IP Library Granted Patent US 9,315,076
Granted Patent B2
US 9,315,076 · App. 13/952,260 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

Assembly of pneumatic tire and rim

Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakakibara (Osaka, JP); Atsushi Suzuki (Osaka, JP); Sanford Elliot Fowler-Hawkins (New York City, NY); Ippei Soma (Musashino, JP)
Assignees: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.; ACOUSTIC INNOVATIONS CO., LTD.
B60C19/002B60C5/00B60C5/002Y10T152/10495
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Patent No.
US 9,315,076
App. No.
13/952,260
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an assembly of a pneumatic tire and a rim, in which a tire cavity is formed between the pneumatic tire and the rim by mounting the pneumatic tire on the rim, a noise suppressing body extending in a circumferential direction is disposed inside the tire cavity. The noise suppressing body includes a first sound absorbing material layer arranged apart from an inner surface of a tire tread part through a cavity and a second sound absorbing material layer disposed at the rim side of the first sound absorbing material layer and having lower air permeability than the first sound absorbing material layer.

Claims (37)

1. An assembly of a pneumatic tire and a rim, comprising:

a rim;

a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim;

a tire cavity formed between the pneumatic tire and the rim; and

a noise suppressing body disposed inside the tire cavity and extending in a circumferential direction of the tire,

wherein the noise suppressing body comprises (i) a first sound absorbing material layer spaced from an inner surface of a tread part of the pneumatic tire with a cavity therebetween, and (ii) a second sound absorbing material layer disposed at the rim side of the first sound absorbing material layer and having lower air permeability than the first sound absorbing material layer, and

wherein the noise suppressing body has a gas layer between the first sound absorbing material layer and the second sound absorbing material layer.

2. An assembly of a pneumatic tire and a rim, comprising:

a rim;

a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim;

a tire cavity formed between the pneumatic tire and the rim; and

a noise suppressing body disposed inside the tire cavity and extending in a circumferential direction of the tire,

wherein the noise suppressing body comprises (i) a first sound absorbing material layer spaced from an inner surface of a tread part of the pneumatic tire with a gas-filled cavity therebetween, and (ii) a second sound absorbing material layer disposed at the rim side of the first sound absorbing material layer and having lower air permeability than the first sound absorbing material layer,

wherein the second sound absorbing material layer is formed of fiber structure materials or porous materials, and

wherein the noise suppressing body has a third sound absorbing material layer disposed at the rim side of the second sound absorbing material layer and having lower air permeability than the second sound absorbing material layer.

3. The assembly of the pneumatic tire and the rim according to claim 2 ,

wherein the noise suppressing body is disposed annularly along an outer peripheral surface of the rim and non-adhesively, leaving a gap from the outer peripheral surface.

4. An assembly of a pneumatic tire and a rim, comprising:

a rim;

a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim;

a tire cavity formed between the pneumatic tire and the rim; and

a noise suppressing body disposed inside the tire cavity and extending in a circumferential direction of the tire,

wherein the noise suppressing body comprises (i) a first sound absorbing material layer spaced from an inner surface of a tread part of the pneumatic tire with a gas-filled cavity therebetween, and (ii) a second sound absorbing material layer disposed at the rim side of the first sound absorbing material layer and having lower air permeability than the first sound absorbing material layer,

wherein the second sound absorbing material layer is formed of fiber structure materials or porous materials, and

wherein the noise suppressing body has a third sound absorbing material layer disposed at the rim side of the second sound absorbing material layer and having higher air permeability than the second sound absorbing material layer.

5. The assembly of the pneumatic tire and the rim according to claim 4 , wherein

the noise suppressing body has a fourth sound absorbing material layer disposed at the rim side of the third sound absorbing material layer and having lower air permeability than the third sound absorbing material layer.

6. The assembly of the pneumatic tire and the rim according to claim 4 ,

wherein the noise suppressing body is disposed annularly along an outer peripheral surface of the rim and non-adhesively, leaving a gap from the outer peripheral surface.

7. An assembly of a pneumatic tire and a rim, comprising:

a rim;

a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim;

a tire cavity formed between the pneumatic tire and the rim; and

a noise suppressing body disposed inside the tire cavity and extending in a circumferential direction of the tire,

wherein the noise suppressing body comprises (i) a first sound absorbing material layer spaced from an inner surface of a tread part of the pneumatic tire with a cavity therebetween, and (ii) a second sound absorbing material layer disposed at the rim side of the first sound absorbing material layer and having lower air permeability than the first sound absorbing material layer,

wherein the noise suppressing body has a third sound absorbing material layer disposed at the rim side of the second sound absorbing material layer and having lower air permeability than the second sound absorbing material layer, and

wherein the first sound absorbing material layer is formed of a resin film subjected to a perforating process, and the second sound absorbing material layer and the third sound absorbing material layer are formed of fiber structure materials or porous materials.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2019
From: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048573/0723 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 14, 2017
From: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044751/0231 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2013
From: SAKAKIBARA, KAZUHIRO; SUZUKI, ATSUSHI; FOWLER-HAWKINS, SANFORD ELLIOT; SOMA, IPPEI
To: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.; ACOUSTIC INNOVATIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031473/0691 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-172030 · Aug 2, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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