Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11040584-B2
Application number	US-201515329965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2015
Priority date	Jul 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A pneumatic tire comprises: a fastener disposed on a tire inner surface, the mechanical fastener being a first mechanical fastener of a separatable pair of mechanical fasteners composed of at least two fastener members; wherein a) the fastener members sandwich a rubber-coated fiber reinforced member and fix together; b) the fastener is disposed within a region such that the following relationship is satisfied: 0.05≤A/H≤0.4, where A is a height in a tire radial direction from a bead toe end to a center position (C) of the fastener, and H is a height of a cross section of the tire; and c) the fiber reinforced member includes fiber bundles disposed in alignment in at least one direction, and forms an angle (minor angle θ) with a tire circumferential direction such that: 30 degrees≤θ≤90 degrees.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire, comprising:
first mechanical fasteners disposed on a tire inner surface and separated from each other, each of the first mechanical fasteners being one of a separatable pair of mechanical fasteners and being composed of at least two fastener members; wherein
a) the at least two fastener members sandwich a rubber-coated fiber reinforced member and fix together;
b) the first mechanical fasteners are disposed at a position within a region such that the following relationship is satisfied:
0.05 ≤A/H ≤0.4

where A is a height in a tire radial direction from a bead toe end to a center position of the first mechanical fasteners, and H is a height of a cross section of the tire; and
c) the rubber-coated fiber reinforced member includes a plurality of fiber bundles disposed in alignment in at least one direction, and at least one direction of the at least one direction in which the fiber bundles are aligned forms an angle θ with a tire circumferential direction such that:
30 degrees ≤θ≤90 degrees; and

a number of the fiber bundles in the rubber-coated fiber reinforced member that pass through a fastener region where one of the first mechanical fasteners projects on the tire inner surface is from 2 to 90; wherein:
a contour shape of the one of the mechanical fasteners which projects on the tire inner surface has a distance R of from 2 mm to 60 mm, where R is a distance from a center of gravity position of the contour shape to a discretionary position on a line of the contour furthest away from the center of gravity position; and
a relationship: BL/CL≤1 is satisfied, where the BL is a circumferential length of a fiber bundle B with a greatest circumferential length, and the CL is a radial length of a fiber bundle C with a greatest radial length among the fiber bundles which compose the rubber-coated fiber reinforced member; and the angle (minor angle θ) formed between the at least direction in which the fiber bundle B or the fiber bundle C is aligned and the tire circumferential direction is such that 70 degrees ≤θ≤90 degrees.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber-coated fiber reinforced member is composed of organic fiber bundles with a Young's modulus of from 1 to 15 GPa.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber-coated fiber reinforced member is composed of a plurality of fiber bundles aligned in one direction.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein
the rubber-coated fiber reinforced member includes at least two rubber-coated fiber reinforced layers composed of a plurality of fiber bundles aligned in one direction; and
the at least two rubber-coated fiber reinforced layers have a layered configuration with a fiber bundle alignment direction of adjacent fiber reinforced layers of the at least two rubber-coated fiber reinforced layers intersecting.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber-coated fiber reinforced member has a number of fiber bundles Y per unit width of the rubber-coated fiber reinforced member (bundle/50 mm width) that satisfies:
20 ≤Y (bundle/50 mm width)≤90.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber-coated fiber reinforced member has a contour shape when viewed in a plan view without sharp corner portions, and is composed of a curved line with a radius of curvature of 5 mm or greater or composed of a combination of a curved line with a radius of curvature of 5 mm or greater and a straight line.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , further comprising an object attached to a second fastener that engages with the first fastener on the tire inner surface, wherein the object is fixed on the tire inner surface by engaging the first fastener and the second fastener together.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein the object attached to the second fastener is one or a combination of two or more of (a) an electronic circuit comprising a sensor, (b) a balance weight, (c) a run-flat core, (d) an object on which an oxygen scavenger, a drying agent, and/or an ultraviolet light detecting color fixing agent is applied or mounted, (e) a noise absorbing member, and (f) a surface fastener member.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakamoto Hayato
• Tanno Atsushi

Classifications

• B60C23/0459

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• B60C23/0489

  for detecting the actual angular position of the monitoring device while the wheel is turning · CPC title

• B60C23/0488

  Movement sensor, e.g. for sensing angular speed, acceleration or centripetal force · CPC title

• B60C23/0493 Primary

  for attachment on the tyre · CPC title

• B60C17/04

  utilising additional non-inflatable supports which become load-supporting in emergency · CPC title