公开(公告)号：US09308787B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-12

申请号：US14100089

申请日：2013-12-09

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque

IPC: B60C23/12 ,  F04B35/01 ,  F04B39/00

CPC classification number: B60C23/12 ,  F04B35/01 ,  F04B39/0005

Abstract: An air compressor mountable within an annular cavity of a pneumatic tire comprises an air inlet for receiving air to be pumped into the tire cavity, an air compression chamber in fluid communication with the air inlet, and an air outlet in fluid communication with the air compression chamber. Further, the compressor comprises a pressure compensation chamber in fluid communication with the tire cavity when the air compressor is mounted within the tire cavity, and a double piston having a shaft and two opposing piston ends, the shaft rigidly connecting both piston ends with each other, wherein the first piston end is arranged and movable in the compression chamber and is actuatable by hydraulic pressure between a compression state and an intake state, and wherein the second piston end is arranged and movable in the pressure compensation chamber and subject to the pressure of the tire cavity when the compressor is mounted within the tire cavity. Moreover, the present application is directed to a tire comprising the aforementioned air compressor.

Abstract translation: 安装在充气轮胎的环形空腔内的空气压缩机包括用于接收待泵送到轮胎腔中的空气的空气入口，与空气入口流体连通的空气压缩室，以及与空气压缩成流体连通的空气出口 房间。 此外，压缩机包括当空气压缩机安装在轮胎腔内时与轮胎腔流体连通的压力补偿室，以及具有轴和两个相对的活塞端的双活塞，该轴将两个活塞端彼此刚性地连接 ，其中所述第一活塞端部在所述压缩室中被布置和移动，并且可通过压缩状态和进气状态之间的液压进行致动，并且其中所述第二活塞端部在所述压力补偿室中被布置和移动， 当压缩机安装在轮胎腔内时的轮胎腔。 此外，本申请涉及包括上述空气压缩机的轮胎。

公开(公告)号：US09308784B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-12

申请号：US14100121

申请日：2013-12-09

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque

IPC: B60C23/00 ,  B60C23/12

CPC classification number: B60C23/001 ,  B60C23/12 ,  Y10T152/10495

Abstract: A self-inflating tire assembly comprises a tire having a tread region, first and second sidewalls, and first and second bead regions, wherein the first and second sidewalls extend respectively from the first and second bead regions to the tread region, wherein the tread region and the first and second sidewalls enclose an annular tire cavity. Further, the assembly comprises an air passageway connected to one of the sidewalls and extending essentially in a circumferential direction of the tire for pumping air from outside of the tire into the tire cavity, wherein the air passageway has an air passageway inlet for receiving air from outside of the tire and an air passageway outlet for releasing air into the tire cavity. Moreover, the assembly comprises an air pressure regulator having an air pressure regulation chamber, a connector end, and a channel fluidly connecting the pressure regulation chamber with the connector end, wherein the air pressure regulator is detachably connected to one of the air passageway inlet and the air passageway outlet via the connector end for allowing fluid communication between channel and the air passageway via the connector end. In addition, the invention relates to a pressure regulator kit for regulating the pressure of a tire, the kit comprising a plurality of air pressure regulators.

Abstract translation: 自充气轮胎组件包括具有胎面区域，第一和第二侧壁以及第一和第二胎圈区域的轮胎，其中第一和第二侧壁分别从第一胎圈区域和第二胎圈区域延伸到胎面区域，其中胎面区域 并且第一和第二侧壁包围环形轮胎腔。 此外，组件包括连接到侧壁中的一个并且基本上在轮胎的圆周方向上延伸的空气通道，用于将空气从轮胎的外部抽吸到轮胎空腔中，其中空气通道具有用于从空气通道入口接收空气的空气通道入口 在轮胎外部和用于将空气释放到轮胎腔中的空气通道出口。 此外，组件包括具有空气压力调节室，连接器端和将压力调节室与连接器端流体连通的通道的空气压力调节器，其中空气压力调节器可拆卸地连接到空气通道入口和 通过连接器端的空气通道出口，用于允许通道和空气通道之间经由连接器端的流体连通。 此外，本发明涉及一种用于调节轮胎压力的压力调节器套件，该套件包括多个气压调节器。

