Film for tire inner liner, method for manufacturing film for tire inner liner, pneumatic tire, and method for manufacturing pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10065405-B2
Application number	US-201314380445-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2013
Priority date	Mar 8, 2012
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a film for a tire inner liner film that may exhibit uniform excellent physical properties over all directions when applied to a tire, and may secure excellent durability and fatigue resistance in a tire manufacturing process or in an automobile running process, a method for manufacturing the film for a tire inner liner, a pneumatic tire using the tire inner liner film, and a method for manufacturing the pneumatic tire using the tire inner liner film.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A film for a tire inner liner comprising a base film that is drawn or oriented in a first direction, and is in the undrawn state in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,
wherein the first direction is set parallel to the axial direction of a tire forming drum for manufacturing a pneumatic tire, and
a strength ratio of the first direction to the second direction of the base film is 1.1:1 to 2:1,
wherein the base film comprises (i) a copolymer comprising polyamide-based segments and polyether-based segments, or (ii) a resin mixture of a polymer comprising polyamide-based segments and a polymer comprising polyether-based segments, and
the content of the polyether-based segments of the copolymer or the content of the polymer comprising polyether-based segments is 5 wt % to 50 wt % based on the total weight of the base film.

2. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction is identical to the machine direction (MD) of the base film, and the second direction is identical to the transverse direction (TD) of the base film.

3. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 2 , wherein the length of the base film in the second direction is 1000 mm or more.

4. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 1 , wherein the film is drawn 5% to 50% in the first direction of the base film, and further comprising an adhesive layer formed on at least one side of the base film.

5. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 4 , wherein the first direction is identical to the transverse direction (TD) of the base film, and the second direction is identical to the machine direction (MD) of the base film.

6. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 5 , wherein the length of the base film in the first direction is 1000 mm or less.

7. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 1 , wherein the copolymer comprises polyamide-based segments and polyether-based segments at a weight ratio of 7:3 to 3:7.

8. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 1 , wherein the resin mixture comprises the polymer comprising polyamide-based segments and the polymer comprising polyether-based segments at a weight ratio of 7:3 to 3:7.

9. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 1 , wherein the base film further comprises a polyamide-based resin having relative viscosity (96% sulfuric acid solution) of 3.0 to 4.0.

10. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 9 , wherein the base film comprises the polyamide-based resin and the (i) copolymer or the (ii) resin mixture at a weight ratio of 7:3 to 3:7.

11. The film for a tire inner liner according to claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive layer that is formed on at least one side of the base film and comprises a resorcinol-formalin-latex (RFL)-based adhesive.

12. A method for manufacturing the film for a tire inner liner of claim 1 , comprising: melting and extruding a raw material for a base film to form a base film having a width of 1000 mm or more in the transverse direction (TD); and
orienting the base film such that total draft in the machine direction becomes 6 to 20.

13. The method for manufacturing a film for a tire inner liner according to claim 12 , wherein the total draft in the machine direction is a value obtained by multiplying a melt draft ratio in an extrusion die of the following Equation 1 and a draw ratio after the extrusion die:
melt draft ratio in an extrusion die=speed of a casting roll(m/min)/discharge speed of raw material in a die(m/min).  [Equation 1]

14. The method for manufacturing a film for a tire inner liner according to claim 13 , comprising drawing such that the draw ratio after the extrusion die becomes 1.05 to 1.5.

15. The method for manufacturing a film for a tire inner liner according to claim 12 , wherein the step of melting and extruding raw material for a base film to form a base film having a width of 1000 mm or more in the transverse direction (TD) comprises melting and extruding the raw material for a base film in an extrusion die having a die gap of 0.3 to 1.5 mm.

16. The method for manufacturing a film for a tire inner liner according to claim 12 , wherein the step of forming a base film comprises melting and extruding raw material for a base film comprising (i) a copolymer comprising polyamide-based segments and polyether-based segments, or (ii) a resin mixture of a polymer comprising polyamide-based segments and a polymer comprising polyether-based segments at 230° C. to 300° C. to form a film having a thickness of 30 μm to 300 μm, and
the content of the polyether-based segments or the content of the polymer comprising polyether-based segments of the copolymer is 5 wt % to 50 wt %, based on the total weight of the base film.

17. The method for manufacturing a film for a tire inner liner according to claim 16 , wherein the raw material for a base film further comprises a polyamide-based resin.

18. The method for manufacturing a film for a tire inner liner according to claim 17 , wherein the raw material for a base film comprises the polyamide-based resin and the copolymer or the mixture at a weight ratio of 7:3 to 3:7.

19. The method for manufacturing a film for a tire inner liner according to claim 16 ,
wherein the copolymer comprises the polyamide-based segments and the polyether-based segments at a weight ratio of 7:3 to 3:7, and
the resin mixture comprises the polymer comprising polyamide-based segments and the polymer comprising polyether-based segments at a weight ratio of 7:3 to 3:7.

20. The method for manufacturing a film for a tire inner liner according to claim 12 ,
further comprising coating a resorcinol-formalin-latex (RFL)-based adhesive on at least one side of the base film layer to a thickness of 0.1 μm to 20 μm to form an adhesive layer.

21. A pneumatic tire manufactured using the film for a tire inner liner of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Kolon Inc

Inventors

• Kim Yun-Jo
• Kim Si-Min
• Kim Dong-Jin
• Chung Il
• Choi Dong-Hyeon

Classifications

• B29K2077/00

  Use of {PA, i.e.} polyamides, e.g. polyesteramides {or derivatives thereof}, as moulding material · CPC title

• B29D2030/0682

  Inner liners · CPC title

• Y10T428/28

  Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer · CPC title

• B29K2105/0085

  Copolymers · CPC title

• C08G69/40

  Polyamides containing oxygen in the form of ether groups (C08G69/12, C08G69/32 take precedence) · CPC title