阅读说明：本技术 轮胎 (Tyre for vehicle wheels ) 是由 林信太郎 于 2018-04-25 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种在轮胎的胎面部与侧壁部之间具备胎肩部的轮胎,在轮胎周向上交替地具有合计三根以上棱线部以及谷线部,该棱线部在上述胎肩部的表面上至少经由一个屈曲点而在轮胎径向上延伸,该谷线部在比上述胎肩部的表面靠该表面的法线方向内侧,在轮胎周向上与上述棱线部隔开间隔地并行延伸,具有在相同的圆周上连结上述棱线部的屈曲点和上述谷线部的屈曲点的斜线部以及在从上述屈曲点向轮胎径向外侧以及内侧离开的位置上与上述斜线部并行地连结上述棱线部和上述谷线部的斜线部。(A tire having a shoulder portion between a tread portion and a sidewall portion of the tire, the tire comprising three or more ridge line portions extending in a tire radial direction through at least buckling points on a surface of the shoulder portion and valley line portions extending in parallel with the ridge line portions at intervals in the tire circumferential direction on an inner side of the surface in a normal direction of the surface than the surface of the shoulder portion, the tire comprising a diagonal line portion connecting the buckling points of the ridge line portions and the buckling points of the valley line portions on the same circumference and a diagonal line portion connecting the ridge line portions and the valley line portions in parallel with the diagonal line portion at positions apart from the buckling points to the outer side and the inner side in the tire radial direction, the ridge line portion and the valley line portion being alternately arranged in a tire circumferential direction.)

A tire of the type 1, , having a shoulder portion between a tread portion and a sidewall portion of the tire,

three or more ridge line parts and valley line parts in total are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the tire,

the ridge portion extends in the tire radial direction at least via buckling points on the surface of the shoulder portion,

the valley line portion extends in parallel with the ridge line portion at an interval in the tire circumferential direction on the inner side of the surface of the shoulder portion in the normal direction of the surface,

the tire has a diagonal line portion connecting the buckling points of the ridge line portion and the buckling points of the valley line portion on the same circumference, and a diagonal line portion connecting the ridge line portion and the valley line portion in parallel with the diagonal line portion at a position away from the diagonal line portion to the outside and the inside in the tire radial direction.

2. The tire according to claim 1,

the ridge line portions and the valley line portions have buckling points, and the distances between the diagonal line portions are equal.

3. The tire according to claim 1,

the ridge line portion and the valley line portion have at least two buckling points, and the distances between the diagonal line portions are equal.

4. A tyre according to any one of claims 1 to 3 to , wherein the tread band is a tread band,

at least four parallelogram-shaped inclined surfaces are defined by the ridge line parts, the valley line parts and the oblique line parts.

5. Tire according to claim 4,

the four inclined planes are congruent.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a tire.

Background

In recent years, with the increase in vehicle performance, the proportion of noise generated by a tire during load rolling among noises generated by a running automobile has been increasing, and there is a demand for reduction thereof. Typical examples of such noise include noise caused by vibration of a tire.

The noise caused by the vibration of the tire means that, when vibration is generated in the tread portion of the tire due to, for example, the lifting of unevenness from the road surface, the vibration propagates to the vehicle body via the wheel and the suspension, and is perceived as noise by the occupant. Further, the vibration of the tread portion may directly vibrate air and be perceived as noise by the occupant.

For example, patent document 1 discloses a technique in which causes of noise are also vibrations of a shoulder portion of a tire due to irregularities of a road surface, and based on this finding, a concave shoulder region having a predetermined width and extending in a tire circumferential direction is formed in the shoulder portion.

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, although the technique described in patent document 1 can avoid vibration around the shoulder portion, there is room for improvement in regarding vibration of the tread portion, and particularly recently, in the process of raising concerns and requirements for comfort during vehicle running, it is desired to further reduce noise caused by vibration of the tread.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide types of tires in which vibrations of the tire, particularly, noise caused by vibrations of a tread portion of the tire is reduced by steps.

Means for solving the problems

(1) The tire of the present invention is a tire having a shoulder portion between a tread portion and a sidewall portion of the tire, characterized by comprising three or more ridge line portions extending in a tire radial direction through at least buckling points on a surface of the shoulder portion and valley line portions extending in parallel with the ridge line portions at intervals in a tire circumferential direction on an inner side in a normal line direction of the surface than the surface of the shoulder portion, the tire comprising a diagonal line portion connecting the buckling points of the ridge line portions and the buckling points of the valley line portions on the same circumference and a diagonal line portion connecting the ridge line portions and the valley line portions in parallel with the diagonal line portion at positions separated from the diagonal line portion to the outer side and the inner side in the tire radial direction, the ridge line portion and the valley line portion being provided alternately in a tire circumferential direction.

In the present specification, the "tread portion" refers to a region that comes into contact with a road surface when a tire assembled to a rim and filled with a predetermined internal pressure is rolled in a state of being loaded with 70% of the maximum load. That is, the "tread portion" refers to a region between tread ground contact ends over the circumference of the tire.

In the present specification, the "shoulder portion" is a region extending outward in the tire width direction from the end of the tread portion in the tire width direction, and refers to a region from the tread contact end to the tread end. Here, the "tread end" refers to a mating portion between the tread metal mold and the side metal mold extending in the tire circumferential direction. That is, "tread end" generally refers to a position of a concave-convex portion (for example, a step or a ridge portion) provided at a boundary between the tread metal mold and the side metal mold, which extends in the tire circumferential direction in the product tire.

