Process for manufacturing a tyre, includes the following steps: (a) winding at least one metal wire so as to form a plurality of coils, the coils being radially superimposed and axially arranged side-by-side with respect to one another, so as to obtain a bead core; (b) applying at least one layer of a crosslinkable elastomeric material to the bead core obtained in step (a), so as to obtain a coated bead core; (c) partially crosslinking the at least one layer of crosslinkable elastomeric material, so as to obtain an amount of free sulfur of 30% by weight to 70% by weight, preferably of 40% by weight to 65% by weight, more preferably of 50% by weight to 60% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the sulfur present in the crosslinkable elastomeric material; and (d) applying a bead filler to the radial outer surface of the bead core obtained in step (c), so as to obtain a bead structure for a green tyre.

A bead core of the present disclosure is a bead core comprising an annular body in which a strip member comprising one or more bead wires coated with a coating resin is wound and stacked, and in an axial cross section of the annular body, an interface between stacks adjacent to each other is non-linear. A manufacturing method of a bead core of the present disclosure comprises an annular body forming step of winding and stacking a strip member comprising one or more bead wires coated with a coating resin to form an annular body, and the strip member has a side that comes in contact with an adjacent stack in the annular body forming step and that is non-linear in a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the strip member.

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 production method for a bead core of the present disclosure includes a forming step of forming a plurality of one or more types of annular bodies, each of which is formed by winding a strip member two or more turns, and a joining step of joining the plurality of one or more types of annular bodies to one another in an axial direction of the annular body. A bead core of the present disclosure is formed by joining one or more types of a plurality of annular bodies in an axial direction of the annular body, each of the annular bodies being formed by winding a strip member two or more turns. A pneumatic tire of the present disclosure includes a pair of bead portions, and the above-described bead core in the bead portion.

A rubber-coating device for a steel wire is provided with: a heating device for heating water to a specified temperature range; heat transfer rollers, which contact the steel wire and inside which a water passage is formed; and an extruder for coating rubber on the steel wire that is heated by the heat transfer rollers.

Methods for treating the surface of a cured inner liner are disclosed. By use of these methods a treated, cured inner liner is produced which has a lower surface with increased adherability to other materials (e.g., adhesives). Treated, cured inner liners resulting from such methods as well as tires containing the treated inner liners.

A bead core for a tire is provided. The bead core is formed from a carbon fiber composite. The bead is formed into the shape of a hoop or ring before the carbon fiber composite is fully cured. The strain present in the carbon fiber composite after forming the ring, via finally curing with energy sources (218) the carbon fiber composite firstly treated with a resin bath and shaped as a precursor (214), which is then wrapped onto a roller (216) before curing, is carefully controlled to be less than 0.1 percent. A tire incorporating such a bead core within the bead portions of the tire can have improved weight relative to a tire with conventional, steel bead core constructions.

Steel cords have a stranded structure in which a plurality of sheath strands is intertwined around the outer circumferential surface of a core strand. The outer circumferential surface of the core strand is covered by a cushioning material made of nonwoven fabric or a resin film.