JP2010269735A - Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pneumatic tire for preventing the breakage of an inner liner by dispersing the compressing force of the splice part of a tie rubber sheet on the inner liner formed of a thermoplastic resin film when a sidewall part is bent and deformed, and to provide a method of manufacturing the same. <P>SOLUTION: The pneumatic tire includes the inner liner 7 formed of the film mainly containing a thermoplastic resin and internally pasted to the inside of a carcass layer 5 via the tie rubber sheet 6. In the surface of the inner liner 7 at least in the shoulder region of the sidewall part 2 on the splice part 60 of the tie rubber sheet 6 having tire-peripheral ends 6a, 6a overlapped with each other, a plurality of strips of recessed portions 9 are formed extending in a tire peripheral direction to cross the splice part 60. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a pneumatic tire and a method for manufacturing the same that prevent damage to the inner liner of a tire in which an inner liner is formed of a thermoplastic resin film.

  On the inner surface of the tubeless pneumatic tire, an inner liner made of a material having excellent non-permeability such as butyl rubber is provided on the inner surface of the tire to prevent air permeation. However, since the specific gravity of butyl rubber is large and heavy, it has been an obstacle to reducing the weight of pneumatic tires. As a countermeasure against this, Patent Document 1 proposes that the inner liner be formed of a thermoplastic resin film mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin having a small specific gravity instead of butyl rubber.

In order to improve the adhesion to the carcass layer, the inner liner made of such a thermoplastic resin film has an inner side of the thermoplastic resin film via a tie rubber sheet 6 inside the carcass layer 5 as shown in FIG. A liner 7 is attached inside. Since this tie rubber sheet 6 is spliced by overlapping the ends 6a, 6a in the tire circumferential direction, the splice portion 60 is formed in a stepped shape. Therefore, cross-sectional thickness d ₁ of the tie rubber sheet 6 in the splice 60 is made considerably larger than the cross-sectional thickness d ₂ of the non-splicing portion. Therefore, if the shoulder region in the sidewall portion is bent during the running of the pneumatic tire, a strong compressive force is generated in the splice portion 60 having a large cross-sectional thickness and compresses the inner liner 7, so that the elastic modulus is higher than that of rubber. There was a problem that the inner liner of the thermoplastic resin film was easily damaged.

Japanese Patent No. 3159886

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems. When the side wall portion is bent and deformed, a compressive force applied to the inner liner made of the thermoplastic resin film is dispersed by the splice portion of the tie rubber sheet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pneumatic tire that prevents damage.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing the pneumatic tire.

  In order to achieve the above object, the pneumatic tire of the present invention is a pneumatic tire in which an inner liner made of a film mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin is attached inside a carcass layer via a tie rubber sheet. A plurality of concave portions extending in the tire circumferential direction so as to intersect the splice portion are formed on the surface of the inner liner in at least the shoulder region of the sidewall portion of the splice portion where the tire circumferential direction ends of the rubber sheet overlap each other. It is formed.

  Moreover, in the structure mentioned above, it is preferable to comprise as described in the following (1)-(2).

(1) The depth of the concave portion from the surface of the inner liner is 0.1 to 3.0 mm.
(2) A central region when the region from the maximum width end of the belt layer to the maximum width of the carcass layer is equally divided into three is a shoulder region in which the concave portion is formed.

  Further, the method for producing a pneumatic tire according to the present invention includes a vulcanization inside an unvulcanized tire in which an inner liner made of a film mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin is attached inside a carcass layer via a tie rubber sheet. In the method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire, in which a bladder is inserted and the vulcanized bladder is inflated to vulcanize and form the unvulcanized tire, the vulcanized bladder has an outer surface in the tire circumferential direction of the tie rubber sheet. Use of a vulcanization bladder in which a plurality of convex portions extending in the circumferential direction intersecting with the splice portion are used so as to correspond to at least the shoulder portion of the sidewall portion of the splice portion where the ends overlap each other. And

  Moreover, in the structure mentioned above, it is preferable to comprise as described in the following (1)-(2).