The "Rim" is an industrial specification effective in a region where a Tire is produced and used, and is a standard Rim (measuring Rim in The standard manual of ETRTO and design Rim in The annual manual of TRA) or applicable dimensions described in The future (measuring Rim in The standard manual of ETRTO and designing Rim in The annual manual of TRA) (that is, The "Rim" may include dimensions of The above-mentioned industrial specification in addition to The current dimensions) described in The standard 2013 annual version of ETRTO, however, in the case of a dimension that is not described in the above-mentioned industrial specifications, the rim has a width corresponding to the bead width of the tire.

The "predetermined internal pressure" refers to the air pressure (maximum air pressure) corresponding to the maximum load capacity of the single wheel in the applicable size and the carcass as described in JATMA yearbook or the like, and when the size is not described in the above industrial specification, the "predetermined internal pressure" refers to the air pressure (maximum air pressure) corresponding to the maximum load capacity prescribed for each vehicle on which the tire is mounted. The "maximum load" refers to a load corresponding to the maximum load capacity.

The air mentioned here may be replaced with an inert gas such as nitrogen.

The invention has the advantages.

According to the present invention, steps can be performed to provide a tire in which noise caused by vibration of a tread portion is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective sectional view of portion of an tire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a developed view of a portion showing shoulder portions of the tire shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing portions of the shoulder portions shown in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a developed view showing portions of shoulder portions of a tire according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing portions of the shoulder portions shown in fig. 4.

Fig. 6A is a developed view showing portions of the shoulder portions of the tire 2 of the comparative example.

Fig. 6B is a developed view showing portions of the shoulder portions of the tire 3 of the comparative example.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the tire according to the present invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a perspective cross-sectional view showing a portion of an tire 10 according to the present invention, and a predetermined shaped concave portion P1 is formed in a circular ring shape in a shoulder portion 8 of the tire 10 from the outer side in the tire width direction of a tread portion 5 (i.e., the outer side in the tire width direction of a tread ground contact end TE) to the outer side end in the tire radial direction of a side wall portion 9.

Fig. 2 is a developed view showing portions of the shoulder portion 8 of the tire 10 shown in fig. 1, 3 or more ridge line portions 12 and valley line portions 13 are formed in the shoulder portion 8 alternately in the tire circumferential direction and at equal intervals in the present embodiment, the ridge line portions 12 extend in the tire radial direction via at least buckling points (in the present embodiment, buckling points) F on the surface of the shoulder portion 8, and the valley line portions 13 extend in parallel with the ridge line portions 12 at intervals in the tire circumferential direction on the inner side of the surface of the shoulder portion 8 in the normal direction (direction perpendicular to the paper plane) of the surface, and fig. 2 shows 4 ridge line portions 12 and valley line portions 13 provided in the shoulder portion 8 of the tire 10.

The ridge line portion 12 in the present embodiment is composed of an -th ridge line portion 12a extending outward in the tire radial direction from the buckling point F and a second ridge line portion 12b extending inward in the tire radial direction from the buckling point F, and the -th ridge line portion 12a and the second ridge line portion 12b are equal in length and have an equal inclination angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction.

The valley line portions 13 in the present embodiment are constituted by valley line portions 13a extending in the tire radial direction through at least buckling points ( buckling points in the present embodiment) G and extending outward in the tire radial direction from the buckling points G, and second valley line portions 13b extending inward in the tire radial direction from the buckling points G, and the valley line portions 13a and the second valley line portions 13b are equal in length and are equal in inclination angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction.

In the present embodiment, the ridge line portion 12 and the valley line portion 13 are parallel to each other, and the center line of the ridge line portion 12 and the valley line portion 13 have the same shape.

The shoulder portion 8 in the present embodiment is formed with a diagonal line portion ( th diagonal line portion 14) connecting the buckling point F of the ridge portion 12 and the buckling point G of the valley portion 13 on the same circumference, and a diagonal line portion (second diagonal line portion 15) connecting the ridge portion 12 and the valley portion 13 in parallel with the th diagonal line portion 14 at a position spaced outward and inward in the tire radial direction from the th diagonal line portion 14 (in the present embodiment, both end positions of the ridge portion 12 and the valley portion 13), the th diagonal line portion 14 and the th diagonal line portion 15 are parallel to each other and are linear in the developed view of fig. 2.

As described above, the shoulder portion 8 in the present embodiment is formed by dividing at least four slopes S (six slopes S1 to S6 are illustrated in fig. 2) by the ridge portion 12 extending in the tire radial direction on the surface of the shoulder portion 8, the valley portion 13 extending in the tire radial direction on the inner side in the normal direction of the surface than the surface of the shoulder portion 8, the -th diagonal portion 14 connecting the buckling point F of the ridge portion 12 and the buckling point G of the valley portion 13 on the same circumference, and the second diagonal portion 15 connecting the ridge portion 12 and the valley portion 13 in parallel to the -th diagonal portion 14 at both end positions of the ridge portion 12 and the valley portion 13.

The inclined surfaces S1 to S6 are inclined surfaces that connect the ridge line portion 12 and the valley line portion 13 located inward in the normal direction of the surface of the shoulder portion 8 from the ridge line portion 12. Therefore, the inclined surfaces S1 to S6 are inclined with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 8 so that the depth gradually increases from the ridge portion 12 toward the valley portion 13 with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 8.

In addition, since the ridge line portions 12 and the valley line portions 13 and the -th and second diagonal line portions 14 and 15 are parallel to each other as described above, the above-described at least four slopes S (slopes S1 to S6 in fig. 2) are parallelogram shapes.

