IP Library Granted Patent US 11,458,778
Granted Patent B2
US 11,458,778 · App. 16/004,266 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing pneumatic tire

Inventors: Atsushi Tanno (Hiratsuka, JP); Jun Matsuda (Hiratsuka, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C13/002B29D30/0662B29D30/0678B29D30/72B60C1/0025B60C13/001B29D2030/724B29D2030/728B60C13/02B60C2013/045
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Patent No.
US 11,458,778
App. No.
16/004,266
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pneumatic tire is provided with a carcass layer and a sidewall rubber disposed on an outer side in a tire width direction of the carcass layer. Additionally, the pneumatic tire is provided with a resin coating applied on a predetermined region of a sidewall portion. Additionally, a minimum value of a wall thickness t of a rubber of the sidewall portion in the region applied with the resin coating is in a range of 0.05 mm≤t≤4.0 mm. Additionally, a thickness of the resin coating is in a range of 20 μm or more and 300 μm or less.

Claims (20)

1. A pneumatic tire comprising a carcass layer, and a sidewall rubber disposed on an outer side in a tire width direction of the carcass layer, the pneumatic tire comprising

a resin coating applied on a predetermined region A of a sidewall portion, a minimum value of a wall thickness t of the sidewall rubber in the region A applied with the resin coating being in a range of 0.05 mm≤t≤4.0 mm;

wherein the resin coating is formed from a stacked plurality of coating layers, and the coating layers includes a lowermost layer formed from a coating composition having an adhesion with respect to the sidewall rubber, an intermediate layer formed from a urethane resin coating composition having a strength, and a top surface layer formed from a silicon resin coating composition having a luster.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a breaking elongation of the sidewall rubber is in a range of 200% or more and 380% or less.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an additive amount of an antioxidant to the sidewall rubber is in a range of 0.1 parts by weight or more and 2.0 parts by weight or less.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , comprising a tire notation attached by printing on a surface of one or more region of the region A coated with the resin coating.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a dynamic friction coefficient of a surface of the region A coated with the resin coating is 0.5 or less.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , comprising a convex and concave portion on the region A applied with the resin coating.

7. The pneumatic tire according claim 1 , wherein a coating layer of an outermost layer that constitutes the resin coating and a coating layer on a lower layer of the outermost layer have mutually differing colors.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the carcass layer has an end folded to the outer side in the tire width direction, and the end of the carcass layer is disposed in a position away from the region A applied with the resin coating, wherein the end of the carcass layer is defined as an edge of a carcass ply wound up in the tire radial direction.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the resin coating at a splice portion of the carcass layer is thinner than the thickness of the resin coating at another portion of the region A.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , comprising a cylindrical annular structure made of metal and disposed surrounding a periphery in the tire radial direction of the carcass layer.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the carcass layer is formed from aramid fibers.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the resin coating is in a range of 110 μm or more and 300 μm or less.

13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the region A comprises a plurality of regions A including three rows of regions disposed at the predetermined intervals in the tire radial direction.

14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the wall thickness t of the sidewall rubber in an entirety of the region A applied with the resin coating is in a range of 0.05 mm≤t≤4.0 mm.

15. A pneumatic tire comprising a carcass layer, and a sidewall rubber disposed on an outer side in a tire width direction of the carcass layer, the pneumatic tire comprising

a resin coating applied on a predetermined region A of a sidewall portion, a minimum value of a wall thickness t of the sidewall rubber in the region A applied with the resin coating being in a range of 0.05 mm≤t≤4.0 mm, wherein

the resin coating is formed from a stacked plurality of coating layers, individual layers of the stacked plurality coating layers being formed of different materials, and a dynamic friction coefficient of a surface of the region A coated with the resin coating is 0.5 or less; and

a thickness of the resin coating is in a range of 20 μm or more and 300 μm or less.

Assignments (3)
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 Mar 11, 2019
From: TANNO, ATSUSHI; MATSUDA, JUN
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048567/0785 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: TANNO, ATSUSHI; MATSUDA, JUN
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048994/0309 →