Abstract: A tire made of rubber material includes a sidewall and a marking protruding from this sidewall. The tire has a texture, which has a plurality of strands protruding from the sidewall, these strands being distributed at a density at least equal to five strands per square millimeter (mm2), each strand having a mean cross section between 0.0007 mm2 and 0.06 mm2 and/or the texture having a plurality of substantially mutually parallel lamellae protruding from the sidewall, the spacing of the lamellae being less than or equal to 0.5 mm, each lamella having a mean width between 0.03 mm and 0.3 mm. The texture protrudes from the sidewall of the tire, and this texture surrounds all or part of the marking.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided including a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses of at least one tire side portion. A region including the recesses is provided in the outermost side in a tire radial direction. The protrusions are formed as convexities having a longitudinal shape in a predetermined direction. A region including the protrusions is provided inward in the tire radial direction of the region including the recesses.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a carcass 6 comprising a carcass ply (6A) comprising a main body portion (6a) and turned up portions (6b), and bead apex rubbers 8. Each of the bead apex rubbers 8 comprises a first rubber portion 10 and a second rubber portion 11 provided on an outer side in a tire axial direction of the first rubber portion and having smaller rubber hardness than the first rubber portion. A ratio H1/H2 of a height (H1) of an outer end (10e) in a tire radial direction of the first rubber portion 10 from a bead base line (BL) and a height (H2) of an outer end in the tire radial direction of each of the turned up portions (6b) from the bead base line (BL) is in a range of from 1.4 to 1.7.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire and a method for producing the pneumatic tire, wherein the pneumatic tire includes a generally string-shaped adhesive sealant, the sealant is continuously and spirally attached at least to the inner periphery of the tire that corresponds to a tread portion, the sealant has a wider portion on at least one of the longitudinal ends thereof, and the wider portion has a width larger than that of the longitudinally adjoining portion.

Abstract: A tire of the “bias belted” type for a motorbike comprises: a tread (2) connected by two sidewalls (3) to two beads (4). A crown reinforcement (5) is radially on the inside of the tread (2) and comprises at least one crown layer (51, 52), such a crown layer (51, 52) comprising mutually parallel reinforcers. A carcass reinforcement (6) is radially on the inside of the crown reinforcement (5) and comprises at least two carcass layers (61, 62, 63), each comprising mutually parallel reinforcers, and crossed from one carcass layer to the next. The reinforcers of each crown layer (51, 52) form, with the circumferential direction (XX?), an angle between 15° and 25° in the equatorial plane (XZ), and the reinforcers of each carcass layer (61, 62, 63) form, with the circumferential direction (XX?), an angle between 40° and 50° in the equatorial plane (XZ).

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having sufficient sealing performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a sealant layer located radially inside an innerliner, the sealant layer being formed by applying a sealant to the inner periphery of a tire from which mold release agents have been removed.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a resonator attached to the inner periphery of the tire, the resonator including a tube with an opening, and a cavity connected to the tube. The pneumatic tire further includes s a tread portion and each resonator faces the tread portion, the tread portion includes at least one circumferential longitudinal groove, and the opening is provided to penetrate a circumferential longitudinal groove of the tread portion.

Abstract: A foldable tire includes a tire main body provided at two edges thereof with two tire beads respectively. A plurality of rings are disposed in each of the tire beads. Each of the rings has a reinforcing core, which includes a plurality of flexible steel filaments helically entwined with each other and has a diameter ranging from 0.2 millimeters to 0.5 millimeters, and a cladding layer clothing the reinforcing core, so that the reinforcing cores located in each of the tire beads are separated from each other.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for resonance noise reduction, which includes a plurality of resonance noise-reducing members that are disposed along the circumferential direction of the inner liner of a tire, and are formed to protrude from the inner liner so as to reduce the interference of the resonance noises generated inside the tire. The resonance noise-reducing members are formed at an irregular interval of disposition along the circumferential direction of the inner liner.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a carcass 6 comprising at least one carcass ply 6A extending between bead portions 4 via sidewall portions 3 and a tread portion 2. The carcass ply 6A comprises strip-shaped ply pieces 11 longer in a tire radial direction than in a tire circumferential direction arranged circumferentially. Each of the ply pieces 11 comprises a plurality of carcass cords 12 arranged in parallel in the tire radial direction and at least partly overlapping each other with the ply pieces 11 circumferentially adjacent. At least one of the carcass cords 12 arranged in at least one of side edge portions 11e in the tire circumferential direction of each of the ply pieces 11 having a diameter (Ce) smaller than a diameter (Cc) of at least one of the carcass cords 12 arranged in a center portion 11c of each of the ply pieces 11.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a rim strip rubber. A radial height of the rim strip rubber on the basis of an outer diameter position of a bead core is equal to or more than 70% of a radial height of a tire outer diameter position. An upper end of a side reinforcing layer is arranged closer to an outer side radially than an upper end of a bead filler. A distance from a tire maximum width position to the upper end of the side reinforcing layer is equal to or less than 5 mm. The maximum thickness Tw of the rim strip rubber between the upper end of the bead filler and the upper end of the side reinforcing layer is greater than the maximum thickness Tm of the rim strip rubber closer to the outer side radially than the upper end of the side reinforcing layer.

