Abstract: Tire comprising two beads (20) each comprising at least one annular reinforcing structure (70) and a carcass reinforcement (60) anchored in the two beads by a turn-up, wherein each bead comprises a bead filler (110) formed from a rubber compound, the bead filler extending radially up to a radial distance DBE from the radially innermost point of the annular reinforcing structure of the bead, the radial distance DBE being less than or equal to 10% of the radial height H of the tire, at least one sidewall of the tire also comprising a rigidifying reinforcement (140) formed from a plurality of metal reinforcing elements (145, 146, 147) oriented along an angle less than or equal to 10 degrees relative to the circumferential direction, this rigidifying reinforcement being positioned such that the distance DAE between the radially innermost point (71) of the annular reinforcing structure and the radially outer end (142) of the rigidifying reinforcement is greater than or equal to 20% and less than or equal to 40% of

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a rubber filler includes a lower filler and an upper filler. The lower filler surrounds a bead core and has a round cross sectional shape. The upper filler has a lower rubber hardness than the lower filler. A chafer is wound up around the bead core outside of a carcass ply and includes a metal cord. A wound-up end of the carcass ply is arranged radially outside of an upper end of the lower filler and a wound-up end of the chafer. A rubber pad has a higher rubber hardness than the upper filler and sandwiches the wound-up end of the carcass ply. The rubber pad extends to radially inside of the upper end of the lower filler and contacts with an inside of a wound-up portion of the carcass ply.

Abstract: It is possible to provide a rubber composition including a rubber component, and 0.5 part by mass or more of at least any one of a terpene based resin and a rosin-based resin based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, wherein the rubber component contains 20 to 100% by mass of a natural rubber component consisting of at least any one of a natural rubber and a modified natural rubber, as well as the rubber composition which can realize both of maintenance of properties desired in various applications and improvement in processibility while a use amount of a raw material derived from a petroleum source is reduced, and a pneumatic tire using the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to Technique for improving the durability of the beads of a radial tire for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type, by reducing the rate of spread of cracks which are initiated on the axially external face of the turned-back portion of carcass reinforcement and then spread through the coating and filling polymer materials. A transition element (28), made of a transition polymer material, is in contact, via its axially internal face, with the coating polymer material of the axially external face of the turned-back portion of carcass reinforcement (21b) and, via its axially external face, with the filling polymer material (26), and the elastic modulus at 10% elongation of the transition polymer material is somewhere between the respective elastic moduli at 10% elongation of the coating polymer material and of the filling polymer material.

