IP Library Granted Patent US 11,628,689
Granted Patent B2
US 11,628,689 · App. 17/002,903 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Non-pneumatic tire

Inventor: Noriyuki Tsuji (Itami, JP)
Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
B60C7/22B60C7/146B60C7/18
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Patent No.
US 11,628,689
App. No.
17/002,903
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-pneumatic tire includes: an inner annular portion; an outer annular portion; a plurality of coupling portions which couple the inner annular portion and the outer annular portion to each other and are provided independently of one another in a tire circumferential direction; at least one annular overall reinforcing layer embedded entirely in the outer annular portion in a tire width direction; and at least one annular partial reinforcing layer embedded only in a part of the outer annular portion in the tire width direction, wherein the outer annular portion includes a connecting region to which the plurality of coupling portions are connected, and a non-connecting region to which the plurality of coupling portions are not connected, in the tire width direction, and wherein the partial reinforcing layer overlaps the non-connecting region in a tire radial direction when viewed from the tire circumferential direction.

Claims (11)

1. A non-pneumatic tire comprising: an inner annular portion; an outer annular portion provided concentrically on an outer side of the inner annular portion;

a plurality of coupling portions which couple the inner annular portion and the outer annular portion to each other and are provided independently of one another in a tire circumferential direction;

at least one annular overall reinforcing layer embedded entirely in the outer annular portion in a tire width direction; and

at least one annular partial reinforcing layer embedded only in a part of the outer annular portion in the tire width direction,

wherein the outer annular portion includes an annular connecting region to which the plurality of coupling portions are connected, and an annular non-connecting region to which the plurality of coupling portions are not connected, in the tire width direction,

wherein the partial reinforcing layer overlaps the non-connecting region in a tire radial direction when viewed from the tire circumferential direction, and

wherein a plurality of the overall reinforcing layers are provided, and the partial reinforcing layer is disposed between the plurality of overall reinforcing layers.

2. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the partial reinforcing layer overlaps the non-connecting region by 80% or more of a width of the non-connecting region.

3. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an end portion of the partial reinforcing layer in the tire width direction is located in the connecting region.

4. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the partial reinforcing layer is composed of reinforcing fibers, and the reinforcing fibers are arrayed in a direction inclined by 0 to 45° with respect to the tire circumferential direction.

5. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the partial reinforcing layer in the tire width direction is 80 to 150% of a width of the non-connecting region in the tire width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: TSUJI, NORIYUKI
To: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053599/0362 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-162968 · Sep 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210070103A1 · Mar 11, 2021