IP Library Granted Patent US 7,549,452
Granted Patent B2
US 7,549,452 · App. 10/563,303 · Granted Jun 23, 2009

Pneumatic tire

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Patent No.
US 7,549,452
App. No.
10/563,303
Granted
Jun 23, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a pneumatic tire provided with an elastic fixing band having excellent durability and enabling stable attachment of a member, which is independent from the tire, to an inner surface of a tread thereof. The pneumatic tire of the present invention includes a member attached to an inner surface of a tread thereof by use of an elastic fixing band, the member being independent from the tire. The pneumatic tire is characterized in that the elastic fixing band is formed of a metallic band form with a width in a range of 10 to 40 mm and a thickness in a range of 0.1 to 0.5 mm.

Claims (6)

1. A pneumatic tire comprising:

a member attached to an inner surface of a tread thereof by use of an elastic fixing band, the member being independent from the tire; and

a stretching mechanism at least in one location on a circumference of the elastic fixing band, the stretching mechanism automatically adjusting a circumferential length of the elastic fixing band;

wherein the elastic fixing band is formed of a metallic band form with a width in a range of 10 to 40 mm and a thickness in a range of 0.1 to 0.5 mm, and the member is a sound absorbing member formed of a porous material.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the stretching mechanism is formed of an elastic spring mechanism.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the stretching mechanism is formed by coupling both ends of the elastic fixing band with each other in a manner that the elastic fixing band can slide.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Nov 18, 2023
From: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065626/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2006
From: TANNO, ATSUSHI; IKEDA, TOSHIYUKI
To: YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO, LTD., THE
Reel/Frame 017446/0799 →