Patent ID: 6253816
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
A pneumatic radial tire, comprising:a pair of bead portions;a carcass having a toroid-shaped configuration and extending over said bead portions;a tread portion which is positioned at the crown portion of said carcass; anda pair of side wall portions,in which at least two belt layers are disposed inwardly from said tread portion,at least one belt reinforcing layer is disposed outwardly from said belt layer in the radial direction thereof at positions corresponding to the whole portion and/or the end portions of said tread portion,said at least one belt reinforcing layer is formed by spirally winding a rubber-coated and narrow strip made of a single fiber cord or a plurality of fiber cords around said tire such that each fiber cord is provided substantially in parallel to the circumferential direction of the tire, anda pair of bead fillers is disposed directly above bead cores of said pair of said bead portions, respectively,wherein each of said fiber cord of said at least one belt reinforcing layer is an organic fiber cord,each of said fiber cord has an elongation of 2.7% or less under a load of 1.4 g/d at the temperature of 50.+-.5.degree. C., and has an elongation of 1.5 to 6.0% under a load of 0.7 g/d at the temperature of 170.+-.5.degree. C.,the height of each of said bead fillers is equal to 20 to 60% of the cross sectional height of said tire,each of said bead fillers is interposed between a carcass body and a carcass folding portionm of said carcass, a base portion of said bead fillers disposed directly above each of said bead cores is tapered outwardly in the radial direction of said tire, and each of said bead fillers extends at a substantially constant cross sectional width from the upper end portion of said base portion to the distal end portion of said bead filler,a bead reinforcing layer is disposed at each said carcass folding portion outwardly in the widthwise direction of said tire such that the direction of the cords forming said bead reinforcing layer incline at the angle of 10.degree. to 60.degree. with respect to the radial direction of said tire, andwherein a height of said bead reinforcing layer is equal to 20 to 60% of said tire cross sectional height.