US 12,441,137 B2
Tire for vehicle
Jae Sung Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Se Hwan Ku, Seoul (KR); Hyun Woo Hong, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Dae Hwan Jo, Seoul (KR); and Ju Ho Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/003,804.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0121956 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0101410 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B60C 7/12 (2006.01); B60C 5/20 (2006.01); B60C 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 5/20 (2013.01) [B60C 7/101 (2021.08); B60C 7/121 (2021.08); Y10T 152/10036 (2015.01); Y10T 152/10432 (2015.01); Y10T 152/1054 (2015.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tire for a vehicle, the tire comprising;
a tread rim part configured to come into contact with a road surface;
a hub to be mounted to a wheel;
a plurality of spokes connected to and arranged between the tread rim part and the hub in a circumferential direction;
an air block mounting space formed between the spokes to be arranged in the circumferential direction; and
an air block which is detachably inserted and mounted into the air block mounting space,
wherein the air block mounting space comprises a locking structure configured to prevent the air block from being detached,
wherein the locking structure is an elastic locking plate, and the elastic locking plate is detachably mounted on an entrance of the air block mounting space to lock the air block inserted into the air block mounting space,
wherein at the entrance of the air block mounting space, the tread rim part and the hub have locking grooves formed therein, and both end portions of the locking plate are inserted and coupled into the locking grooves, respectively, and
wherein the locking plate is configured to have an elongated rectangular plate structure which can be bent and has an elastic restoring force.