Claims
- 1. A pneumatic tire comprising; a tire casing, a tread covering a crown portion of said casing, said tread consisting of an outer layer portion comprised of an expanded rubber layer having a volume corresponding to at least 10% of a total volume of said tread and a non-expanded rubber inner layer portion, and a non-expanded rubber reinforcing layer in a shoulder portion covering a first joint end part between said outer layer portion and said inner layer portion and a second joint end part between said inner layer portion and a sidewall portion; and said expanded rubber layer entirely formed of an expanded rubber containing no less than 50 parts by weight of at least one rubber component selected from natural rubber, polybutadiene rubber and styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber all having a glass transition temperature of not higher than -45.degree. C., a high reinforcing carbon black having an N.sub.2 SA of 90-180 m.sup.2 /g and not more than 10 parts by weight of an oil per 100 parts by weight of said rubber component; and said expanded rubber contains closed cells at an expansion ratio (Vs) of 5-50% so that the number of closed cells having a cell diameter of 5-30 .mu.m is not less than 50% of total number of closed cells having a cell diameter or not less than 5 .mu.m per unit area.
- 2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein said carbon black is added in an amount of 30 to 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said rubber component.
- 3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein said carbon black is carbon black ISAF or SAF.
- 4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein said volume of the expanded rubber is 10.about.70% of the volume of the tread.
- 5. The pneumatic tire according to claims 1, wherein said outer layer portion has a hardness of 39.degree..about.59.degree. measured according to JIS K301.
Priority Claims (2)
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62-275338 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/237,202 filed Aug. 29, 1988, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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