Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9908372-B2
Application number	US-201214119081-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2012
Priority date	May 23, 2011
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

A pneumatic tire includes: one fastener among a pair of mechanical fasteners that are separated into two in a region of a range from a bead tip to the maximum width position of a tire at a tire inner surface; and an electronic circuit device with another fastener that is to be engaged with the one fastener, the electronic circuit device being secured to the tire inner surface by fitting the two fasteners. In the pneumatic tire with such a configuration, even in the case where the electronic circuit device is mounted on the tire inner surface and liquid such as puncture repair liquid is injected in the tire at puncture, there is no possibility of damaging the electronic circuit device due to adhesion of the liquid to the electronic circuit device such as an air pressure sensor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire, comprising:
a pair of mechanical fasteners comprising one fastener and another fastener, the one fastener capable of engaging with the another fastener, the pair of mechanical fasteners capable of being separated into the one fastener and the another fastener, the one fastener being disposed in a region of a range from a bead tip to a maximum width position of the pneumatic tire at a tire inner surface; and
an electronic circuit device comprising a casing and a main body housed in the casing, the casing being disposed on a bottom surface of the another fastener,
wherein the one fastener comprises a concave portion and the another fastener comprises an engagement tube portion which is fitted in the concave portion when the one fastener engages with the another fastener, or the another fastener comprises the concave portion and the one fastener comprises the engagement tube portion,
the pair of mechanical fasteners comprises a depressed portion and a convex portion capable of fitting to the depressed portion, the depressed portion and the convex portion being disposed at a place other than a fitting portion where the engagement tube portion is fitted in the concave portion, the depressed portion and the convex portion preventing the electronic circuit and the pair of mechanical fastener from sliding and rotating at the fitting portion, the depressed portion being depressed from a surface of a pedestal portion of the one fastener in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener and the convex portion being projected from a surface of a pedestal portion of the another fastener in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener, or the depressed portion being depressed from the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener and the convex portion being projected from the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener, the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener and the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener are parallel to the tire inner surface on which the one fastener is disposed, and the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener is in direct contact with the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener when the one fastener engages with the another fastener.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the pneumatic tire comprising a plurality of the one fasteners which are disposed at equal to or more than two locations to be equally spaced in a tire circumferential direction.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , comprising
an identification mark that allows visually observing a position corresponding to a position where the one fastener is disposed in the tire inner surface, the identification mark being attached to a tire outside surface.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuit device is to be installed at a position where the electronic circuit device is shifted from a position of an air valve in a circumferential direction by phase angle equal to or more than 45 degrees.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuit device includes an air pressure sensor.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 5 , wherein
the air pressure sensor is housed in the casing, and
the casing includes air holes at a surface on a side opposite to the surface to which the another fastener is attached.

7. A pneumatic tire, comprising:
a tread formed on an outer periphery of the pneumatic tire;
a pair of mechanical fasteners comprising one fastener and another fastener, the one fastener capable of engaging with the another fastener, the pair of mechanical fasteners capable of being separated into the one fastener and the another fastener, the one fastener being disposed in a region of a range from a bead tip to a maximum width position of the pneumatic tire at a tire inner surface;
a valve disposed further away from the tread than the bead tip; and
an electronic circuit device comprising a casing and a main body housed in the casing, the casing being disposed on a bottom surface of the another fastener,
wherein when the one fastener engages with the another fastener, a gap between a surface of the casing closest to the tire inner surface and the tire inner surface is 2 to 40 mm, the gap preventing a liquid which flows from the valve toward the tread along the tire inner surface from flowing and adhering to the electronic circuit device,
the one fastener comprises a concave portion and the another fastener comprises an engagement tube portion which is fitted in the concave portion when the one fastener engages with the another fastener, or the another fastener comprises the concave portion and the one fastener comprises the engagement tube portion,
the pair of mechanical fasteners comprises a depressed portion and a convex portion capable of fitting to the depressed portion, the depressed portion and the convex portion being disposed at a place other than a fitting portion where the engagement tube portion is fitted in the concave portion, the depressed portion and the convex portion preventing the electronic circuit and the pair of mechanical fastener from sliding and rotating at the fitting portion, the depressed portion being depressed from a surface of a pedestal portion of the one fastener in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener and the convex portion being projected from a surface of a pedestal portion of the another fastener in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener, or the depressed portion being depressed from the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener and the convex portion being projected from the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener, the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener and the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener are parallel to the tire inner surface on which the one fastener is disposed, and the surface of the pedestal portion of the one fastener is in direct contact with the surface of the pedestal portion of the another fastener when the one fastener engages with the another fastener.

8. A pneumatic tire, comprising:
one fastener disposed in a region of a range from a bead tip to a maximum width position of the pneumatic tire at a tire inner surface;
another fastener being capable of engaging with the one fastener;
a casing configured to house a main body of an electronic circuit device, the casing being disposed on a bottom surface of the another fastener,
wherein when the one fastener engages with the another fastener, the casing is positioned in the pneumatic tire such that a surface of the casing closest to the tire inner surface is spaced apart from an innermost surface of the pneumatic tire by 2 to 40 mm,
the one fastener comprises a concave portion and the another fastener comprises an engagement tube portion which is fitted in the concave portion when the one fastener engages with the another fastener, or the another fastener comprises the concave portion and the one fastener comprises the engagement tube portion,
the pair of mechanical fasteners comprises a depressed portion and a convex portion capable of fitting to the depressed portion, the depressed p

Assignees

• Jyouza Ayako
• Tanno Atsushi
• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jyouza Ayako
• Tanno Atsushi

Classifications

• Y10T24/45

  Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] · CPC title

• B60C23/0493 Primary

  for attachment on the tyre · CPC title

• B60C23/00 Primary

  Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements · CPC title

• B29D30/0061 Primary

  Accessories, details or auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B29D2030/0077

  Directly attaching monitoring devices to tyres before or after vulcanization, e.g. microchips · CPC title