NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE

• US 20150258853A1
• Filed: 12/11/2013
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Inventors: Fudemoto, Hiroyuki, Izumoto, Ryuji, Kotsubo, Hidefumi
• Granted Patent: US 9,511,632 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 9/04 in leaf form
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 7/14 using springs
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 7/146 extending substantially radially, e.g. like spokes
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 7/20 disposed circumferentially relative to wheel axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 7/24 characterised by means for securing tyres on rim or wheel body

Abstract

A non-pneumatic tire includes an attachment body (11) attached to an axle, a ring member (14) including an inner rim (12) fitted onto the attachment body (11) and an outer rim (13) configured to surround the inner rim (12) from the outside in a tire radial direction, and a plurality of connecting members (15) disposed between the inner rim (12) and the outer rim (13) in a tire circumferential direction and configured to connect the rims (12) and (13) to each other, wherein at least a portion of the ring member (14) and the plurality of connecting members (15) are integrally formed of a synthetic resin material having a bending modulus of elasticity at −20° C. obtained through a 3-point bending test that is two times or less a bending modulus of elasticity at 60° C. obtained through the 3-point bending test pursuant to ISO 178.

Claims

1. A non-pneumatic tire comprising:

an attachment body attached to an axle;

a ring member including an inner rim fitted onto the attachment body and an outer rim configured to surround the inner rim from the outside in a tire radial direction; and

a plurality of connecting members disposed between the inner rim and the outer rim in a tire circumferential direction and configured to connect the rims to each other,

wherein at least a portion of the ring member and the plurality of connecting members are integrally formed of a synthetic resin material having a bending modulus of elasticity at −

20°

C. obtained through a 3-point bending test that is two times or less a bending modulus of elasticity at 60°

C. obtained through the 3-point bending test pursuant to ISO 178.

2. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein a bending modulus of elasticity of the synthetic resin material at 23°

C. obtained through the 3-point bending test is 300 MPa or more.

3. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the connecting members comprise first elastic connecting plates and second elastic connecting plates configured to connect the rims to each other,

one end sections of the first elastic connecting plates connected to the outer rim are disposed closer to one side in the tire circumferential direction than the other end sections connected to the inner rim,

one end sections of the second elastic connecting plates connected to the outer rim are disposed closer to the other side in the tire circumferential direction than the other end sections connected to the inner rim, and

the plurality of first elastic connecting plates are disposed in the tire circumferential direction at one positions in the tire width direction, and the plurality of second elastic connecting plates are disposed in the tire circumferential direction at other positions in the tire width direction different from the one positions in the tire width direction.

4. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 3, wherein the ring member is divided into one split ring member disposed at one side in the tire width direction and another split ring member disposed at the other side in the tire width direction,

the one split ring member is integrally formed with the first elastic connecting plates, and

the other split ring member is integrally formed with the second elastic connecting plates.

5. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 4, wherein the one split ring member and the first elastic connecting plates, and the other split ring member and the second elastic connecting plates are integrally formed through injection molding.

6. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 3, wherein one end sections of a first elastic connecting plate and a second elastic connecting plate of one of the connecting members are disposed at different positions in the tire width direction and connected at the same position in the tire circumferential direction in an inner circumferential surface of the outer rim, and

the connecting member extends in the tire radial direction when the tire is seen in a side view of the tire from the tire width direction, and is line-symmetrically formed with respect to an imaginary line passing through the one end sections.

7. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 2, wherein the connecting members comprise first elastic connecting plates and a second elastic connecting plates configured to connect the rims to each other,

one end sections of the first elastic connecting plates connected to the outer rim are disposed closer to one side in the tire circumferential direction than the other end sections connected to the inner rim,

one end sections of the second elastic connecting plates connected to the outer rim are disposed closer to the other side in the tire circumferential direction than the other end sections connected to the inner rim, and

the plurality of first elastic connecting plates are disposed in the tire circumferential direction at one positions in the tire width direction, and the plurality of second elastic connecting plates are disposed in the tire circumferential direction at other positions in the tire width direction different from the one positions in the tire width direction.

8. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 4, wherein one end sections of a first elastic connecting plate and a second elastic connecting plate of one of the connecting members are disposed at different positions in the tire width direction and connected at the same position in the tire circumferential direction in the inner circumferential surface of the outer rim, and

the connecting member extends in the tire radial direction when the tire is seen in the side view of the tire from the tire width direction, and line-symmetrically formed with respect to an imaginary line passing through the one end sections.

9. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 5, wherein one end sections of a first elastic connecting plate and a second elastic connecting plate of one of the connecting members are disposed at different positions in the tire width direction and connected at the same position in the tire circumferential direction in the inner circumferential surface of the outer rim, and

the connecting member extends in the tire radial direction when the tire is seen in the side view of the tire from the tire width direction, and line-symmetrically formed with respect to an imaginary line passing through the one end sections.

10. The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 7, wherein one end sections of a first elastic connecting plate and a second elastic connecting plate of one of the connecting members are disposed at different positions in the tire width direction and connected at the same position in the tire circumferential direction in the inner circumferential surface of the outer rim, and

the connecting member extends in the tire radial direction when the tire is seen in the side view of the tire from the tire width direction, and line-symmetrically formed with respect to an imaginary line passing through the one end sections.