Abstract: A tire 10 has a decoration portion 15 using a paint on a surface of a side portion 12. The decoration portion 15 has a white paint layer 16 formed on at least a part of the decoration portion 15, a color paint layer 17 disposed by laminating on the white paint layer 16 and having a thickness less than the thickness of the white paint layer 16, and a protective layer 18 disposed by laminating on the color paint layer 17 and having the thickness less than the thickness of the white paint layer 16. The elastic modulus of the protective layer is larger than the elastic modulus of the white paint layer and the color paint layer. A thickness of the decoration portion 15 as a whole, including the white paint layer 15, the color paint layer 17 and the protective layer 18, is 150 ?m or less.

Abstract: In a tire 2 of the present invention, sidewalls 6 each include an outer layer 6a, and an inner layer 6b disposed inward of the outer layer 6a in the axial direction. A loss tangent of the inner layer 6b is less than a loss tangent of the outer layer 6a. When Hr represents a height, in the radial direction, from a bead base line BBL to an outer side end of a rim R, and Hi represents a height, in the radial direction, from the bead base line BBL to an inner side end 46 of the inner layer 6b, a ratio (Hi/Hr) of the height Hi to the height Hr is greater than or equal to 0.0 and not greater than 3.0.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire in which a sealant layer entirely exhibits sufficient sealing performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a sealant layer located radially inside an innerliner, the sealant layer being formed by continuously and spirally applying a generally string-shaped sealant to the inner periphery of a tire in the tire width direction from one side to the other, the attachment start portion of the sealant being located tire-widthwise inward from the tire-widthwise end of the sealant layer.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: a rim cushion rubber disposed in a bead portion where the bead portion and a rim are in contact with each other; an electrically conductive rubber disposed in the rim cushion rubber, the electrically conductive rubber having an electrical resistance value lower than that of the rim cushion rubber, and including a first end exposed on an outer surface of the rim cushion rubber in contact with the rim, and a second end disposed in contact with a tire component adjacent to the rim cushion rubber; and an ground tread rubber disposed in a tread portion passing through a cap tread rubber and an undertread rubber of the tread portion, the ground tread rubber having an electrical resistance value lower than that of the cap tread rubber.

Abstract: A passenger vehicle pneumatic tire comprising: a carcass; and inclined belt layers and a circumferential belt layer, wherein: the inclined belt layers include at least two inclined belt layers having different tire widthwise widths; an inclination angle ?1 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the widest width and an inclination angle ?2 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width satisfy correlations that 30°??1?85°, 10°??2?30°, and ?1>?2; and a tire widthwise width W1 of the inclined belt layer having the widest width and a tire widthwise width W2 of the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width satisfy a correlation that W2?0.6W1.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire 2 according to the present invention, in the vicinity of a bead 10 portion, a main portion 42 of a carcass ply 40 is passed through the vicinity of a neutral surface. A tensile force and a compressive force applied to the main portion 42 are small. In the tire 2, occurrence of pinch cut is suppressed. In addition, this structure alleviates a force applied to the main portion 42 even during run-flat running. In the tire 2, damage is less likely to occur even during run-flat running for a long period of time. The tire 2 has excellent run-flat durability. Furthermore, in the tire 2, an increase in the vertical stiffness constant or weight thereof is suppressed.

Abstract: A tire including a circular tire frame formed of a resin material, and a metal reinforcing cord member wound on the outer circumference of the tire frame, wherein at least a portion of the metal reinforcing cord member is covered by a covering mixture including at least an olefin-based thermoplastic resin and a thermoplastic resin other than the olefin-based thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A tire comprises a bead having an axial width at the seat D comprising a circumferential reinforcing element (22) of which the radially innermost point (222) is at a radial distance Z and at an axial distance Y from the radially innermost point (211) of the bead, and such that Y/D is at least equal to 0.5 and Z/D is at most equal to 0.4. The end of the carcass reinforcement (311) is situated radially on the outside of the radially outermost point (223) of the circumferential reinforcing element. This same bead comprises at least one bead layer (23) surrounding the bead filler rubber (21) and such that its axially outermost end (231) is radially on the outside of the end (311) and such that its axially innermost end (232) is at least radially on the outside of the point (222).

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including, on an outer surface of its sidewall portion, a decorative portion including a print layer and a protective layer located on a tire outer side of the print layer. The decorative portion further includes an intermediate layer located between the print layer and the protective layer. When a storage modulus of the print layer, a storage modulus of the protective layer, and a storage modulus of the intermediate layer are respectively defined as E1?, E2?, and E3?, the following relational expression is satisfied: E2?>E3?>E1?.