Pneumatic tire and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10894376-B2
Application number	US-201715631507-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2017
Priority date	Dec 15, 2011
Publication date	Jan 19, 2021
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021

Abstract

The present invention has an object of providing a pneumatic tire that exhibits better uniformity by improving the wire wound body for constituting the bead core. The pneumatic tire 1 comprises a bead core 5 comprising a wire wound body 10 in which one bead wire 10a is spirally wound in a continuous around a tire rotational axis CL so that a plurality of layers of the bead wire are formed in a radial direction of the tire. The wire wound body 10 comprises a first part 13 and a second part 14. The first part 13 comprises a plurality of layers of the bead wire 10a each circumferentially extending with a constant radius from the tire rotational axis CL. The second part comprises a plurality of layers of the bead wire 10a each circumferentially extending while changing its radius from the tire rotational axis CL.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, and a carcass extending between the bead cores, wherein
at least one of the bead cores comprises a wire wound body in which one bead wire is spirally wound in a continuous manner around a tire rotational axis so that a plurality of layers of the bead wire are formed in a radial direction of the tire, and
the wire wound body comprises a first part and a second part, the first part comprising a plurality of layers of the bead wire each extending in a circumferential direction of the tire having a constant radius from the tire rotational axis, and the second part comprising a plurality of layers of the bead wire each extending in the circumferential direction of the tire while changing its radius from the tire rotational axis,

the method comprising
a wire wound body forming step in which one bead wire is spirally wound in a continuous manner on a predetermined area of a side surface of an inner core to form the wire wound body, wherein the wire wound body forming step comprises
a wire fixing step in which a winding-starting end of the bead wire is pushed and fixed on the predetermined area, and then
a wire winding step in which the bead wire is spirally wound on the predetermined area by rotating the inner core around the tire rotational axis,
wherein the wire winding step comprises
a first rotating step in which the inner core rotates to wind the bead wire while maintaining a constant angle α 1 between the tire rotational axis and a Y-axis direction that is a feeding direction of the bead wire to the inner core, and
a second rotating step in which the inner core rotates to wind the bead wire while gradually increasing the angle α 1 wherein the angle α 1 is increased by turning the inner core around a radial axis passing through a point “O” at which a core equatorial plane and the tire rotational axis intersect.

2. The method for manufacturing the pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein each layer of the bead wire of the second part extends in a straight manner.

3. A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, and a carcass extending between the bead cores, wherein
at least one of the bead cores comprises a wire wound body in which one bead wire is spirally wound in a continuous manner around a tire rotational axis so that a plurality of layers of the bead wire are formed in a radial direction of the tire, and
the wire wound body comprises a first part and a second part, the first part comprising a plurality of layers of the bead wire each extending in a circumferential direction of the tire having a constant radius from the tire rotational axis, and the second part comprising a plurality of layers of the bead wire each extending in the circumferential direction of the tire while changing its radius from the tire rotational axis,

the method comprising
a wire wound body forming step in which one bead wire is spirally wound in a continuous manner on a predetermined area of a side surface of an inner core to form the wire wound body, wherein the wire wound body forming step comprises
a wire fixing step in which a winding-starting end of the bead wire is pushed and fixed on the predetermined area, and then
a wire winding step in which the bead wire is spirally wound on the predetermined area by rotating the inner core around the tire rotational axis,
wherein the wire winding step comprises
a first rotating step in which the inner core rotates to wind the bead wire while maintaining a constant angle α 1 between the tire rotational axis and a Y-axis direction that is a feeding direction of the bead wire to the inner core, and
a second rotating step in which the inner core rotates to wind the bead wire while gradually increasing the angle α 1 and the inner core moves backward along the Y-axis while increasing the angle α 1 .

Assignees

• Sumitomo Rubber Ind

Inventors

• Sugiyama Naoki
• Torii Tomoharu

Classifications

• B60C2015/048

  Polygonal cores characterised by the winding sequence · CPC title

• B29D30/34

  by jointly covering two bead-rings, located parallel to each other at a distance apart, with fabric or cord layers · CPC title

• B29D2030/485

  the bead cores being made using a band containing a plurality of wires embedded in rubber · CPC title

• B29K2305/00

  Use of metals, their alloys or their compounds, as reinforcement · CPC title

• B60C15/0018

  not folded around the bead core, e.g. floating or down ply · CPC title