Abstract: The invention provides a rubber composition for a tire, and a pneumatic tire that are capable of achieving both good fuel economy and a good elongation at break. The rubber composition for a tire according to the invention includes a rubber component containing an isoprene-based rubber; sulfur; and a coumarone-indene resin having a softening point of ?20° C. to 45° C., wherein the coumarone-indene resin is contained in an amount of 0.5 to 20 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition for a bead apex and a pneumatic tire which are capable of improving the handling stability, fuel economy and extrusion processability in a balanced manner. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a bead apex, including: a rubber component; carbon black; an inorganic filler other than silica; and a phenolic resin, wherein the carbon black has a BET specific surface area of 25 to 50 m2/g; and an amount of the carbon black is 40 to 80 parts by mass, and an amount of the inorganic filler is 3 to 30 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component, the at least one component comprising a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and from 1 to 30 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer, of a polybenzobisoxazole (PBO) short fiber having a length ranging from 0.5 to 20 mm and a thickness ranging from 10 to 30 microns, and from 1 to 30 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer, of an epoxidized palm oil.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes at least two types of cap tread rubber layers made from differing rubber compositions disposed in a tread portion. A tan ? at 60° C. of a rubber composition forming the cap tread rubber layer on a vehicle outer side is greater than a tan ? at 60° C. of a rubber composition forming the cap tread rubber layer on a vehicle inner side. A ratio (tan ?H/tan ?L) of a maximum tan ?H to a minimum tan ?L at 60° C. of the tan ? of the rubber compositions forming the at least two types of cap tread rubber layers is from 1.05 to 1.80 . An under tread rubber layer disposed in the tread portion has an average thickness from 0.8 mm to 4.0 mm. A hardness of a rubber composition forming the under tread rubber layer is from 73 to 83. A tan ? at 60° C. of the rubber composition forming the under tread rubber layer is 0.25 or less.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire including bead apex rubbers 8 having a rubber hardness Hs1 of 80 to 95 and extending radially outward from bead cores 5, and clinch rubbers 9 having a rubber hardness Hs2 of 65 to 85 lower than the rubber hardness Hs1 and forming outer surfaces of bead portions. A carcass 6 is formed of an inner carcass ply 6A comprising a body portion 11 extending between bead cores 5, 5 and turnup portions 12 which are continuous with the body portion 11 and are turned up around the bead cores 5, and an outer carcass ply 6B comprising a body portion 13 which extends along the outer surface of the body portion 11, and the radially inner ends of which are sandwiched between the body portion 11 and the bead apex rubbers 8 to terminate there. The turnup height Lc of the turnup portion 12 from the bead base line BL is 60% or less of the tire section height L, and the height Ld of inner ends of the body portion 13 is 60% or less of the height L1 of the bead apex rubber 8.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a run-flat tire employing a rubber composition capable of improving processability without reducing the durability during run-flat traveling. More specifically, the present invention relates to a run-flat tire comprising a bead filler 7 and a pair of side-reinforcing rubber layers 8. At least one of the bead filler 7 and the side-reinforcing rubber layer 8 employs a rubber composition obtained by adding 3 to 10 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of a low-molecular-weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight in the range of 2,000 to 10,000, to 100 parts by mass of a rubber component (A) containing at least a natural rubber or polyisoprene rubber and having a weight average molecular weight in the range of 150,000 to 2,000,000.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is described having a triangular shaped apex which extends radially outward of the bead core, and wherein the apex is formed of at least two zones. Each zone is formed of a different material, wherein the first zone extends from the base of the apex to the tip of the apex, and the second zone is located adjacent the ply. The zones are preferably formed by extrusion to form one cohesive apex. The first zone is formed of a material having a G?/G? ratio in the range of about 0.155 to about 0.183. The second zone is formed of a material having a G?/G? ratio in the range of about 0.125 to about 0.133.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a self-supporting tire. More specifically, the tire has a carcass, a tread, and a belt reinforcing structure located radially outward of the carcass and radially inward of the tread. The carcass is comprised of a reinforcing ply structure extending between a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall located radially outward of one of the pair of bead portions, and a pair of inserts located in each sidewall. A first insert and second insert are located between the innerliner and the ply.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure is disclosed. The carcass comprising at least one inner ply which is wound around an annular bead member and extends radially outward towards the crown forming a turnup end; said tire further including a rubber apex located radially outward of said bead and having a radially outer end, wherein said turnup end is located radially outward of said rubber apex, and a reinforcement member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is positioned adjacent said apex, and the second end is radially outward of the apex outer end.

Abstract: A heavy-load radial tire includes a bead apex rubber 8 composed of a high-elastic lower apex portion 11 and a low-elastic upper apex portion 12. The lower apex portion 11 has an L-shaped cross section composed of a bottom piece portion 11a disposed along the radially outer surface of a bead core 5 and a standing piece portion 11b standing from the axially inner end of the bottom piece portion 11a and radially outwardly extending along a ply main portion 6a of a carcass 6. At an outer end position P1 of a ply turnup portion 6b, the upper apex portion 12 has a thickness T1s of 0.50 to 0.75 times a core width Bw of the bead core 5. At an outer end position P2 of an outer wound-up portion 9o of a bead reinforcing cord layer 9, the upper apex portion 12 has a thickness T2s of 0.57 to 0.90 times the core width Bw. The core width Bw is 0.68 to 0.80 times a bead bottom width BL.

Abstract: A heavy-load tire has a wind bead structure in which a turned-up portion of a carcass ply is wound around a bead core, in which a bead portion is equipped with a bead reinforcing layer having a u-shaped cross section and a bead apex rubber having a triangular-shaped cross section. The turned-up portion has an auxiliary turned-up portion passing through the vicinity of a radially outer side of the bead core. The bead apex rubber includes a high complex elasticity modulus inner apex portion disposed at a radially inner side and a low complex elasticity modulus outer apex portion disposed at a radially outer side.

Abstract: A heavy-duty pneumatic tire includes a carcass ply turned up around a bead core in each bead portion from the inside to the outside of the tire so as to have a pair of turnup portions and a main portion therebetween; and a bead apex and an L-shaped reinforcing cord layer. The bead apex includes: an L-shaped high-modulus inner bead apex including a base part and a radial part; and a delta-shaped low-modulus outer bead apex disposed on the radially outside of the base part of the L-shaped inner bead apex and on the axially outside of the radial part of the L-shaped inner bead apex. The L-shaped reinforcing cord layer is made up of an radially inner part extending on the radially inner side of the bead core, and an radially outer part extending along the axially outer surface of the carcass ply turnup portion.

