Non-pneumatic tyre

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9623702-B2
Application number	US-201314433546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2013
Priority date	Dec 26, 2012
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

A non-pneumatic tire includes an attachment body ( 11 ) attached to an axle, a ring member ( 14 ) including an inner rim ( 12 ) fitted onto the attachment body ( 11 ) and an outer rim ( 13 ) configured to surround the inner rim ( 12 ) from the outside in a tire radial direction, and a plurality of connecting members ( 15 ) disposed between the inner rim ( 12 ) and the outer rim ( 13 ) in a tire circumferential direction and configured to connect the rims ( 12 ) and ( 13 ) to each other, wherein at least a portion of the ring member ( 14 ) and the plurality of connecting members ( 15 ) are integrally formed of a synthetic resin material having a bending modulus of elasticity obtained through a 3-point bending test pursuant to ISO 178 of more than 300 MPa and a deflection temperature under a load at 0.455 MPa obtained pursuant to ASTM D648 of 62° C. or more.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-pneumatic tire comprising:
an attachment body attached to an axle;
a ring member including an inner rim fitted onto the attachment body and an outer rim configured to surround the inner rim from the outside in a tire radial direction; and
a plurality of connecting members disposed between the inner rim and the outer rim in a tire circumferential direction and configured to connect the rims to each other,
wherein at least a portion of the ring member and the plurality of connecting members are integrally formed of a synthetic resin material having a bending modulus of elasticity obtained through a 3-point bending test pursuant to ISO 178 (2010) of more than 300 MPa and a deflection temperature under a load at 0.455 MPa obtained pursuant to ASTM D648 (2004) of 62° C. or more.

2. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting members comprise first elastic connecting plates and second elastic connecting plates configured to connect the rims to each other,
one end sections of the first elastic connecting plates connected to the outer rim are disposed closer to one side in the tire circumferential direction than the other end sections connected to the inner rim,
one end sections of the second elastic connecting plates connected to the outer rim are disposed closer to the other side in the tire circumferential direction than the other end sections connected to the inner rim, and
the plurality of first elastic connecting plates are disposed in the tire circumferential direction at positions in the tire width direction, and the plurality of second elastic connecting plates are disposed in the tire circumferential direction at other positions in the tire width direction different from the positions in the tire width direction.

3. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein the ring member is divided into one split ring member disposed at one side in the tire width direction and the other split ring member disposed at the other side in the tire width direction,
the one split ring member is integrally formed with the first elastic connecting plates, and
the other split ring member is integrally formed with the second elastic connecting plates.

4. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein the one split ring member and the first elastic connecting plates, and the other split ring member and the second elastic connecting plates are integrally formed through injection molding.

5. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein the one end sections of the first elastic connecting plate and the second elastic connecting plate of one of the connecting members are disposed at different positions in the tire width direction and connected at the same position in the tire circumferential direction in an inner circumferential surface of the outer rim, and
the connecting member is line-symmetrically formed with respect to an imaginary line passing through each of the one end sections and extending in the tire radial direction when the tire is seen in a side view of the tire from the tire width direction.

6. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein the one end sections of the first elastic connecting plate and the second elastic connecting plate of one of the connecting members are disposed at different positions in the tire width direction and connected at the same position in the tire circumferential direction in an inner circumferential surface of the outer rim, and
the connecting member is line-symmetrically formed with respect to an imaginary line passing through each of the one end sections and extending in the tire radial direction when the tire is seen in a side view of the tire from the tire width direction.

7. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 4 , wherein the one end sections of the first elastic connecting plate and the second elastic connecting plate of one of the connecting members are disposed at different positions in the tire width direction and connected at the same position in the tire circumferential direction in an inner circumferential surface of the outer rim, and
the connecting member is line-symmetrically formed with respect to an imaginary line passing through each of the one end sections and extending in the tire radial direction when the tire is seen in a side view of the tire from the tire width direction.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Fudemoto Hiroyuki
• Izumoto Ryuji
• Kotsubo Hidefumi

Classifications

• B60C7/24

  characterised by means for securing tyres on rim or wheel body · CPC title

• B60C7/14

  using springs · CPC title

• B60B9/04 Primary

  in leaf form · CPC title

• B60B5/02

  made of synthetic material · CPC title