In the present embodiment, since the ridge line portions 12 and the valley line portions 13 are arranged at equal intervals in the tire circumferential direction and the -th diagonal line portions 14 and the second diagonal line portions 15 are arranged at equal intervals in the tire radial direction, at least four diagonal surfaces S (the diagonal surfaces S1 to S6 in fig. 2) are equal.

Specifically, on the tire circumferential direction side (to the left in the drawing) where the angle between the first edge line portion 12a and the second edge line portion 12b extending via the buckling point F of the edge line portion 12 is smaller than 180 °, for example, on the slope S3 and the slope S4 adjacent in the tire radial direction via the -th slope line portion 14, a valley surface recessed inward in the normal line direction of the -th slope line portion 14 is formed, on the tire circumferential direction side (to the right in the drawing) where the angle between the edge line portion 12a and the second edge line portion 12b extending via the buckling point F of the edge line portion 12 exceeds 180 °, on the other side (to the right in the drawing), on the slope side 358 side where the angle between the edge line portion 12a and the second edge line portion 12b extending via the buckling point F of the edge line portion 12 exceeds 180 °, on the other side (to the right in the drawing, on the slope side, on the other side, the slope surface 6 is formed by the slope S356 and the slope surface 6 adjacent in the tire radial direction via the second edge line portion 12F of the second edge line portion 12.

Similarly, on the tire circumferential direction side (left side in the drawing) where the angle between the valley portion 13a and the second valley portion 13b extending through the buckling point G of the valley portion 13 is less than 180 °, a mountain-shaped surface protruding outward in the tire circumferential direction toward the normal line direction of the slope portion 14 is formed by the slope S5 and the slope S6 adjacent in the tire radial direction through the slope portion 14, on the other tire circumferential direction side (right side in the drawing) where the angle between the valley portion 13a and the second valley portion 13b extending through the buckling point G of the valley portion 13 exceeds 180 °, and a valley-shaped surface recessed inward in the normal line direction of the slope portion 14 is formed by the slope S7 and the slope S8 adjacent in the tire radial direction through the slope portion 14.

The normal direction of the -th diagonal line portion 14 here means a normal direction of a plane including the -th diagonal line portion 14, in which angles formed by two inclined surfaces (for example, the inclined surface S3 and the inclined surface S4) adjacent to each other in the tire radial direction via the -th diagonal line portion 14 are equal.

As described above, the slopes S1 to S16 shown in fig. 3 are inclined with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 8 so that the depth from the ridge portion 12 to the valley portion 13 gradually increases with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 8, and therefore, the mountain-like surface and the valley-like surface are also inclined with respect to the surface by an inclination angle corresponding to the -th slope portion 14 with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 8.

As described above, the shoulder portions 8 in the present embodiment have the above-described properties and states, and the mountain-shaped surfaces and the valley-shaped surfaces are alternately repeated in the tire circumferential direction via the ridge portions 12 and the valley portions 13.

According to the above configuration, the deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire radial direction is allowed via the ridge line portions 12 and the valley line portions 13 extending in the tire radial direction at least via the buckling points F, and further prevents the ridge line portions 12 and the valley line portions 13 from being formed in the tire circumferential direction, so that the deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire circumferential direction can be suppressed, and as a result, the vibration of the tread portion 5 can be attenuated according to the cushioning effect of the shoulder portion 8, and therefore, the transmission of the vibration generated in the tread portion 5 to the side wall portion 9, the wheel, the suspension, or the vehicle body is suppressed, and the noise perceived by the occupant via the vehicle body is reduced, and further, the amount of the transmission of the vibration generated in the tread portion 5 to the air is also reduced, so that the noise perceived by the occupant is also reduced by directly vibrating the air.

Thus, according to the above configuration, noise caused by vibration of the tread portion 5 can be reduced.

Further, according to the above configuration, since the deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire radial direction is allowed and the deformation in the tire circumferential direction is prevented at , the driving and braking performance of the tire can be improved.

In particular, in a load state, the shoulder portion 8 is subjected to a force in a direction in which the inclination angles of the -th ridge line portions 12a and the second ridge line portions 12b of the ridge line portion 12 and the -th valley line portions 13a and the second valley line portions 13b of the valley line portion 13 with respect to the tire circumferential direction become smaller, and the rigidity of the recessed portion P1 in the tire circumferential direction becomes high, because the shoulder portion 8 is prevented from deforming in the tire circumferential direction by the step , and therefore the shoulder portion 8 is less likely to twist during vehicle running.

Further, from the viewpoint of more sufficiently suppressing the deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire circumferential direction and more reliably obtaining the above-described effects, the optimum tire circumferential direction width W (see fig. 2) of the ridge portion 12 is preferably 1.0mm or more.

In addition, in this configuration, since the tread distortion due to the out-of-plane curvature deformation at the time of tire contact with the ground can be alleviated, the wear resistance of the tread can be improved.

An out-of-plane curvature in the tire radial direction occurs around the shoulder portion during vehicle running, and the tread wears due to the deformation. However, according to the above configuration provided in the shoulder portion 8, the tread distortion due to the out-of-plane curvature deformation in the periphery of the shoulder portion can be alleviated, and therefore, the wear of the tread can be suppressed.

In this configuration, the mountain-like surfaces and the valley-like surfaces are alternately arranged in the tire circumferential direction on the same circumference with the tire axis as the center, and therefore, the progress of cracks on the surface of the shoulder portion 8 can be suppressed.

