Abstract:
The present invention provides a reinforced lightweight air bladder for a safety tire which can effectively suppress a radial growth under the normal running condition even if it is used for a long tire and, on the other hand, to suppress an occurrence of a crack in a tube under the runflat running condition, thereby exhibiting a superior durability.A hollow toric reinforced air bladder 1 is to be accommodated in a tire 2 to form a safety tire. The reinforced air bladder 1 is filled with the air at an internal pressure determined in relation to a given air pressure of the tire 2 to form a cavity S1 in tire 2. When the internal pressure of the cavity S1 of the tire 2 is dropped due to getting punctured or the like, the reinforced air bladder 2 is radially expanded to take over load support from the tire 2. The reinforced air bladder 1 comprises an air-impermeable tube 6 and a reinforcing hoop layer 7 surrounding entirely an outer circumference of a crown portion of the tube 6. The reinforcing hoop layer 7 is made of a low tension resistance material.
Abstract:
There is provided an air bladder for a safety tire 10 which is to be accommodated in a tire 21 and filled with a give internal pressure to form a cavity at least between the air bladder and an inner surface of the tire under the normal internal pressure state of the tire and to radially expand with a decrease in the internal pressure of the tire to take over load support from the tire 21, wherein, the opposed inner surfaces of the air bladder can be prevented from being stuck with each other and simultaneously the air-impermeability can be enhanced during manufacturing or storage. The air bladder 10 for a safety tire comprises a hollow toric body bearing a tension caused by the internal pressure and an air-impermeable layer arranged on inner surfaces of the hollow toric body to maintain the internal pressure of the air bladder 10. At least a part of the inner surfaces are configured with an air-impermeable resin film layer 6 for preventing the inner surfaces from being stuck with each other.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire assembly comprising a rim, a pneumatic tire that has a double structure including an outer tire and an inner tire inserted thereinto, and is assembled with the rim, and air chambers formed inside and outside the inner tire, wherein the rim includes a pair of bead seats on which bead portions of the outer tire and the inner tire are placed, a first rim flange protruding outward in a diameter direction of the tire from a side end of the bead seat, a second rim flange disposed inside the first rim flange in a rim width direction and formed on at least one of the bead seats while protruding therefrom, and an air valve provided to the second rim flange, the outer tire is held by the first rim flange and the second rim flange with the bead portion thereof being nipped therebetween, the inner tire is mounted with the bead portion thereof being in internal contact with the second rim flange, and in an outer wall surface area of the inner tire extending outward from a position of a maximum height of the second rim flange in a diameter direction of the tire, a groove portion for feeding air supplied via the air valve into the air chamber formed outside the inner tire is formed into a concave shape.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a device for reducing the impact energy of tire and rim fragments, comprising a rim with pneumatic tire mounted thereto, whose cavity is filled with a gas volume, wherein a displacer connected with the rim is arranged inside the tire cavity, and the displacer does not come into contact with the tire.
Abstract:
A low-section tire includes an air tube including an internal wall and two air tube sidewalls. The internal wall comprises a greater rigidity than the tube sidewalls so that, when a carcass and the tube are mounted on a rim, and during inflation, the tube sidewalls contact the carcass sidewalls no later than the internal wall contacts a crown portion of the carcass. A process for manufacturing the air tube includes moulding two tube sidewalls separated from each other, moulding a central core, arranging the tube sidewalls and central core in a single vulcanization mould, closing the vulcanization mould to form the tube, feeding pressurized fluid into at least two distinct circumferential portions of the tube, and vulcanizing the tube to join the central core and tube sidewalls. A mould for manufacturing the an air tube includes two axially-external cheeks, two axially-intermediate male dies, and two axially-inner spacers.
Abstract:
A wheel assembly provides a mount for a pneumatic tire having two tire beads. The wheel assembly includes a disk defining a hub receiving center and an outer peripheral edge. The wheel assembly also includes a rim that is fixedly secured to the outer peripheral edge. The rim has first and second tire seat surfaces and a well separating the first and second tire seat surfaces. First and second rim flanges are secured to the first and second tire seat surfaces, respectively, such that each of the first and second rim flanges extend out from each of the first and second tire seat surfaces at an angle less than or equal to thirty degrees. The wheel assembly also includes anti-roll off devices that interact with the tire through the flat rim flanges of the wheel assembly. A run flat device, including an inner rim bonded to an inner tube, which is, in turn, bonded to an interior carcass surface of the tire. The run flat device maintains a round shape in the tire tread even if a foreign object, such as a nail, penetrates the tire and compromises the tire pressure thereof.
Abstract:
A tire assembly (200) having runflat capability comprises a tire (202) mounted to a rim (203) to provide a tire cavity (204) defined by a carcass circumferential inner surface (246), two sidewall inner surfaces (248A,248B) and the rim. The tire assembly (200) is characterized by having a platform (206) disposed circumferentially around the rim within the tire cavity and one or more hoops (208A-208C) disposed within the tire cavity (204) between the platform (206) and the carcass circumferential inner surface (246) so that under normal inflation the one or more hoops do not contact either the carcass circumferential inner surface (246) or the sidewall inner surfaces (248A,248B), but below a first runflat inflation pressure, the one or more hoops (208A-208C) contact and support the carcass circumferential inner surface (246).
Abstract:
A dual chamber inflatable safety tire mounted on a rim, said tire having an outer tire with an inner tire disposed within the outer tire forming an outer chamber and inner chamber, a one way valve means extending through the inner tire to enable air flow from the outer chamber to the inner chamber, a first inflation and deflation valve means extending through the apparatus into the outer chamber, and a second inflation and deflation valve means extended through the apparatus into the inner chamber.
Abstract:
A multi-chambered tire assembly (10) is provided by a pneumatic outer tire (12) mounted upon a rim (16) of a wheel and having an inner tire (14) or shield which is also mounted upon the rim (16). The inner tire (14) has a crown portion (36) spaced from the outer tire and a pair of sidewalls (38) each extending from the crown to a bead portion (40, 42). At least one of the bead portions (42) of the inner tire (14) forms an air passage way (44) between it and the adjacent bead (22) of the outer tire and is provided with radially extending grooves (52) connecting the air passage way with the outer air chamber (32).
Abstract:
A pneumatic run-flat insert for a pneumatic tire is provided with circumferential sections having different radii. During vehicle operation in a run-flat condition the different insert radii cause a vibratory disturbance at a wheel axle that alerts the driver of the existence of a run-flat condition or an abnormally low-pressure condition in the tire. During normal driving conditions there is clearance between the insert and the tire liner and no warning vibrations will occur in the wheel axle.In various embodiments of the invention the different insert radii correspond to two or more ply sections in an insert ply having different cord angles. A relatively high cord angle ply section will furnish a relatively larger radius than the ply section with a relatively low cord angle.In further embodiments of the invention a pneumatic or non-pneumatic run-flat insert includes one or more bumps on the insert crown formed of rubber strips for example that furnish the insert with an out-of-round condition that causes a similar vibrating disturbance to warn the driver of a low-tire pressure or run-flat condition.