Toyo Tire

To provide a tire having favorable moldability, having higher black density than conventional and can achieve enhanced contrast, and having high durability in the pattern region, as well as a tire molding die for molding this tire. A pattern region 7 includes a plurality of projections 110, each of the plurality of projections 110 includes: an outside wall 111; an apex portion 112; and a recess portion 113, in which, when a point where virtual outside wall lines VL that respectively extend linearly two wall surfaces of the outside wall 111 virtually intersect is defined as a virtual intersection point VP, a height from the reference plane 7a to the virtual intersection point VP is defined as H0, and a height from the apex portion 112 to the virtual intersection point VP is defined as Hk, a relationship of 0.3 ≤ (Hk/H0) ≤ 0.6 is satisfied.

It is possible to provide a tire having favorable moldability, having higher black density than conventional and can achieve enhanced contrast, and having high durability in the pattern region, as well as a tire molding die for molding this tire. A tire 1 includes a pattern region 7 including a plurality of projections 110, each of the plurality of projections 110 includes, in a cross-sectional shape, a base portion 111 that rises up from the reference plane 7a sloping towards an inner side of the projection 110; a tip portion 112 provided more to a tip end than the base portion 111, and rising up from the base portion 111, sloping towards an inner side of the projection 110; in which the angle at which the tip portion 112 rises is greater than an angle at which the base portion 111 rises, based on the reference plane 7a.

A rubber composition for tire sidewalls or rubber composition for tire treads comprising a diene-based rubber, a filler, a vulcanizing agent, an antiaging agent, and a graphene powder, wherein the antiaging agent contains at least an amine-ketone-based antiaging agent and N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine, and when a content of N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine and a content of the graphene powder per 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the diene-based rubber are respectively defined as X and Y, 1.5 ≤ X + Y ≤ 10, and X : Y is 1 : 3 to 3 : 1 are satisfied.

A rubber composition for tire treads or tire sidewalls comprising a diene-based rubber, a filler, a vulcanizing agent, an antiaging agent, and a graphene powder, wherein the antiaging agent contains at least an amine-ketone-based antiaging agent, and a content of the graphene powder is 1 to 10 parts by mass when the total amount of the diene-based rubber is taken as 100 parts by mass. It is preferred that in the rubber composition for tire treads or tire sidewalls, the rubber composition does not contain (N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine).

A rubber composition for tire treads or tire sidewalls, comprising a diene-based rubber, a filler, a vulcanizing agent, an antiaging agent, and graphene nanoplatelets, wherein the antiaging agent contains at least an amine-ketone-based antiaging agent, and a content of the graphene nanoplatelets is 1 to 10 parts by mass when a total amount of the diene-based rubber is taken as 100 parts by mass. It is preferred that in the rubber composition for tire treads or tire sidewalls, the rubber composition does not contain (N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine).

The invention relates to a rubber composition comprising a diene-based rubber, graphene and optionally silica, wherein the graphene is graphene having a specific surface area of 200 m²/g or less, a particle size of 10 µm or less, an average thickness of particles of 10 nm or less, and an oxygen content of 1% by mass or less.The invention also relates to a pneumatic tire comprising a vulcanized rubber of the rubber composition defined above.

[Problem to be solved] To provide a pneumatic tire including bridges capable of effectively reducing the likelihood that blocks collapse. [Solution] A tire 1 has a tread 2 including first bridges 61 provided in first main grooves 21. Each first bridge 61 couples a rear first center block 311 to a front first center block 312, each first bridge 61 being connected to an end portion 331 of a first edge 33 of the rear first center block 311, the end portion 331 being located closer to a tire equator S1 in a direction in which the first main groove 21 extends, and each first bridge 61 being connected to an intermediate portion 341 of a second edge 34 of the front first center block 312, the intermediate portion 341 being located intermediately in the direction in which the first main groove 21 extends.

A pneumatic tire (1) comprising a tread (10) is provided. The tread (10) includes a pair of shoulder main grooves (23,24), and a shoulder land portion (60,70) placed outward of the shoulder main grooves (23,24) in a tire axial direction. The shoulder land portion (60,70) includes a shoulder sub groove (61) extending along a tire circumferential direction and having a width smaller than a width of the shoulder main groove (23,24), and a shoulder slit (62) extending outward from the shoulder sub groove (61) in the tire axial direction.

A pneumatic tire includes a tread (2). The pneumatic tire further includes a carcass and a belt. The tread (2) includes a pair of shoulder main grooves (12, 13) and shoulder ribs (50, 60) disposed further outward in the tire axial direction relative to the shoulder main grooves (12, 13), respectively. Each of the shoulder ribs (50, 60) includes a slit (51, 61) that extends in a direction intersecting the shoulder main grooves (12, 13) and terminates within the shoulder rib (50, 60). The slit (51, 61) has an inward end in the tire axial direction, and the inward end is disposed further inward in the tire axial direction relative to a contact end (E1, E2) of the tread (2). A ratio (D/W) of a length D [mm] of the belt in a tire axial direction with respect to a contact width W[mm] of the tread is less than 1.1.

A pneumatic tire includes a tread (2). The tread (2) includes a pair of shoulder main grooves (12,13), and shoulder ribs (50,60) disposed further outward in the tire axial direction relative to the shoulder main grooves (12,13), respectively. Each of the shoulder ribs (50,60) includes a slit (51,61) that extends in a direction intersecting the shoulder main grooves (12,13) and terminates within the shoulder rib (50, 60). The slit (51, 61) has an inward end (51A, 61A) in the tire axial direction, and the inward end (51A, 61A) is disposed further inward in the tire axial direction relative to a contact end (E1, E2) of the tread (2). The tread (2) includes a contact patch having a rectangle ratio A of 0.6 or more and 0.7 or less.