(19)
(11) EP 2 423 380 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
04.04.2012 Bulletin 2012/14

(43) Date of publication:
29.02.2012 Bulletin 2012/09

(21) Application number: 11190726.7

(22) Date of filing: 31.08.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D07B 1/06(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE ES FR

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
06797140.8 / 2065511

(71) Applicant: Bridgestone Corporation
Tokyo 104-0031 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Aoyama, Masanori
    Kodaira-shi, Tokyo 187-0031 (JP)

(74) Representative: Oxley, Robin John George 
Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre
London WC2E 9RA
London WC2E 9RA (GB)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 25-11-2011 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Steel cord for reinforcing rubber and pneumatic radial tire


(57) Provided are a steel cord for reinforcing rubber whose fatigue resistance is increased more than ever to enable achieving high durability that was not conventionally realized, and a pneumatic radial tire including the steel cord as a reinforcement member. In a steel cord for reinforcing rubber having a double-twist structure that includes a plurality of strands twisted together in the same direction with the same pitch and including a central structure and at least one outer layer, the central structure is composed of at least two strands being twisted around each other and each being composed of at least seven filaments being twisted together.; In a steel cord for reinforcing rubber including at least three core strands being twisted together and at least six sheath strands being twisted together around the core strands, the core strands and the sheath strands are twisted in the same direction.