IP Library Granted Patent US 12,539,717
Granted Patent B2
US 12,539,717 · App. 18/005,308 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Pneumatic tire

Inventors: Asuka Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Takamitsu Chaya (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C9/2009B60C9/0007B60C9/0042B60C9/04B60C2009/0425B60C2009/0433B60C2009/0441B60C2009/045B60C2009/0458B60C2009/2077B60C2009/2083B60C2009/209B60C2009/2093B60C2009/2096
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Patent No.
US 12,539,717
App. No.
18/005,308
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a pneumatic tire provided with a carcass layer and a belt layer, the carcass layer is formed of an organic fiber cord having an elongation at break of 20% to 30%, an elongation in a sidewall portion under a load of 2.0 cN/dtex of 5.5% to 8.0%, and a product A=D×Ec of a fineness based on corrected mass D (unit: dtex/piece) and a count Ec (unit: piece/50 mm) of 1.8×10 5 dtex/50 mm to 3.0×10 5 dtex/50 mm, and the belt layer is formed of a steel cord having a stress at break of 3300 MPa or more and a product B=S×Eb of a cross-sectional area S (unit: mm 2 /piece), and a count Eb (unit: piece/50 mm) is from 6.0 mm 2 /50 mm to 7.5 mm 2 /50 mm.

Claims (16)

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 respective sides of the tread portion;

a pair of bead portions disposed in the sidewall portions on an inner side in a tire radial direction;

at least one layer of a carcass layer mounted between the pair of bead portions;

a plurality of layers of belt layers disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer in the tread portion;

the carcass layer being formed of a carcass cord made of an organic fiber cord, an elongation at break of the carcass cord being from 20% to 30%, an elongation under a load of 2.0 cN/dtex of the carcass cord in the sidewall portions being from 5.5% to 8.0%, a product A=D×Ec of a fineness based on corrected mass D (unit: dtex/piece) per the carcass cord and a count Ec (unit: piece/50 mm) of the carcass cords per 50 mm in a direction orthogonal to an extension direction of the carcass cord being from 2.2×10 5 dtex/50 mm to 3.0×10 5 dtex/50 mm,

the belt layer being constituted of a belt cord formed of a steel cord, stress at break of the belt cord being 3300 MPa or more, a product B=S×Eb of a cross-sectional area S (unit: mm 2 /piece) per the belt cord and a count Eb (unit: piece/50 mm) of the belt cord per 50 mm in a direction orthogonal to an extension direction of the belt cord being from 6.0 mm 2 /50 mm to 7.5 mm 2 /50 mm, wherein

the organic fiber cord of carcass layer is a polyester fiber cord formed of intertwined polyester fiber filament bundles,

the organic fiber cord of the carcass layer has a heat shrinkage rate of 0.5% to 2.5% when heated at 150° C. for 30 minutes,

the carcass layer is folded back around a bead core embedded within each of the bead portions from an inner side to an outer side in the tire width direction, and

the bead core and a bead filler are fully wrapped by a body portion and a folded back portion of the carcass layer.

2 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the belt cord has an N+M structure in which the number of wire strands of an inner layer N is from two to four and the number of wire strands of an outer layer M is from two to seven.

3 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein the belt cord has a 2+2 structure in which the number of the wire strands of the inner layer N is two and the number of the wire strands of the outer layer M is two.

4 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein the wire strand constituting the inner layer is arranged in a non-twisted state.

5 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein the wire strand constituting the inner layer is arranged in a non-twisted state.

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 Jan 12, 2023
From: SUZUKI, ASUKA; CHAYA, TAKAMITSU
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062362/0872 →