公开(公告)号：US09193226B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-24

申请号：US14100149

申请日：2013-12-09

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque ,  William Alain Talbot

IPC: B60C23/12 ,  F04B9/02 ,  B60C29/00

CPC classification number: B60C23/12 ,  B60C29/00 ,  F04B9/02

Abstract: The invention relates to an air compressor mountable in an annular tire cavity of a pneumatic tire. The compressor comprises an air inlet, an air outlet, and a body in which are formed a blind hole having a sidewall and a compression chamber in fluid communication with the air inlet and the air outlet. Further, the tire comprises a compression piston configured for reciprocating in the compression chamber for providing compressed air to the tire cavity through the air outlet, and a hydraulic fluid passage for providing hydraulic fluid into the blind hole, as well as a guiding piston configured for reciprocating in the blind hole in sealed contact with the sidewall and for guiding a reciprocating movement of the body relative to the compression piston. The invention further relates to a tire assembly comprising a tire and the compressor.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种可安装在充气轮胎的环形轮胎空腔中的空气压缩机。 压缩机包括空气入口，空气出口和主体，其中形成有具有与空气入口和空气出口流体连通的侧壁和压缩室的盲孔。 此外，轮胎包括压缩活塞，该压缩活塞构造成在压缩室中往复运动，用于通过空气出口向轮胎腔提供压缩空气，以及用于将液压流体提供到盲孔中的液压流体通道，以及引导活塞， 在盲孔中往复运动，与侧壁密封接触并用于引导主体相对于压缩活塞的往复运动。 本发明还涉及一种包括轮胎和压缩机的轮胎组件。

公开(公告)号：US20150158349A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-11

申请号：US14100149

申请日：2013-12-09

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque ,  William Alain Talbot

IPC: B60C23/12 ,  F04B9/02

CPC classification number: B60C23/12 ,  B60C29/00 ,  F04B9/02

Abstract: The invention relates to an air compressor mountable in an annular tire cavity of a pneumatic tire. The compressor comprises an air inlet, an air outlet, and a body in which are formed a blind hole having a sidewall and a compression chamber in fluid communication with the air inlet and the air outlet. Further, the tire comprises a compression piston configured for reciprocating in the compression chamber for providing compressed air to the tire cavity through the air outlet, and a hydraulic fluid passage for providing hydraulic fluid into the blind hole, as well as a guiding piston configured for reciprocating in the blind hole in sealed contact with the sidewall and for guiding a reciprocating movement of the body relative to the compression piston. The invention further relates to a tire assembly comprising a tire and the compressor.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种可安装在充气轮胎的环形轮胎空腔中的空气压缩机。 压缩机包括空气入口，空气出口和主体，其中形成有具有与空气入口和空气出口流体连通的侧壁和压缩室的盲孔。 此外，轮胎包括压缩活塞，该压缩活塞构造成在压缩室中往复运动，用于通过空气出口向轮胎腔提供压缩空气，以及用于将液压流体提供到盲孔中的液压流体通道，以及引导活塞， 在盲孔中往复运动，与侧壁密封接触并用于引导主体相对于压缩活塞的往复运动。 本发明还涉及一种包括轮胎和压缩机的轮胎组件。

公开(公告)号：US20150158346A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-11

申请号：US14100121

申请日：2013-12-09

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque

IPC: B60C23/00 ,  B60C23/12

CPC classification number: B60C23/001 ,  B60C23/12 ,  Y10T152/10495

Abstract: A self-inflating tire assembly comprises a tire having a tread region, first and second sidewalls, and first and second bead regions, wherein the first and second sidewalls extend respectively from the first and second bead regions to the tread region, wherein the tread region and the first and second sidewalls enclose an annular tire cavity. Further, the assembly comprises an air passageway connected to one of the sidewalls and extending essentially in a circumferential direction of the tire for pumping air from outside of the tire into the tire cavity, wherein the air passageway has an air passageway inlet for receiving air from outside of the tire and an air passageway outlet for releasing air into the tire cavity. Moreover, the assembly comprises an air pressure regulator having an air pressure regulation chamber, a connector end, and a channel fluidly connecting the pressure regulation chamber with the connector end, wherein the air pressure regulator is detachably connected to one of the air passageway inlet and the air passageway outlet via the connector end for allowing fluid communication between channel and the air passageway via the connector end. In addition, the invention relates to a pressure regulator kit for regulating the pressure of a tire, the kit comprising a plurality of air pressure regulators.

