IP Library Granted Patent US 10,538,130
Granted Patent B2
US 10,538,130 · App. 15/643,804 · Granted Jan 21, 2020

Non-pneumatic tire

Inventors: Kee-Woon Kim (Gwangju, KR); Chul-Woo Kwark (Gwangju, KR); Chang-Jung Park (Gwangju, KR); Gwi-Sung Shin (Gwangju, KR); Soon-Wook Hwang (Gwangju, KR); Michio Shimizu (Tokyo, JP); Jun Matsuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: KUMHO TIRE CO., INC.; THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER COMPANY, LTD.
B60C7/12B60C2007/005
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Patent No.
US 10,538,130
App. No.
15/643,804
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-pneumatic tire includes a band part, including an inner band and an outer band that is separated from the inner band and surrounds an outer peripheral surface of the inner band; and a spoke part, extending in a circumferential direction between the inner band and the outer band, having a circumferential cross section having one or more holes.

Claims (21)

1. A non-pneumatic tire comprising:

a band part, including an inner band and an outer band that is separated from the inner band and surrounds an outer peripheral surface of the inner band; and

a spoke part, extending in a circumferential direction of the non-pneumatic tire between the inner band and the outer band, and having a cross section having one or more holes extending continuously in the circumferential direction,

wherein the spoke part includes:

a first spoke, extending in a zigzag shape along the radial direction, forming a corner; and

a second spoke, extending in a zigzag shape along the radial direction to correspond to the first spoke, forming a corner,

wherein the first spoke has a first extended portion extending from the corner of the first spoke along the axial direction,

wherein the second spoke has a second extended portion extending from the corner of the second spoke along the axial direction and connected to the first extended portion, and

wherein the holes in the cross sectional shape are formed by the first spoke, the second spoke and the first and second extended portion.

2. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 , wherein the first spoke and the second spoke are symmetrical with respect to an axis extending along the axial direction,

wherein the first spoke has a first tilted portion inclined toward one side of the axial direction and a second tilted portion inclined to the other side of the axial direction,

wherein the first tilted portion and the second tilted portion are arranged alternately along the radial direction,

wherein the corner directed to the axial direction is formed at a portion where the first tilted portion and the second tilted portion are connected,

wherein the first spoke is provided at one end portion of the axial direction,

wherein the first extended portion extends from the corner of the first spoke toward one side of the axial direction,

wherein the second spoke is provided at the other end portion of the axial direction, and

wherein the second extended portion extends from the corner of the second spoke toward the other side of the axial direction.

3. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 2 , wherein the holes include hexagonal holes and semi-hexagonal holes,

wherein the hexagonal holes and the semi-hexagonal holes are alternately arranged along the axial direction at the inner band side,

wherein the hexagonal holes and the semi-hexagonal holes are alternately arranged along the axial direction at the outer band side, and

wherein the arrangement of the holes at the inner band side and the arrangement of the holes at the outer band side are symmetrical with respect to an axis extending in an axial direction.

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 Jul 11, 2017
From: KIM, KEE-WOON; KWARK, CHUL-WOO; PARK, CHANG-JUNG; SHIN, GWI-SUNG; HWANG, SOON-WOOK; SHIMIZU, MICHIO; MATSUDA, JUN
To: KUMHO TIRE CO., INC.; THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 042978/0198 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0097414 · Jul 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180029419A1 · Feb 1, 2018
Cited By (1)
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