PNEUMATIC TIRE
In a pneumatic tire in which a carcass layer is turned up from a tire inner side to a tire outer side around a bead core, the carcass layer is formed of a reinforcing cord made of a polyester fiber cord, elongation at break of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer ranges from 20% to 30%, and a transponder is disposed between a position of an outer side in a tire radial direction by 15 mm from an upper end of the bead core and a position of an inner side in the tire radial direction by 5 mm from an end of a belt layer.
1 . A pneumatic tire, comprising:
a tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction and having an annular shape;
a pair of sidewall portions respectively disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and
a pair of bead portions each disposed on an inner side of the sidewall portions in a tire radial direction;
a bead filler being disposed on an outer circumference of a bead core of each of the bead portions,
a carcass layer being mounted between the pair of bead portions,
a plurality of belt layers being disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer in the tread portion,
an innerliner layer being disposed on an inner surface of the tire along the carcass layer,
the carcass layer being turned up from a tire inner side to a tire outer side around the bead core,
the carcass layer being formed of a reinforcing cord made of a polyester fiber cord,
elongation at break EB of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer ranging from 20% to 30%, and
a transponder being disposed between a position of an outer side in the tire radial direction by 15 mm from an upper end of the bead core and a position of an inner side in the tire radial direction by 5 mm from ends of the belt layers.
2 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the transponder is disposed between the carcass layer and a rubber layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in the sidewall portions or between the carcass layer and the innerliner layer.
3 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a center of the transponder is disposed 10 mm or more away from a splice portion of a tire component in the tire circumferential direction.
4 . The pneumatic tire according to any one of claim 1 , wherein an intermediate elongation EM of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer at a load of 1.0 cN/dtex is 5.0% or less.
5 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a fineness based on corrected weight CF of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer ranges from 4000 dtex to 8000 dtex.
6 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a twist coefficient CT of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer after dip treatment represented by a formula below is 2000 or greater: CT=T×D 1/2 where T is the number of twists of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer (times/10 cm), and D is a total fineness of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer (dtex).
7 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the transponder is covered with a coating layer formed of elastomer or rubber, and the coating layer has a relative dielectric constant of 7 or less.
8 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein a total thickness Gac of the coating layer and a maximum thickness Gar of the transponder satisfy a relationship 1.1≤Gac/Gar≤3.0.
9 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein the transponder comprises a substrate and antennas extending from both ends of the substrate, the transponder extends along the tire circumferential direction, and a distance L between an end of the antennas in the tire circumferential direction and an end of the coating layer in the tire circumferential direction ranges from 2 mm to 20 mm.
10 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein the transponder comprises a substrate and antennas extending from both ends of the substrate, and the antennas extend within a range of ±20° with respect to the tire circumferential direction.
11 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein a center of the transponder in a thickness direction is disposed within a range of from 25% to 75% of a total thickness Gac of the coating layer from a surface on one side of the coating layer in a thickness direction.
12 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein a center of the transponder is disposed 10 mm or more away from a splice portion of a tire component in the tire circumferential direction.
13 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 12 , wherein an intermediate elongation EM of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer at a load of 1.0 cN/dtex is 5.0% or less.
14 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 13 , wherein a fineness based on corrected weight CF of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer ranges from 4000 dtex to 8000 dtex.
15 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 14 , wherein a twist coefficient CT of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer after dip treatment represented by a formula below is 2000 or greater:
CT=T×D 1/2
where T is the number of twists of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer (times/10 cm), and
D is a total fineness of the reinforcing cord of the carcass layer (dtex).
16 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 15 , wherein
the transponder is covered with a coating layer formed of elastomer or rubber, and
the coating layer has a relative dielectric constant of 7 or less.
17 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 16 , wherein a total thickness Gac of the coating layer and a maximum thickness Gar of the transponder satisfy a relationship 1.1≤Gac/Gar≤3.0.
18 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 17 , wherein
the transponder comprises a substrate and antennas extending from both ends of the substrate,
the transponder extends along the tire circumferential direction, and
a distance L between an end of the antennas in the tire circumferential direction and an end of the coating layer in the tire circumferential direction ranges from 2 mm to 20 mm.
19 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 18 , wherein
the transponder comprises a substrate and antennas extending from both ends of the substrate, and
the antennas extend within a range of ±20° with respect to the tire circumferential direction.
20 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 19 , wherein a center of the transponder in a thickness direction is disposed within a range of from 25% to 75% of a total thickness Gac of the coating layer from a surface on one side of the coating layer in a thickness direction.