Abstract: Tire comprising two beads (20), two sidewalls (30) joining in a crown, and at least one carcass reinforcement (60) extending from the beads through the sidewalls to the crown, the carcass reinforcement being anchored in the two beads by a turn-up around an annular reinforcing structure in such a way as to form in each bead an incoming portion (61) and a wrapped-around portion (62), wherein each bead comprises a bead filler (110) and an outer band (120), the latter being placed axially outside of both the carcass reinforcement and the bead filler, wherein the assembly formed by the bead filler (110) and the outer band (120) has a thickness E(r), r being the distance to the radially innermost point (71) of the annular reinforcing structure, the thickness E(r) at different positions being such that, in the range of distances r greater than or equal to 15% and smaller than or equal to 50% of the radial height H of the tire, the variation of the thickness is less than or equal to ?0.25 mm/mm over at least 5 mm.

Abstract: A tire comprising two beads (20), two sidewalls (30) joining in a crown, and at least one carcass reinforcement (60) extending from the beads through the sidewalls to the crown, the carcass reinforcement being anchored in the two beads by a turn-up around an annular reinforcing structure (70) in such a way as to form in each bead an incoming portion (61) and a wrapped-around portion (62), wherein each bead comprises a bead filler (110) and an outer band (120), the latter being placed axially outside of both the carcass reinforcement and the bead filler, wherein the outer band (120) is made of a rubber compound having an elastic modulus G? less than or equal to 15 MPa and a viscous modulus G? such that: G? [MPa]?0.2G? [MPa]?0.2 MPa, the elastic and viscous moduli being measured at 23° C.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire construction is described suitable for severe loading conditions. The tire includes a bead portion further having an apex which extends radially outward of the bead core, and a first turn-up pad located adjacent said chafer, and a second turn-up pad located adjacent said first turn-up pad, wherein the first turn-up pad has a G? less than the G? of the second turn-up pad. Alternatively, the first turn-up pad may be located adjacent to the rim flange and the second turn-up pad may be located axially inward of the first pad. The second turn-up pad is preferably thicker and longer than the first turn-up pad.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cured rubber composition, its preparation and a tire with a component of such rubber composition.

Abstract: A tire includes bead insulation compound that is formed by combining a rubber component, a bituminous hydrocarbon resin, and a processing oil that includes naphthenic oil.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of apexes, flippers and chippers, the at least one component comprising a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and from 1 to 30 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), of a polybenzobisoxazole (PBO) short fiber having a length ranging from 0.5 to 20 mm having a thickness ranging from 10 to 30 microns, and from 1 to 50 phr of an epoxidized polyisoprene having a number-average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire according to the present invention includes bead units and a carcass layer at least. The bead units includes an inside bead core and an inside bead filler located in an inside under an equipment on a vehicle, and an outside bead core and an outside bead filler located in an outside. The carcass layer includes a main body and turnbacks. The main body extends from the inside bead core to the outside bead core. Each of the turnbacks is turned back from the inside bead core or the outside bead core to an internal side of a belt layer. Here, each edge of the turnbacks provided at a tire inner peripheral side of the belt layer is located inside from each edge of the belt layer in a tread width direction. In addition, a height of the outside bead filler is lower than a height of the inside bead filler in a cross section along the tread width direction.

Abstract: A tire having a section height, a maximum section width, an upper section above the maximum section width, and a lower section below the maximum section width is provided. The tire includes a circumferential tread, a pair of sidewalls, a pair of bead regions each having a bead core, and at least one carcass ply extending circumferentially about the tire from one bead region to the other. The at least one carcass ply is wound outwardly about at least one of the bead cores and extends toward the tread to form a turn-up portion that terminates at a turn-up end. The turn-up portion includes a concave segment that begins in the bead region and ends short of the turn-up end or at the turn-up end.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing a tire comprising a carcass reinforcement extending between beads, this carcass reinforcement being anchored in each bead by being wrapped around each circumferential bead reinforcement to form a turned-back portion, this carcass reinforcement comprising at least one rubber ply which is reinforced with a plurality of metal cords of low or zero permeability, each bead comprising a plurality of rubber-based strips, at least one of these strips, known as the bead rubber strip, radially on the outside of the circumferential bead reinforcement performing a function of filling and mechanical connection between the carcass reinforcement and its turned-back portion, this bead rubber strip comprising a first surface axially towards the inside in contact with the carcass reinforcement and a second surface axially towards the outside, each bead further comprising at least one other strip, known as the filler strip which, radially on the outside of the radially outermost points of the turned-back

