Stud Pin and Studded Tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019366779-A1
Application number	US-201716489683-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 28, 2017
Priority date	Feb 28, 2017
Publication date	Dec 5, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A stud pin includes a tip including an end surface configured to come into contact with a road surface, a body portion configured to support the tip, and a lower flange. The flange profile shape of the lower flange is an anisotropic shape. The flange profile shape includes four or more first flange protrusion portions that project in the longitudinal direction and two second flange protrusion portions that project in the lateral direction. A tip profile shape of the tip is a shape including tip linear portions extending in a linear manner. At least one of the tip linear portions extends along a portion of the flange profile shape between two adjacent protrusion portions of the first flange protrusion portion and the second flange protrusion portion along the outer circumference of the flange profile shape.

First claim

1 . A stud pin installable in a studdable tire, comprising:
a tip comprising an end surface that comes into contact with a road surface; a body portion that supports the tip so that the tip projects from an end surface on one side of the body portion; and a lower flange connected to an end of the body portion on an opposite side to the end surface; a flange profile shape of the lower flange as viewed from an arrangement direction of the tip, the body portion, and the lower flange being an anisotropic shape in which, of imaginary rectangles circumscribing the flange profile shape, a first smallest rectangle with a shortest side of its four sides being a smallest and/or a second smallest rectangle with a longest side of its four sides being a smallest comprise short sides and long sides of different lengths; the flange profile shape comprising four or more first flange protrusion portions that project toward a longitudinal direction and two second flange protrusion portions that project toward a lateral direction; a tip profile shape of the tip as viewed from the arrangement direction being a shape comprising tip linear portions extending in a linear manner; and at least one of the tip linear portions extending along a portion of the flange profile shape along an outer circumference of the flange profile shape between two adjacent protrusion portions of the first flange protrusion portions and the second flange protrusion portions.

2 . The stud pin according to claim 1 , wherein
the first flange protrusion portions are constituted by two pairs of the first flange protrusion portions; and the tip profile shape comprises, as the tip linear portions, two tip linear portions extending along a portion of the flange profile shape between each of the two pairs of the first flange protrusion portions and four or more tip linear portions extending along a portion of the flange profile shape between each of the second flange protrusion portions and one of the first flange protrusion portions.

3 . The stud pin according to claim 2 , wherein
the flange profile shape comprises two first flange recess portions curved toward a centroid of the flange profile shape and disposed between each of the pairs of the first flange protrusion portions and four second flange recess portions curved toward the centroid, disposed between each of the second flange protrusion portions and one of the first flange protrusion portions, and smoothly connect to one of the first flange protrusion portions; and the tip linear portions are disposed facing the first flange recess portions, and the tip linear portions are disposed facing the second flange recess portions.

4 . The stud pin according to claim 1 , wherein
the tip profile shape comprises two tip recess portions recessed toward a centroid of the tip profile shape; and the tip recess portions comprise two of the tip linear portions connected together.

5 . The stud pin according to claim 1 , wherein a recess depth of the first flange recess portions is equal to or greater than a recess depth of the second flange recess portions.

6 . The stud pin according to claim 1 , wherein
the two second flange protrusion portions comprise two flange linear portions parallel with the longitudinal direction; and the flange linear portions are portions projecting the most in the lateral direction.

7 . A studded tire that is a staddable tire installed with a stud pin, the stud pin comprising:
a tip comprising an end surface that comes into contact with a road surface; a body portion that supports the tip so that the tip projects from an end surface on one side of the body portion; and a lower flange portion connected to an end of the body portion on an opposite side to the end surface; a flange profile shape of the lower flange as viewed from an arrangement direction of the tip, the body portion, and the lower flange portion being an anisotropic shape in which, of imaginary rectangles circumscribing the flange profile shape, a first smallest rectangle with a shortest side of its four sides being smallest and/or a second smallest rectangle with a longest side of its four sides being smallest comprise short sides and long sides of different lengths; the flange profile shape comprising four or more first flange protrusion portions F 1 that project toward a longitudinal direction and two second flange protrusion portions F 2 that project toward a lateral direction; a tip profile shape of the tip as viewed from the arrangement direction being a shape comprising tip linear portions extending in a linear manner; at least one of the tip linear portions extending along a portion of the flange profile shape along an outer circumference of the flange profile shape between two adjacent protrusion portions of the first flange protrusion portions F 1 and the second flange protrusion portions F 2 ; the tip profile shape of the stud pin being an anisotropic shape with a length of the tip profile shape in the longitudinal direction parallel with the long sides being different from a length of the tip profile shape in the lateral direction parallel with the short sides, and the studded tire comprising: a tread portion in which the stud pin is installed with the longitudinal direction of the tip profile shape facing a tire lateral direction.

8 . The studded tire according to claim 7 , wherein
the tread portion is installed with the stud pin with the longitudinal direction or the lateral direction facing a tire circumferential direction.

9 . The stud pin according to claim 2 , wherein
the tip profile shape comprises two tip recess portions recessed toward a centroid of the tip profile shape; and the tip recess portions comprise two of the tip linear portions connected together.

10 . The stud pin according to claim 9 , wherein a recess depth of the first flange recess portions is equal to or greater than a recess depth of the second flange recess portions.

11 . The stud pin according to claim 10 , wherein
the two second flange protrusion portions comprise two flange linear portions parallel with the longitudinal direction; and the flange linear portions are portions projecting the most in the lateral direction.

12 . A studded tire that is a studdable tire installed with the stud pin described in claim 11 , the tip profile shape of the stud pin being an anisotropic shape with a length of the tip profile shape in the longitudinal direction parallel with the long sides being different from a length of the tip profile shape in the lateral direction parallel with the short sides, the studded tire comprising:
a tread portion in which the stud pin is installed with the longitudinal direction of the tip profile shape facing a tire lateral direction.

13 . The studded tire according to claim 12 , wherein
the tread portion is installed with the stud pin with the longitudinal direction or the lateral direction facing a tire circumferential direction.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mori Masakazu

Classifications

• B60C11/1643

  with special shape of the plug-body portion, i.e. not cylindrical · CPC title

• B60C11/1675

  with special shape of the plug- tip · CPC title

• B60C11/0302

  directional pattern, i.e. with main rolling direction · CPC title

• B60C11/1668 Primary

  with an additional collar · CPC title

• B60C11/1625 Primary

  Arrangements thereof in the tread patterns, e.g. irregular · CPC title