In a tire, an inclination angle of a cord included in a second belt layer with respect to a tire width direction is defined as a positive inclination angle in a tire see-through plan view, an intersection point between a perpendicular line drawn from an end portion of a belt layer having a maximum belt width in the tire width direction to a carcass and a cord of an outermost carcass layer in a tire radial direction is defined as a first reference point in a tire meridian cross-sectional view, and an inclination angle of the cord with respect to the tire width direction at the first reference point is −3° or more in the tire see-through plan view.

A carcass layer of a pneumatic lire includes carcass cords of organic fiber cords obtained by intertw ining a filament bundle of organic fibers, and includes turn-up portions formed by turning back end portions of the carcass layer at bead portions toward an outer side in a width direction. The carcass cords have an elongation at break (EB) satisfying EB≥15%. An averagetotal gauge (GC)of a center land portion located within a width of 10% of a width of a second widest belt in a belt layer on right and left sides of an equatorial plane in the width direction, an average thickness(SG) of a sound absorptive member inside the pneumatic tire and located within a range identical to that of the center land portion, and the elongation at break (EB) of the carcass cords satisfy 15≤GC/(GC+SG/10)×EB (%)≤25.

This invention relates to an adhesive composition for a tire cord, a tire cord including an adhesive layer formed from the adhesive composition, and a tire including the tire cord. According to the present disclosure, an environment-friendly adhesive composition for a tire cord that can not only improve adhesive strength between tire rubber and a tire cord, but can also improve strength of a tire cord is provided.

This invention relates to an adhesive composition for a tire cord including: an epoxy compound; latex; an alicyclic polyurethane resin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 250,000 to 350,000; an amine compound; and water, a tire cord including an adhesive layer formed form the adhesive composition, and a tire including the tire cord.

Provided are: a tire steel cord having not only excellent cutting resistance and corrosion resistance but also excellent processability in plant; and a pneumatic tire including the same. The tire steel cord has a layer-twisted structure including: a core 11 composed of two core filaments 1; and a sheath 12 composed of eight sheath filaments 2 that are twisted together around the core 11, in which tire steel cord the two core filaments 1 constituting the core 11 are twisted together, the twisting direction of the core filaments 1 and that of the sheath filaments 2 are different, and a diameter (Dc) of the core filaments 1 and a diameter (Ds) of the sheath filaments 2 satisfy a relationship represented by the following Equation (1):
0.90≤Ds/Dc≤1.10  (1).

Provided are: a tire steel cord having not only excellent cutting resistance and corrosion resistance but also excellent processability in plant; and a pneumatic tire including the same. The tire steel cord has a layer-twisted structure including: a core 11 composed of two core filaments 1; and a sheath 12 composed of eight sheath filaments 2 that are twisted together around the core 11, in which tire steel cord the two core filaments 1 constituting the core 11 are twisted together, the twisting direction of the core filaments 1 and that of the sheath filaments 2 are different, and a diameter (Dc) of the core filaments 1 and a diameter (Ds) of the sheath filaments 2 satisfy a relationship represented by the following Equation (1):
0.90≤Ds/Dc≤1.10  (1).

A tire (1) for a heavy construction plant vehicle with satisfactory compromise between the breaking strength of its circumferential hoop reinforcement (7), having an axial width LF and having a circumferential hooping layer (71, 72) with elastic metallic reinforcers having a structural elongation AS and a force at break FR, and forming an angle at most equal to 5° with the circumferential direction (XX), and the endurance of its working reinforcement (6), formed by two working layers (61, 62) with inextensible metallic reinforcers, the mean angle AM of which with the circumferential direction (XX′) is at least equal to 15° and at most equal to 45°. The axial width LF, the structural elongation As, the force at break Fr and the mean angle AM satisfy the relationship:

Zn/Z0*(T0+(a1+a2*As)/AM+b*LF*(AM−A0)/A0+c*AM)<Fr/CS, where Zn is the nominal load, Z0=100 t, T0=7000 N, a1=−230,000 N*°, a2=−160,000 N*°/%, b=−34,000 N/m, A0=29°, c=550 N/°, CS>=1.

A tire for a heavy-duty vehicle of construction plant type comprises a crown reinforcement (35) radially on the inside of a tread (10) and radially on the outside of a carcass reinforcement (50). The crown reinforcement (35) comprises: at least one “low-modulus” layer (20) formed of elastic metal reinforcers having a structural elongation at least equal to 0.4%, and a total elongation at break at least equal to 3%, and a tensile elastic modulus of between 40 GPa and 130 GPa; at least one “rigid” layer (30) formed of rigid metal reinforcers, the structural elongation of which is less than or equal to 0.2% and the tensile elastic modulus of which is between 140 GPa and 200 GPa. The ratio of the breaking tension of the rigid layer to that of the low-modulus layer is greater than or equal to 1.2.

The invention relates to a metallic reinforcing cord (10) for tyres for vehicle wheels, comprising: —a) a plurality of metallic wires (11) twisted to one another with a single twisting pitch (P), or—b) a single metallic wire twisted with at least one second metallic wire with a single twisting pitch, or—c) a plurality of first metallic wires twisted to one another with a first twisting pitch to define a first strand of metallic wires and at least one second metallic wire twisted with said first strand of metallic wires with a second twisting pitch equal to or different from the first twisting pitch. The metallic reinforcing cord (10) has a part load elongation greater than or equal to 1%.

A pneumatic tire includes at least one carcass layer between bead portions on an inner side in a radial direction of sidewall portions on both sides of a tread portion extending in a circumferential direction and having an annular shape, and the carcass layer includes carcass cords formed of organic fiber cords obtained by intertwining a filament bundle of organic fibers. The carcass layer includes turn-up portions formed by being turned back at an end portion of the bead portions to an outer side in a tire width direction. The carcass cords have an elongation at break EB satisfying EB≥15%, a cap tread rubber compound of the tread portion has a 300% modulus MD satisfying 4 MPa≤MD≤13 MPa, and the elongation at break EB and the 300% modulus MD satisfy 600≤40×MD+20×EB (%)≤1300.