Abstract:
Provided is a pneumatic tire which is capable of securing a driving stability on dry road surfaces and concurrently of improving snow performance without worsening its pattern noise. The pneumatic tire includes four main grooves each extending in its tread part in a tire circumferential direction, and the four main grooves partition the tread part into: a center land part; paired intermediate land parts located with the center land part being interposed in between; and paired shoulder land parts located with the center land part and the paired intermediate land parts being interposed in between. Each of the intermediate land parts and the shoulder land parts includes multiple V-shaped grooves each configured of: a thick groove part extending in a tire width direction; and a thin groove part extending in the tire circumferential direction. The V-shaped grooves are arranged in a way that each paired V-shaped grooves are opposed to each other in the tire circumferential direction with a connecting groove part being interposed between vertices of the respective paired V-shaped grooves. Each thick groove part communicates with the main grooves or the outside of a ground contacting area. Each thin groove part terminates within the land part.
Abstract:
Provided is a pneumatic tire securing better driving stability and having enhanced load stability. Carcass plies are configured on respective two plies, and the direction of the cords of the two carcass plies crosses over each other and is set at an angle of 75 to 88° to the tire circumferential direction. A first filler rubber is included in each wound-up portion of the carcass plies, and a cord reinforcement layer is arranged on an outer side of the first filler rubber in the tire width direction. A second filler rubber is arranged on an outer side of each wound-up portion of the carcass plies in the tire width direction. Out of the two carcass plies, the carcass ply located on an outer side of the tire has its wound-up end part overlaping an outer side of a main body portion of the carcass plies. A specification is given to a relationship among the height of the wound-up end part of the carcass ply on the outer side of the tire, the height of an uppermost end of the second filler rubber, the height of an uppermost end of the first filler rubber, and the height of an uppermost end of the cord reinforcement layer.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a pneumatic tire, which exhibits excellent puncture-preventing function while avoiding inconvenience aroused when a sealant layer is formed based on decomposition reaction of polyisobutylene, a process for producing the same and a sealant rubber composition. This pneumatic tire is provided with the sealant layer in a region of the inner surface of the tire which corresponds at least to a tread. The sealant layer is made of an adhesive sealant obtained by heating a rubber composition containing 0.2 to 20 parts by weight of peroxide per 100 parts by weight of a rubber ingredient containing not less than 50 wt. % of polyisobutylene. 5 to 50 parts by weight of a liquid ethylene/α-olefin copolymer, liquid polybutadiene or liquid polyisoprene are added as an adhesive of the sealant layer.
Abstract:
A nitric acid solution containing ions of any one element selected from the group consisting of rare element FP of Ru, Rh and Pd and a rare element of Re is electrolytically reduced by electrolyzing at a constant current to thereby deposit the ions of the element on an electrode. Alternatively, a nitric acid solution containing ions of two or more elements selected from the group consisting of rare element FP of Ru, Rh and Pd and a rare element of Re is electrolytically reduced by electrolyzing at a constant current to thereby collectively deposit the ions of the elements on an electrode. Alkaline water is electrolyzed by using the thus obtained electrodeposit electrode directly as it is as a catalytic electrode to efficiently generate hydrogen. Thus, a clean and sustaining energy system integrating the nuclear energy with the fuel cell power generation is provided.
Abstract:
A molten polyester sheet is solidified by cooling it on the surface of a mobile cooling medium on which a water film has been formed. The sheet is stretched at least 4.5-fold in overall stretching ratio in a longitudinal direction through a plurality of stretching steps. Since casting is conducted via the water film, water is absorbed in the surface layer and the interior of the cast sheet, thus facilitating orientation by stretching in the longitudinal direction and lowering the stretching temperature. As a result, stretching with a high stretching ratio can be attained by multi-stage stretching without conducting high-temperature stretching. Thus, this process can accelerate film formation, improve productivity, and provide a film having reduced unevenness in thickness, less surface roughness and excellent abrasion resistance.
