Depressed radial tire
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1. A radial tire having an aspect ratio of 65% or less, comprising:
- a pair of bead cores disposed in bead portions of the tire;
a carcass having at least one ply of cords turned up at its ends around bead cores, and defining a carcass line; and
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Abstract
A depressed radial tire having an aspect ratio of 65% or less, wherein a carcass line (5) ranging from a part (A) under the edge of a belt (6) to a part (C) about the upper end of a bead core (4) comprises an upper arc (7) having the center inside the tire and a lower arc (8) having the center outside the tire; and the radius of curvature (R1) of the upper arc divided by the radius of curvature (R2) of the lower arc is less than 0.8, whereby riding comfort is improved at no sacrifice to the steering stability.
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1. A radial tire having an aspect ratio of 65% or less, comprising:
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a pair of bead cores disposed in bead portions of the tire; a carcass having at least one ply of cords turned up at its ends around bead cores, and defining a carcass line; and
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2. a belt on the carcass, having at least two plies of metallic cords, and defining a belt width, characterized in that
the carcass line ranging from a point under the edge of the belt to a point adjacent the upper end of the bead core comprises only two arcs of an upper arc having a center of curvature located inside the tire and a lower arc having a center of curvature located outside the tire; - and
the radius of curvature of the upper arc divided by the radius of curvature of the lower arc is less than 0.8. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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