PNEUMATIC TIRE - YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD

Title:

PNEUMATIC TIRE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/001927

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire which uses a sheet-shaped material formed of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic resin composition obtained by blending a thermoplastic resin with an elastomer, as an inner liner layer or a reinforcing sheet for reinforcing a certain part of the pneumatic tire. The pneumatic tire of the present invention is durable and capable of preventing cracking and peeling around the circumferential end portion of the reinforcing sheet or the inner liner layer after the pneumatic tire starts to travel. In the pneumatic tire of the present invention, the sheet formed of the thermoplastic resin or the thermoplastic resin composition obtained by blending an elastomer in a thermoplastic resin is positioned in or on the surface of the tire, wherein a sheet having a sharpened end section extending along the circumferential direction of the tire is used as the sheet formed of the thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic resin composition obtained by blending an elastomer in a thermoplastic resin.

Inventors:

SETO HIDEKI (JP)
ENDO TOYOAKI (JP)
HASHIMURA YOSHIAKI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2012/062422

Publication Date:

January 03, 2013

Filing Date:

May 15, 2012

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD (JP)
SETO HIDEKI (JP)
ENDO TOYOAKI (JP)
HASHIMURA YOSHIAKI (JP)

International Classes:

B60C5/14; B60C13/00

Foreign References:

JP2008126437A	2008-06-05
JP2011057184A	2011-03-24
JP2009248965A	2009-10-29
JPH04355121A	1992-12-09
JP2008012945A	2008-01-24
JP2004322782A	2004-11-18
JP2001294024A	2001-10-23

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