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire includes a carcass extending between two bead cores. A belt structure is provided between the carcass and a tread strip which is connected with a pair of sidewalls. A runflat reinforcement is arranged at the inner side of each sidewall. A reinforcer is arranged within each bead portion of the tire. A bead filler extends from the bead ring along the reinforcer. To improve the runflat performance, handling and comfort properties of such a runflat tire, the reinforcer is arranged at the inner side of the bead filler. The reinforcer includes metal cords. The bead filler which extends beyond an end of the reinforcer, is made of a soft rubber compound with an IHRD hardness lower than 80.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a nominal section width of 255 mm or more, and an outer diameter of 720 mm or more. At least one carcass layer is constructed between paired right and left bead cores with the two end portions of the carcass layer being folded back from the inside to the outside of the tire around the respective bead cores in a way that their corresponding bead fillers are enclosed in the two folded end portions thereof. The length of each bead filler in the radial direction of the tire is 5% to 20% of the section height of the tire. The carcass layer is formed of organic fiber cords each made of at least one type of organic fiber which has an expansion ratio of 1% to 5% when a load of 2.0 cN/dtex is applied to the organic fiber. A sheet-shaped rubber reinforcement layer with a thickness of 0.5 mm to 2 mm, whose rubber has a larger rigidity than that of the sidewall section, is interposed between the carcass layer and a sidewall section on each side of the tire.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a tire having both a ride comfort and a handling stability on a high level. There is provided a reinforcing layer (20) which is positioned on an inner peripheral side of a carcass (10) at an inside of a sidewall (6). The carcass (10) has a radial structure. A bead (8) includes a core (26) and an apex (28) extended outward in a radial direction from the core (26). A ratio (Sa/Sc) of a sectional area (Sa) of the apex (28) to a sectional area (Sc) of the core (26) is equal to or higher than 0.5 and is equal to or lower than 1.5. A hardness of the reinforcing layer (20) is equal to or higher than 85 and is equal to or lower than 95. A thickness of the reinforcing layer (20) is equal to or greater than 1 mm and is equal to or smaller than 4 mm. A ratio (H1/Ht) of a height (H1) of the reinforcing layer (20) to a height (Ht) of a tire (2) is equal to or higher than 0.5 and is equal to or lower than 0.8.

Abstract: A heavy-load tire has a wind bead structure in which a turned-up portion of a carcass ply is wound around a bead core, in which a bead portion is equipped with a bead reinforcing layer having a U-shaped cross section and a bead apex rubber having a triangular-shaped cross section. The turned-up portion has an auxiliary turned-up portion passing through the vicinity of a radially outer side of the bead core. The bead apex rubber includes a high complex elasticity modulus inner apex portion disposed at a radially inner side and a low complex elasticity modulus outer apex portion disposed at a radially outer side.

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 is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising a tread, a belt structure, and a carcass, wherein the carcass has a radial ply and two bead sections; each bead section comprising a bead and a compound apex comprising an inner apex section and an outer apex section, the inner apex section and outer apex section axially adjoining, the outer apex section disposed axially outward of the inner apex; the inner apex section adjoining the bead and extending radially from the bead; the outer apex section adjoining the bead and extending radially from the bead to a greater extent than the inner apex section; wherein the inner apex section comprises a rubber composition having a shear storage modulus G? measured at 1% strain and 100° C. according to ASTM D5289 ranging from 18 to 32 MPa, and the outer apex section comprises a rubber composition having a shear storage modulus G? measured at 1% strain and 100° C. according to ASTM D5289 ranging from 1.2 to 10 MPa.

Abstract: A heavy duty tire comprises: a carcass ply of cords extending between bead portions; and a bead reinforcing layer disposed in each of the bead portion. The carcass ply has edges winded around the bead cores so that the winded portion has a base part extending along the bead core from the axially inside to the axially outside thereof, and a radially outer part extending axially inwards on the radially outside of the bead core. The bead reinforcing layer comprises: a curved portion extending along the base part; an axially outer portion extending radially outwardly, separation from the base part; and an axially inner portion extending radially outwardly along a main portion of the carcass ply. The bead reinforcing layer is composed of a ply of cords laid side by side, and the spacing Da of the cords in an axially outer part beneath the bead core, of the curved portion is not less than 1.5 times and not more than 3.0 times the spacing Db of the cords in the axially outer portion.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, a pair of bead cores disposed one in each of the bead portions, and a carcass ply extending between the bead portions through the tread portion and sidewall portions, wherein the carcass ply is composed of windings of at least one carcass cord looped around the two bead cores in a helical manner and/or figure-of-eight manner.

