IP Library Granted Patent US 12,459,309
Granted Patent B2
US 12,459,309 · App. 17/262,660 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Pneumatic tire

Inventors: Masahiro Naruse (Hiratsuka, JP); Jun Matsuda (Hiratsuka, JP); Takashi Hoshiba (Hiratsuka, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C19/002B60C11/243B60C19/003B60C23/0493B60C2019/004
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Patent No.
US 12,459,309
App. No.
17/262,660
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pneumatic tire includes a sound absorbing member having a band shape. The sound absorbing member is bonded to an inner surface of a tread portion along a tire circumferential direction. The sound absorbing member includes a missing portion at at least one location in the tire circumferential direction. The at least one missing portion is disposed in a range corresponding to a light point in a tire main body. A correction body for correcting weight unbalance is fixed to a tire inner surface in the missing portion within the range corresponding to the light point.

Claims (29)

1 . A pneumatic tire, comprising:

a sound absorbing member having a band shape bonded to an inner surface of a tread portion along a tire circumferential direction;

the sound absorbing member comprising a missing portion at at least one location in the tire circumferential direction,

the at least one missing portion being disposed in a range corresponding to a light point in a tire main body, the light point being a position where the weight is the lightest on the circumference of the tire main body not including the sound absorbing member, and

a correction body for correcting weight unbalance being fixed to a tire inner surface in the missing portion within the range corresponding to the light point, wherein

the correction body is fixed to the tire inner surface via an adhesive layer,

an adhesive strength of the adhesive layer is in a range of from 3.0 N/mm 2 to 100 N/mm 2 ,

a volume Vu of the correction body is in a range of from 0.2% to 7.0% to a virtual volume Vs of the missing portion, and

a density of a weight Wu of the correction body to a virtual volume Vs of the missing portion is in a range of from 1.0 g/cm 3 to 4.0 g/cm 3 .

2 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a circumferential length of the missing portion is in a range of from 5% to 20% to a tire inner circumferential length.

3 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of silicon in a release agent detected in at least a fixed region of the correction body by a fluorescence X-ray analysis method is not greater than 10.0 wt. %.

4 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of a release agent detected in at least a fixed region of the correction body by an electron microscope is not greater than 100 μm.

5 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer is made of a cyanoacrylate-based adhesive.

6 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the correction body is disposed closer to an inner side in a tire width direction than a ground contact edge.

7 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the correction body is directly adhered to the tire inner surface.

8 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a base is inserted between the correction body and the tire inner surface.

9 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein as a tire inner surface roughness in a fixed region of the correction body, an arithmetic mean height Sa is in a range of from 0.3 μm to 15.0 μm, and a maximum height Sz is in a range of from 2.5 μm to 60.0 μm.

10 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the correction body is a sensor unit.

11 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the correction body comprises a plurality of correction bodies for correcting weight unbalance fixed to the tire inner surface in the missing portion within the range corresponding to the light point.

12 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein, as a tire inner surface roughness in a fixed region of the correction body, an arithmetic mean height Sa is in a range of from 0.3 μm to 15.0 μm, and a maximum height Sz is in a range of from 31.0 μm to 60.0 μm.

13 . A pneumatic tire, comprising:

a sound absorbing member having a band shape bonded to an inner surface of a tread portion along a tire circumferential direction;

the sound absorbing member comprising a missing portion at at least one location in the tire circumferential direction,

the at least one missing portion being disposed in a range corresponding to a light point in a tire main body, the light point being a position where the weight is the lightest on the circumference of the tire main body not including the sound absorbing member, and

a correction body for correcting weight unbalance being fixed to a tire inner surface in the missing portion within the range corresponding to the light point, wherein

the correction body is fixed to the tire inner surface via an adhesive layer,

an adhesive strength of the adhesive layer is in a range of from 3.0 N/mm 2 to 100 N/mm 2 ,

a volume Vu of the correction body is in a range of from 0.2% to 7.0% to a virtual volume Vs of the missing portion, and

the correction body is positioned offset from a circumferential direction center of the missing portion.

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 Jan 22, 2021
From: NARUSE, MASAHIRO; MATSUDA, JUN; HOSHIBA, TAKASHI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055006/0148 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-138614 · Jul 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210300126A1 · Sep 30, 2021
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