Non-pneumatic tire for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9290053-B2
Application number	US-201414521590-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2014
Priority date	Nov 6, 2013
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

A non-pneumatic tire for a vehicle is disclosed. The non-pneumatic tire includes a tread, a rim part, inside and outside annular bands, a spoke member, and a pair of protective films. The tread comes into contact with a road surface. The rim part is connected to the axle of a vehicle. The inside and outside annular bands are disposed between the tread and the rim part, and are coaxially spaced apart from each other. The spoke member includes supports disposed in a predetermined pattern and configured to connect the inside and outside annular bands, and openings defined by the supports. The pair of protective films are disposed at both ends of the tire in the widthwise direction of the tire, and prevents foreign substances from infiltrating into the openings of the spoke member. The protective films are made of the same material as the spoke member and integrated with the spoke member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-pneumatic tire for a vehicle, comprising:
a tread configured to come into contact with a road surface;
a rim part connected to an axle of a vehicle;
inside and outside annular bands disposed between the tread and the rim part, and coaxially spaced apart from each other;
a spoke member comprising:
supports disposed in a predetermined pattern, and configured to connect the inside and outside annular bands; and
openings defined by the supports; and

a pair of protective films disposed at both ends of the tire in a widthwise direction of the tire, and configured to prevent foreign substances from infiltrating into the openings of the spoke member;
wherein the protective films are made of a same material as the spoke member and integrated with the spoke member; and
wherein the protective films are disposed at both ends of the inside and outside annular bands inside the spoke member in the widthwise direction of the tire, or at both ends of the inside and outside annular bands outside the spoke member in the widthwise direction of the tire.

2. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 , wherein the spoke member comprises:
an outside semicircular support configured to come into contact with the outside annular band; and
an inside semicircular support configured to come into contact with the inside annular band and cross the outside semicircular support 21 on an inside thereof.

3. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 2 , wherein the spoke member comprises a plurality of spoke members that are repeatedly disposed at equal angle intervals between the inside annular band and the outside annular band.

4. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 3 , wherein neighboring inside semicircular supports of the spoke members are configured such that inside ends of the neighboring inside semicircular supports that come into contact with the inside annular band are spaced apart at regular intervals.

5. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 3 , wherein:
neighboring inside semicircular supports of the spoke members are configured such that inside ends of the neighboring inside semicircular supports that come into contact with the inside annular band come into contact with each other; and
neighboring outside semicircular supports of the spoke members are configured such that outside ends of the neighboring outside semicircular supports that come into contact with the outside annular band are spaced apart at regular intervals.

6. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 3 , wherein:
neighboring inside semicircular supports of the spoke members are configured such that inside ends of the neighboring inside semicircular supports that come into contact with the inside annular band come into contact with each other; and
neighboring outside semicircular supports of the spoke members are configured such that outside ends of the neighboring outside semicircular supports that come into contact with the outside annular band also come into contact with each other.

7. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 , wherein the protective films are made of a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin, or a mixture thereof.

8. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 , wherein the tread comprises a viscoelastic material portion made of a rubber or plastic material and configured to directly come into contact with a ground surface, and a reinforcing portion disposed inside the viscoelastic material portion and configured to include structural reinforcing elements.

9. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 , wherein the spoke member further comprises a connection portion that is disposed in a circumferential direction of the tire and that connects intersections between the supports.

10. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 , wherein the protective films are integrated with the inside and outside annular bands, respectively.

11. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 , wherein the protective films additionally contain glass fiber, carbon fiber, or aramid fiber.

Assignees

• Hankook Tire Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Seok Ju
• Kim Hak Joo
• Kim Man Seop
• Ko Kil Ju
• Kang Ki Ho

Classifications

• B60C7/18

  disposed radially relative to wheel axis · CPC title

• B60C2007/146

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60C2007/107

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60C7/14 Primary

  using springs · CPC title

• B60C7/22

  having inlays other than for increasing resiliency, e.g. for armouring · CPC title