Abstract translation: 自充气轮胎组件包括具有胎面区域，第一和第二侧壁以及第一和第二胎圈区域的轮胎，其中第一和第二侧壁分别从第一胎圈区域和第二胎圈区域延伸到胎面区域，其中胎面区域 并且第一和第二侧壁包围环形轮胎腔。 此外，组件包括连接到侧壁中的一个并且基本上在轮胎的圆周方向上延伸的空气通道，用于将空气从轮胎的外部抽吸到轮胎空腔中，其中空气通道具有用于从空气通道入口接收空气的空气通道入口 在轮胎外部和用于将空气释放到轮胎腔中的空气通道出口。 此外，组件包括具有空气压力调节室，连接器端和将压力调节室与连接器端流体连通的通道的空气压力调节器，其中空气压力调节器可拆卸地连接到空气通道入口和 通过连接器端的空气通道出口，用于允许通道和空气通道之间经由连接器端的流体连通。 此外，本发明涉及一种用于调节轮胎压力的压力调节器套件，该套件包括多个气压调节器。

公开(公告)号：US20140174626A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-26

申请号：US13777330

申请日：2013-02-26

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Francesco Sportelli ,  Etienne Besnoin ,  Anne Therese Peronnet-Paquin ,  Raphael Beck ,  Massimo Di Giacomo Russo ,  Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque ,  Gilles Bonnet ,  Andreas Frantzen

IPC: B60C19/00

CPC classification number: B60C19/00 ,  B29D30/0061 ,  B29D30/0681 ,  B29D2030/0088 ,  B29D2030/0094 ,  B60C23/12 ,  B60C2019/008 ,  Y10T152/10495 ,  Y10T152/10819

Abstract: A green pneumatic tire comprising a tire cavity; first and second sidewalls extending respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region; and a cable embedded into a rubber material of the green tire for allowing a creation of an air passageway in the tire after curing the green tire in a tire mold is disclosed. The cable comprises a core of a first material and a shell of a second material, wherein the shell surrounds the core. Also, a method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire comprising an air passageway is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing a green pneumatic tire comprising a tire cavity, first and second sidewalls extending respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region, and a cable embedded in a rubber material of the green tire, the cable comprising a core of a first material and a shell of a second material, wherein the shell surrounds the core; curing the green tire together with the cable in a tire mold; and extracting the core of the cable from the cured tire thereby providing an air passageway in the tire.

Abstract translation: 一种绿色充气轮胎，包括轮胎腔; 第一和第二侧壁分别从第一和第二轮胎胎圈区域延伸到轮胎胎面区域; 并且公开了嵌入到生胎的橡胶材料中的电缆，用于在轮胎模具中固化生胎之后允许在轮胎中产生空气通道。 电缆包括第一材料的芯和第二材料的壳，其中壳围绕芯。 另外，公开了一种制造包括空气通道的充气轮胎的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤：提供包括轮胎腔的绿色充气轮胎，分别从第一和第二轮胎胎圈区域延伸到轮胎胎面区域的第一和第二侧壁以及嵌入生轮胎的橡胶材料中的电缆， 电缆，其包括第一材料的芯和第二材料的壳，其中所述壳围绕所述芯; 将轮胎与电缆固定在轮胎模具中; 并且从固化轮胎提取电缆的芯部，从而在轮胎中提供空气通道。

公开(公告)号：US20140150945A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-05

申请号：US13689858

申请日：2012-11-30

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Kundan Kumar ,  Anne Therese Peronnet-Paquin ,  Edwin Deerenberg ,  Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque

IPC: B60C19/00

CPC classification number: B60C19/00 ,  B60C23/12 ,  Y10T152/10495

Abstract: A system includes a tire having a tire cavity, first and second sidewalls extending respectively from first and second tire beads to a common tire tread, and a compression actuator means mounted to the tire within the tire cavity for delivering air to the tire cavity. The compression actuator means includes a hollow containment body formed from a resilient deformable material and containing a quantity of a non-compressible medium. The hollow containment body reciprocally deforms or transforms between a deformed state and a non-deformed state responsive to deformation and recovery of the tire while rotating. The hollow containment body in the deformed state displaces a quantity of the non-compressible medium for generating a compression force from which a volume of air is delivered to the tire cavity. The hollow containment body is shaped to facilitate pivoting during rotation of the tire.

