Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10632792-B2
Application number	US-201715620989-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2017
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

A pneumatic tire includes a sidewall portion having an outer wall surface that is provided with a first protrusion extending to have an annular shape in a tire-circumferential direction, and a plurality of second protrusions disposed at intervals in the tire-circumferential direction. The first protrusion is provided, in a tire-radial direction, in a region having a range of 80% of a length H from a tire-maximum-width position to a tire-outermost-diameter point in the tire-radial direction with the tire-maximum-width position as the center. The second protrusion is provided with a connection portion that extends in the tire-circumferential direction and is connected to the first protrusion on the outer side in the tire-radial direction, and a pair of radial projection portions that projects outward in the tire-radial direction from both end portions of the connection portion in the tire-circumferential direction and is disposed at an interval in the tire-circumferential direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a pair of bead portions;
a pair of sidewall portions which extends outward from the bead portions in a tire-radial direction; and
a tread portion which connects both outer ends of the sidewall portions to each other in the radial direction,
wherein an outer wall surface of the sidewall portion is provided with a first protrusion extending to have an annular shape in a tire-circumferential direction, and a plurality of second protrusions disposed at intervals in the tire-circumferential direction on an outer side of the first protrusion in the tire-radial direction,
wherein the first protrusion is provided, in the tire-radial direction, within a region having a range of 0 to 80% of a length H from a tire-maximum-width position to a tire-outermost-diameter point in the tire-radial direction with the tire-maximum-width position as the center, and
wherein the second protrusion is provided with a connection portion that extends in the tire-circumferential direction and is connected to the first protrusion on the outer side in the tire-radial direction, and a pair of radial projection portions that projects outward in the tire-radial direction from both end portions of the connection portion in the tire-circumferential direction and is disposed at an interval in the tire-circumferential direction.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 ,
wherein a length of the radial projection portion in the tire-circumferential direction is shortened as the radial projection portion is closer to the outer side thereof in the tire-radial direction.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 ,
wherein an outer wall surface of the sidewall portion is provided with a third protrusion disposed between the second protrusions adjacent to each other in the tire-circumferential direction so as to be separated outward in the tire-radial direction from the first protrusion.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 ,
wherein a length of the third protrusion in the tire-circumferential direction increases as the third protrusion is closer to the outer side thereof in the tire-radial direction.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 ,
wherein an end portion of the third protrusion on an inner side in the tire-radial direction is positioned inward in the tire-radial direction from an end portion of the connection portion on an outer side in the tire-radial direction.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second protrusion has a raised height from the outer wall surface of the sidewall portion that gradually decreases as the second protrusion is closer to the outer side thereof in the tire-radial direction.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 ,
wherein an outer surface of the second protrusion intersects with an outer surface of the third protrusion in a tire-sectional view.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 ,
wherein an outer wall surface of the sidewall portion is provided with a third protrusion disposed between the second protrusions adjacent to each other in the tire-circumferential direction so as to be separated outward in the tire-radial direction from the first protrusion.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 4 ,
wherein an end portion of the third protrusion on an inner side in the tire-radial direction is positioned inward in the tire-radial direction from an end portion of the connection portion on an outer side in the tire-radial direction.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first protrusion has a substantially constant height from the outer wall surface of the sidewall portion in the tire-radial direction.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first protrusion has a height (T 1 ) from the outer wall surface of the sidewall portion in the tire-radial direction and the second protrusions have the same height (T 1 ) on an inner side of the connection portion in the tire-radial direction that is connected to the first protrusion.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 11 , wherein raised heights of the connection portion and the radial projection portions of the second protrusions both gradually decrease towards an outer side in the tire-radial direction.

13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 6 , wherein raised heights of the connection portion and the radial projection portions of the second protrusions both gradually decrease towards an outer side in the tire-radial direction.

14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 13 , wherein the first protrusion has a height (T 1 ) from the outer wall surface of the sidewall portion in the tire-radial direction and the second protrusions have the same height (T 1 ) on an inner side of the connection portion in the tire-radial direction that is connected to the first protrusion.

Assignees

• Toyo Tire & Rubber Co
• Toyo Tire Corp

Inventors

• Fujioka Tsuyoshi

Classifications

• B60C11/0306

  Patterns comprising block rows or discontinuous ribs · CPC title

• B60C11/01 Primary

  Shape of the shoulders between tread and sidewall, e.g. rounded, stepped or cantilevered · CPC title

• B60C13/02

  Arrangement of grooves or ribs · CPC title

• B60C13/003

  characterised by sidewall curvature · CPC title