IP Library Granted Patent US 11,548,327
Granted Patent B2
US 11,548,327 · App. 16/608,699 · Granted Jan 10, 2023

Bias tire

Inventor: Takamasa Motomitsu (Hiratsuka, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C15/0607B60C9/06B60C15/04B60C15/05B60C9/0292B60C2015/009B60C2015/061B60C2015/0614
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Patent No.
US 11,548,327
App. No.
16/608,699
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a bias tire including: bead cores; a bead filler disposed outward of each of the bead cores in a radial direction; and a carcass layer stretching between the bead cores, wrapping around end portions of the bead cores, the carcass layer having opposite ends turned back to be fixed, wherein in a cross section in a meridian direction, a cord on an innermost side of the carcass layer in a tire lateral direction has a curved shape projecting laterally outward at a height from 0.9 times to 1.6 times a height of a flange of a rim on which the bias tire is assembled, and in the cross section in the meridian direction, a cord on an outermost side of the carcass layer in the lateral direction has a curved shape projecting laterally outward at a height from 1.1 times to 1.6 times the height of the flange.

Claims (53)

1. A bias tire comprising:

a pair of bead cores;

a bead filler disposed outward of each of the pair of bead cores in a tire radial direction; and

a carcass layer stretching between the respective pair of bead cores, wrapping around end portions of the respective bead cores, the carcass layer having opposite ends turned back to be fixed,

in a cross section in a tire meridian direction, a cord on an innermost side of the carcass layer in a tire lateral direction having a curved shape projecting laterally outward at any position within a range of height from 0.9 times to 1.6 times a height of a flange of a rim on which the bias tire is assembled, and

in the cross section in the tire meridian direction, a cord on an outermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction having a curved shape projecting laterally outward at any position within a range of height from 1.1 times to 1.6 times the height of the flange;

wherein at a position at height 1.5 times the height of the flange in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the radius of curvature R 1 of the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction, and a radius of curvature R 2 of the cord on the outermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction, have a ratio R 1 /R 2 that is from 1.0 to 1.8.

2. A bias tire comprising:

a pair of bead cores;

a bead filler disposed outward of each of the pair of bead cores in a tire radial direction; and

a carcass layer stretching between the respective pair of bead cores, wrapping around end portions of the respective bead cores, the carcass layer having opposite ends turned back to be fixed,

in a cross section in a tire meridian direction, a cord on an innermost side of the carcass layer in a tire lateral direction having a curved shape projecting laterally outward at any position within a range of height from 0.9 times to 1.6 times a height of a flange of a rim on which the bias tire is assembled, and

in the cross section in the tire meridian direction, a cord on an outermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction having a curved shape projecting laterally outward at any position within a range of height from 1.1 times to 1.6 times the height of the flange;

wherein at a position at height 1.5 times the height of the flange in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the radius of curvature R 1 of the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction, and a radius of curvature R 4 of a tire profile line, have a ratio R 1 /R 4 that is 2.5 or less.

3. A bias tire comprising:

a pair of bead cores;

a bead filler disposed outward of each of the pair of bead cores in a tire radial direction;

a carcass layer stretching between the respective pair of bead cores, wrapping around end portions of the respective bead cores, the carcass layer having opposite ends turned back to be fixed;

the pair of bead cores is one of a plurality of the pairs of bead cores;

a plurality of the bead fillers and a. plurality of the carcass layers are provided corresponding to the respective bead cores;

cord directions of the carcass layers intersect each other between adjacent carcass layers;

the plurality of the carcass layers is turned. back to be fixed while wrapping around the corresponding bead cores and the bead fillers corresponding to the respective bead cores; and

in a cross section in a tire meridian direction, one of the plurality of bead fillers has a maximum height in the tire radial direction, the maximum height being from 0.17 times to 0.23 times a cross-sectional height of a carcass,

in the cross section in the tire meridian direction, a cord on an innermost side of the carcass layer in a tire lateral direction having a curved shape projecting laterally outward at any position within a range of height from 0.9 times to 1.6 times a height of a flange of a rim on which the bias tire is assembled, and

in the cross section in the tire meridian direction, a cord on an outermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction having a curved shape projecting laterally outward at any position within a range of height from 1.1 times to 1.6 times the height of the flange;

wherein in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction has a radius of curvature R 1 at a position at height 1.5 times the height of the flange, and has a radius of curvature R 3 at a position at length of one-third of a length along the tire radial direction from a maximum height position of the carcass layer to a maximum width position of the carcass layer, a ratio R 1 /R 3 being from 0.5 to 0.9.