(1) The convex portion is formed so as to extend over the entire circumference of the vulcanization bladder.
(2) The height of the convex portion from the surface of the vulcanization bladder is 0.1 to 3.0 mm.

  According to the present invention, in a pneumatic tire in which an inner liner made of a film mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin is attached inside a carcass layer via a tie rubber sheet, an end portion of the tie rubber sheet in the tire circumferential direction is provided. Since the inner liner surface in the shoulder region of at least the sidewall portion of the overlapping splice portion is formed with a plurality of recesses extending in the tire circumferential direction intersecting the splice portion, Even if the shoulder region of the part repeatedly bends, the plurality of protrusions disperse and relieve the compressive force applied to the splice part of the tie rubber sheet, so that the inner liner made of a thermoplastic resin film having a high elastic modulus is damaged. Can be prevented.

It is a half sectional view of the meridian direction of the pneumatic tire of the present invention. It is an enlarged view of A part of the pneumatic tire of FIG. It is sectional drawing by the XX arrow of FIG. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing which shows roughly the local part in the manufacturing method of the pneumatic tire of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the vulcanization bladder used for the manufacturing method of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the other example of the vulcanization bladder used for the manufacturing method of this invention. (A)-(d) is sectional drawing which shows the convex part provided in the vulcanization bladder used for this invention in the cross section which crosses a longitudinal direction, respectively. (A), (b) is the circumferential direction sectional view which shows the splice part vicinity of the tie rubber sheet in the conventional pneumatic tire, respectively.

  In the pneumatic tire of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, 1 is a tread portion, 2 is a sidewall portion, and 3 is a bead portion. A carcass layer 5 is mounted between a pair of left and right bead cores 4 embedded in the bead portion 3, and both end portions thereof are folded around the bead core 4 from the inside to the outside of the tire. In the tread portion 1, a pair of upper and lower belt layers 8 are disposed outside the carcass layer 5 over the circumference of the tire. Further, an inner liner 7 for preventing air permeation is formed on the inner side of the carcass layer 5 and is made of a film mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin with a tie rubber sheet 6 as an adhesive layer.

  The tie rubber sheet 6 is provided so as to extend over one circumference in the tire circumferential direction, or is divided into a plurality of sheets, and as shown in FIGS. The splice part 60 is formed by overlapping 6a and 6a. The splice portion 60 is formed with a plurality of recesses 9 extending in the circumferential direction on the surface of the inner liner 7 at least in the shoulder region of the sidewall portion 2.

  As described above, since the end portions 6a, 6a of the tie rubber sheet 6 overlap each other and the plurality of recesses 9 are provided in the splice portion 60 where the cross-sectional thickness is increased, the shoulder region of the sidewall portion 2 is repeatedly bent during tire running. Even so, the compression force applied to the inner liner 7 can be dispersed by the bending of the splice portion 60. Therefore, even if the inner liner 7 is a thermoplastic resin film having a higher elastic modulus than rubber, the inner liner 7 can be prevented from being damaged.

  The recess 9 may be provided at least in the shoulder region of the sidewall portion 2, particularly on the surface of the inner liner 7 of the splice portion 60, but may be provided in the shoulder region of the sidewall portion 2 over the entire circumference. Since the shoulder region of the sidewall portion 2 is a portion where the bend is large when the tire is running, the cross-section for one layer of the tie rubber sheet 6 is not limited to the splice portion 60 in which the tie rubber sheet 6 is thick. By providing the concave portion 9 in a portion other than the thickness splice portion, it is possible to prevent a failure of the inner liner over the entire circumference of the tire.

  The depth d from the surface of the inner liner 7 of the recess 9 is preferably 0.1 to 3.0 mm. If the depth of the recess 9 is smaller than 0.1 mm, the compressive force applied to the inner liner 7 cannot be dispersed. If the depth of the concave portion 9 is larger than 3.0 mm, the larger concave portion 9 than the step of the splice portion is formed, so that uniformity is deteriorated.

