Abstract:
A light weight alloy bead core 30 is described having an inner core 33 made of an alloy of a light weight metal wire 34 with an outer sheath 35 of steel wires 36. The bead core 30 is particularly suited for heavy-duty service conditions in tires 100 for aircraft, off-road equipment, and commercial trucks.
Abstract:
A heavy duty radial tire has a carcass including a carcass ply made of cords arranged at an inclination angle of 70 to 90 degrees with respect to the tire equator, the carcass ply including a main portion extending from a tread portion to a bead core in a bead portion and integrally provided with a turnup portion turned up from the axially inside to the outside at the bead core, a bead apex disposed between the main portion and turnup portion of the carcass ply, wherein the turnup portion extends radially outwardly along the axially outer surface of the bead apex and has a portion extending substantially parallel with and adjacent to the carcass ply main portion from the radially outer end of the bead apex, and the length L of the parallel portion is 1.0 to 8.0 times the maximum section width CW of the bead core.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire has an outer surface provided with a mid-lower sidewall contour S1 and a lower sidewall contour S2, the contour S1 extends radially inwardly from the maximum cross sectional width point P1 of the tire to a point P12 along a circular arc line E1 having a single radius R1 and the center on an axial line passing the maximum cross sectional width point P1, the contour S2 extends on the axially inside of the circular arc line E1 from the point P2 to a radially inner point P3, the rubber thickness T measured from the tire outer surface to the main portion of a carcass is gradually increased from the point P1 to the point P2. The bead portions are provided between the carcass main portion and each turnup portion with a bead apex made of hard rubber tapering radially outwardly to the radially outer end thereof, the carcass turnup portion extends radially outwardly beyond the radially outer end of the bead apex to form a parallel part, the parallel part extending radially outwardly from the radially outer end of the bead apex in substantially parallel with the carcass main portion, and the length L of the parallel part is in the range of from 0.5 to 5.0 times the maximum-section-width CW of the bead core.
Abstract:
A heavy duty radial tire having improved bead durability accommodated to a standard 15 degree taper center drop rim comprises a pair of bead cores disposed one in each bead portion, a steel cord radial carcass ply turned up around the bead cores from the axially inside to the outside, a hard rubber bead apex disposed between the carcass ply main portion and each turnup portion, a bead reinforcing layer of reinforcing cords disposed axially outside each carcass ply turnup portion, and a rubber strip disposed between each turnup portion and the bead reinforcing layer, the rubber strip being harder than the bead apex, and the difference B-D of the inside diameter B of the bead cores from the rim diameter D of the rim is in the range of from -4 to 1 mm.
Abstract:
A heavy duty radial tire comprises a carcass ply being turned up around bead cores from the axially inside to the outside of the tire, a bead apex disposed between the carcass main portion and each turnup portion, the turnup portion extending radially outwardly beyond the radially outer end of the bead apex so that the turnup portion has a parallel part which is placed adjacent to and substantially in parallel with the main portion, and a chafer disposed in each bead portion and extending radially outwardly beyond the radially outer end of the bead apex along the axially outside of the turnup portion. The thickness T2 of the chafer is 0.3 to 1.0 times the total rubber thickness T1 between the tire outer surface and the carcass when measured along a straight line drawn at a right angle to the carcass main portion through the radially outer end of the bead apex. The length L of the parallel part is in the range of 0.5 to 5.0 times a section width CW of the bead core. In the parallel part, the rubber thickness N between the carcass cords of the turnup portion and those of the main portion is 0.15 to 4.5 times the maximum diameter K of the carcass cords.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire comprises a bead core disposed in each of a pair of bead portions and a carcass ply turned up around the bead cores, wherein the bead cores are provided in the radially inner surface with a swell having a radius of curvature in the range of from 0.35 to 2.0 times the width of the bead core. The swell preferably extends all over the width of the bead core whereby no rubber layer is formed between the carcass ply and the radially inner surface of the bead core, and the contact pressure between the tire and rim is optimized.
Abstract:
A a carcass has at least one endless carcass cord ply, which is formed by at least one carcass cord extending zigzag in the tire's circumferential direction while being folded at both outer ends of the endless carcass cord ply alternately to right and left. The bead core has an upper bead core portion which is formed by a bead cord being substantially continuous to the carcass cord and spirally wound on the endless carcass cord ply in one or more stages in the tire's circumferential direction.
Abstract:
A high speed radial tire has a carcass and a belt layer, wherein; in the state of inflated with a standard internal pressure on a standard rim, a equator height H1 defined as a height of crossing point at which the inner surface of the belt layer intersects the surface of the tire equator is larger than an outer end height H2 defined as a height of the outermost end of the inner surface of the belt layer. Furthermore, a belt camber quantity H defined as a difference between the height H1 and the height H2 is set at 6% or more of the belt width W.
Abstract:
A heavy duty high speed radial tire has a belt composed of at least one aromatic polyamide fiber cord ply, the product T.multidot..sqroot.D of the cable twist number T (turns/10 cm) of the belt cord and the square root of the total denier number D (deniers) of the cord is 2.466.times.10.sup.3 to 3.036.times.10.sup.3, and the elongation E (%) at breakage of the belt cord divided by the total denier number D is 7.78.times.10.sup.-4 to 12.22.times.10.sup.-4.
Abstract:
A heavy duty radial tire and rim assembly comprising a pair of bead cores, a carcass, a belt, and a pair of bead apexes, wherein in at least one of the bead portions, when the tire is mounted on a normal rim specified for the tire and inflated to a normal pressure, a thickness center line of a carcass turnup portion between two points is cured and located axially inward of a straight line drawn between the two points, the quotient (X/HR) of the axial distance (X) of the inner end (Q2) of the bead core from a bead heel point (Q1), to the height (HR) of a flange of the normal rim is in a range of 0.8 to 1.05, wherein the bead heel point (Q1) is defined as in intersection of an extension of the outer surface of the bead portion with an extension of the bead base, and the quotient (Y/HR) of the radial distance (Y) from the radially outer end (Q3) of the flange of the rim to the radially outer end (Q4) of the bead core, to the height (HR) of the flange of the rim is in a range of 0 to 0.3.