Abstract: A heavy duty tire comprises a bead filler disposed in each bead portion (4). The bead filler (8) comprises: a main layer (13) having a complex elastic modulus E*2 of from 2.0 to 6.0 Mpa; and a fastening layer (12) having a complex elastic modulus E*1 of from 20 to 70 Mpa. The fastening layer comprises a base portion (12B) and an axially inner portion (12A) to have a L-shaped cross section. The height Ha of the axially inner portion (12A) is 35 to 100 mm and not more than the height Hb of the main layer (13), and the radial height Hb is 40 to 100 mm, each from the bead base line.

Abstract: In a forming method for forming an assembly of a bead core and an apex rubber, there is used a rotating body which comprises a rotating base substance having an assembly forming surface, and a core receiving portion projecting from the rotating base substance in the axially outward direction of the rotating base substance. The core receiving portion projecting has a receiving surface supporting the radially inner peripheral surface of the bead core. The apex rubber is formed by winding an unvulcanized rubber strip along the assembly forming surface from a starting position constituted by the radially outer peripheral surface of the bead core supported on the receiving surface so as to laminate in a tapered cross sectional shape.

Abstract: A tire, which has a maximum section width, an upper section above the maximum section width, and a lower section below the maximum section width, includes a circumferential tread, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of bead portions. The tire further includes at least one carcass ply extending circumferentially about the tire from one bead portion to the other and first and second reinforcement plies extending circumferentially about the tire. The first and second reinforcement plies are provided between the at least one carcass ply and at least one of the sidewalls of the tire. The first and second reinforcement plies include lower ends that terminate in the lower section of the tire and upper ends that terminate in the upper section of the tire.

Abstract: Tire uniformity is improved. A method comprising a strip winding step S3 of forming strip-wound bodies 21 for forming bead apexes by circumferentially spirally winding a rubber strip 20 with an overlap on a ply inner portion 6A1a of a cylindrical ply 6A1 wound on a former, which is located axially inward of bead core setting positions P, and/or on ply outer portions 6A1b of the cylindrical ply 6A1, which are located axially outward of the bead core setting positions P, an expanding step S4 of toroidally expanding the ply inner portion 6A1a of the cylindrical ply 6A1, and a joining step S5 of turning up the ply outer portions 6A1b of the cylindrical ply 6A1 around bead cores 5 to sandwich the strip-wound bodies 21 between the toroidal ply inner portion 6A1a and the ply outer portions 6A1b, thereby joining them together.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire in which the performance change of driving stability due to continuous driving can be suppressed even with a carcass layer, which has a single-ply structure and a wound-up section extended up to a region below a belt layer so as to overlap with an end section of the belt layer.

Abstract: A heavy-load radial tire includes a bead apex rubber 8 composed of a high-elastic lower apex portion 11 and a low-elastic upper apex portion 12. The lower apex portion 11 has an L-shaped cross section composed of a bottom piece portion 11a disposed along the radially outer surface of a bead core 5 and a standing piece portion 11b standing from the axially inner end of the bottom piece portion 11a and radially outwardly extending along a ply main portion 6a of a carcass 6. At an outer end position P1 of a ply turnup portion 6b, the upper apex portion 12 has a thickness T1s of 0.50 to 0.75 times a core width Bw of the bead core 5. At an outer end position P2 of an outer wound-up portion 9o of a bead reinforcing cord layer 9, the upper apex portion 12 has a thickness T2s of 0.57 to 0.90 times the core width Bw. The core width Bw is 0.68 to 0.80 times a bead bottom width BL.

Abstract: There are provided a rubber composition for tire including a rubber component containing at least one selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, epoxidized natural rubber and deproteinized natural rubber; silica; and a silane compound represented by the following general formula (1) (X)n—Si—Y(4-n)??(1) (wherein X represents a methoxy group or an ethoxy group, Y represents a phenyl group or a straight-chain or branched alkyl group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3), and a pneumatic tire using the same. The rubber composition for tire can be suitably used for manufacturing bead apex rubber and base tread rubber of tire.

