Abstract:
A pneumatic tire containing a belt disposed radially outside a carcass in a tread portion, the belt including two cross plies of monofilament metallic cords laid at angles of from 15 to 30 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire, each monofilament cord composed of a waved single filament, the filament having a circular sectional shape having a diameter in the range of from 0.40 to 0.50 mm, or alternatively a non-circular sectional shape having an aspect ratio in the range of from 0.65 to 0.95 and a cross-sectional area in the range of 0.09 to 0.20 sq.mm.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire comprises the following belt (A) or belt (B). The belt (A) comprises a ply made of waved monofilament steel cords and a ply made of multi-filament steel cords, wherein the waved monofilament steel cord is (1) spirally waved so that the wave pitches PA are in a range of from 14 to 50 mm and the amplitude HA of each wave is in a range of from 0.002 to 0.02 times the pitch PA of the wave, or (2) two-dimensionally waved so that the wave pitches PB are in a range of from 5 to 50 mm, and the amplitude HB of each wave is in a range of from 0.002 to 0.05 times the pitch PB of the wave. The belt (B) comprises two plies made of waved monofilament steel cords, wherein the waved monofilament steel cord is waved so that the wave pitches P are in a range of from 0.008 to 0.08 times the circumference of the tire and the wave height of each wave is in a range of from 0.002 to 0.025 times the pitch P of the wave.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire comprises a breaker disposed radially outside the carcass crown and a band disposed radially outside the breaker and made of one or more cords laid at an angle of not more than 5 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction; the band cords are an organic fiber cord which has a single-twist structure, a cord thickness D of from 500 to 3200 dtex, a twist coefficient T of from 150 to 750 which is defined by the product of the square root of the cord thickness D and the twist number N (turn) per 10 cm length of the cord, and an elongation of from 4.0 to 8.0% under a tension of 2.7 g/dtex; the band cord count per 1 cm width of the band is in a range of from 5 to 25; and when the tire is not inflated and loaded with no tire load, a tensile force Ls of a band cord in the tire is in a range of from 4 to 25 N, and the total of the tensile forces LS of the band cords per 1 cm width of the band is in a range of from 50 to 250 N.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire comprises a breaker disposed radially outside a carcass crown portion, and a band disposed radially outside of the breaker and comprising a full-width band ply extending over the substantially overall width of the breaker, wherein a cord or cords of said full-width band ply existing in a tread crown region satisfy the following conditions: T>0.8; 0≦K+6.67T−21.7; 0≦45−10T−K; 0≦106.8−57.5T−K; and 7≦E≦13, wherein the symbol “K” is an stretch-resistance index (N) of a cord which is defined as the product of the sectional area S in sq.mm and 2% modulus M in N/sq.mm of the cord divided by 100, the symbol “T” is an stretch in % of the cord in the tire being in its natural state without being mounted on a wheel rim, and the symbol “E” is a cord count per 1 cm width of the full-width band ply.
Abstract:
An on-off valve 30 is mounted in an intermediate portion of a first evaporative fuel conduit 24 for passing an evaporative fuel within a fuel tank 21 to a canister C. The on-off valve 30 is opened when refueling. A float valve 28 is mounted at a lower end of the first evaporative fuel conduit 24 and closed by rising of the liquid level in the fuel tank 21. A two-way valve 40 and a second float valve 29 are mounted in an intermediate portion and a lower end of a second evaporative fuel conduit 25 which permits the fuel tank 21 and the canister C to be put into communication with each other during non-refueling. By putting the first and second evaporative fuel conduits 24 and 25 into communication with each other by a communication passage 27, the internal pressure in a portion 24a of the first evaporative fuel conduit 24, between the on-off valve 30 and the second float valve 28, is equalized to the internal pressure in the fuel tank 21, thereby preventing the first float valve 28 from being stuck in a closed position.
Abstract:
An evaporative emission control system for an internal combustion engine comprises a canister for adsorbing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank, and a first evaporative fuel passage extending between the canister and the tank main body of the fuel tank. A differential pressure-operated valve is arranged across the first evaporative fuel passage, which has a positive pressure chamber communicating through the first evaporative fuel passage with the interior of the tank main body of the fuel tank, and a back pressure chamber. The differential pressure-operated valve opens and closes the first evaporative fuel passage in response to a difference in pressure between the positive pressure chamber and the back pressure chamber. A pressure-introducing passage extends between the back pressure chamber and the inlet end portion of a filler pipe extending from the interior of the main body of the fuel tank, and a second evaporative fuel passage extends between the interior of the tank main body of the fuel tank and one of the back pressure chamber and the pressure-introducing passage. A check valve limits the amount of evaporative fuel flowing through the second evaporative fuel passage.
Abstract:
An evaporative emission control system for an internal combustion engine includes a canister for adsorbing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank, a first introducing passage for introducing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank into the canister on an occasion other than at refueling, a purging passage for purging evaporative fuel adsorbed in the canister into the intake passage of the engine, and a first air-inlet passage communicating between the canister and the atmosphere. First and second adsorbent chambers are formed in the canister and each accommodating an adsorbent. The first introducing passage and the purging passage are connected to the first adsorbent chamber. The first air-inlet passage is connected to the second adsorbent chamber. A communication passage communicates between the first adsorbent chamber and the second adsorbent chamber. A second introducing passage is connected to the first and second adsorbent chambers, for introducing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank into the canister at refueling. A second air-inlet passage communicates between the first adsorbent chamber and the atmosphere. An electromagnetic valve is arranged across the second introducing passage, for opening the same at refueling.
Abstract:
Sudden delamination damage between a carcass and a belt layer at the final stage of wear caused by thermal degradation is suppressed. In an all-steel radial structure, reinforcing rubber layer 11 having a 100% modulus which is 2 Mpa or more and is not more than 100% moduli of a topping rubber of carcass 6 and a topping rubber of belt layer 7 and having a thickness T of 0.3 to 3.5 mm is disposed between the carcass 6 and the belt layer 7. The belt layer 7 includes a pair of working belt plies 10 which radially overlap each other and whose belt cords are inclined in one and the other directions with respect to a tire equator. The working belt plies 10 are such that a flexural rigidity G of the belt cord per a single cord falls within the range of 110 to 340 gf·cm, and a belt ply flexural rigidity defined by the product G×N of the flexural rigidity G and the number N of cords per inch of working belt ply 10 falls within the range of 2,000 to 3,500 gf·cm.
Abstract:
Inside a tread portion and outside a belt layer along the radius direction thereof is formed a belt layer comprising a band ply formed by winding spirally a tape- and belt-form ply wherein one ore plural band cords are stretched and arranged to be embedded in a topping rubber. In this band ply, the elongation resistance value K (unit: N′ cord number/cm) specified by the following equation is set within the range of 99 to 700 when the sectional area of the band cord or each of the band cords is represented by S (unit: mm2), the modulus thereof when the elongation thereof is 2% is represented by M (unit: N/mm2), the band cord arrangement density per cm of the band ply is represented by D (unit: cord number/cm). K=S×M×D/100 (1)
Abstract:
In a pneumatic tire, a cord spacing between an axially outer cord layer and an axially inner cord layer such as: a turnup portion and a main portion of a carcass ply; or a bead reinforcing cord layer and a carcass ply turnup portion, is increased from the radially inside to the outside of the tire to improve the durability of the bead portion.