IP Library Granted Patent US 9,522,572
Granted Patent B2
US 9,522,572 · App. 14/903,109 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Motorcycle tire

Inventor: Masatomo Oshima (Kodaira, JP)
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
B60C9/20B60C9/02B60C9/28B60C11/00B60C15/00B60C2009/2022B60C2009/2025B60C2200/10
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Patent No.
US 9,522,572
App. No.
14/903,109
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motorcycle tire includes, on an outer circumferential side of a crown region of a radial carcass, a belt layer, a single auxiliary belt layer, and a tread rubber in the stated order, a periphery width of the auxiliary belt layer being greater than a periphery width of the belt layer. The cords of the auxiliary belt layer extend in a direction in which an inclination angle of the cords of the auxiliary belt layer with respect to a tire circumferential direction gradually decreases from each of both ends of a tire equatorial region including a tire equatorial plane toward a corresponding ¼ position which is at a distance of ¼ of the periphery width of the auxiliary belt layer from the tire equatorial plane along a periphery of the auxiliary belt layer, and the inclination angle in the ¼ position is 60° or more and 85° or less.

Claims (8)

1. A motorcycle tire that includes, as a frame, a carcass made up of one or more radial carcass plies toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions, and includes, on an outer circumferential side of a crown region of the carcass, a belt layer made up of a plurality of rubber-coated cords, a single auxiliary belt layer made up of a plurality of rubber-coated cords, and a tread rubber in the stated order, a periphery width of the auxiliary belt layer being greater than a periphery width of the belt layer,

wherein the cords of the auxiliary belt layer extend in a direction in which an inclination angle of the cords of the auxiliary belt layer with respect to a tire circumferential direction gradually decreases from each of both ends of a tire equatorial region including a tire equatorial plane toward a corresponding ¼ position which is at a distance of ¼ of the periphery width of the auxiliary belt layer from the tire equatorial plane along a periphery of the auxiliary belt layer, and the inclination angle in the ¼ position is 60° or more and 85° or less, and

the inclination angle of the cords of the auxiliary belt layer in an end of the auxiliary belt layer is 70° or more and 85° or less.

2. A motorcycle tire that includes, as a frame, a carcass made up of one or more radial carcass plies toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions, and includes, on an outer circumferential side of a crown region of the carcass, a belt layer made up of a plurality of rubber-coated cords, a single auxiliary belt layer made up of a plurality of rubber-coated cords, and a tread rubber in the stated order, a periphery width of the auxiliary belt layer being greater than a periphery width of the belt layer,

wherein the cords of the auxiliary belt layer extend in a direction in which an inclination angle of the cords of the auxiliary belt layer with respect to a tire circumferential direction gradually decreases from each of both ends of a tire equatorial region including a tire equatorial plane toward a corresponding ¼ position which is at a distance of ¼ of the periphery width of the auxiliary belt layer from the tire equatorial plane along a periphery of the auxiliary belt layer, and the inclination angle in the ¼ position is 60° or more and 85° or less, and

the cords of the auxiliary belt layer have an inflection point in the ¼ position or outward from the ¼ position in a tire width direction, and extend in a direction in which the inclination angle gradually increases from the inflection point toward an end of the auxiliary belt layer.

3. The motorcycle tire according to claim 2 ,

wherein the inclination angle of the cords of the auxiliary belt layer in the end of the auxiliary belt layer is 70° or more and 90° or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2016
From: OSHIMA, MASATOMO
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037418/0964 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-156842 · Jul 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160159153A1 · Jun 9, 2016