The cracks on the surface of the shoulder portion are caused by, for example, compression and tensile deflection in the tire radial direction during rolling under a tire load, insufficient air pressure or excessive cleaning of the tire, application of wax, or exposure to ultraviolet light or ozone, and are likely to occur particularly along the valley line provided on the surface of the shoulder portion.

However, in the above-described configuration, the line of the valley bottom constituting the valley surface formed by the two inclined surfaces adjacent in the tire radial direction via the -th inclined line portion 14 is interrupted in the tire circumferential direction, and therefore, the progress of the crack on the surface of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire circumferential direction can be suppressed.

In addition, from the viewpoint of more reliably obtaining the above-described effects, the depth of the valley portion 13 is preferably 0.2mm or more and 1.0mm or less. If the thickness is 0.2mm or more, deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire radial direction can be appropriately allowed, and if the thickness is 1.0mm or less, excessive reduction in rigidity of the shoulder portion 8 can be suppressed. The depth of the valley portion 13 here means a length from the surface of the shoulder portion 8 to the valley portion 13 in the normal direction of the surface of the shoulder portion 8.

Further, from the viewpoint of more reliably obtaining the above-described effects, the optimum separation distance of the ridge line portion 12 and the valley line portion 13 is 3mm or more and 10mm or less, and the optimum separation distance of the th diagonal line portion 14 and the second diagonal line portion 15 is 3mm or more and 9mm or less.

In the tire 10 of the present embodiment, the ridge line portions 12 and the valley line portions 13 preferably have buckling points F, G, and the distances between the diagonal line portions (in the present embodiment, the -th diagonal line portions 14 and the second diagonal line portions 15) are equal.

According to this configuration, since the deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire radial direction is more appropriately performed, it is possible to further reduce noise caused by vibration of the tread portion, and to more reliably obtain the above-described effect of suppressing the progress of cracks, the effect of improving the driving or braking performance, and the effect of improving the wear resistance performance.

In the present invention, the "distance between the diagonal portions" means the shortest distance between the diagonal portions.

In the tire 10 of the present embodiment, it is preferable that at least four parallelogram-shaped slopes (a plurality of slopes S1 to S16 in the present embodiment) be formed by the ridge line portions 12, the valley line portions 13, and the slope line portions ( -th slope line portion 14 and second slope line portion 15 in the present embodiment).

According to this configuration, since the deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire radial direction can be performed more appropriately than in the case where the inclined surface is not a parallelogram, it is possible to further reduce the noise caused by the vibration of the tread portion 5, and to more reliably obtain the above-described effect of suppressing the progress of cracks, the effect of improving the driving or braking performance, and the effect of improving the wear resistance performance.

In the tire 10 of the present embodiment, it is preferable that all of the four inclined surfaces (in the present embodiment, the plurality of inclined surfaces S1 to S16) be equal.

According to this structure, since the deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire radial direction is more appropriately performed than in the case where the inclined surface S is not full, the noise due to the vibration of the tread portion can be further reduced , and the above-described effect of suppressing the progress of cracks, the effect of improving the driving or braking performance, and the effect of improving the wear resistance can be more reliably obtained.

In the tire 10 of the present embodiment, the lengths of the four inclined surfaces (in the present embodiment, the plurality of inclined surfaces S1 to S16) in the tire circumferential direction are different between the ridge line portion 12 or the valley line portion 13 on the tire circumferential direction side and the other side, and the ratio of the lengths in the tire circumferential direction is preferably 0.7 or more and 1.3 or less.

That is, referring to fig. 2, for example, the tire circumferential direction length L1 of the inclined surface S4 on the tire circumferential direction side of the ridge line portion 12 is different from the tire circumferential direction length L2 of the inclined surface S6 on the other tire circumferential direction side of the ridge line portion 12, and it is preferable that the ratio L1/L2 or the ratio L2/L1 is in the above range.

According to this configuration, while appropriate deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire radial direction is ensured, various design patterns can be provided in the shoulder portion 8.

In the tire 10 of the present embodiment, the inclination angle of the hatched portions (the -th hatched portion 14 and the second hatched portion 15 in the present embodiment) with respect to the tire circumferential direction is preferably 10 ° or less.

With this configuration, the shoulder portion 8 is more difficult to deform in the tire circumferential direction, and the shoulder portion 8 is more difficult to twist, so that the driving and braking performance of the tire can be further improved .

When the inclination angle of the diagonal portions ( th diagonal portion 14 and second diagonal portion 15 in the present embodiment) with respect to the tire circumferential direction changes, the maximum value of the inclination angle is the inclination angle of the diagonal portions with respect to the tire circumferential direction.

In the tire 10 of the present embodiment, the inclination angles of the ridge line portions 12 and the valley line portions 13 with respect to the tire radial direction (in the present embodiment, the included angles α 1 and α 2 and the included angles β 1 and β 2 shown in fig. 2) are preferably 45 ° or more and 80 ° or less.

If the angle is 45 ° or more, the shoulder 8 is appropriately deformed in the tire radial direction, so that the noise due to the vibration of the tire can be further reduced , and if the angle is 80 ° or less, the shoulder 8 is more hardly deformed in the tire circumferential direction, and the shoulder 8 is more hardly twisted, so that the driving and braking performance of the tire can be further improved .

From the same viewpoint, the inclination angle is preferably 55 ° or more and 72 ° or less.

