Run-flat tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11331963-B2
Application number	US-201816652971-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2018
Priority date	Oct 2, 2017
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

A run-flat tire includes reinforcing rubber in a sidewall, first bead filler rubber disposed toward the inside of a folded back portion of a carcass layer in a lateral direction, and second bead filler rubber disposed toward the outside of the folded back portion in the lateral direction. The reinforcing rubber has a thickness from a rim base line to a position within 38% to 68% of a tire cross-sectional height being from 90% to 100% of a maximum thickness of the reinforcing rubber. In a range from a position of a rim check line to a position being 38% of the tire cross-sectional height from the rim base line, a total thickness of the reinforcing rubber, the first bead filler rubber, and the second bead filler rubber is from 100% to 140% of the maximum thickness of the reinforcing rubber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A run-flat tire, comprising:
a tread portion;
a sidewall portion disposed on each of both sides of the tread portion;
a bead portion disposed toward the inside of the sidewall portion in a tire radial direction;
a plurality of carcass layers extending from the tread portion through the sidewall portion to the bead portion, each comprising an end portion folded back in the bead portion toward the outside in a tire lateral direction while the carcass layers are wound in a tire circumferential direction;
an innerliner layer disposed in an inner circumferential surface of the carcass layers;
side reinforcing rubber disposed between the carcass layers and the innerliner layer in the sidewall portion;
first bead filler rubber disposed toward the inside of a folded back portion of the carcass layers in the tire lateral direction; and
second bead filler rubber disposed toward the outside of the folded back portion of the carcass layers in the tire lateral direction along the carcass layers;
the side reinforcing rubber having a thickness from a reference position toward the inside of a tire cross-sectional height in the tire radial direction to a position toward the outside within a range of 38% or more and 68% or less of the tire cross-sectional height in the tire radial direction being within a range of 90% or more and 100% or less of a maximum thickness of the side reinforcing rubber; and
at least in a range from a position in the tire radial direction of a rim check line to a position being 38% of the tire cross-sectional height outward from the reference position in the tire radial direction, a total thickness of the side reinforcing rubber, the first bead filler rubber, and the second bead filler rubber being within a range of 100% or more and 140% or less of the maximum thickness of the side reinforcing rubber.

2. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the first bead filler rubber has a height in the tire radial direction from the reference position to an outer end portion in the tire radial direction being within a range of 15% or more and 35% or less of the tire cross-sectional height,
the second bead filler rubber has a height in the tire radial direction from the reference position to an outer end portion in the tire radial direction being within a range of 38% or more and 65% or less of the tire cross-sectional height, and
the second bead filler rubber has a distance between an inner end portion in the tire radial direction and the outer end portion in the tire radial direction being within a range of 25% or more and 60% or less of the tire cross-sectional height.

3. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein in a meridian cross-section, a total of the cross-sectional area of the first bead filler rubber and a cross-sectional area of the second bead filler rubber is within a range of 25% or more and 45% or less of a cross-sectional area of the side reinforcing rubber.

4. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein a total thickness of a thickness of the first bead filler rubber and a thickness of the second bead filler rubber at a position in the tire radial direction of the rim check line is within a range of 200% or more and 300% or less of a thickness of the side reinforcing rubber at a position in the tire radial direction of the rim check line.

5. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the side reinforcing rubber has a tan δ at 60° C. being within a range of 0.01 or more and 0.08 or less and has a JIS-A hardness at 20° C. being within a range of 72 or more and 82 or less, and
at least one of the first bead filler rubber or the second bead filler rubber has a tan δ at 60° C. being within a range of 0.01 or more and 0.08 or less and has a JIS-A hardness at 20° C. being within a range of 67 or more and 77 or less.

6. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the side reinforcing rubber has a tan δ at 60° C. being within a range of 0.01 or more and 0.08 or less and has a JIS-A hardness at 20° C. being within a range of 72 or more and 82 or less, and
the first bead filler rubber and the second bead filler rubber each have a tan δ at 60° C. being within a range of 0.01 or more and 0.08 or less and have a JIS-A hardness at 20° C. being within a range of 67 or more and 77 or less.

7. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion of a first one of the carcass layers terminates at a height less than a height of the first bead filler, and the end portion of a second one of the carcass layers extends further radially outward than the end portion of the first one of the carcass layers and sandwiches the end portion of the first one of the carcass layers between the end portion of the second one of the carcass layers and the first bead filler.

8. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the tread portion includes a belt layer toward the outside of the carcass layers in the tire radial direction, and the belt layer includes a plurality of belt plies layered one on another,
among the plurality of belt plies, a belt ply positioned the most toward the outside in the tire radial direction has a width in the tire lateral direction being within a range of 101% or more and 110% or less of a ground contact width, and
among the plurality of belt plies, a belt ply having a maximum width has an overlapping amount with the side reinforcing rubber being within a range of 15 mm or more and 30 mm or less.

9. The run-flat tire according to claim 8 , wherein
at least a portion of the plurality of belt plies has an inclination angle of a belt code in the tire lateral direction with respect to the tire circumferential direction being within a range of 25° or more and 35° or less, and
a belt cover is provided toward the outside of the belt layer in the tire radial direction, and is disposed at least in a range in which the belt plies are disposed in the tire lateral direction.

10. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein in a meridian cross-section, a cross-sectional area of the first bead filler rubber is larger than a cross-sectional area of the second bead filler rubber.

11. The run-flat tire according to claim 10 , wherein
the first bead filler rubber has a height in the tire radial direction from the reference position to an outer end portion in the tire radial direction being within a range of 15% or more and 35% or less of the tire cross-sectional height,
the second bead filler rubber has a height in the tire radial direction from the reference position to an outer end portion in the tire radial direction being within a range of 38% or more and 65% or less of the tire cross-sectional height, and
the second bead filler rubber has a distance between an inner end portion in the tire radial direction and the outer end portion in the tire radial direction being within a range of 25% or more and 60% or less of the tire cross-sectional height.

12. The run-flat tire according to claim 11 , wherein in a meridian cross-section, a total of the cross-sectional area of the first bead filler rubber and the cross-sectional area of the second bead filler rubber is within a range of 25% or more and 45% or less of a cross-sectional area of the side reinforcing rubber.

13. The run-flat tire according to claim 12 , wherein a total thickness of a thickness of the first bead filler rubber and a thickness of the second bead filler rubber at a position in the tire radial direction of the rim check line is within a range of 200% or more and 300% or less of a thickness of the side reinforcing rubber at a position in the tire radial direction of the rim check line.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kameda Norifumi

Classifications

• B60C15/0027

  with low ply turn-up, i.e. folded around the bead core and terminating at the bead core · CPC title

• B60C9/20

  built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel · CPC title

• B60C2017/0063

  Modulus; Hardness; Loss modulus or "tangens delta" · CPC title

• B60C2017/0054

  Physical properties or dimensions of the inserts · CPC title

• B60C15/0603

  characterised by features of the bead filler or apex · CPC title