  The concave portion 9 may be provided at least in the shoulder region of the sidewall portion 2 and does not need to be provided in the entire tire width direction. More specifically, when the region from the maximum width end of the belt layer 8 to the maximum width of the carcass layer 5 is equally divided into three, the central region A may be set as at least the shoulder region.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire according to the present invention is a method in which an inner liner 7 made of a film mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin is attached inside a carcass layer 5 via a tie rubber sheet 6. The vulcanized bladder 10 is inserted inside the vulcanized tire, and the vulcanized bladder 10 is expanded to vulcanize and mold the unvulcanized tire. The vulcanized bladder 10 intersects with the splice portion 60 so as to correspond to at least the shoulder portion of the sidewall portion 2 of the splice portion 60 in which the tire circumferential ends of the tie rubber sheet 6 overlap each other on the outer surface thereof. A vulcanizing bladder 10 having a plurality of protruding portions 11 extending in the circumferential direction is used.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the vulcanizing bladder 10 is formed in a spherical shape mainly using butyl rubber or the like, and mounting brackets 12 a and 12 b are integrally attached to the left and right end portions. Further, a convex portion 11 for forming the concave portion 9 is provided on the surface of the vulcanization bladder 10 at a location where the convex portion 11 contacts the inner liner 7 in at least the shoulder region of the splice portion 60. By forming the convex portions 11 on the surface of the vulcanization bladder 10 as described above, a plurality of concave portions 9 can be formed by the convex portions 11 on the surface of the inner liner 7 of the pneumatic tire.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the convex portion 11 may be provided on the surface of the bladder where the splice portion 60 contacts at least the inner liner 7 in the shoulder region of the sidewall portion 2. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6, you may provide over the perimeter on the bladder surface of the location contact | abutted to the inner liner 7 of the shoulder area | region of the side wall part 2. As shown in FIG.

  The height h of the convex portion 11 from the bladder surface is preferably 0.1 to 3.0 mm. If the height h of the convex portion 11 is smaller than 0.1 mm, the concave portion 9 having an appropriate depth cannot be formed, so that the inner liner 7 cannot be prevented from being damaged. If the height h of the convex portion 11 is larger than 3.0 mm, the larger concave portion 9 than the step of the splice portion is formed, so that uniformity is deteriorated.

  The shape of the convex portion 11 may be any shape as long as the concave portion 9 having an appropriate depth can be provided on the inner liner 7 of the tire. For example, a triangular convex portion 11 as shown in FIG. 7A, a quadrangular convex portion 11 as shown in FIG. 7B, and a semicircular convex portion 11 as shown in FIG. 7C. Any shape such as a trapezoidal convex portion 11 as shown in FIG. Further, the height h of the plurality of convex portions 11 may be formed uniformly with all the same height h, or may be formed unevenly with different heights h.

  In the present invention, the thermoplastic resin film forming the inner liner 7 is not limited to the one made only of the thermoplastic resin, but may be one made of a thermoplastic elastomer composition in which an elastomer is dispersed in the thermoplastic resin. . For the inner liner 7, a single layer of a thermoplastic resin film formed in a cylindrical shape or a laminate including at least one thermoplastic resin film can be used. This may be formed in a cylindrical shape in advance, or may be joined in a cylindrical shape.

  As the thermoplastic resin used for the thermoplastic resin film, for example, polyamide resin [eg nylon 6 (N6), nylon 66 (N66), nylon 46 (N46), nylon 11 (N11), nylon 12 (N12), Nylon 610 (N610), nylon 612 (N612), nylon 6/66 copolymer (N6 / 66), nylon 6/66/610 copolymer (N6 / 66/610), nylon MXD6, nylon 6T, nylon 6 / 6T copolymer, nylon 66 / PP copolymer, nylon 66 / PPS copolymer], polyester resin [for example, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene isophthalate (PEI), polybutylene Terephthalate / tetramethylene glycol copolymer , PET / PEI copolymer, polyarylate (PAR), polybutylene naphthalate (PBN), liquid crystal polyester, polyoxyalkylene diimide diacid / polybutylene terephthalate copolymer and other aromatic polyesters], polynitrile resin [ For example, polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polymethacrylonitrile, acrylonitrile / styrene copolymer (AS), methacrylonitrile / styrene copolymer, methacrylonitrile / styrene / butadiene copolymer], poly (meth) acrylate resin [For example, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyethyl methacrylate, ethylene ethyl acrylate copolymer (EEA), ethylene acrylic acid copolymer (EAA), ethylene methyl acrylate resin (EMA)], polyvinyl resin [ For example, vinyl acetate (EVA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), vinyl alcohol / ethylene copolymer (EVOH), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride / vinylidene chloride copolymer, vinylidene chloride / Methyl acrylate copolymer], cellulosic resin [for example, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate], fluorine resin [for example, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinyl fluoride (PVF), polychlorofluoroethylene (PCTFE), tetrafluoroethylene / Ethylene copolymer (ETFE)], imide resin [for example, aromatic polyimide (PI)] and the like.