When the inclination angle of the -th ridge line portion 12a constituting the ridge line portion 12 with respect to the tire radial direction (included angle α 1) is different from the inclination angle of the second ridge line portion 12b with respect to the tire radial direction (included angle α 2), it is preferable that the respective inclination angles are within the above numerical range.

Similarly, when the inclination angle of the valley line portion 13a constituting the valley line portion 13 with respect to the tire radial direction (angle β 1) is different from the inclination angle of the second valley line portion 13b with respect to the tire radial direction (angle β 2), it is preferable that the respective inclination angles are within the above numerical range.

In the tire 10 of the present embodiment, the recessed portion P1 is preferably provided in an annular shape on the circumference of the shoulder portion 8.

According to this configuration, since the deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire radial direction is ensured on the circumference of the tire, can be further reduced, and noise due to vibration of the tread portion 5 can be further reduced.

Further, according to this configuration, since the shoulder portion 8 is more difficult to deform in the tire circumferential direction and the shoulder portion 8 is more difficult to twist, the driving and braking performance of the tire can be further improved .

When the recessed portion P1 is located only in the shoulder portion 8 on the side, it is preferable that the recessed portion P1 be assembled to the vehicle so as to be located inside when the vehicle is assembled.

Since the shoulder portion 8 on the inner side is closer to the vehicle body side than the shoulder portion 8 on the outer side during vehicle assembly and the rigidity of the wheel on the inner side is lower than the outer side during vehicle assembly, the shoulder portion 8 on the inner side during vehicle assembly is likely to vibrate, and therefore, by providing the recessed portion P1 on the shoulder portion 8 on the inner side during vehicle assembly, noise caused by vibration of the tread portion 5 can be reduced more effectively.

In addition, from the viewpoint of further reducing the noise due to the vibration of the tread portion by , it is preferable to provide the recessed portions P1 at both shoulders 8.

In the tire 10 of the present embodiment, the ratio of the area of the recessed portion P1 to the surface area of the shoulder portion 8 is preferably 50% or more.

With this configuration, the quietness can be further improved .

The surface area of the shoulder portion 8 and the area of the recess P1 are measured in the view of the shoulder portion 8.

In the perspective view of fig. 3, the second diagonal portion 15 on the tread end TE side is curved on the outer side in the tire radial direction and is not shown, but the depth position of the valley portion 13 and the surface of the shoulder portion 8 are connected by a smooth slope. The second diagonal portion 15 of the shoulder end BE is also the same on the inner side in the tire radial direction.

Fig. 4 is a developed view showing portion of the shoulder portion 28 of the tire 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention, and in the present embodiment, the same components as those of the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and their description is omitted.

In the shoulder portion 28, 3 or more ridge line portions 22 and valley line portions 23 in total are formed alternately in the tire circumferential direction and at equal intervals in the present embodiment, the ridge line portions 22 extend in a zigzag shape in the tire radial direction via at least buckling points (in the present embodiment, two buckling points of buckling point F1 and second buckling point F2 in order from the outer side in the tire radial direction) on the surface of the shoulder portion 28, and the valley line portions 23 extend in a zigzag shape in parallel with the ridge line portions 22 at intervals in the tire circumferential direction inside the surface of the shoulder portion 28 in the normal direction (direction perpendicular to the paper plane) and the ridge line portions 22 are provided in the shoulder portion 28 of the tire 20 in fig. 4.

The ridge portion 22 in the present embodiment is composed of a -th ridge portion 22a extending outward in the tire radial direction from the -th buckling point F1, a second ridge portion 22b extending between the -th buckling point F1 and the second buckling point F2, and a third ridge portion 22c extending inward in the tire radial direction from the second buckling point F2, the -th ridge portion 22a, the second ridge portion 22b, and the third ridge portion 22c are equal in length to each other, and are inclined at an angle equal to each other with respect to the tire circumferential direction.

The valley line portions 23 in the present embodiment are constituted by a valley line portion 23a extending in the tire radial direction from a -th buckling point G1 to the tire radial direction outside via at least buckling points (in the present embodiment, two buckling points of a -th buckling point G1 and a second buckling point G2 in order from the tire radial direction outside), a second valley line portion 23b extending between a -th buckling point G1 and a second buckling point G2, and a third valley line portion 23c extending from a second buckling point G2 to the tire radial direction inside, and the lengths of the valley line portion 23a, the second valley line portion 23b, and the third ridge line portion 23 are equal to each other and the inclination angles with respect to the tire circumferential direction are equal to each other.

The ridge line portion 22 and the valley line portion 23 in the present embodiment are parallel to each other when viewed in the tire circumferential direction, and the center line of the ridge line portion 22 and the valley line portion 23 have the same shape.

The shoulder portion 28 in the present embodiment is formed with -th diagonal portions 24 and 25, the -th diagonal portions 24 connect the respective buckling points F1, F2 of the ridge portion 22 and the respective buckling points G1, G2 of the valley portion 23 on the same circumference, the second diagonal portions 25 connect the ridge portion 22 and the valley portion 23 in parallel with the -th diagonal portions 24 at positions away from the -th diagonal portions 24 to the outside and the inside in the tire radial direction (the respective end positions of the ridge portion 22 and the valley portion 23 in the present embodiment), and the -th diagonal portions 24 and 25 are parallel to each other and linear in the developed view angle of fig. 4 in the present embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the second diagonal portions 25 disposed at positions separated from the -th diagonal portions 24 on the outer side in the tire radial direction to the inner side in the tire radial direction overlap with the -th diagonal portions 24 on the inner side in the tire radial direction, and similarly, the second diagonal portions 25 disposed at positions separated from the -th diagonal portions 24 on the inner side in the tire radial direction to the outer side in the tire radial direction overlap with the second diagonal portions 24 on the outer side in the tire radial direction.

