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Non-pneumatic tire

Assignee: Toyo Tire Corp
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Filing: 2009-11-24
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Granted: 2012-02-14
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Expires: 2029-11-24
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Abstract

Abstract The invention provides a non-pneumatic tire which can improve a riding quality, a noise performance and the like while improving a durability, and can further sufficiently suppress a buckling of a ground portion between spokes, because a circumferential fluctuation of a tire rigidity is hard to be generated due to a positional relationship between a spoke position and a center position of the ground surface, and a strain can be dispersed into each of portions of a support structure body. In a non-pneumatic tire T comprising a support structure body SS supporting a load from a vehicle, the support structure body SS includes an inner annular portion 1 , an intermediate annular portion 2 concentrically provided in an outer side of the inner annular portion 1 , an outer annular portion 3 concentrically provided in an outer side of the intermediate annular portion 2 , a plurality of inner coupling portions 4 coupling the inner annular portion 1 and the intermediate annular portion 2 , and a plurality of outer coupling portions 5 coupling the outer annular portion 3 and the intermediate annular portion 2 , and the number of the outer coupling portions 5 is larger than the number of the inner coupling portions 4.

Inventors

  • 👤 Koji Arakawa
  • 👤 Masanori Iwase
  • 👤 Masahiro Segawa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 00:19
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60B; B60B9/00; B60B9/02; B60B9/10; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T152/00; Y10T152/10; Y10T152/10279; Y10T152/10288; Y10T152/10297

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 106 words
A non-pneumatic tire comprising: a support structure body supporting a load from a vehicle, wherein the support structure body includes: an inner annular portion, an intermediate annular portion concentrically provided in an outer side of the inner annular portion, an outer annular portion concentrically provided in an outer side of the intermediate annular portion, a plurality of inner coupling portions coupling the inner annular portion and the intermediate annular portion, and a plurality of outer coupling portions coupling the outer annular portion and the intermediate annular portion, and wherein the number of the outer coupling portions is larger than the number of the inner coupling portions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 106 words
A non-pneumatic tire comprising: a support structure body supporting a load from a vehicle, wherein the support structure body includes: an inner annular portion, an intermediate annular portion concentrically provided in an outer side of the inner annular portion, an outer annular portion concentrically provided in an outer side of the intermediate annular portion, a plurality of inner coupling portions coupling the inner annular portion and the intermediate annular portion, and a plurality of outer coupling portions coupling the outer annular portion and the intermediate annular portion, and wherein the number of the outer coupling portions is larger than the number of the inner coupling portions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 22 words
The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the outer coupling portion is inclined with respect to a tire diametrical direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 55 words
The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein two of the outer coupling portions are inclined in a direction which is symmetrical with respect to a tire diametrical direction, the two outer coupling portions and one of the inner couplings portions being arranged in a Y-shaped form as seen from a tire axial direction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the outer coupling portion is less than a thickness of the inner coupling portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 56 words
The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 3 , wherein a gap is provided between an outer coupling point at which one of the two outer coupling portions and the intermediate annular portion are coupled, and an outer coupling point at which the other of the two outer coupling portions and the intermediate annular portion are coupled.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 28 words
The non-pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an angle of the outer coupling portion with respect to the tire diametrical direction is not more than 30°.

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