IP Library Granted Patent US 12,098,270
Granted Patent B2
US 12,098,270 · App. 16/982,572 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Sealant material composition and pneumatic tire

Inventor: Kiyohito Takahashi (Hiratsuka, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
C08L23/283B60C1/0041B60C19/122C08K3/04C08K3/06C08K5/14C08K5/40C08K11/005C08L7/00
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Patent No.
US 12,098,270
App. No.
16/982,572
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

As the sealant material composition forming a sealant layer of a pneumatic tire provided with the sealant layer on a tire inner surface, the sealant material composition prepared by blending from 0.1 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass of a crosslinking agent, from 0.1 parts by mass to 40 parts by mass of an organic peroxide, and from 10 parts by mass to 400 parts by mass of a liquid polymer per 100 parts by mass of a butyl rubber is used.

Claims (7)

1. A pneumatic tire comprising: a tread portion having an annular shape extending in a tire circumferential direction; a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side of the sidewall portions in a tire outer diameter direction, and having at least a sealant layer made of a sealant material composition on an inner side of an innerliner layer in a tire radial direction of the tread portion, the innerliner layer comprising a halogenated butyl rubber; wherein

the sealant material composition forming the sealant layer is a blend of from 0.1 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass of sulfur as a crosslinking agent, from 0.1 parts by mass to 40 parts by mass of an organic peroxide, and from 10 parts by mass to 400 parts by mass of a liquid polymer per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the sealant layer has a thickness from 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the sealant layer is a sheet-like molded sealant material made of the sealant material composition and is attached entirely around a circumference of a tire inner surface.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the sealant layer is a string-like or band-like molded sealant material made of the sealant material composition and is spirally attached to a tire inner surface.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a center position of the sealant layer in a tire lateral direction is arranged within a range of ±10 mm in the tire lateral direction from a tire equator.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of belt layers are embedded in the tread portion, a layer having a smallest belt width of the plurality of belt layers is a minimum belt layer, a layer having a largest belt width of the plurality of belt layers is a maximum belt layer, a distance from a tire equator to an end portion of the minimum belt layer is La, a distance from the tire equator to an end portion of the maximum belt layer is Lb, a distance from the tire equator to an end portion of the sealant layer in a tire lateral direction is Lc, and distances La, Lb, Lc satisfy a relationship La≤Lc≤1.05×Lb.

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 Aug 10, 2021
From: TAKAHASHI, KIYOHITO
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057140/0252 →
Cited By (1)
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