As described above, the shoulder portion 28 in the present embodiment is formed by dividing each of the ridge portion 22 extending in the tire radial direction on the surface of the shoulder portion 28, the valley portion 23 extending in the tire radial direction on the inner side in the normal direction of the surface than the surface of the shoulder portion 28, the -shaped ridge portion 24 connecting the respective buckling points F1 and F2 of the ridge portion 22 and the respective buckling points G1 and G2 of the valley portion 23 on the same circumference, and the second ridge portion 25 connecting the ridge portion 22 and the valley portion 23 in parallel to the -shaped ridge portion 24 at both end positions of the ridge portion 22 and the valley portion 23 (twelve slopes S1 to S12 are shown in fig. 4).

The inclined surfaces S1 to S12 are inclined surfaces that connect the ridge line portion 22 and the valley line portion 23 located inward in the normal direction of the surface of the shoulder portion 28 from the ridge line portion 22. Therefore, the inclined surfaces S1 to S12 are inclined with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 28 so that the depth of the inclined surfaces gradually increases from the ridge portion 22 toward the valley portion 23 with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 28.

As described above, since the ridge portion 22 and the valley portion 23 and the -th and second diagonal line portions 24 and 25 in the present embodiment are parallel to each other, the plurality of slopes S (slopes S1 to S12 in fig. 4) in the present embodiment are parallelogram-shaped.

In the present embodiment, since the ridge portions 22 and the valley portions 23 are arranged at equal intervals in the tire circumferential direction and the -th diagonal line portions 24 and the second diagonal line portions 25 are arranged at equal intervals in the tire radial direction, the plurality of diagonal surfaces S (the diagonal surfaces S1 to S12 in fig. 4) are all equal.

Specifically, on the tire circumferential direction 25 side (on the left side in the figure) where the angle between the ridge line portion 22a and the second ridge line portion 22b extending via the bending point F1 of the ridge line portion 22 is smaller than 180 °, a valley surface that is concave inward in the normal line direction 6324 of the -th ridge line portion 24 is formed by the inclined surfaces S4 and S5 adjacent in the tire radial direction via the -th ridge line portion 24, and on the other tire circumferential direction side (on the right side in the figure) where the angle between the ridge line portion 22a and the second ridge line portion 22b extending via the bending point F7 of the ridge line portion 22 exceeds 180 °, a slope surface 5393 and S8 adjacent in the tire radial direction via the -th ridge line portion 24 are formed by the inclined surfaces S7335-th ridge line portion 24 and are directed outward in the direction toward the mountain surface 73784.

Similarly, on the tire circumferential direction side (left side in the drawing) where the angle between the valley line portion 23a extending through the buckling point G1 of the valley line portion 23 and the second valley line portion 23b is smaller than 180 °, a mountain-shaped surface protruding outward in the normal line direction of the valley line portion 24 is formed by the inclined surfaces S7 and S8 adjacent in the tire radial direction through the valley line portion 24, on the other tire circumferential direction side (right side in the drawing) where the angle between the valley line portion 23a extending through the buckling point G1 of the valley line portion 13 and the second valley line portion 23b exceeds 180 °, and a valley-shaped surface recessed inward in the tire radial direction of the valley line portion 24 is formed by the inclined surfaces S10 and S11 adjacent in the tire radial direction through the valley line portion 24.

The normal direction of the -th diagonal line portion 24 referred to herein is a plane including the -th diagonal line portion 24, and refers to a normal direction of a plane having an equal angle with each of two inclined surfaces (for example, the inclined surface S4 and the inclined surface S5) adjacent in the tire radial direction via the -th diagonal line portion 24.

As described above, the slopes S1 to S24 shown in fig. 5 are inclined with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 28 so that the depth from the ridge portion 22 to the valley portion 23 gradually increases with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 28, and therefore, the mountain-like surface and the valley-like surface are also inclined with respect to the surface by an inclination angle corresponding to the -th slope portion 24 with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 28.

As described above, the shoulder portions 28 in the present embodiment have the above-described properties and states, and the mountain-shaped surfaces and the valley-shaped surfaces alternately repeat in the tire circumferential direction via the ridge portions 22 and the valley portions 23.

As described above, the ridge portion 22 in the present embodiment is zigzag, and on the tire circumferential direction side where the angle between the first ridge portion 22a and the second ridge portion 22b extending via the bending point F1 is less than 180 °, the angle between the second ridge portion 22b and the third ridge portion 22c extending via the second bending point F2 exceeds 180 °.

In the present embodiment, the ridge line portion 22 has two buckling points F1 and F2, and the mountain-shaped surface and the valley-shaped surface are formed in this order of to in the tire radial direction.

Next, the effects of the tire 20 of the present embodiment will be described.

The tire 20 of the present embodiment basically exhibits the same effects as those of the tire 10 having buckling points F at the ridge line portions 12 and the valley line portions 13 described above, and therefore, the effects of the tire 20 that are more advantageous than those of the tire 10 will be described here.

In the tire 20 of the present embodiment, since the ridge line portion 22 has two buckling points F1, F2 and the valley line portion 23 has two buckling points G1, G2, the deformation of the shoulder portion 28 in the tire radial direction is more appropriately allowed, and noise caused by vibration of the tread portion can be further reduced .