Abstract: The present invention can provide a rubber composition for a bead apex comprising 20 to 120 parts by weight of a silica and 5 to 80 parts by weight of a graphite on the basis of 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising a natural rubber in an amount of not less than 30% by weight, use of which makes it possible to consider an effect on environment, prepare for decrease in petroleum supply in future, and reduce rolling resistance and improve steering stability, and a tire prepared by using it.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component, the at least one component comprising a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and from 1 to 30 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), of a polyketone short fiber having a length ranging from 0.5 to 20 mm having a weight ranging from 0.5 to 5 decitex, and from 1 to 30 phr of an epoxidized polyisoprene having a number-average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component, the at least one component comprising a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising: from 60 to 90 parts by weight of a diene based elastomer selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprene, polybutadiene, and styrene-butadiene rubber, from 10 to 40 parts by weight of a functionalized elastomer derived from styrene, 1,3-butadiene, and a monomer of formula II where n is an integer of from 4 to 10; and from 1 to 100 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), of a polyketone short fiber having a length ranging from 0.5 to 20 mm and a weight ranging from 0.5 to 5 decitex.

Abstract: A heavy load vehicle tire includes a bead structure having two reinforcing layers adjacent to the inner side of the carcass turned up ply and a chafer layer including reinforcing elements. The reinforcing layers are preferably made of steel cords including preformed filaments, the cords being inclined at angles between +10° to +35° and ?10° to ?35° with respect to the radial plane of the tire.

Abstract: There is provide a pneumatic radial tire for heavy loads capable of more effectively preventing a breakdown due to separation of a rubber chafer in an area corresponding to a bead heal portion than before. A pneumatic radial tire 10 for heavy loads has a pair of bead portions 12, a bead core 14 which is embedded in each of the bead portions 12, a radial carcass 16 extending from one bead portion 12 to the other bead portion 12 and turned around the bead core 14 from an inner side to an outer side of the bead portion 12 in a width direction of the tire to be anchored, a rubber chafer 22 disposed over the radial carcass 16 in the opposite side of the bead core 14.

Abstract: This invention relates to a tire having at least one rubber component which contains a cast, extruded, or calendered film of syndiotactic polybutadiene polymer. The syndiotactic polybutadiene polymer film is integral with the surface of the rubber component in a sense of being co-cured therewith. Such film may be added directly to the tire during the building process or involve a separate process of producing a tire component as a composite of the film and a rubber composition (rubber component) prior to the tire building stage. Such composite can be as is or partially pre-cured before being applied in the tire building process. The syndiotactic polybutadiene polymer film is provided to promote both stability and age durability for the tire component.

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.

Abstract: A tire 2 comprises a tread 4, a pair of sidewalls 6 extended almost inward in a radial direction from an end 18 of the tread 4, a pair of bead cores 8 positioned on an inside in the radial direction of the sidewalls 6, and a carcass 10 laid between both of the bead cores 8 along insides of the tread 4 and the sidewalls 6. The carcass 10 includes a carcass ply 20. The carcass ply 20 is turned up around the bead core 8. The sidewall 6 has a lower layer 34 positioned on an outside in an axial direction of the carcass ply 20 and an upper layer 36 positioned on an outside in the radial direction of the lower layer 34. The upper layer 36 has a hardness which is equal to or higher than 50 and is equal to or lower than 70. The lower layer 34 has a hardness which is equal to or higher than 70 and is equal to or lower than 100.

Abstract: There is provided the rubber composition for a clinch apex keeping hardness constant, suppressing prevulcanization, reducing rolling resistance, improving processability, suppressing generation of chafing between the clinch apex and a rim and hardly causing slipping of the clinch apex on the rim. The rubber composition for a clinch apex comprises 55 to 75 parts by weight of carbon black and 1 to 5 parts by weight of para-benzoquinolinediimine based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising 10 to 50% by weight of a natural rubber and/or an isoprene rubber and 50 to 90% by weight of a butadiene rubber having a Mooney viscosity at 100° C. of 30 to 55 in an unvulcanized state, and the pneumatic tire has the clinch apex using the rubber composition.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass reaching a bead core of a bead portion from a tread portion via a side wall portion; a side wall rubber arranged in an outer side of said carcass and forming an outer side surface of said side wall portion; and a clinch rubber for preventing a rim displacement connected to a lower end of the side wall rubber and forming an outer side surface of said bead portion. The sidewall rubber and the clinch rubber are constituted by a strip wind body formed by winding and overlapping a side wall rubber strip and a clinch rubber strip in a circumferential direction and spirally, and the respective rubber strips are wound in the same direction from the bead portion side toward the tread portion side.