Abstract:
A heavy duty pneumatic tire, which allows the inside narrow-width belt layers to have a wide width as desired, and which suppresses the amount of strain generated at side edge portions of the belt layer to be sufficiently small thereby effectively preventing the separation of the belt layer, therefore the belt, in which two inside narrow-width belt layers 1B, 2B and two outside wide-width belt layers 3B, 4B, which have a larger width than the narrow-width belt layers, are sequentially disposed in the outer periphery side of the crown area of the radial carcass 5, wherein a portion of the wide-width belt layer 3B adjacent to the outer periphery side of the two narrow-width belt layers 1B, 2B, corresponding to side-edge vicinity of the narrow-width belt layer 2B of the outer periphery side is formed to be convex in radially outward direction.
Abstract:
A tire having a circumferential tread, at least one belt, an inner liner, a pair of sidewalls, and at least three carcass plies. The tire includes a pair of bead portions, each including a bead core, a bead filler, a flipper, a chaffer, and a gum strip. The at least three carcass plies extend radially downward, inward of the bead filler, extend around the bead core, and continue upward, outward of the bead filler and terminate in at least three turn-up ends. At least one of the turn-up ends does not contact at least one of the radially downward extending carcass plies, the flipper, or the bead filler in one of the sidewalls, and at least two of the turn-up ends contact at least one of the radially downward extending carcass plies, the flipper, or the bead filler in one of the sidewalls.
Abstract:
The present invention provides structures on the tread of a tire that improve the evacuation of mud, soil and the like. In particular, different tread features are provided that may improve the evacuation of mud, soil and the like by themselves or by strategically combining them. These different tread features may be tested to see how they affect mud evacuation at different rotational speeds by a test apparatus that mimics the performance of a tire. For example, a tread that has offset shoulder tread blocks, which shows good mud evacuation at lower speeds, may be combined with shoulder grooves with pockets that show good mud evacuation at intermediate speeds to see if this combination provides a solution that has the lowest change of speed necessary to evacuate 50-87% of the mud found in the grooves.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire in which the tread pattern is optimized to improve wear resistance. The pneumatic tire has a tread portion embedding belt layer therein, wherein the tread portion has plural rows of lag grooves extending from the tread end to a tire equatorial plane and a narrow groove connecting the end of two lag grooves clipping the tire equatorial plane, wherein the narrow groove will be closed when contacting the road surface, wherein said lag groove is composed of a first lag groove portion located on the outer side in the tire widthwise direction and a second lag groove portion located on the inner side in the tire widthwise direction, wherein the maximum depth of the second lag groove portion is larger than the maximum depth of the first lag groove portion, wherein the second lag groove portion, in a sectional view in the tire circumferential direction, is composed of a shallow groove portion and deep groove portion having a larger depth than the shallow groove portion notching a part of the shallow groove portion, wherein the length in the tire circumferential direction of the deep groove portion is smaller than the length in the tire circumferential direction of the shallow groove portion.
Abstract:
A construction vehicle tire, in which a temperature rise at the tread portion is suppressed by enhancing the heat radiation property at the tire center portion (C). Lug grooves (22) are arranged in the tread shoulder regions (S) on both sides in the tire width direction. The tire center portion (C) is formed with narrow grooves (24) extending substantially in the tire width direction (V) and having both ends terminating within the tread. A deep equatorial groove (26) extends in the tire circumferential direction on the tire equatorial plane (CL), and has a maximum depth within the range of from 70% to 110% of the depth of the lug grooves (22), so as to efficiently cool the bottom region (26B) of the deep equatorial groove (26) at high temperature.
Abstract:
A method for fitting tires (P) to a driving axle of a vehicle carrying heavy loads, which consists, after having determined the type of journey made by said vehicle, in: when the route is of type A (ascending under load with a driving torque and descending empty with a braking torque), fitting to each driving axle tires such that for each transverse groove (31) in the edge portions (B) of the tread (1), the angle of inclination of the rubber faces (310, 311) delimiting the transverse grooves (31) which first come into ground contact is smaller than the angle of inclination of the rubber face opposite delimiting the same transverse groove, or when the route is of type V (ascending empty and descending under load with a braking torque), fitting to each driving axle tires such that for each transverse groove (31) in the edge portions (B) of the tread, the angle of inclination of the rubber face (310, 311) delimiting said transverse groove which first comes into ground contact is larger than the angle of inclination of the rubber face opposite delimiting the same transverse groove. A tire (P) appropriate for implementing the method described.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a pneumatic tire which prevents one-sided biased abrasion from being generated. A pneumatic tire according to the present invention has a non-directed rotational direction and comprises rug grooves 20 cutting across a land portion at a shoulder side of a tread portion 16 at both sides in a tire width direction. Each of the rug grooves 20 has a tapered groove portion 21 such that the groove width gradually becomes narrower such that a trapezoidal block portion 22 having a short side at the shoulder side as seen from a tire tread surface side is formed between the rug grooves 20 in a tire peripheral direction. The tapered groove portion 21 is formed so as to extend beyond a one quarter point Q from a tread end T. Accordingly, since in whichever direction the pneumatic tire 10 is rotated, a rug angle α of a trailing end near the one quarter point Q becomes 90 degrees or less, it is possible to prevent one-sided biased abrasion from being generated.
Abstract:
A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement intended to equip a heavy vehicle such as a transport vehicle or construction machinery, the tire having an axial width grater than 37 inches. The tire includes a working crown reinforcement having at least two continuous plies formed from reinforcement elements crossed from one ply to the next, forming with the circumferential direction angles of between 10° and 35°. The working crown reinforcement is supplemented on each side of the circumferential mid-plane by at least three half-plies whose reinforcement elements form with the circumferential direction angles of between 10° and 40°. The half-ply extending axially the most towards the outside is in contact with at least two other working crown half-plies, and the three half-plies radially overlap the axially external ends of at least two continuous working crown plies.
Abstract:
A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a carcass ply, a belt disposed at an outside of the carcass ply in the radial direction and comprised of two or more belt layers, at least one auxiliary belt layer disposed in a widthwise central portion of the belt at a width narrower than that of the belt, and a tread, wherein when the tire is mounted onto a design rim defined in TRA standard and inflated under an internal pressure corresponding to 10% of an air pressure defined in the TRA standard, a radius of curvature of an outer profile at both side regions of the tread (Rs) is made larger than a radius of curvature of the outer profile at a central region of the tread (Rc).