In the tire 20 of the present embodiment, since the ridge portion 22 has two buckling points F1 and F2 and the valley portion 23 has two buckling points G1 and G2, the shoulder portion 28 is more difficult to deform in the tire circumferential direction and the shoulder portion 28 is less likely to twist during vehicle running, so that the driving and braking performance of the tire can be further improved .

Further, from the viewpoint of more sufficiently suppressing the deformation of the shoulder portion 28 in the tire circumferential direction and more reliably obtaining the above-described effects, the optimum tire circumferential direction width W (see fig. 4) of the ridge portion 22 is preferably 1.8mm or more.

In the tire 20 of the present embodiment, since the ridge portion 22 has two buckling points F1 and F2 and the valley portion 23 has two buckling points G1 and G2, tread distortion due to out-of-plane buckling deformation at the time of tire contact with the ground can be more sufficiently alleviated, and the wear resistance of the tread can be improved.

Further, from the viewpoint of more reliably obtaining the above-described effects, the optimum depth of the valley portion 23 is 0.2mm or more and 1.0mm or less. If the thickness is 0.2mm or more, the deformation of the shoulder portion 28 can be appropriately allowed, and if the thickness is 1.0mm or less, the excessive decrease in rigidity of the shoulder portion 28 can be suppressed. The depth of the valley portion 23 here means a length from the surface of the shoulder portion 28 to the valley portion 23 in the normal direction of the surface of the shoulder portion 28.

Further, from the viewpoint of more reliably obtaining the above-described effects, the optimum separation distance between the ridge line portion 12 and the valley line portion 13 is 3mm or more and 10mm or less, and the optimum separation distance between the th diagonal line portion 14 and the second diagonal line portion 16 is 3mm or more and 9mm or less.

In the tire 20 of the present embodiment, the ridge line portions 22 and the valley line portions 23 preferably have two buckling points F1, F2, G1, and G2, and the distances between the diagonal line portions (in the present embodiment, the -th diagonal line portion 24 and the second diagonal line portion 26) are equal.

According to this configuration, since the deformation of the shoulder portion 28 in the tire radial direction can be appropriately performed, it is possible to further reduce noise caused by vibration of the tread portion, and to more reliably obtain the above-described effect of suppressing the progress of cracks, the effect of improving the driving or braking performance, and the effect of improving the wear resistance performance.

In the tire 20 of the present embodiment, the recessed portion P2 is preferably provided in an annular shape on the circumference of the shoulder portion 28.

According to this configuration, since the deformation of the shoulder portion 8 in the tire radial direction is ensured on the circumference of the tire, can be further reduced, and noise due to vibration of the tread portion can be reduced.

Further, according to this configuration, since the shoulder portion 28 is more difficult to deform in the tire circumferential direction and the shoulder portion 28 is more difficult to twist, the driving and braking performance of the tire can be further improved .

In the tire 20 of the present embodiment, when the recessed portion P2 is located only in the side shoulder portion 28, the recessed portion P2 is preferably incorporated into a vehicle that is located on the inner side during vehicle assembly.

Since the shoulder portion 28 on the inner side is closer to the vehicle body side than the shoulder portion 28 on the outer side during vehicle assembly and the rigidity of the wheel on the inner side is lower than the outer side during vehicle assembly, the shoulder portion 28 on the inner side during vehicle assembly is likely to vibrate, and therefore, by providing the recessed portion P2 on the shoulder portion 28 on the inner side during vehicle assembly, noise caused by vibration of the tread portion can be reduced more effectively.

In addition, from the viewpoint of further reducing the noise due to the vibration of the tread portion by , it is preferable to provide the recessed portions P2 on both shoulders 28.

In the tire 20 of the present embodiment, the ratio of the area of the recessed portion P2 to the surface area of the shoulder portion 28 is preferably 50% or more.

With this configuration, the quietness can be further improved .

The surface area of the shoulder portion 28 and the area of the recess P2 were measured in the view of the shoulder portion 28.

In addition, in the shoulder portion 28 of the tire 20 of the present embodiment, the second diagonal line portion 25 connecting the tire radial direction outer end of the valley line portion 23 and the tire radial direction outer end of the ridge line portion 22 on the tire circumferential direction outer side of the valley line portion 23 is formed by the triangular sub-slopes T1, T2; a third diagonal portion 26 extending from the outer end of the valley portion 23 in the tire radial direction to the outer side in the tire radial direction; and a contoured line portion 27 connecting the tire radial direction outer end of the third diagonal line portion 26 and the tire radial direction outer end of the ridge line portion 22.

The third diagonal line portion 26 has the same depth as the valley line portion 23 at the tire radial direction inner end position, and is connected to the surface of the shoulder portion 8 at the tire radial direction outer end position. Therefore, the secondary inclined surfaces T1, T2 in the present embodiment are inclined with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 28 so that the depth gradually increases with respect to the surface of the shoulder portion 28 from the contour portion 27 toward the tire radial direction inner end of the third inclined surface portion 26. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the valley surfaces are formed by the sub slopes T1, T2 adjacent in the tire circumferential direction via the third slope line portion 26.

As described above, any configuration can be provided on the outer side and/or the inner side in the tire radial direction of the ridge line portion 22 and the valley line portion 23, and according to this configuration, the pattern of the recessed portion P2 can be changed variously while ensuring noise resistance performance, driving and braking performance, and the like.

