Patent ID: 8251114
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pneumatic tire comprising: a pair of bead portions; a carcass layer bridged between the pair of bead portions; a belt layer disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer; an inner liner layer disposed along an inner surface of the carcass layer, the inner liner layer including a film made of any one of a thermoplastic resin and a thermoplastic elastomer composition that is obtained by blending a thermoplastic resin with an elastomer; and bead cores buried in the bead portions, respectively, wherein the inner liner layer is wound up around the bead cores from an inner side of the tire to an outer side thereof, at least one wound-up part of the inner liner layer extends to a position where the wound-up part overlaps the belt layer, and the wound up part of the inner liner layer is beneath the tread portion, further comprising a plurality of slits provided in the wound-up part of the inner liner layer, the slits extending in a tire radial direction.