# US 10,369,848 B2 · Stud pin, and pneumatic tire

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- Number: US 10,369,848 B2
- Document ID: US10369848B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/907,082
- Filed: 2014-07-01
- Published: 2016-06-09
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-07-24
- Assignees: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
- Inventors: Kenichi Matsumoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369848B2

## CPC

- B60C 11/1637: {Attachment of the plugs into the tread, e.g. screwed}
- B60C 11/1625: {Arrangements thereof in the tread patterns, e.g. irregular}
- B60C 11/1643: {with special shape of the plug-body portion, i.e. not cylindrical}
- B60C 11/1668: {with an additional collar}
- B60C 11/1675: {with special shape of the plug- tip}
- B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES

## Abstract

A stud pin fitted into a tread portion of a pneumatic tire comprises a buried base portion extending in a direction, the buried base portion securing the stud pin in the tread portion by being pressed by a side surface of the stud pin installation hole upon the stud pin being embedded in the stud pin installation hole, and a tip portion connected to an end portion of the buried base portion in the extending direction, the tip portion protruding past the tread portion and coming into contact with a road surface upon the buried base portion being embedded in the stud pin installation hole. A connection portion of the tip portion with the buried base portion has a cross-sectional area in a plane orthogonal to the extending direction of the buried base portion greater than an area of the tip end surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pneumatic tire fitted with a stud pin configured to fit into a stud pin installation hole on a tread portion, the stud pin comprising:
a buried base portion extending in a direction, the buried base portion securing the stud pin in the tread portion by being pressed by a side surface of the stud pin installation hole upon the stud pin being embedded in the stud pin installation hole; and
a tip portion connected to an end portion of the buried base portion in the extending direction, the tip portion protruding past the tread portion and coming into contact with a road surface upon the buried base portion being embedded in the stud pin installation hole;
the tip portion comprising a tip end surface perpendicular to the extending direction of the buried base portion;
a pair of inclined side surfaces extending from the tip end surface to the buried base portion, an angle between which and the tip end surface being obtuse; and
a pair of side surfaces adjacent to the inclined side surfaces, the side surfaces extending from the tip end surface and the inclined side surfaces to the buried base portion, and being orthogonal to the tip end surface;
the buried base portion comprises a flat surface from which the tip portion protrudes;
the tip end surface is parallel to the flat surface;
a connection portion of the tip portion with the buried base portion having a cross-sectional area in a plane orthogonal to the extending direction of the buried base portion greater than an area of the tip end surface;
the tip end surface having a rectangular shape, the pair of inclined side surfaces extending from two opposing sides to the buried base portion in opposite directions of each other along a tire circumference direction, the pair of side surfaces orthogonal to the tip end surface extending from other two opposing sides to the buried base portion;
the extending direction of the inclined side surfaces is consistent with a longitudinal direction of the tip portion; and
the stud pin being fitted into the stud pin installation hole so that the longitudinal direction is consistent with the tire circumference direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein an area ratio S2/S1 is from 1.25 to 7.5, where S1 is the area of the tip end surface and S2 is the cross-sectional area of the connection portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein
an angle of inclination of the inclined side surface with respect to the flat surface of the buried base portion is from 30 to 60 degrees.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The pneumatic tire according to claim 2, wherein
an angle of inclination of the inclined side surface with respect to the flat surface of the buried base portion is from 30 to 60 degrees.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the rectangular shape has two opposing first sides and two opposing second sides a length of which are longer than a length of the first sides; and
the inclined side surfaces extend from the first sides to the buried base portion and the side surfaces adjacent to the inclined side surfaces extend from the second sides to the buried base portion.