Rubber decor and tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10245898-B2
Application number	US-201214365364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2012
Priority date	Dec 27, 2011
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

There is provided a rubber decor or a tire having: a rubber; a white layer arranged on or above a surface of the rubber and composed of a white paint; and a colored layer composed of a paint except a white paint and at least partially applied on the white layer. The darkest part of the white layer has brightness of 80% or more. The white layer and the colored layer constitute a desired decoration.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire comprising:
a tread portion contacting a road surface; and
a sidewall portion continuing into the tread portion,
wherein sidewall rubber constituting the sidewall portion includes a rubber decor comprising:
a rubber;
a white layer arranged on or above a surface of the rubber and composed of a white paint; and
a colored layer composed of a paint except a white paint and at least partially applied on the white layer,
wherein the darkest part of the white layer has brightness of 80% or more, and the white layer and the colored layer constitute a desired decoration,
wherein the white paint is an ultraviolet ink and the paint except a white paint is an ultraviolet ink,
wherein the rubber comprises a barrier layer at the surface of the rubber and at least at an area adjacent to the white layer, the barrier layer including butyl-based rubber,
wherein an outermost end in a tire radial direction of the barrier layer is arranged on an inner side of a tire maximum width position in the tire radial direction, and
wherein tire radial outer ends of the white layer and the colored layer are arranged on the inner side of the tire maximum width position in the tire radial direction.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein thickness (tw) of the thickest part of the white layer is equal or greater than thickness (tc) of the thickest part of the colored layer.

3. The tire according to claim 2 , wherein the ratio (tw/tc) of thickness (tw) of the thickest part of the white layer to the thickness (tc) of the thickest part of the colored layer is not less than 1 and not more than 4.

4. The tire according to claim 3 , wherein the ratio (tw/tc) of the thickness (tw) of the thickest part of the white layer to the thickness (tc) of the thickest part of the colored layer is not less than 1 and not more than 2.

5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the white layer is pure white.

6. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein total thickness (T) of the thickest part of the white layer and the colored layer is 250 μm or less.

7. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the colored layer protrudes from the white layer and is arranged on or above the surface of the rubber.

8. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the white layer protrudes from the colored layer and is arranged on or above the surface of the rubber.

9. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the colored layer is directly on the white layer.

10. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the white layer has a brightness of 100%.

11. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the colored layer is from 20 μm to 40 μm.

12. The tire according to claim 11 , wherein the thickness of the white layer is 50 μm or more.

13. The tire according to claim 11 , wherein the thickness of the white layer is 100 μm or more.

14. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the white layer is 50 μm or more.

15. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier layer includes 80 parts by weight or more of the butyl-based rubber per 100 parts by weight of rubber in the barrier layer.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Yuki

Classifications

• B60C13/001 Primary

  Decorating, marking or the like · CPC title

• B60C13/04

  having annular inlays or covers, e.g. white sidewalls · CPC title

• Y10T428/24628

  Nonplanar uniform thickness material · CPC title

• Y10T428/24802

  Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.] · CPC title