The various embodiments relate to pneumatic tires including a changing radius of curvature along a body ply that defines a tapering point of a bead assembly. The tires further include a reinforcement band and a body ply with a turn-up end. Various embodiments further relate to a bead assembly that tapers to a width at about 20 mm to 30 mm from the bottom of the bead assembly, such that the ratio of the tapered width to the width of the bead assembly at the widest point of the bead bundle is from about 0.3 to about 0.5. The bead assembly includes a first and a second bead filler where the volume of the first bead filler is from about 32% to about 44% of the bead filler.

To provide a tire rubber composition that is capable of producing a tire that is excellent in balance between the low heat generation property and the crack resistance. The tire rubber composition contains a rubber component (A), at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (I) and a compound represented by the formula (II), a vulcanization accelerator (C) containing two or more kinds of vulcanization accelerators including a thiuram-based vulcanization accelerator, and a filler (D).

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Provided is a bias tire including: bead cores; a bead filler disposed outward of each of the bead cores in a radial direction; and a carcass layer stretching between the bead cores, wrapping around end portions of the bead cores, the carcass layer having opposite ends turned back to be fixed, wherein in a cross section in a meridian direction, a cord on an innermost side of the carcass layer in a tire lateral direction has a curved shape projecting laterally outward at a height from 0.9 times to 1.6 times a height of a flange of a rim on which the bias tire is assembled, and in the cross section in the meridian direction, a cord on an outermost side of the carcass layer in the lateral direction has a curved shape projecting laterally outward at a height from 1.1 times to 1.6 times the height of the flange.

A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass ply extending between bead portions through a tread portion and sidewall portions, and turned up around a bead core from the inside to the outside of the tire in each of the bead portions, so as to form a pair of turnup portions and a main portion therebetween. In each the bead portion, a first apex rubber and a second apex rubber are disposed. The first apex rubber is disposed between the turnup portion and the main portion. The second apex rubber is disposed axially outside the turnup portion. A complex elastic modulus b of the second apex rubber is larger than that of the first apex rubber. The cross-sectional width wt in mm of the tire and the outer diameter Dt in mm of the tire satisfy the following conditions Dt=<59.078×wt.sup.0.498 and Dt>=59.078×wt.sup.0.460.

A bead portion of a tire includes a bead core, a first bead filler arranged at a radially outer side of the bead core, a first carcass extending around the bead core and the first bead filler, a second carcass extending radially inward and adjacent the first carcass, a second bead filler disposed axially adjacent the second carcass, a first chafer disposed at an axially outer side of the second bead filler, a second chafer extended about a radially inner end of the first carcass, and a flipper extending radially inward from a position axially adjacent an axially outer side of the first bead filler. The flipper further extends axially inward adjacent a radially inner side of the bead core. The flipper further extends radially outward to position axially adjacent a first part of the first carcass, a second part of the first carcass, the second carcass, and a radially outermost end of the first bead filler.

A pneumatic tire comprises: a bead portion provided with an inside bead apex rubber disposed between a turned up portion and a main portion of a carcass ply, and an outside bead apex rubber disposed axially outside the turned up portion and having a radially outer edge; and a the sidewall portion provided with a sidewall reinforcing cord layer disposed axially outside the carcass and having a radially inner edge which is spaced apart from the radially outer edge of the outside bead apex rubber by a radial distance of not less than 5% of a tire section height.

A tire having no ply turnup is described, wherein the tire has a tread, a single layer of ply, a first column bead and a second column bead, wherein the radially inner end of the single layer of ply is secured between the first column bead and the second column bead.

A tire 2 includes a pair of chafers 8 and a tag member 26. The chafer 8 comes into contact with a rim R. The tag member 26 includes an RFID tag 54. A state where a load equal to 50% of a normal load is applied to the tire 2 in a normal state and the tire 2 is brought into contact with a flat surface FS is a standard ground-contact state. In the standard ground-contact state, the RFID tag 54 is located between an axially outer end PRa of the rim R and a maximum width position PWs of the tire 2 in an axial direction, and is located between a radially outer end PRr of the rim R and the maximum width position PWs of the tire 2 in a radial direction.

A tire includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) system and a rubber patch including a topping rubber topping the RFID system, wherein the topping rubber includes a raw material rubber and a reinforcing filler including a boron nitride. In the tire including a RFID system, since the RFID system is covered with a rubber similar to a nearby rubber, generation of a boundary therebetween is suppressed to lower a possibility of the occurrence of initial cracking at a portion where the RFID system is applied, thus increasing durability and safety, and since insulating properties of the rubber covering the RFID system are enhanced, a recognition distance of the RFID system is increased to further facilitate management of distribution and history.

A heavy goods vehicle tire has a radial carcass reinforcement, made up of a single layer of metal reinforcing elements anchored in each of the beads by a turn-up around a bead wire. The turn-up of the carcass reinforcement layer and the main part of the carcass reinforcement layer are coupled, and a radiofrequency communication module is placed in the coupling region at the interface between the turn-up of the carcass reinforcement layer and axially outwardly adjacent layer of rubber compound.