Abstract:
Provided is a pneumatic tire securing better driving stability and having enhanced load stability. Carcass plies are configured on respective two plies, and the direction of the cords of the two carcass plies crosses over each other and is set at an angle of 75 to 88° to the tire circumferential direction. A first filler rubber is included in each wound-up portion of the carcass plies, and a cord reinforcement layer is arranged on an outer side of the first filler rubber in the tire width direction. A second filler rubber is arranged on an outer side of each wound-up portion of the carcass plies in the tire width direction. Out of the two carcass plies, the carcass ply located on an outer side of the tire has its wound-up end part overlaping an outer side of a main body portion of the carcass plies. A specification is given to a relationship among the height of the wound-up end part of the carcass ply on the outer side of the tire, the height of an uppermost end of the second filler rubber, the height of an uppermost end of the first filler rubber, and the height of an uppermost end of the cord reinforcement layer.
Abstract:
Provided is a pneumatic tire in which improvement is achieved in a wet performance and reduction in vehicle exterior noise while ensuring a dry performance. The pneumatic tire has a designated fitting direction relative to a vehicle, in which four main grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the tire are provided on a tread portion, two grooves out of these main grooves are located on each of both sides of a tire equator, five lines of land portions are defined by the main grooves, a center land portion located on the tire equator is a rib which continuously extends in the circumferential direction of the tire without being sectioned, a plurality of arcuate grooves each extending in an arc shape are provided on each of a pair of second land sections located respectively on both sides of the center land section, an end of each of the arcuate grooves is connected to the main groove on an inner side of the vehicle, another end of the arcuate groove is connected to the adjacent arcuate groove, a repeat pitch Po of the arcuate grooves on the second land portion located on an outer side of the vehicle is set greater than a repeat pitch Pi of the arcuate grooves on the second land portion located on the inner side of the vehicle, and a proportion Po/Pi of the pitches is set in a range from 1.5 to 3.0.
Abstract:
Provided is a pneumatic tire which is capable of securing a driving stability on dry road surfaces and concurrently of improving snow performance without worsening its pattern noise. The pneumatic tire includes four main grooves each extending in its tread part in a tire circumferential direction, and the four main grooves partition the tread part into: a center land part; paired intermediate land parts located with the center land part being interposed in between; and paired shoulder land parts located with the center land part and the paired intermediate land parts being interposed in between. Each of the intermediate land parts and the shoulder land parts includes multiple V-shaped grooves each configured of: a thick groove part extending in a tire width direction; and a thin groove part extending in the tire circumferential direction. The V-shaped grooves are arranged in a way that each paired V-shaped grooves are opposed to each other in the tire circumferential direction with a connecting groove part being interposed between vertices of the respective paired V-shaped grooves. Each thick groove part communicates with the main grooves or the outside of a ground contacting area. Each thin groove part terminates within the land part.
Abstract:
A sealant rubber composition which forms a spongy tacky sealant layer having moderate viscosity properties; and a pneumatic tire having in the tire main body a tacky sealant layer obtained by heating the rubber composition. The rubber composition comprises 0.2 to 20 parts by weight of a peroxide per 100 parts by weight of polymers comprising 95 to 50 parts by weight of a polymer decomposable with the peroxide and 5 to 50 parts by weight of a polymer crosslinkable with the peroxide.
Abstract:
Provided is a pneumatic tire in which improvement is achieved in a wet performance and reduction in vehicle exterior noise while ensuring a dry performance. The pneumatic tire has a designated fitting direction relative to a vehicle, in which four main grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the tire are provided on a tread portion, two grooves out of these main grooves are located on each of both sides of a tire equator, five lines of land portions are defined by the main grooves, a center land portion located on the tire equator is a rib which continuously extends in the circumferential direction of the tire without being sectioned, a plurality of arcuate grooves each extending in an arc shape are provided on each of a pair of second land sections located respectively on both sides of the center land section, an end of each of the arcuate grooves is connected to the main groove on an inner side of the vehicle, another end of the arcuate groove is connected to the adjacent arcuate groove, a repeat pitch Po of the arcuate grooves on the second land portion located on an outer side of the vehicle is set greater than a repeat pitch Pi of the arcuate grooves on the second land portion located on the inner side of the vehicle, and a proportion Po/Pi of the pitches is set in a range from 1.5 to 3.0.