# US 7,607,466 B2 · Self-sealing tire > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,607,466 B2 - Document ID: US7607466B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/588,581 - Filed: 2006-10-27 - Published: 2008-05-01 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2006-10-27 - Inventors: Daniel Kim; Alex Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607466B2 ## CPC - B60C 19/122: {disposed inside of the inner liner} - B29C 73/22: the article containing elements including a sealing composition, e.g. powder being liberated when the article is damaged - B29D 30/0685: {Incorporating auto-repairing or self-sealing arrangements or agents on or into tyres (auto-repairing or self-sealing arrangements or agents B29C73/16; puncture preventing arrangements B60C19/12)} - B29D 2030/0686: {Incorporating sealants on or into tyres not otherwise provided for; auxiliary operations therefore, e.g. preparation of the tyre} - B29D 2030/0689: {by incorporating the sealant into a plurality of chambers, e.g. bags, cells, tubes or closed cavities} - B29D 2030/0698: {the sealant being applied by injection, e.g. introducing the sealant through a hole} - B29L 2030/00: Pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof {(conveyor belts B29L2031/7092; drive belts B29L2031/7094; fourdrinier belts B29L2031/733)} - Y10T 152/10666: Automatic sealing of punctures [e.g., self-healing, etc.] - Y10T 152/10684: On inner surface of tubeless tire - Y10T 152/10693: Sealant in plural layers or plural pockets - B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29D: PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B9/00; making preforms B29B11/00) - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A self-sealing tire includes a tire body, a partition wall, and a sealant that is adapted to seal a puncture in the tire body. The tire body includes an outer circumferential wall that contacts the ground, a first side wall and a second side wall that extend from the outer circumferential wall. The partition wall is provided between the first side wall and the second side wall and defines a partitioned space between the outer circumferential wall, the first side wall, the second side wall and the partition wall. The sealant is filled in the partitioned space. The partition wall includes a partition membrane, and dividing projections that are protruded from the partition membrane. Air is exhausted from the partitioned space and the sealant is filled into the partitioned space. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A self-sealing tire comprising: a) a tire body that is made of flexible and airtight material and is adapted to be assembled with a rim; b) a partition wall; and c) a sealant that is adapted to seal a puncture in the tire body; wherein the tire body has a circular shape, and comprises a outer circumferential wall that is adapted to contact the ground, a first side wall and a second side wall that extend from the outer circumferential wall, wherein the partition wall is provided between the first side wall and the second side wall and defines a partitioned space between the outer circumferential wall, the first side wall, the second side wall and the partition wall, wherein the sealant is filled in the partitioned space, wherein the partition wall comprises a partition membrane, wherein the partition membrane comprises a first edge that contacts the first side wall, and a second edge that contacts the second side wall, wherein the partition membrane forms an annulus that is concentric with the tire body, wherein the partition wall further comprises one or more dividing projections that are protruded from the partition membrane, wherein the dividing projections of the partition wall contact with the outer circumferential wall of the tire body, wherein each of the dividing projections forms an annulus that is concentric with the tire body, wherein the dividing projection comprises one or more communication holes whereby the sealant may flow through the communication holes. ### Claim 2 A self-sealing tire comprising: a) tire body that is made of flexible and airtight material and is adapted to be assembled with a rim; b) a partition wall; and c) a sealant that is adapted to seal a puncture in the tire body; wherein the tire body has a circular shape, and comprises a outer circumferential wall that is adapted to contact the ground, a first side wall and a second side wall that extend from the outer circumferential wall, wherein the partition wall is provided between the first side wall and the second side wall and defines a partitioned space between the outer circumferential wall, the first side wall, the second side wall and the partition wall, wherein the sealant is filled in the partitioned space, wherein the partition wall comprises a partition membrane, wherein the partition membrane comprises a first edge that contacts the first side wall, and a second edge that contacts the second side wall, wherein the partition membrane forms an annulus that is concentric with the tire body, wherein the partition wall further comprises a metal partition reinforce member that is provided adjacent to the partition membrane. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The self-sealing tire of claim 2, wherein the metal partition reinforce member has a shape of a plate.