Patent ID: 6374890
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
A pneumatic tire comprising a belt and tread disposed radially outside the crown portion of a carcass toroidally extending between a pair of beads, said belt being a laminate of a circumferential belt layer and an inclined belt layer, said circumferential belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements arranged substantially in parallel with the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, and said inclined belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements inclined with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, a control rubber layer having a higher modulus of elasticity than that of said coating rubber of the circumferential belt layer is disposed outside of the widthwise edge of said circumferential belt layer, and, wherein said circumferential belt layer comprises two circumferential layers disposed radially outside said inclined belt layer.