Non-pneumatic tire
A non-pneumatic tire includes a spoke structure that can be easily mounted on a rim of a wheel. Durability is improved by suppressing the buckling of a spoke structure. A non-pneumatic tire includes a spoke structure ( 5 ) and a tread ring ( 11 ). The spoke structure ( 5 ) includes a cylindrical outer member ( 2 ) and a cylindrical inner member ( 3 ) which are concentrically arranged, and which are connected to each other with a plurality of fins ( 4, 4 ′) arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction. The tread ring ( 11 ) fits onto the outer periphery of the spoke structure ( 5 ). The spoke structure ( 5 ) is divided in the tire circumferential direction into at least two circumferential-direction separate structures ( 511, 521, 531 ).
1. A non-pneumatic tire comprising:
a spoke structure including a cylindrical outer member and a cylindrical inner member which are concentrically arranged, and which are connected to each other with a plurality of fins arranged in between at intervals in the circumferential direction; and
a tread ring fitted onto the outer periphery of the spoke structure,
wherein the spoke structure is divided in the tire circumferential direction into at least two circumferential-direction separate structures;
wherein the spoke structure is divided in the tire width direction into three width-direction separate structures, which are independent and discrete structures,
wherein the fins extend across the tire width in the tire width direction and a width of each fin is the same as a width of the width-direction separate structure, such that all of said fins within a single one of said width-direction separate structures are configured and arranged in the same manner; and
wherein the fins of one of each adjacent two of the width-direction separate structures are displaced in the circumferential direction relative to the fins of the other one.
2. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the circumferential-direction separate structures is two to eight.
3. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein:
the fins of each adjacent two of the width-direction separate structures have the same arrangement pitch in the circumferential direction, and
the amount of displacement of the fins between each adjacent two of the width-direction separate structures is 0.4 to 0.6 times the arrangement pitch.
4. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein among the three width-direction separate structures, the arrangement pitch of the fins of the width-direction separate structure in the center is made smaller than that of the fins of the width-direction separate structures on both sides.
5. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein among the three width-direction separate structures, which each include a plurality of said fins, the width of the width-direction separate structure in the center is smaller than that of each of the width-direction separate structures on both sides.
6. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein among the three width-direction separate structures, which each include a plurality of said fins, the thickness of each fin of the width-direction separate structure in the center is smaller than that of each fin of each of the width-direction separate structures on both sides.
7. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 5 , wherein among the three width-direction separate structures, the thickness of each fin of the width-direction separate structure in the center is smaller than that of each fin of each of the width-direction separate structures on both sides.