A method of laminating a vulcanized tire includes providing a vulcanized tire having a circumferential tread and a pair of sidewalls constructed of a base rubber. The method further includes cleaning the circumferential tread, providing a laminate, and forming a plurality of holes in the laminate. The method also includes applying the laminate to at least a portion of one of the circumferential tread and a sidewall of the vulcanized tire. The method further includes applying pressure to the laminate, thereby evacuating air between the laminate and the circumferential tread of the vulcanized tire and curing the laminate.

A non-pneumatic tire for a vehicle or other machine. The non-pneumatic tire may include an annular beam. The annular beam may include a plurality of layers of different elastomeric materials. The annular beam may be free of a substantially inextensible reinforcing layer running in a circumferential direction of the non-pneumatic tire. The annular beam may include a plurality of openings distributed in the circumferential direction of the non-pneumatic tire. Such an annular beam may be part of other annular devices.

To provide a tire for a two-wheel vehicle in which wear resistance performance, dry gripping performance, and wet gripping performance are highly balanced. A tire for a two-wheel vehicle including a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions, and a tread portion continuous with the both sidewall portions, with the tread portion being divided into five portions in a surface of the tread portion by a central portion including a tire equatorial plane, a pair of edge portions including respective tread edges, and a pair of shoulder portions lying between the central portion and the respective edge portions in a tire width direction, wherein each of rubber of the central portion, rubber of the shoulder portions, and rubber of the edge portions contains a rubber component, and when a peak temperature of a loss tangent tan of the central portion is represented by T.sub.p-C, a peak temperature of a loss tangent tan of the shoulder portions is represented by T.sub.p-S, and a peak temperature of a loss tangent tan of the edge portions is represented by T.sub.p-E, T.sub.p-C, T.sub.p-S, and T.sub.p-E satisfy the formula (1): T.sub.p-S>T.sub.p-E>T.sub.p-C.

A pneumatic tire for a motorcycle includes a tread reinforcing cord layer and a tread rubber. The tread rubber includes a base rubber layer and a pair of shoulder rubber layers. The base rubber layer includes a cover portion covering at least the tread reinforcing cord layer over an entire width thereof and a convex portion protruding radially outwardly from the cover portion to form a crown ground contacting surface. The shoulder rubber layers are arranged radially outside the cover portion to form shoulder ground contacting surfaces. The base rubber layer is made of a first rubber composition having larger hardness than the shoulder rubber layers, and the shoulder rubber layers are made of a second rubber composition containing larger amount of oil component than the base rubber layer.

A wheel assembly may include an inner rim to be coupled to the hub of the vehicle, and an outer rim surrounding the hub. The wheel assembly may also include gas springs operatively coupled between the inner rim and the outer rim to provide a gas suspension permitting relative movement between the inner rim and the outer rim. The wheel assembly may also include tread assemblies carried by the outer rim. Each tread assembly may include a tread member support coupled to the outer rim, and spaced-apart tread members carried by the tread member support and defining a tread pattern therebetween. Each tread member may include at least one rubber layer, and at least one reinforcing layer in stacked relation.

In the tread of the tire, the average modulus value in a center region including the equatorial plane of the tire is higher than the average modulus value in shoulder regions adjacent to edges of the tread, and in the shoulder regions, the modulus value is higher in a surface layer of the tread than in a portion other than the surface layer.

A heavy truck tire is provided that includes a casing with a central axis, and a rubber tread that has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is located farther from the central axis in a radial direction than the second layer. The first layer has a lower max tan() than a max tan() of the second layer. The max tan() of the first layer is from 0.06-0.15, and the max tan() of the second layer is from 0.12-0.27. The tire also has a sculptural feature that reduces irregular wear.

Provided is a motorcycle tire having excellent overall performance including dry grip performance, wet braking performance, abrasion resistance, ice performance, and color tone. Included is a motorcycle tire having a tread portion including a tread rubber, the tread rubber being divided into at least three parts in the tire width direction, the tread rubber including a center rubber at its center, viewed in the tire width direction, and shoulder rubbers respectively on opposite sides of the center rubber, viewed in the tire width direction, the center rubber being formed of a center rubber composition containing predetermined amounts of a rubber component with a predetermined styrene-butadiene rubber content, silica, carbon black, and a resin, the shoulder rubbers each being formed of a shoulder rubber composition containing predetermined amounts of a rubber component with a predetermined styrene-butadiene rubber content, silica, carbon black, and a resin.

A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a carcass 6 extending between bead cores of bead portions via a tread portion 2 and sidewall portions, and a belt layer 7 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and inside of the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 further comprises a damping rubber body 30 arranged between the carcass 6 and the belt layer 7, and a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. A width W1 in a tire axial direction of the damping rubber body 30 is in a range of from 60% to 130% of a width W2 in the tire axial direction of the belt layer 7, and a water absorption rate of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from 10% to 25%.

Tire having a predetermined direction of mounting on a vehicle. The tire tread (40) comprises a central rib (411-413) and two side ribs (421, 422), separated by circumferential grooves (141-144). The side ribs are made from a first rubber composition less than 50% filled with black. The central rib comprises a portion (4111, 4121) made from a second rubber composition more than 50% filled with black, the axial width (LP) of said portion being greater than or equal to 20% of the axial width LC of the central rib. The first rubber composition has a tan 0 value which is greater than the tan 0 value of the second rubber composition, where tan 0 denotes the tan value measured at a temperature of 0 C. and under a stress of 0.7 mPa.