In the perspective view of fig. 5, the second diagonal line portion 25 on the shoulder end BE side is curved inward in the tire radial direction and is not shown, but the depth position of the valley line portion 23 and the surface of the shoulder portion 28 are connected by a smooth slope.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, for example, the tires 10 and 20 described above are tires provided with pairs of bead cores 1, a carcass 2 extending in a ring shape between the bead cores 1, and a belt layer 3 (in the present embodiment, including two oblique belt layers 3a and 3b formed by coating rubber with a plurality of cords extending obliquely with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and a circumferential belt layer 3c formed by coating rubber with a plurality of cords extending in the tire circumferential direction) disposed on the outer side of the carcass 2 in the tire radial direction, and pairs of circumferential grooves 6 extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction and sipes 7 connecting each of the pairs of circumferential grooves 6 and the tread end TE are formed on the tread 5a disposed on the outer side of the belt layer 2 in the tire radial direction and on the tire equator CL in the tire radial direction direction and on the other direction.

(examples)

The following examples of the present invention are illustrative, and the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

The inventive example tires and the comparative example tires (both having a tire size of 215/45R17) were trial-manufactured to the specifications shown in table 1, and the following tests were performed.

The invention example tire 1 has the structure shown in fig. 1 to 3. That is, the shoulder portion 8 includes a recessed portion P1 having a V-shaped ridge portion and a valley portion.

The comparative example tire 1 is the same tire as the inventive example tire 1 except that the shoulder portions do not include the recessed portions P1.

The comparative example tire 2 is the same as the inventive example tire 1 except that the shoulder portions are provided with the recessed portions P3 schematically shown in fig. 6A. The recessed portion P3 has a ridge line portion 32 extending linearly in the tire radial direction and a valley line portion 33 extending linearly in the same tire radial direction in the developed view of the shoulder portion, and does not have a diagonal line portion.

The comparative example tire 3 is the same tire as the invention example tire 1 except that the shoulder portions include recessed portions P4 schematically shown in fig. 6B, and the recessed portions P4 are surrounded by two ridge portions 42 extending in the tire radial direction and having buckling points and have a rhombic contour in the development angle of the shoulder portions, and have valley portions 43 connecting the buckling points of the two ridge portions 62 in the tire circumferential direction, so that the ridge portions 41 and the valley portions 41 form two triangular slopes in the recessed portions P4, and the valley portions 43 are continuous in the tire circumferential direction.

The invention example tire 2 has the structure shown in fig. 4 to 5. That is, the shoulder portion 6 includes a recessed portion P2, and the recessed portion P2 includes a zigzag ridge portion and a valley portion.

The present invention tires 3 and 4 are the same as the present invention tire 2 except that the inclination angle of the ridge line portion 22 and the valley line portion 23 forming the recessed portion P2 with respect to the tire radial direction, the inclination angle of the slant line portion 24 with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and/or the depth of the valley line portion 23 are changed.

The inventive tire 5 is the same as the inventive tire 2 except that the number of ridge portions 22 and valley portions 23 is changed.

Note that "inclination angle of the hatched portion" in table 1 is an inclination angle of the th hatched portion 14 in the above-described embodiment with respect to the tire circumferential direction in fig. 1 to 5, the inclination angle is 0 ° in the illustrated example.

The "inclination angles of the ridge portions and the valley portions" are inclination angles of the ridge portions and the valley portions with respect to the tire radial direction, and are inclination angles α 1 and α 2 and inclination angles β 1 and β 2 shown in fig. 2.

(Table 1)

(noise resistance)

Each test tire was assembled to a rim 7.0Jx17 as a tire wheel, and mounted to a passenger vehicle with a fill air pressure of 230kPa (equivalent pressure), and noise felt when the vehicle was running on three road surfaces with different road surface roughness was evaluated. Table 1 shows the average values of the results of 20-stage evaluation with 8 noises of comparative example tire 1. Meaning that the larger the number, the more excellent the noise resistance.

(property of inhibiting crack growth)

Each tire was mounted on a rim 7.0Jx17, inflated with air pressure 100kPa (equivalent pressure), and loaded with a load of 6.4kN, and then run on an indoor drum for 10000 km.

As a result, the comparative example tire 1 was evaluated in 20 stages with the crack amount (total of crack lengths) set to 8. This means that the larger the value, the more excellent the crack growth inhibition performance.

(braking Performance)

Each of the test tires was assembled to a rim 7.0Jx17 as a tire wheel, filled with air pressure 230kPa (equivalent pressure), and mounted to a passenger vehicle, and the braking distance from 100km/h at speed to standstill was measured. The measurement was performed 10 times, and the average was indexed.

Further, since the twisting phenomenon of the shoulder portion is the same at the time of driving and at the time of braking, the braking performance is tested and evaluated here. Meaning that the larger the number, the more excellent the braking performance.

Description of the symbols

1-bead core, 2-carcass, 3-belt, 3a, 3 b-slant belt, 3 c-circumferential belt, 5-tread, 5 a-tread, 6-circumferential groove, 7-sipe, 8, 28-shoulder, 9-sidewall, 10, 20-tire, 12, 22, 32, 42-ridge, 12a, 22 a- ridge, 12b, 22 b-second ridge, 12c, 22 c-third ridge, 13, 23, 33, 43-valley, 13a, 23 a- valley, 13b, 23 b-second valley, 13c, 23 c-third valley, 14, 24-slope ( -th), 15, 25-slope (second slope), 26-third slope, 27-profile, BE-shoulder end, L56565634-shoulder end, L-shoulder edge or 829-valley, circumferential edge 45 side, T-slope length, T-side, T-T.