Resilient tires and wheels – Tires – resilient – Pneumatic tire or inner tube
Patent
1999-07-09
2000-09-26
Johnstone, Adrienne C.
Resilient tires and wheels
Tires, resilient
Pneumatic tire or inner tube
152523, B60C 300, B60C 1302
Patent
active
061231312
ABSTRACT:
A heavy duty radial tire is provided between the tread edge and the maximum tire width point with a profile which is formed by adding at least a protrusion to a basic profile, the basic profile consisting of an upper line and a lower line, the upper line extending radially inwardly from the tread edge and curved concavely so as to have a center of curvature outside the tire, the lower line extending radially outwardly from the maximum tire width point and curved convexly so as to have a center of curvature inside the tire, the upper line and lower line intersecting each other so as to form an inflection point, the radial height of the inflection point from the bead base line being in the range of from 0.82 to 0.88 times a groove bottom line height, the groove bottom line height being the radial height between the bead base line and a groove bottom line drawn parallel with the tread surface at the depth of the main grooves measured at axial ends of the groove bottom line, and the protrusion having an apex positioned such that the axial distance measured axially outwardly from the inflection point to the apex is in the range of from 4 to 8 mm, and the radial distance measured between the inflection point and the apex is in the range of from 0 to 5 mm, whereby the resistance to carcass damage can be improved if the carcass is minimized.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5211780 (1993-05-01), Kabe et al.
Johnstone Adrienne C.
Sumitomo Rubber Company
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