Non-pneumatic tire
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMikio Kashiwai, Nobuo Kambara, Atsushi Hirano
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Abstract
This non-pneumatic tire is provided with a tread ring, a wheel which is arranged radially inside of the tread ring, and spokes which are interposed between the tread ring and the wheel. Further, the wheel has a disc part to which the vehicle shaft is linked, and a rim part which is connected on the inner peripheral side to the disc part and is joined on the outer peripheral side to the spokes. In this configuration, the average thickness (T1) of the disc part is set to be greater than the average thickness (T2) of the rim part. In other words, the relation T1>T2 holds.
Claims5
A non-pneumatic tire and wheel assembly comprising a tread part with a cylindrical shape that is in contact with a ground surface, a wheel part disposed inside the tread part in a radial direction, and a spoke part interposed between the tread part and the wheel part, wherein:
- the wheel part is cylindrical-shaped with one end of the wheel part being an open end and another end of the wheel part being a bottom;
- the wheel part includes
- a disk part wherein an axle inserted from the open end is connected to the bottom, and
- a rim part whose inner circumferential side is continuously connected to the disk part and outer circumferential side is joined to the spoke part;
- a thickness of the disk part is substantially constant or gradually decreases from an inner circumferential side of the disk part towards an outer circumferential side of the disk part;
- an average thickness of the disk part is larger than an average thickness of the rim part;
- and
- the disk part bends toward the open end in a radially outward direction where the thickness of the disk part is substantially constant or gradually decreases,
- wherein the spoke part comprises an internal ring part to which the rim part is joined, and wherein an axial width of internal ring part is the same as an axial width of rim part.
A non-pneumatic tire and wheel assembly comprising a tread part with a cylindrical shape that is in contact with a ground surface, a wheel part disposed inside the tread part in a radial direction, and a spoke part interposed between the tread part and the wheel part, wherein:
- the wheel part is cylindrical-shaped with one end of the wheel part being an open end and another end of the wheel part being a bottom;
- the wheel part includes
- a disk part wherein an axle inserted from the open end is connected to the bottom, and
- a rim part whose inner circumferential side is continuously connected to the disk part and outer circumferential side is joined to the spoke part;
- a thickness of the disk part is substantially constant or gradually decreases from an inner circumferential side of the disk part towards an outer circumferential side of the disk part;
- an average thickness of the disk part is larger than an average thickness of the rim part;
- the disk part includes, where the thickness of the disk part is substantially constant or gradually decreases, a back surface that faces toward the open end and a front surface that faces away from the open end;
- the front surface and the back surface have different curvatures;
- the spoke part comprises an internal ring part to which the rim part is joined;
- and
- an axial width of internal ring part is the same as an axial width of rim part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.