  Examples of the elastomer dispersed in the thermoplastic resin include diene rubbers and hydrogenated products thereof [for example, NR, IR, epoxidized natural rubber, SBR, BR (high cis BR and low cis BR), NBR, hydrogenated NBR. , Hydrogenated SBR], olefin rubber [eg ethylene propylene rubber (EPDM, EPM), maleic acid modified ethylene propylene rubber (M-EPM)], butyl rubber (IIR), isobutylene and aromatic vinyl or diene monomer copolymer , Acrylic rubber (ACM), ionomer, halogen-containing rubber [for example, bromide of Br-IIR, Cl-IIR, isobutylene paramethylstyrene copolymer (Br-IPMS), chloroprene rubber (CR), hydrin rubber (CHC, CHR) , Chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSM), Chlorinated Reethylene (CM), maleic acid-modified chlorinated polyethylene (M-CM)], silicone rubber (eg, methyl vinyl silicone rubber, dimethyl silicone rubber, methyl phenyl vinyl silicone rubber), sulfur-containing rubber (eg, polysulfide rubber), fluoro rubber (eg, Vinylidene fluoride rubber, fluorine-containing vinyl ether rubber, tetrafluoroethylene-propylene rubber, fluorine-containing silicone rubber, fluorine-containing phosphazene rubber), thermoplastic elastomer (eg, styrene elastomer, olefin elastomer, polyester elastomer, And urethane elastomers and polyamide elastomers).

5 Carcass layer 6 Tie rubber sheet 6a (End of tie rubber sheet) circumferential end 60 Splice part 7 Inner liner 9 Concave part 10 Convex part 11 Vulcanized bladder

Claims (6)

In a pneumatic tire in which an inner liner made of a film mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin is attached inside a carcass layer through a tie rubber sheet,
A plurality of strips extending in the tire circumferential direction so as to intersect the splice portion on the surface of the inner liner at least in the shoulder region of the sidewall portion of the splice portion overlapping the tire circumferential end portions of the tie rubber sheet. A pneumatic tire having a recess.   The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein a depth of the concave portion from a surface of the inner liner is 0.1 to 3.0 mm.   The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a central region when a region from a maximum width end portion of the belt layer to a maximum width of the carcass layer is equally divided into three is a shoulder region in which the concave portion is formed. Insert a vulcanized bladder inside an unvulcanized tire with an inner liner made of a thermoplastic resin as a main component inside a carcass layer via a tie rubber sheet, and expand the vulcanized bladder. In the method for producing a pneumatic tire for vulcanizing and molding the unvulcanized tire,
As the vulcanization bladder, the circumferential direction intersecting the splice portion so as to correspond to at least the shoulder portion of the sidewall portion of the splice portion where the tire circumferential direction ends of the tie rubber sheet overlap each other on the outer surface thereof A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire using a vulcanized bladder in which a plurality of convex portions extending in a straight line is formed.   The manufacturing method of the pneumatic tire of Claim 4 which formed the said convex part over the perimeter of the said vulcanization bladder.   The method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire according to claim 4 or 5, wherein a height of the convex portion from the surface of the vulcanization bladder is 0.1 to 3.0 mm.

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