Pneumatic tire with side wall run flat liners
A pneumatic tire has a belt cross-sectional width BW as a total width in a tire width direction of a belt layer and a distance Wl as a distance in the tire width direction from an edge on the tread portion side of a run flat liner to an edge of the belt layer. The belt cross-sectional width BW and the distance Wl are such that 0.25≦Wl/(BW/2)≦0.45 is satisfied. A thickness Wr in each of the side wall portions of the pneumatic tire is a thickness in the tire width direction of the run flat liner at a maximum width position, a thickness Ws is a thickness in the tire width direction of a rubber layer at the maximum width position, and the thickness Wr and the thickness Ws are such that 1.2≦Wr/Ws≦1.9 is satisfied.
1. A pneumatic tire for assembly on a rim comprising a tread portion, a pair of shoulder portions provided on both sides of the tread portion, a pair of side walls linked respectively to the pair of shoulder portions, and a pair of bead portions linked respectively to the pair of side wall portions; the pneumatic tire further comprising:
a carcass layer provided across the pair of bead portions from the tread portion through the pair of shoulder portions and the pair of side wall portions,
a belt layer provided outward of the carcass layer in the tread portion,
a rubber layer forming an outer surface of the tread portion, of each shoulder portion, of each side wall, and of each bead portion,
a pair of run flat liners provided inward of the carcass layer in the side wall portions, and
an inner liner provided inward of the carcass layer and the run flat liner; wherein
an angle θ 1 is an angle formed by a first connecting line that connects a tire outer circumferential surface on a tire equator line passing through a center point of a tire cross-sectional width and the tire outer circumferential surface in a ground contact edge, and a first straight line extending in a tire width direction from the tire outer circumferential surface on the tire equator line,
an angle θ 2 is an angle formed by a second connecting line that connects the tire outer circumferential surface on the tire equator line and the tire outer circumferential surface on a straight line extending in a tire radial direction through a center point of the first connecting line, and the first straight line,
the angle θ 1 and the angle θ 2 are such that 3.0≦θ 1 /θ 2 ≦6.0 is satisfied,
a belt cross-sectional width BW is a total width in the tire width direction of the belt layer,
a distance Wl on one side of the tire equator line is an overlap distance in the tire width direction from an edge on the tread portion side of the run flat liner to an edge of the belt layer,
the belt cross-sectional width BW and the distance Wl are such that 0.25≦Wl/(BW/2)≦0.45 is satisfied,
a thickness Wr in each of the side wall portions is a thickness in the tire width direction of the run flat liner at a maximum width position where a tire width is greatest,
a thickness Ws in each of the side wall portions is a thickness in the tire width direction of the rubber layer at the maximum width position where the tire width is greatest, and
the thickness Wr and the thickness Ws are such that 1.2≦Wr/Ws≦1.9 is satisfied.
2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein: a height SH is a tire cross-sectional height,
a height SDH is a height in the tire radial direction from bead base line to the maximum width position where the tire width is greatest,
the tire cross-sectional height SH and the height SDH are such that 0.53≦SDH/SH≦0.68 is satisfied,
a width SW is the tire cross-sectional width,
a ground contact width SWa is a width in the tire width direction of the ground contact edge, and
the tire cross-sectional width SW and the ground contact width SWa are such that 0.65≦SWa/SW≦0.73 is satisfied.
3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein the tire cross-sectional height SH and the height SDH are such that SDH/SH=0.57 is satisfied.
4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein the tire cross-sectional width SW and the ground contact width SWa are such that SWa/SW=0.7 is satisfied.
5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein: each of the bead portions comprises a bead core constituting the core and a bead filler disposed on an outer side in the tire radial direction of the bead core,
a height SH is a tire cross-sectional height,
a height FLH is a height in the tire radial direction from the base line to an outer diameter side edge of the bead filler,
the tire cross-sectional height SH and the height FLH are such that 0.12≦FLH/SH≦0.27 is satisfied,
a thickest position is a position in each of the side wall portions where a tire total thickness is greatest, taken on normal line orthogonal to a tire inner circumferential surface,
a thickness Rr is a thickness of the run flat liner at the thickest position,
a thickness Rs is a thickness of the rubber layer at the thickest position, and
the thickness Rr and the thickness Rs are such that 1.5≦Rs/Rr≦3.0 is satisfied.
6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 5 , wherein the belt cross-sectional width BW and the distance Wl are such that Wl/(BW/2)=0.35 is satisfied.
7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 6 , wherein the thickness Wr and the thickness Ws are such that Wr/Ws=1.4 is satisfied.
8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein the tire cross-sectional height SH and the height SDH are such that SDH/SH=0.57 is satisfied.
9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 8 , wherein the tire cross-sectional width SW and the ground contact width SWa are such that SWa/SW=0.7 is satisfied.
10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 9 , wherein the tire cross-sectional height SH and the height FLH are such that FLH/SH=0.20 is satisfied.
11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 10 , wherein the thickness Rr and the thickness Rs are such that Rs/Rr=2.0 is satisfied.
12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein: each of the bead portions comprises a bead core constituting the core and a bead filler disposed on an outer side in the tire radial direction of the bead core,
a height SH is a tire cross-sectional height,
a height FLH is a height in the tire radial direction from a bead base line to an outer diameter side edge of the bead filler,
the tire cross-sectional height SH and the height FLH are such that 0.12≦FLH/SH≦0.27 is satisfied,
a thickest position is a position in each of the side wall portions where a tire total thickness is greatest, taken on normal line orthogonal to a tire inner circumferential surface,
a thickness Rr is a thickness of the run flat liner at the thickest position,
a thickness Rs is a thickness of the rubber layer at the thickest position, and
the thickness Rr and the thickness Rs are such that 1.5≦Rs/Rr≦3.0 is satisfied.
13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 12 , wherein the tire cross-sectional height SH and the height FLH are such that FLH/SH=0.20 is satisfied.
14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 12 , wherein the thickness Rr and the thickness Rs are such that Rs/Rr=2.0 is satisfied.
15. The pneumatic tire according to claim 12 , wherein the belt cross-sectional width BW and the distance Wl are such that Wl/(BW/2)=0.35 is satisfied.
16. The pneumatic tire according to claim 12 , wherein the thickness Wr and the thickness Ws are such that Wr/Ws=1.4 is satisfied.
17. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the belt cross-sectional width BW and the distance Wl are such that Wl/(BW/2)=0.35 is satisfied.
18. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness Wr and the thickness Ws are such that Wr/Ws=1.4 is satisfied.