Non-pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10836211-B2
Application number	US-201615764068-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	Oct 9, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

According to the present invention, when a first point (P 1 ) is set on an end edge on an outer end portion ( 15 a ) side of a coupling member ( 15 ) and a fifth point (P 5 ) is set on an end edge on an inner end portion ( 15 b ) side of the coupling member ( 15 ), and when a distance (H 1 ) from the fifth point (P 5 ) to the second point (P 2 ) along a reference straight line (RL) passing through the first point (P 1 ) and a tire axis is set to 0.80 times a reference distance (H) from the fifth point (P 5 ) to the first point (P 1 ) along the reference straight line, a distance (H 2 ) from the fifth point (P 5 ) to the third point along the reference straight line is set to 0.65 times the reference distance (H), and a distance (H 3 ) from the fifth point (P 5 ) to the fourth point (P 4 ) along the reference straight line is set to 0.30 times the reference distance (H), the third point (P 3 ) is disposed on the other side in the tire circumferential direction of an overall inclined straight line (SL) passing through the first point (P 1 ) and the fifth point (P 5 ), and a horizontal distance (D 2 ) between the second point (P 2 ) and the third point (P 3 ) in a perpendicular direction (D) perpendicular to the reference straight line (RL) is larger than each of a horizontal distance D 1 between the first point (P 1 ) and the second point (P 2 ) in the perpendicular direction (D) and a horizontal distance (D 4 ) between the fourth point (P 4 ) and the fifth point (P 5 ) in the perpendicular direction (D).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-pneumatic tire comprising:
an attachment body attachable to an axle;
an inner cylindrical body which is provided on the attachment body;
an outer cylindrical body which surrounds the attachment body from the outside in a tire radial direction; and
a coupling body which couples the outer cylindrical body and the inner cylindrical body, wherein the coupling body includes a plurality of coupling members disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction, opposite ends of each of the coupling members are respectively coupled to the inner cylindrical body and the outer cylindrical body, and a first end portion which is an outer end portion of each of the coupling members in the tire radial direction is positioned on one side in the tire circumferential direction of a second end portion which is an inner end portion in the tire radial direction,
wherein, in a tire side view when the non-pneumatic tire is viewed from a tire width direction,
when a first point, a second point, a third point, a fourth point, and a fifth point are set in order from the first end portion side toward the second end portion side on a center line passing through a center in the tire circumferential direction of each of the coupling members over the entire length from the first end portion to the second end portion of each of the coupling members,
when the first point is set on an end edge on the first end portion side of each of the coupling members and the fifth point is set on an end edge on the second end portion side of each of the coupling members, and
when a distance H 1 from the fifth point to the second point along a reference straight line passing through the first point and a tire axis is set to 0.80 times a reference distance H from the fifth point to the first point along the reference straight line, a distance H 2 from the fifth point to the third point along the reference straight line is set to 0.65 times the reference distance H, and a distance H 3 from the fifth point to the fourth point along the reference straight line is set to 0.30 times the reference distance H,
the third point is disposed on the other side in the tire circumferential direction of an overall inclined straight line passing through the first point and the fifth point, and
a horizontal distance D 2 between the second point and the third point in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the reference straight line is larger than each of a horizontal distance D 1 between the first point and the second point in the perpendicular direction and a horizontal distance D 4 between the fourth point and the fifth point in the perpendicular direction,
the inner cylindrical body, the outer cylindrical body, and the plurality of coupling members are integrally formed of a synthetic resin material, and
each of the coupling members couples an outer circumferential surface side of the inner cylindrical body to an inner circumferential surface side of the outer cylindrical body in an elastically relatively displaceable manner.

2. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an inclination angle θ 2 of a second inclined straight line passing through the second point and the third point with respect to the perpendicular direction is smaller than each of an inclination angle θ 1 of a first inclined straight line passing through the first point and the second point with respect to the perpendicular direction and an inclination angle θ 4 of a fourth inclined straight line passing through the fourth point and the fifth point with respect to the perpendicular direction.

3. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein an inclination angle θ 3 of a third inclined straight line passing through the third point and the fourth point with respect to the perpendicular direction is larger than the inclination angle θ 2 .

4. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein the inclination angle θ 4 is larger than the inclination angle θ 3 .

5. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 4 , wherein a size of each of the coupling members in the tire circumferential direction gradually decreases from each of the first point and the fifth point toward the fourth point.

6. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein a size of each of the coupling members in the tire circumferential direction gradually decreases from each of the first point and the fifth point toward the fourth point.

7. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein a size of each of the coupling members in the tire circumferential direction gradually decreases from each of the first point and the fifth point toward the fourth point.

8. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a size of each of the coupling members in the tire circumferential direction gradually decreases from each of the first point and the fifth point toward the fourth point.

9. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the second point is disposed on one side in the tire circumferential direction of the overall inclined straight line passing through the first point and the fifth point.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Abe Akihiko

Classifications

• B60B9/00

  Wheels of high resiliency {, e.g. with conical interacting pressure-surfaces (resilient wheels comprising rail-engaging elements B60B17/0027)} · CPC title

• B60C7/146 Primary

  extending substantially radially, e.g. like spokes · CPC title

• B60C7/143

  having a lateral extension disposed in a plane parallel to the wheel axis · CPC title

• B60C7/14 Primary

  using springs · CPC title

• B60B2200/22

  Chairs · CPC title