A resin-metal composite member for a tire includes a metal member (27), an adhesion layer (25), and a covering resin layer (28) in this order. The adhesion layer (25) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an amorphous resin including an ester bond, a polyester-based thermoplastic resin, and a filler, and the content ratio of the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group is 50% by mass or more with respect to the entire adhesion layer (25).

A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including a metal member (27), an adhesion layer (25), and a covering resin layer (28) in the listed order, in which the adhesion layer (25) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and the covering resin layer (28) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer.

A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including: a metal member; an adhesive layer; and a covering resin layer in this order, wherein: the adhesive layer includes a continuous phase containing a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and a discontinuous phase containing a styrene-based elastomer, and a ratio of the continuous phase with respect to an entirety of the adhesive layer is from 60% by mass to 93% by mass.

A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including a metal member (27), an adhesion layer (25), and a covering resin layer (28) in this order, in which the adhesion layer (25) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and the ratio [HS/(HS+SS)] of hard segments (HS) with respect to the total of hard segments (HS) and soft segments (SS), in the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, is from 83% by mol to 98% by mol.

A pneumatic tire of the present disclosure comprises a resin-coated belt, a base ring that comes in contact with a tire widthwise outer end of the resin-coated belt is provided on a tire radial inside of the resin-coated belt, the base ring has a tire widthwise outer end located on an outer side of the tire widthwise outer end of the resin-coated belt in a tire width direction, and comprises an auxiliary belt that covers a tire radial outside of the base ring in a tire widthwise region from the tire widthwise outer end of the resin-coated belt to at least a part of a tire widthwise outside, and that covers a tire radial outside of the resin-coated belt in a tire widthwise region from the tire widthwise outer end of the resin-coated belt to at least a part of a tire widthwise inside.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a rubber composition which can attain both low loss property and crack growth resistance on a high level. In order to achieve the object, the rubber composition of the present disclosure contains: a rubber component; carbon black having a DBP absorption of 50 to 100 cm.sup.3/100 g; a phenol resin; and a methylene donor, wherein a ratio of a 200% modulus value (M200) to a 50% modulus value (M50) is 5.0 or less (M200/M505.0).

A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer prepared by continuous polymerization and having remarkable processability, narrow molecular weight distribution and excellent physical properties, and a rubber composition including the same.

A rubber composition comprises at least one phenol/aldehyde resin based on at least one aromatic polyphenol comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two hydroxyl functions in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the hydroxyl functions being unsubstituted, and at least one aldehyde of formula (A): ##STR00001##
in which X comprises N, S or O, and R represents H or CHO.

A W3 of a third belt of a belt layer arranged between a carcass and a tread portion is 65% to 85% of a tire maximum width Wm and a W4 of a fourth belt is 55% to 75% of the tire maximum width Wm. A metal cord adopted in a metal cord-rubber composite forming each of the third belt and the fourth belt is formed such that N atoms in a surface thereof is set in a range between 2 atom % and 60 atom % of and a Cu/Zn ratio in the surface is set in a range between 1 and 4. A rubber composition that coats the metal cord includes 1 part by mass to 15 parts by mass of silica and 0 parts by mass to 1 part by mass of cobalt-containing compound based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.

The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising a textile cord reinforced rubber component, the rubber component comprising a textile cord contacting a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising: from 20 to 45 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a bound styrene content ranging from 5 to 25 percent by weight, a vinyl-1,2 content ranging from 5 to 40 weight percent based on the butadiene content, and a Tg ranging from 85 to 50 C.; from 55 to 80 phr of a polyisoprene rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber and synthetic polyisoprene rubber; from 20 to 60 phr of a filler selected from carbon black, silica, and prehydrophobated silica; from 1 to 10 phr of a resin selected from the group consisting of carbamic resins, alkyl phenol formaldehyde resins, and phenol formaldehyde resins; and from 0.5 to 5 phr of a methylene donor.