In a pneumatic tire, a bead filler is radially outward of a bead core, a carcass turned up end is radially inward of an outer side end of the bead filler, the turned up end is spaced from a carcass body, a reinforcement layer is laterally outward of the bead filler, a sidewall rubber extends from a sidewall to the bead, an inner rubber reinforcing layer is between the bead filler and the reinforcement layer and adjacent to the turned up end, a crack suppression layer is between the reinforcement layer and the sidewall rubber, the crack suppression layer extends 5 mm or more from where the crack suppression layer overlaps, the reinforcement layer contacts the carcass body radially outwardly of the bead filler, and a 100% modulus Kc.sub.M100 of the crack suppression layer is at least 1.5 times that of the sidewall rubber.

In a pneumatic tire mountable on a 5°-tapered rim, a bottom of a bead core is inclined from 0°-5° in a direction in which the bottom diverges toward an outer side in a radial direction as the bottom extends from an inner side in the width direction toward an outer side in the width direction. Each bead portion includes a base, a toe, and a heel. The base is inclined from 8°-12° in a direction in which the bead base portion diverges toward the outer side in the radial direction as the base extends from the inner side toward the outer side in the width direction. The heel has a radius of curvature from 25-30 mm. A rim cushion rubber has a modulus at 100% elongation within a range from 5.0-8.0 MPa. The toe has a displacement between before and after mounting on the rim from 9.0-13.5 mm.

A pneumatic tire according to the present disclosure includes a pair of bead cores, a carcass ply including a main body positioned between the bead cores and a turn-up portion connected to the main body and formed by turning up around each bead core from inside to outside in a tire width direction, a cover rubber covering the main body of the carcass ply and an outer side of the turn-up portion in the tire width direction and configuring a tire outer surface, and a reinforcement layer located inward from the tire outer surface of the cover rubber and covering an outer side, in the tire width direction, of at least a portion of the turn-up portion of the carcass ply. The reinforcement layer is configured by a non-woven fabric including metal fibers or a rubber sheet material having metal fibers embedded therein.

This invention relates to pneumatic radial tires which exhibit improved rolling resistance (provide better fuel economy) and improved performance characteristics. More particularly, this invention relates to the structure of radial ply tires for heavy load vehicles such as trucks, buses, and the like. It is based upon that finding that a defined profile of the outer surface of the sidewall portion can lead to a tire with reduced rolling resistance and a reduced generation of heat. The reduction in rolling resistance is obtained by a specific shaping of the bead portion of the tire which allows a bead mass reduction with an acceptable trade-off with regard to bead durability.

A pneumatic tire includes a pair of bead cores; a pair of bead fillers that are connected to the pair of bead cores; a carcass ply that is suspended between the pair of bead cores; a side wall rubber that is arranged on a tire-outer-surface-side of the carcass ply and constitutes a tire outer surface; a chafer layer that is turned from a tire-inner-surface-side to the tire-outer-surface-side around the bead cores and the bead fillers and rolled up on an outer surface of the carcass ply; and a pair of support rubbers that are located between the side wall rubber and the carcass ply and arranged so as to hold a rolled-up end of the chafer layer from both sides in a tire width direction. A modulus values of the pair of support rubbers are higher than a modulus value of the side wall rubber.

A tire including a bead core, a bead filler extending to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core, and a carcass play extending from the bead core to another bead core and folded back around the bead core, further including a steel chafer arranged so as to cover the carcass ply around the bead core, a first pad which covers outside in the tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply at the outside in the tire-radial direction of an end part of the steel chafer, and a second pad which covers the outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad, in which an electronic component is provided between the first pad and second pad.

A tire including a bead core; bead filler; upper ply; reinforcement ply which is provided to overlap a tire-radial direction inside portion of the upper ply; and down ply which overlaps a turnup part of the upper ply and reinforcement ply, and extends from an outer side in the tire-radial direction to an inner side in the tire-radial direction so as to encompass the bead core and bead filler together with the upper ply, in which an electronic component is embedded in a region of substantially triangular shape in a cross section surrounded by the turnup part of the upper ply, down ply and an end part of the reinforcement ply.

A pneumatic tire includes a pair of bead cores; a pair of bead fillers; a carcass ply; a side wall rubber; a chafer layer that is rolled up on an outer surface of the carcass ply; and a pair of support rubbers that is located between the side wall rubber and the carcass ply and arranged such that a rolled-up end of the chafer layer is sandwiched from both sides in a tire width direction. The pair of support rubbers includes a tape rubber located inside in the tire width direction and a rear pad rubber located outside in the tire width direction. A modulus value of the tape rubber is higher than a modulus value of the side wall rubber. A modulus value of the rear pad rubber is higher than the modulus value of the tape rubber.

A tire includes: a pair of beads having bead cores and a bead filler extending to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply extending from one of the bead core of one bead to the bead core of the other bead, and folded back around each of the bead cores; a first pad disposed at an outer side in a tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply which is folded back; a second pad disposed at an outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad; and rim strip rubber disposed at least at a part on an outer side in the tire-width direction of the second pad, in which an electronic component is provided to interpose the second pad and the rim strip rubber.

With a pneumatic tire not mounted on a rim, in a meridian cross-section a first line is parallel with an innermost bottom side of a bead core in a radial direction and passes through an outermost projection of the bead core in a lateral direction, a second line is orthogonal with the first line at the outermost projection, a third line is orthogonal with the first line and passes through an intersection of a rim cushion rubber, a distance between the second and third lines is 2.0 to 4.0 mm, a shortest distance between an innermost projection of the bead core in the lateral direction and a cord of a carcass layer is 0.6 to 1.4 mm, and a shortest distance between an innermost end of the bottom side of the bead core in the lateral direction and the cord of the carcass layer is 1.2 to 2.2 mm.