Abstract translation: 一种系统包括具有轮胎空腔的轮胎，分别从第一和第二轮胎胎圈延伸到公共轮胎胎面的第一和第二侧壁以及安装到轮胎内的轮胎内的用于将空气输送到轮胎腔的压缩致动器装置。 压缩致动器装置包括由弹性可变形材料形成并容纳一定量的不可压缩介质的中空容纳体。 中空的容纳体在旋转时响应于轮胎的变形和恢复而在变形状态和非变形状态之间往复变形或变形。 处于变形状态的中空容纳体将一定数量的不可压缩介质置换成产生压缩力的压缩力，空气容纳体从该体积的空气输送到轮胎腔。 中空的容纳体被成形为便于在轮胎旋转期间枢转。

公开(公告)号：US20230311571A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US17657230

申请日：2022-03-30

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque

IPC: B60C7/14

CPC classification number: B60C7/146 ,  B60B21/00

Abstract: The tire comprises an outer ring structure with a tread, the outer ring structure comprising a first support ring and a second support ring, the first and second support rings being substantially coaxial around the tire axis; an inner ring structure, the inner ring structure comprising a first base ring and a second base ring, the first and second base rings being substantially coaxial around the tire axis; and a connecting structure effective to transfer load from the inner ring structure to the outer ring structure, the connecting structure including first and second spokes made of reinforced rubber that connect the first and second support rings to the first and second base rings.

公开(公告)号：US10189320B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US14963699

申请日：2015-12-09

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque

IPC: B60C23/12 ,  F04B43/12 ,  F04B45/08

Abstract: An air maintenance system includes a rotating inner ring secured to a vehicle wheel, a stationary outer ring maintaining a constant angular position, an occlusion roller rotationally fixed to the stationary outer ring, the occlusion roller having a protruding portion centered axially at a radially outer surface of the occlusion roller with axially outer portions of the occlusion roller being radially recessed from the protruding portion and supported by bearing surfaces of the rotating inner ring, spacer rollers rotationally fixed to the stationary outer ring and rotationally supported by the bearing surfaces, and a flexible tube defining a pump cavity, the air maintenance system pumping a fluid from the ambient environment into a pneumatic tire by applying an occluding force against the flexible tube, periodically occluding portions of the pump cavity. The spacer rollers have axially outer surfaces for rotational support by bearing surfaces of the rotating inner ring and a recess centered axially at the outer surface of the spacer rollers for avoiding any contact between the spacer rollers and the flexible tube.

公开(公告)号：US09381780B2

公开(公告)日：2016-07-05

申请号：US14013852

申请日：2013-08-29

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque

IPC: B60C23/12

CPC classification number: B60C23/12 ,  Y10T152/10495

Abstract: A tire having a tire cavity is disclosed, wherein the tire has a bi-directional pump assembly including a pump passageway having an inlet end and an outlet end, and being operative to allow a portion of the pump passageway near a tire footprint to substantially close and open the pump passageway. The tire includes a valve assembly having a valve housing, wherein a diaphragm is mounted in the valve housing forming an interior chamber, and wherein the diaphragm is responsive to the pressure of the tire cavity. The interior chamber has an inlet in fluid communication with outside air, and an outlet in fluid communication with inlet and outlet of the pump passageway. The valve assembly further includes an inlet control valve having a valve bottom positioned over the outlet and operative to open and close the outlet. The inlet control valve has a first end connected to the diaphragm, and a resilient member biases the inlet control valve into the open position.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种具有轮胎腔的轮胎，其中所述轮胎具有双向泵组件，所述双向泵组件包括具有入口端和出口端的泵通道，并且可操作以允许所述泵通道的一部分靠近轮胎足迹以基本上闭合 并打开泵通道。 轮胎包括具有阀壳体的阀组件，其中隔膜安装在形成内部室的阀壳体中，并且其中隔膜响应于轮胎腔的压力。 内部室具有与外部空气流体连通的入口和与泵通道的入口和出口流体连通的出口。 阀组件还包括入口控制阀，其具有位于出口上方的阀底部，并且可操作以打开和关闭出口。 入口控制阀具有连接到隔膜的第一端，并且弹性构件将入口控制阀偏压到打开位置。