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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1998
Yasuo Igarashi, Kawanishi, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
A run-flat tire system for motorcycle improved in the puncture resistance and run-flat performance, which comprises a tire, tube and buffer; when the tire is mounted on a wheel rim and inflated, a tire cavity has a maximum section width (Wi), and when the tire is not inflated, the tire cavity has a maximum diameter (dd) and a sectional area (Sd); the buffer is an annular body made of an elastic closed-cell material disposed in the tire cavity, and a circumferentially extending groove is formed in a radially inner surface thereof to dispose the tube therein; the outside diameter (D) of the buffer under its free state is set in the range of from 0.90 to 1.0 times the maximum diameter (dd) of the cavity; the maximum section width (W) of the buffer under the free state is set in the range of from 1.05 to 1.2 times the maximum section width (Wi) of the cavity; and a gross sectional area (S) of the buffer under the free state inclusive of the sectional area of the groove is set in the range of from 1.0 to 1.15 times the sectional area (Sd) of the tire cavity.