Run-flat tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10046606-B2
Application number	US-201414777223-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2014
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

In a side reinforced type run-flat tire, a relationship between a distance (Do) from a center position of a circumferential primary groove that is positioned outermost in the tire width direction in a vehicle outer side region to a tire equatorial plane and a rim width (Wr) is such that 0.20≤Do/Wr≤0.30, and a relationship between a distance (Di) from a center position of a circumferential primary groove that is positioned outermost in the tire width direction in a vehicle inner side region to the tire equatorial plane and the rim width (Wr) is such that 0.25≤Di/Wr≤0.35.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A run-flat tire having a designated mounting direction on a vehicle, the run-flat tire comprising:
an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction;
a pair of side wall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion;
a pair of bead portions disposed on inner sides in a tire radial direction of the side wall portions;
at least one carcass layer mounted between the pair of bead portions, the carcass layer being wound from a tire inner side to a tire outer side around a bead core of each of the bead portions;
a bead filler disposed on an outer peripheral side of each bead core in each of the bead portions;
a plurality of belt layers disposed on an outer peripheral side of the carcass layer in the tread portion; and
a side reinforcing layer having a falcated cross-sectional shape disposed between the carcass layer and an inner liner layer in the side wall portion;
at least one circumferential primary groove that extends in the tire circumferential direction being disposed, respectively, in a vehicle outer side region and a vehicle inner side region of the tread portion that is divided with a tire equatorial plane as a boundary;
a relationship between a distance Do from a center position of the circumferential primary groove positioned outermost in a tire width direction in the vehicle outer side region to the tire equatorial plane and a rim width Wr being such that 0.20≤Do/Wr≤0.30;
a relationship between a distance Di from a center position of a circumferential primary groove positioned outermost in a tire width direction in the vehicle inner side region to the tire equatorial plane and the rim width Wr being such that 0.25≤Di/Wr≤0.35;
a relationship between a groove width Wo of the circumferential primary groove positioned outermost in the tire width direction in the vehicle outer side region and a groove width Wi of the circumferential primary groove positioned outermost in the tire width direction in the vehicle inner side region being such that 0.80≤Wo/Wi≤0.90;
a relationship between a thickness Ga on a rim check line position of an outer side rubber portion positioned farther to the outer side than the carcass layer and a maximum thickness Gb in the side wall portion of the outer side rubber portion being such that 0.8×Gb≤Ga≤1.0×Gb; and
a relationship between a thickness Gc on a rim check line position of an inner side rubber portion positioned farther to the inner side than the carcass layer and the thickness Ga on the rim check line position of the outer side rubber portion being such that 0.7×Ga≤Gc≤1.0×Ga;
wherein a minimum wall thickness portion in a range from a center position of the tread portion to a tire maximum width position is disposed between an end portion of the belt layers and a position at 70% of a tire cross-sectional height SH, a relationship between a thickness Gmin of the minimum wall thickness portion and a thickness Gmax of a maximum wall thickness portion in the side wall portion is such that 0.5×Gmax≤Gmin≤0.8×Gmax, and a relationship between a length Lmin on a tire outer surface in a tire meridian cross-section of a thin wall region where a wall thickness difference to the minimum wall thickness portion is 1 mm or less and the tire cross-sectional height SH is such that 0.18×SH≤Lmin≤0.26×SH.

2. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein a tan δ of a rubber composition composing the bead filler is from 0.03 to 0.08 at 60° C., and a JIS-A hardness of the rubber composition composing the bead filler is from 68 to 74 at 20° C.

3. The run-flat tire according to claim 2 , wherein an additional reinforcing layer is embedded in the outside of the carcass layer in the side wall portion, a tan δ of a rubber composition composing the additional reinforcing layer is from 0.01 and 0.08 at 60° C., and a JIS-A hardness of the rubber composition composing the additional reinforcing layer is from 68 and 80 at 20° C.

4. The run-flat tire according to claim 3 , wherein a relationship between the distance Do and the distance Di is such that Di>Do.

5. The run-flat tire according to claim 2 , wherein a relationship between the distance Do and the distance Di is such that Di>Do.

6. The run-flat tire according to claim 2 , wherein an additional reinforcing layer is embedded in the outside of the carcass layer in the side wall portion, a tan δ of a rubber composition composing the additional reinforcing layer is from 0.01 and 0.08 at 60° C., and a JIS-A hardness of the rubber composition composing the additional reinforcing layer is from 68 and 80 at 20° C.

7. The run-flat tire according to claim 6 , wherein a relationship between the distance Do and the distance Di is such that Di>Do.

8. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein an additional reinforcing layer is embedded in the outside of the carcass layer in the side wall portion, a tan δ of a rubber composition composing the additional reinforcing layer is from 0.01 and 0.08 at 60° C., and a JIS-A hardness of the rubber composition composing the additional reinforcing layer is from 68 and 80 at 20° C.

9. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein a relationship between the distance Do and the distance Di is such that Di>Do.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Horiuchi Kenji

Classifications

• B60C17/00

  Tyres characterised by means enabling restricted operation in damaged or deflated condition; Accessories therefor · CPC title

• B60C2017/0072

  Thickness · CPC title

• B60C3/06

  asymmetric · CPC title

• B60C2013/007

  Thickness · CPC title

• B60C11/0327

  characterised by special properties of the tread pattern · CPC title