Abstract:
[Problem to be Solved] To provide an airless tire that allows both good drainage performance and good durability to be achieved and allows uneven wear resistance to be improved. [Solution] An airless tire 1 is provided that includes a cylindrical tread ring 2 that has a ground contact surface 5. Multiple through holes 8 and a reinforcing body 11 are provided in the tread ring 2, the multiple through holes 8 penetrating the tread ring 2 in a thickness direction of the tread ring 2. The multiple through holes 8 are arranged at intervals along a tire circumferential direction. The reinforcing body 11 includes a first reinforcing body 12 that extends in the tire circumferential direction in regions between adjacent through holes 8. Both ends (12e) of the first reinforcing body 12 in the tire circumferential direction terminate without being exposed from inner peripheral surfaces of the through holes 8.
Abstract:
This invention relates generally to an apparatus for casting a portion of a tire or other article of manufacture, and, more specifically, to an apparatus that has a gate design, that has a plunging nozzle with a waste reservoir for separating off-ratio material before it enters the cavity that forms a portion of the tire or other article of manufacture. The design may further include a passage that connects the runner to the waste reservoir as well as an air vent that allows trapped gas or air to exit the waste reservoir as it fills with waste material, a valve that is operative!'/associated with the passage for closing and opening the passage at appropriate times, and a nozzle constructed from two independently translating components for initially introducing material into the waste reservoir and subsequently into the runner.
Abstract:
A wheel (10) includes a main hub portion (20) having outer and inner portions, the inner portion being spaced from the outer portion by a main hub sidewall; a ring portion (30) configured to engage the main hub portion so as to enclose the outer portion and the inner portion and create an enclosed void; and an exterior covering (50) surrounding at least part of the main hub portion and the ring portion at the enclosed void. A method of forming a wheel includes forming a main hub portion having an outer portion and an inner portion; forming a ring portion configured to engage the main hub portion so as to enclose the outer portion and the inner portion and create an enclosed void; assembling the main hub portion and the ring portion into an assembled hub; and overmolding an exterior covering surrounding at least part of the main hub and ring portions.
Abstract:
[Problem to be Solved] To provide an airless tire that allows both good drainage performance and good durability to be achieved and allows uneven wear resistance to be improved. [Solution] An airless tire 1 is provided that includes a cylindrical tread ring 2 that has a ground contact surface 5. Multiple through holes 8 and a reinforcing body 11 are provided in the tread ring 2, the multiple through holes 8 penetrating the tread ring 2 in a thickness direction of the tread ring 2. The multiple through holes 8 are arranged at intervals along a tire circumferential direction. The reinforcing body 11 includes a first reinforcing body 12 that extends in the tire circumferential direction in regions between adjacent through holes 8. Both ends (12e) of the first reinforcing body 12 in the tire circumferential direction terminate without being exposed from inner peripheral surfaces of the through holes 8.
Abstract:
[Problem to be solved] To provide an airless tire that has a small rolling resistance. [Solution] An airless tire 1 is provided that includes a cylindrical tread ring 2 that has a ground contact surface (2a). The tread ring 2 has therein a reinforcing body 6. The reinforcing body 6 includes an annular first reinforcing cord layer 7 that extends in a tire circumferential direction, an annular second reinforcing cord layer 8 that is arranged on a tire radial direction inner side of the first reinforcing cord layer 7 and extends in the tire circumferential direction, and a shear layer 9 that is formed of an elastomer and is arranged between the first reinforcing cord layer 7 and the second reinforcing cord layer 8. The shear layer 9 includes a first portion 10 and a second portion 11, a loss tangent (tanδ) and a shear modulus (Ee) (unit: MPa) of the first portion 10 at a temperature of 30 °C satisfying the following Equations (1) and (2), and the second portion 11 being formed of a material different from the first portion 10. tanδ ≦ 0.06 Ee / tanδ ≧ 1500
Abstract:
A tire is disclosed having a path of thermal conductivity within a cast polyurethane component of the tire which extends from an internal portion of the tire to the tire's outer sidewall surface. The cast polyurethane component contains a dispersion of boron nitride particles. Preferably, the cast polyurethane is a reaction product of a liquid polyurethane reaction mixture comprising an organic polyisocyanate and polymeric polyol, or a primary aliphatic polyamine, desirably a diamine, and isocyanate terminated pre-polymer of an organic polyisocyanate and polymeric polyol, wherein said polymeric polyol is a saturated hydrocarbon polyol comprising at least one of polyester polyol and polyether polyol, and wherein the cast polyurethane does not contain carbon-to-carbon unsaturation. The boron nitride particles are preferably layered hexagonally crystalline boron nitride (h-BN) particles.