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Pneumatic tire

  • US 9,180,741 B2
  • Filed: 10/03/2011
  • Issued: 11/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pneumatic tire comprisinga carcass extending from a tread portion through a sidewall portion to a bead core of a bead portion,a belt layer disposed radially outside of the carcass in the tread portion,a belt-like noise damper attached to a radially inner surface of the tread portion and made of a sponge material extending in the tire circumferential direction, the noise damper having an axial width WA in a range of from 40% to 70% of a ground contacting width TW of the tread portion,a band layer disposed radially outside of the belt layer, said band layer comprising two band plies made of organic fiber band cord spirally wound at an angle of not more than 10 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction, wherein the band layer includes an overlapping portion in which said two band plies are radially overlapped each other, andsaid overlapping portion covering an axially outer region of the belt layer with a cover width WB in a range of from 20% to 25% of said ground contacting width TW of the tread portion, said overlapping portion having an axially outer end disposed in the same position or axially outwardly of an axially outer end F of the belt layer, said overlapping portion having an axially inner end spaced an axial distance LC apart from an axially outer end E of said noise damper, wherein the distance LC is set in a range of from 5% to 20% of said ground contacting width TW of the tread portion.

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