Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the same
- Patent Title (中): 气动轮胎及其制造方法
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Application No.: US12414344Application Date: 2009-03-30
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Publication No.: US08281837B2Publication Date: 2012-10-09
- Inventor: Yoshimasa Hashimoto , Yoshiaki Kirino
- Applicant: Yoshimasa Hashimoto , Yoshiaki Kirino
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2008-131385 20080519
- Main IPC: B60C9/14
- IPC: B60C9/14

Abstract:
Provided are a pneumatic tire with a durability which is improved by preventing oxygen deterioration of coating rubber of a reinforcement layer, and a method of manufacturing the pneumatic tire. The pneumatic tire according to the present invention is a pneumatic tire including a reinforcement layer having reinforcement cords. In the pneumatic tire, the reinforcement layer is covered with thin films each made of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending a thermoplastic resin with an elastomer in a way that the reinforcement is wrapped with the thin films. A method of manufacturing the pneumatic tire includes: arranging a thin film made of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition on an outer periphery of a making drum, the thermoplastic elastomer composition being obtained by blending a thermoplastic resin with an elastomer; arranging a reinforcement layer including reinforcement cords on an outer periphery of the thin film; arranging another thin film on an outer periphery of the reinforcement layer; covering the reinforcement layer with these thin films in a way that the reinforcement layer is wrapped with the thin films; making an uncured tire including the reinforcement layer; and curing the uncured tire.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090283194A1 PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2009-11-19
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