Elastic vehicle tire

• US 9,446,633 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2011
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Recticel Engineered Foams Belgium
• Original Assignee: Recticel N.V.
• Inventors: Benoit, Kristof
• Primary Examiner(s): Fischer, Justin
• Application Number:
  US13/696,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20130048181A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,968 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 19/002 Noise damping elements provided in the tyre structure or attached thereto, e.g. in the tyre interior
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 5/002 filled at least partially with foam material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 152/10495 Pneumatic tire or inner tube

Abstract

The invention relates to an elastic vehicle tire (1) comprising a tire cavity. Said cavity is enclosed by a running strip (2) supporting the tread surface (3) and a side wall (4, 4.1) formed on each side of the running strip (2). A noise dampening insert (9) or a noise dampening insert arrangement disposed therein is provided in the tire cavity. A ventilation layer (13) having a structure permeable to air at least in the transverse and/or longitudinal direction of the running strip (3) is disposed between the noise dampening insert (9) or noise dampening insert arrangement and connected to the inner side (10) of the running strip (2) supporting the running surface (3). Said layer is suitable for passing an air flow at least partially in contact with the inner wall (10) of the running strip (2).

Claims

1. An elastic pneumatic vehicle tire comprising:

a cavity formed by a running strip supporting a tread surface, and two side walls extending from each side of the running strip;

at least one noise damping insert of foam arranged in the cavity;

a ventilation layer between the noise damping insert and an inner side of the running strip of the tire, said ventilation layer extending and connected to the running strip in the peripheral direction of the running strip and providing a direct air permeable connection between the inside of the running strip and the tire cavity;

the ventilation layer having an air permeability of more than 1000 l/min over a cross-sectional area of 1 dm² and a thickness of 1 cm according to EN-ISO 09237;

the ventilation layer formed such that air can flow through the ventilation layer in the transverse and/or longitudinal direction of the running strip and allows the passage of a direct air flow into the cavity, said air flow being at least partially in contact with the inner wall of the running strip;

the ventilation layer having elastic properties in at least a radial direction and the ventilation layer has substantially no noise dampening properties;

the ventilation layer being more easily deformable than the noise dampening insert, such that an air flow is generated within the ventilation layer as the tire rolls on a substrate according to the principles of a peristaltic pump; and

the ventilation layer being in contact with and connected to the inner side of the running strip.

2. The tire of claim 1, wherein the noise damping insert has perforations forming an air flow connection between the ventilation layer and the remaining tire cavity.

3. The tire of claim 1 wherein a portion of the surface the ventilation layer area delimits the remaining cavity.

4. The tire of claim 1 wherein the ventilation layer is formed at least partially from a heat conducting material, for example, a metal fiber, optionally connected to a metal nonwoven, or a metal mesh.

5. The tire of claim 1 wherein the ventilation layer is formed from an open pore foam body.

6. The tire of claim 5 wherein the ventilation layer is formed from an open pore polyurethane foam body, in particular as a reticular foam body.

7. The tire of claim 1 wherein the ventilation layer has a peripheral design extending in the peripheral direction, and as a result an air flow path is made available which is peripheral and arranged on the inner side of the running strip.

8. The tire of claim 1 wherein the ventilation layer has an extent in the direction transverse to the peripheral direction, which corresponds substantially to the width of the tire tread.

9. The tire of claim 1 wherein the noise damping insert is enclosed in the material of the ventilation layer.

10. The tire of claim 9 wherein a unit formed by the noise damping insert and the ventilation layer is applied under a certain preliminary stress in the standing position with force-fitting connection on the inner side of the tire.

11. The tire of claim 1 further comprising several mutually parallel ventilation layers.

12. The tire of claim 1 wherein a unit formed by a ventilation layer and a noise damping insert is arranged eccentrically relative to a center longitudinal plane of the tire.

13. The tire of claim 1 wherein a thermally conducting layer is arranged between the ventilation layer and the inner side of the running strip, said thermally conducting layer functioning to removing heat from the inner side of the running strip into the cavity and wherein the thermally conducting layer extends at least in sections into the tire cavity to radiate heat.

14. The tire according to claim 1 wherein the noise dampening insert is substantially not air permeable.

15. The tire according to claim 1 wherein the noise dampening insert is substantially not air permeable.

16. An elastic vehicle tire comprising:

A cavity formed by a running strip supporting a tread surface, and two side walls extending from each side of the running strip;

at least one noise damping insert arranged in the cavity;

a ventilation layer between the noise damping insert and an inner side of the running strip of the tire, said ventilation layer extending in the peripheral direction of the running strip and providing an air permeable connection between the inside of the running strip and the tire cavity;

the ventilation layer formed such that air can flow through the ventilation layer in the transverse and/or longitudinal direction of the running strip and allows the passage of an air flow, said air flow being at least partially in contact with the inner wall of the running strip;

the ventilation layer having elastic properties in at least a radial direction;

wherein the noise damping insert has perforations forming an air flow connection between the ventilation layer and the remaining tire cavity;

the ventilation layer being more easily deformable than the noise dampening insert, such that an air flow is generated within the ventilation layer as the tire rolls on a substrate according to the principles of a peristaltic pump.