4. The bias tire according to claim 3 , wherein the ratio R 1 /R 3 is from 0.5 to 0.7.

5. The bias tire according to claim 3 , wherein the carcass layer of the bias tire includes a plurality of carcass plies with cord directions intersecting each other.

6. The bias tire according to claim 3 , further comprising:

another carcass layer for covering the plurality of the carcass layers corresponding to the respective plurality of the pairs of bead cores.

7. The bias tire according to claim 3 , wherein at a position at height 1.5 times the height of the flange in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the radius of curvature R 1 of the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction, and a radius of curvature R 2 of the cord on the outermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction, have a ratio R 1 /R 2 that is from 1.0 to 1.8.

8. The bias tire according to claim 3 , wherein at a position at height 1.5 times the height of the flange in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the radius of curvature R 1 of the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction, and a radius of curvature R 4 of a tire profile line, have a ratio R 1 /R 4 that is 2.5 or less.

9. The bias tire according to claim 3 , wherein the carcass layer includes from four to eight carcasses.

10. The bias tire according to claim 3 , wherein the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction has an angle of from 25 degrees to 45 degrees to a tire circumferential direction.

11. The bias tire according to claim 3 , wherein

in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction has the curved shape including an inflection point at which the curved shape changes from projecting laterally inward to projecting laterally outward, and

the inflection point is positioned within a range of height from 0.25 times to 0.75 times the height of the flange.

12. The bias tire according to claim 3 , wherein

in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the cord on the outermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction has the curved shape including an inflection point at which the curved shape changes from projecting laterally inward to projecting laterally outward, and

the inflection point is positioned within a range of height from 0.60 times to 1.15 times the height of the flange.

13. The bias tire according to claim 3 , wherein in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the bead filler has a thickness in the tire lateral direction that gradually decreases radially outward from the corresponding one of the bead cores.

14. The bias tire according to claim further comprising:

another carcass layer for covering the plurality of the carcass layers corresponding to the respective plurality of the pairs of bead cores.

15. The bias tire according to claim 14 , wherein at a position at height 1.5 times the height of the flange in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the radius of curvature R 1 of the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction, and a radius of curvature R 2 of the cord on the outermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction, have a ratio R 1 /R 2 that is from 1.0 to 1.8.

16. The bias tire according to claim 15 , wherein at a position at height 1.5 times the height of the flange in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the radius of curvature R 1 of the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction, and a radius of curvature R 4 of a tire profile line, have a ratio R 1 /R 4 that is 2.5 or less.

17. The bias tire according to claim 16 , wherein the carcass layer includes from four to eight carcasses.

18. The bias tire according to claim 17 , wherein the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction has an angle of from 25 degrees to 45 degrees to a tire circumferential direction.

19. The bias tire according to claim 18 , wherein

in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the cord on the innermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction has the curved shape including an inflection point at which the curved shape changes from projecting laterally inward to projecting laterally outward, and

the inflection point is positioned within a range of height from 0.25 times to 0.75 times the height of the flange.

20. The bias tire according to claim 19 , wherein

in a cross section in the tire meridian direction, the cord on the outermost side of the carcass layer in the tire lateral direction has the curved shape including an inflection point at which the curved shape changes from projecting laterally inward to projecting laterally outward, and

the inflection point is positioned within a range of height from 0.60 times to 1.15 times the height of the flange.

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 Oct 25, 2019
From: MOTOMITSU, TAKAMASA
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050832/0786 →