In accordance with the invention a wire coat rubber composition for a tire comprises from 70 phr to 100 phr of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, from 0 phr to 30 phr of solution styrene butadiene rubber, from 65 phr to 95 phr pre-silanized precipitated silica, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a cobalt salt, up to 15 phr carbon black, up to 10 phr of a resin, and up to 10 phr oil. Further the present invention is directed to a tire comprising such a wire coat composition.

Provided are: a tire including: a tire frame; and a reinforcing metal cord member that is wound at least on the outer circumference of the tire frame, wherein at least a portion of the reinforcing metal cord member is coated with a coating composition via an adhesion layer that contains a polyamide-based adhesive and has a melting point of from 160 C. to 200 C., the coating composition containing at least one thermoplastic material selected from polyamide-based thermoplastic resins having a melting point of from 160 C. to 240 C. and polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomers having a melting point of from 160 C. to 240 C.; and a method of producing the same.

A motorcycle tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2, sidewall portions 3, bead portions 4, a carcass 6 extending between the bead portions, and a tread reinforcing layer 7 disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion. The tread reinforcing layer 7 is composed of a helically wound strip 10 of parallel reinforcing cords 11 coated with topping rubber 12. The winding pitch Pm of the strip 10 in middle parts Mi of the tread reinforcing layer is less than the winding pitch Pc of the strip 10 in a central part Cr, and less than the winding pitch Ps of the strip 10 in shoulder parts Sh.

A tire comprises a tread which comprises a plurality of tread pattern elements (1) delimited by cut-outs (3, 4), the tread pattern elements respectively comprising at least one lateral face (13, 14, 15, 16), and a first rubber composition (FC) at least partially covered on at least one of the lateral face (13, 14, 15, 16) with a layer of a second rubber composition (SC) based on an elastomer matrix comprising more than 55 phr and up to 100 phr of a first diene elastomer having a glass transition temperature of less than 25 C. and 0 to less than 45 phr of a second diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler comprising more than 100 phr of a reinforcing inorganic filler, and more than 45 phr of a plasticizing agent predominately comprising at least one hydrocarbon resin having a glass transition temperature of more than 20 C.

A method for producing a vehicle tire, having the following steps: a) providing textile reinforcing supports; b) providing a bath which is free of resorcin and formaldehyde by at least: b1) adding at least one carboxylic acid to water; b2) adding at least one base; b3) adding at least one epoxy compound; b4) adding at least one polyisocyanate compound; b5) adding at least one VP latex; and b6) mixing the substances from b1) to b5); c) dipping the reinforcing supports from step a) into the bath from step b); d) subsequently hot-stretching the dipped reinforcing supports from step c); and e) further processing the reinforcing supports from step d) in order to form a reinforcing support layer in a vehicle tire blank. A vehicle tire which is produced using the method and to the use of reinforcing supports treated in such a manner in technical rubber articles are also disclosed.

A run-flat tire has: a pair of bead cores; a carcass that straddles the pair of bead cores, and having end portions that are anchored on the bead cores; side reinforcing rubbers that are provided at tire side portions, and that extend in a tire radial direction along an inner surface of the carcass; a belt layer that is provided at an outer side, in a tire radial direction, of the carcass, and that is formed by covering a cord with resin; and a tread that is provided at an outer side, in a tire radial direction, of the belt layer.

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 that contains a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and a discontinuous phase that contains at least one of a polyphenylene ether resin or a styrene resin and contains a styrene-based elastomer having an epoxy group.

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 manufacturing method of a pneumatic tire of the present disclosure is a manufacturing method of a pneumatic tire to manufacture the pneumatic tire comprising a resin-coated belt comprising a wire coated with a coating resin, the pneumatic tire comprises a base ring that comes in contact with a tire widthwise outer end of the resin-coated belt on an inner side of the resin-coated belt in a tire radial direction, and the manufacturing method comprises a base ring forming step of winding a ribbon member about a tire axis, to form the base ring.