IP Library Granted Patent US 12,296,623
Granted Patent B2
US 12,296,623 · App. 17/755,066 · Granted May 13, 2025

Run-flat tire

Inventor: Ryohei Takemori (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C15/0628B60C3/04B60C9/17B60C15/0603B60C17/0009B60C2013/007B60C2015/0617B60C2015/0678B60C2017/0072
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Patent No.
US 12,296,623
App. No.
17/755,066
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a run-flat tire. A first bead filler is disposed on an outer circumferential side of a bead core, a second bead filler is disposed on an outer side in a tire width direction of a turned up portion of the carcass layer along the turned up portion of the carcass layer, and a thickness G on a first reference line of a side reinforcing layer, a thickness G1 on a second reference line of the side reinforcing layer, and a thickness G2 on a third reference line of the side reinforcing layer satisfy the relationships of 0.8×G≤G1≤1.0×G and 0.5×G≤G2≤0.7×G.

Claims (31)

1. A run-flat tire, comprising:

a tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction and having an annular shape;

a pair of sidewall portions respectively disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and

a pair of bead portions each disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the sidewall portions;

a carcass layer being mounted between the pair of bead portions,

a plurality of belt layers being disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer in the tread portion,

a side reinforcing layer being disposed on an inner side in a tire width direction of the carcass layer in the sidewall portions, the side reinforcing layer having a crescent-shaped cross-section,

the carcass layer being turned up around a bead core of each of the bead portions from a tire inner side to a tire outer side,

a first bead filler being disposed on an outer circumferential side of the bead core,

a second bead filler being disposed on an outer side in the tire width direction of a turned up portion of the carcass layer along the turned up portion of the carcass layer,

a first reference line, a second reference line, and a third reference line being specified such that the first reference line is drawn from a tire maximum width position along the tire width direction, the second reference line extends through a midpoint of a length along the carcass layer from an intersection point between the first reference line and the carcass layer to an end on an outer side in the tire width direction of the belt layers and the second reference line intersects the carcass layer at right angles, and the third reference line extends through a midpoint of a length along the carcass layer from the intersection point between the first reference line and the carcass layer to an end portion on an outer side in the tire radial direction of the first bead filler and the third reference line intersects the carcass layer at right angles, and a thickness G on the first reference line of the side reinforcing layer, a thickness G1 on the second reference line of the side reinforcing layer, and a thickness G2 on the third reference line of the side reinforcing layer satisfying relationships of 0.8×G≤G1≤1.0×G and 0.5×G≤G2≤0.7×G, and

the side reinforcing layer being a uniform layer overlapping the first bead filler in the tire radial direction on a radially inner end of the side reinforcing layer and overlapping the belt layers in the tread portion in the tire width direction on a radially outer end of the side reinforcing layer.

2. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness G3 on the second reference line of a rubber layer located on an outer side in the tire width direction of the carcass layer satisfies a relationship of 0.2×G1≤G3≤0.4×G1 with respect to the thickness G1 on the second reference line of the side reinforcing layer.

3. The run-flat tire according to claim 2 , wherein a total rubber thickness G4 on the third reference line of rubber from the outer side in the tire width direction of the carcass layer to a fire outer surface satisfies a relationship of 0.9×G2≤G4≤1.1×G2 with respect to the thickness G2 on the third reference line of the side reinforcing layer.

4. The run-flat tire according to claim 3 , wherein a height of the second bead filler is greater than that of the tire maximum width position.

5. The run-flat tire according to claim 4 , wherein a height of the first bead filler is in a range of from 10% to 25% with respect to a tire cross-sectional height.

6. The run-flat tire according to claim 5 , wherein a height of an end portion on an inner side in the tire radial direction of the second bead filler is in a range of from 50% to 75% with respect to the height of the first bead filler.

7. The run-flat tire according to claim 6 , wherein

a cord angle, as an absolute value, of the belt layer with respect to the tire circumferential direction is in a range of from 25° to 35°, and

at least one belt cover layer covering an entire width of the belt layers is provided on an outer circumferential side of the belt layers.

8. The run-flat tire according to claim 7 , wherein physical properties of each of rubber constituting the first bead filler and rubber constituting the second bead filler comprise a modulus at 100% elongation in a range of from 8.4 MPa to 10.2 MPa, a tan δ at 60° C. in a range of from 0.04 to 0.08, and a JIS hardness at 20° C. in a range of from 69 to 75.

9. A run-flat tire according to claim 8 , wherein the tire cross-sectional height is 135 mm or more.

10. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein a total rubber thickness G4 on the third reference line of rubber from the outer side in the tire width direction of the carcass layer to a tire outer surface satisfies a relationship of 0.9×G2≤G4≤1.1×G2 with respect to the thickness G2 on the third reference line of the side reinforcing layer.

11. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the second bead filler is greater than that of the tire maximum width position.

12. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the first bead filler is in a range of from 10% to 25% with respect to a tire cross-sectional height.

13. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein a height of an end portion on an inner side in the tire radial direction of the second bead filler is in a range of from 50% to 75% with respect to the height of the first bead filler.

14. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein

a cord angle, as an absolute value, of the belt layer with respect to the tire circumferential direction is in a range of from 25° to 35°, and

at least one belt cover layer covering an entire width of the belt layers is provided on an outer circumferential side of the belt layers.

15. The run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein physical properties of each of rubber constituting the first bead filler and rubber constituting the second bead filler comprise a modulus at 100% elongation in a range of from 8.4 MPa to 10.2 MPa, a tan δ at 60° C. in a range of from 0.04 to 0.08, and a JIS hardness at 20° C. in a range of from 69 to 75.

16. A run-flat tire according to claim 1 , wherein a tire cross-sectional height is 135 mm or more.

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 Apr 20, 2022
From: TAKEMORI, RYOHEI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059654/0062 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-194308 · Oct 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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