摘要 |
<p>There is provided a pneumatic tire capable of achieving both reduced rolling resistance and enhanced durability and a method of producing the same. The pneumatic tire includes a reinforcement layer, formed of a steel cord coated with coating rubber, including at least one of a carcass (5), a bead reinforcement layer (7), a side reinforcement layer (8) and a belt (6), with said coating rubber formed of a rubber compound containing 100 parts by mass of diene rubber, 30 to 80 parts by mass of silica having a nitrogen surface area of at least 70 m 2 /g and at most 150 m 2 /g, 1 to 15 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent, and organic acid cobalt salt. Preferably the steel cord has a cut edge of a breaker coated with an edge strip of rubber (9).</p> |