Pneumatic tire
View Patent ↗A pneumatic tire including a sealant layer formed from a sealant fluid having adhesive properties that is provided on a tire inner circumferential surface corresponding with a tread portion; and a sound absorbing layer formed from a porous material that is provided via a barrier layer impermeable to the sealant fluid on an inner circumferential surface of the sealant layer; wherein a width W 1 of the sound absorbing layer in a tire width direction is from 50 to 90% of a width W 2 of the sealant layer in the tire width direction.
1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a sealant layer formed from an adhesive sealant fluid being provided on a tire inner circumferential surface corresponding with a tread portion; and
a sound absorbing layer formed from a porous material having interconnecting cells being provided via a barrier layer impermeable to the sealant fluid on an inner circumferential surface of the sealant layer, the sealant layer and the sound absorbing layer being completely insulated from one another by the barrier layer;
wherein a width W 1 of the sound absorbing layer in a tire width direction is from 50 to 95% of a width W 2 of the sealant layer in the tire width direction.
2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the width W 2 of the sealant layer in the tire width direction is from 80 to 120% of a maximum width W 3 of a belt layer that is embedded in the tread portion.
3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein a mass per unit circumferential direction length Ms of the sealant layer and a mass per unit circumferential direction length Ma of the sound absorbing layer satisfy the following formula:
0.08 ≦Ma/Ms≦ 0.5.
4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a mass per unit circumferential direction length Ms of the sealant layer and a mass per unit circumferential direction length Ma of the sound absorbing layer satisfy the following formula:
0.08 ≦Ma/Ms≦ 0.5.
5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 4 , wherein the mass per unit circumferential direction length Ms of the sealant layer and the mass per unit circumferential direction length Ma of the sound absorbing layer satisfy the following formula:
0.1 ≦Ma/Ms≦ 0.3.
6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 4 , wherein the sound absorbing layer is attached to the tire inner circumferential surface by providing an elastic reinforcing band on an inner circumferential surface or an outer circumferential surface of the sound absorbing layer.
7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the sound absorbing layer is attached to the tire inner circumferential surface by providing an elastic reinforcing band on an inner circumferential surface or an outer circumferential surface of the sound absorbing layer.
8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 7 , wherein the sealant layer is formed from a gel sheet having a polybutene and a terpene resin as main components.
9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the sealant layer is formed from a gel sheet having a polybutene and a terpene resin as main components.
10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 9 , wherein a convex extending in a tire circumferential direction is provided on at least both edges of the outer circumferential surface of the sound absorbing layer.
11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein, the barrier layer is formed from a resin film having a thermoplastic resin as a main component.
12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a convex extending in a tire circumferential direction is provided on at least both edges of the outer circumferential surface of the sound absorbing layer.
13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the width W 1 of the sound absorbing layer in a tire width direction is from 70 to 92% of the width W 2 of the sealant layer in the tire width direction.
14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the porous material comprises a width of from 10 to 60 mm.
15. The pneumatic tire according to claim 14 , wherein the porous material comprises a width of from 15 to 45 mm and a thickness of from 10 to 30 mm.
16. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the sound absorbing layer comprises an annular sound absorbing layer formed by wrapping the porous material multiple times in a spiral in a tire circumferential direction.
17. The pneumatic tire according to claim 16 , wherein a spacing between adjacent edges of the porous material in the width direction in the spiral ranges from 1 to 50 mm.
18. The pneumatic tire according to claim 17 , wherein the spacing between adjacent edges of the porous material in the width direction in the spiral ranges from 2 to 30 mm.
19. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier layer comprises a resin film formed from a thermoplastic elastomer composition having an elastomer dispersed in a thermoplastic resin.
20. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the sealant layer comprises a silicone based compound, a urethane based compound, a styrene based compound, or an ethylene based compound.