Patents Assigned to Nippon Leakless Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 7316253
    Abstract: The viscosity of a puncture-preventing sealant (7) is set in a range of 25 to 35 dPa·s, and a thixotropy index is set in a range of 6.5 to 11.0, the sealant (7) being filled in a sealant chamber (6) defined to extend along an outer periphery of an air chamber (5) in a tire (T). When the tire (T) is being rotated by traveling of a vehicle, the viscosity of the sealant (7) is reduced by a stirring action provided by a vibration or a centrifugal force of the sealant (7), whereby the sealant (7) can be diffused uniformly in the sealant chamber (6). When the vehicle has been stopped and the stirring action has been extinguished, the viscosity of the sealant (7) is increased, whereby the sealant (7) is maintained in a state in which it has been diffused uniformly in the sealant chamber (6) without flowing downwards in the sealant chamber (6) by gravitation. Therefore, even when the vehicle is travelling at a high speed, the generation of a vibration and a noise can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Leakless Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Yamagiwa, Akiko Tanaka, Akira Tanaka, Ken Fujiwara, Noriyuki Deguchi, Kentaro Yamashita