtained by soaking a specimen of the rubber composition in acetone for 72 hours to extract a soluble component in accordance with JIS K 6229 and heating the specimen after the extraction from room temperature to 750° C. in nitrogen in accordance with JIS K 6226-1:2003 to pyrolyze and vaporize an organic substance, and
m 2 denotes a mass of a residue after oxidation and combustion by heating, in air in accordance with JIS K 6226-1:2003, the residue after the pyrolysis and the vaporization (mass: m 1 ).
2 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein a minimum groove width W1 of the neck part is 1 to 2 mm.
3 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein a maximum groove width W2 of the trunk part is 2 to 12 mm.
4 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein the maximum groove width W2 of the trunk part is 2 to 6 times as large as the minimum groove width W1 of the neck part.
5 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein a depth H1 of the flask-like circumferential groove on a meridional cross-section of the tire and a distance H2 from a groove bottom of the flask-like circumferential groove to the neck part satisfy the following relational expression:
1/3≤ H 2/ H 1≤2/3.
6 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein the flask-like circumferential groove further comprises an opening part that is arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction with respect to the neck part and whose groove width expands in a tapered shape and toward the outside in the tire radial direction.
7 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition further comprises carbon black.
8 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition has a zinc oxide content of 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mass of zinc oxide based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
9 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein the land parts having the flask-like circumferential groove are present on an area located between a pair of outermost circumferential main grooves that are located on the outermost sides in a tire width direction among the two or more circumferential main grooves.
10 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein the tire is a heavy-duty tire.
11 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition has a silica content of 10 to 80 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and a carbon black content of 3 to 60 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
12 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein the ratio A of the ash content is 25% to 100%.
13 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein carbon black is present in an amount of 3 to 60 parts by mass and the silica is present in an amount of 10 to 60 parts by mass, wherein both amounts are based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
14 . The tire of claim 1 , wherein silica has a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N 2 SA) of 175 m 2 /g or more.