IP Library Granted Patent US 11,001,105
Granted Patent B2
US 11,001,105 · App. 16/322,877 · Granted May 11, 2021

Pneumatic tire

Inventor: Takashi Hoshiba (Hiratsuka, JP)
B60C19/002B60C5/00
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Patent No.
US 11,001,105
App. No.
16/322,877
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions; a belt layer disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer; and a band-like sound absorbing member extending in a tire circumferential direction adhered to a region of a tire inner surface corresponding to a tread portion, the band-like sound absorbing member being locally disposed at a position distanced from a central region of the region corresponding to the tread portion, and an outer circumferential surface of the band-like sound absorbing member including cuts extending in the tire circumferential direction.

Claims (23)

1. A pneumatic tire, comprising:

a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions;

a belt layer disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer; and

a band shaped sound absorbing member extending in a tire circumferential direction adhered to a region of a tire inner surface corresponding to a tread portion,

the band shaped sound absorbing member being locally disposed at a position distanced from a central region of the region corresponding to the tread portion, and

an outer circumferential surface of the band shaped sound absorbing member comprising cuts extending in the tire circumferential direction,

wherein a width Wk of a region where the cuts are disposed in the band shaped sound absorbing member is 75% or less of a width Ws of the band shaped sound absorbing member with an outer end of the band shaped sound absorbing member in a tire lateral direction as a reference point, wherein

the cuts have a closed state which transitions to an open state at a time of rolling of the pneumatic tire.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a depth d of the cuts is from 20% to 90% of a thickness D of the band shaped sound absorbing member.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an outer end of the outer circumferential surface of the band shaped sound absorbing member in a tire lateral direction is disposed outward from a belt end portion of the belt layer in the tire lateral direction.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein a distance a from the outer end of the outer circumferential surface of the band shaped sound absorbing member in the tire lateral direction to the belt end portion is 10% or less of a belt width Wb of the belt layer.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an adhesion area between the band shaped sound absorbing member and the tire inner surface is 50% or greater of an area of the outer circumferential surface of the band shaped sound absorbing member.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the band shaped sound absorbing member is disposed in shoulder regions on both sides of the tread portion.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a volume of the band shaped sound absorbing member is from 10% to 40% of a cavity volume of the tire.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the band shaped sound absorbing member comprises a missing portion at least one section in the tire circumferential direction.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an angle θ of the cuts with respect to the tire circumferential direction is in a range 0°≤θ≤40°.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 9 , wherein a depth d of the cuts is from 20% to 90% of a thickness D of the band shaped sound absorbing member.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 10 , wherein an outer end of the outer circumferential surface of the band shaped sound absorbing member in a tire lateral direction is disposed outward from a belt end portion of the belt layer in the tire lateral direction.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 11 , wherein a distance a from the outer end of the outer circumferential surface of the band shaped sound absorbing member in the tire lateral direction to the belt end portion is 10% or less of a belt width Wb of the belt layer.

13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 12 , wherein an adhesion area between the band shaped sound absorbing member and the tire inner surface is 50% or greater of an area of the outer circumferential surface of the band shaped sound absorbing member.

14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 13 , wherein the band shaped sound absorbing member is disposed in shoulder regions on both sides of the tread portion.

15. The pneumatic tire according to claim 14 , wherein a volume of the band shaped sound absorbing member is from 10% to 40% of a cavity volume of the pneumatic tire.

16. The pneumatic tire according to claim 15 , wherein the band shaped sound absorbing member comprises a missing portion at least one section in the tire circumferential 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 Feb 11, 2019
From: HOSHIBA, TAKASHI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048298/0848 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-152174 · Aug 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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