Tire Design Improvements for Efficient Heat Dissipation
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Modern commercial vehicle tires routinely operate at temperatures between 50-70°C during normal driving conditions, with localized hot spots reaching above 85°C during sustained high-speed operation. These thermal loads, particularly in the crown, shoulder, and bead areas, accelerate rubber aging and can compromise structural integrity over time.
The fundamental challenge lies in managing heat generation at the rubber-road interface while providing sufficient pathways for thermal energy to dissipate without compromising the tire's primary functions of load support, traction, and durability.
This page brings together solutions from recent research—including integrated heat dissipation structures with arched grooves, multi-layer carcass designs with cooling channels, conductive fin systems, and strategic placement of high thermal conductivity materials. These and other approaches focus on practical implementations that can be integrated into existing tire manufacturing processes while maintaining safety and performance standards.
1. Non-Inflatable Wheel with Ribbed Ventilation Ducts and Auxiliary Heat Dissipation Holes
南京航空航天大学, NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS, 2024
A non-inflatable safety wheel with improved heat dissipation to prevent excessive local temperatures during operation. The wheel has a coal wheel body with ribbed ventilation ducts and auxiliary heat dissipation holes on the side. The ribbed ducts increase convection heat transfer area, while the auxiliary holes provide additional pathways for internal heat escape. This optimized heat dissipation structure improves the thermal state and heat capacity of the non-inflatable wheel, preventing overheating and extending service life.
2. Tire Tread Pattern with Deeper Transverse Heat Dissipation Grooves and Wider Central Stability Strip
ZHONGCE RUBBER CO LTD, ZHONGCE RUBBER TIANJIN CO LTD, 2024
Tire tread pattern with improved heat dissipation for heavy duty tires like giant mining tires. The pattern has deeper heat dissipation grooves compared to the longitudinal grooves. The deeper heat dissipation grooves are arranged across the tread to provide better heat dissipation. This prevents excessive heat buildup in the tire during long, high load applications like mining. The wider middle strip between the deep heat dissipation grooves provides stability and wear resistance.
3. Tire Tread with Main and Side Grooves Integrated with External Heat Dissipation Mechanism
HUBEI JINTIAN TYRE CO LTD, 2024
Tire design with improved heat dissipation to prevent blowouts at high temperatures. The tire has a main groove dividing the tread into blocks, with side grooves on each side. A heat dissipation mechanism is provided externally. This allows heat generated inside the tire grooves to be efficiently transferred outward through the main and side grooves to the dissipation mechanism, preventing excessive internal temperatures that can cause blowouts.
4. Tire with Rim-Integrated Internal Channels for Enhanced Airflow and Heat Dissipation
JIANGSU TOP TIRE CO LTD, 2023
Tire design to improve heat dissipation and prevent blowouts by allowing better internal airflow and cooling. The tire has a unique rim with internal channels that connect the wheel hubs. This creates a pathway for air to flow through the tire cavity from the wheel hubs to the wheel spokes. This helps dissipate heat generated during driving and prevents excessive internal pressure buildup, reducing the risk of blowouts.
5. Tire with Integrated Cooling Spokes, Suction Blades, and Ventilation Slots
QINGDAO ANNAICHI TIRE CO LTD, 2023
A tire design with integrated cooling features to prevent overheating and blowouts, particularly in hot conditions. The tire has a wheel hub inside with spokes and suction blades on the side walls. The hub has ventilation and heat dissipation slots. These features provide passive cooling by suction and ventilation to reduce internal tire temperatures.
6. Tire with Embedded Copper Wire Heat Dissipation System and Multi-Layered Internal Structure
QINGDAO HENGDA TYRE CO LTD, 2023
A tire with improved heat dissipation to prevent premature wear and punctures at high speeds. The tire has embedded copper wires in grooves on the outer surface. The copper wires conduct heat away from the tire. The tire also has an internal structure with layers like an airtight layer, isolation layer, cord layer, steel belt layer, and covering layer stacked from inside to outside.
7. Radial Tire Block with Funnel-Shaped Heat Dissipation Vents
TRIANGLE GROUP CO LTD, 2023
Off-road radial tire block design with integrated heat dissipation vents to improve tire durability and reduce damage from frequent compression and deformation during off-road driving. The vents are funnel-shaped with a larger ball at the bottom and a smaller pipe at the top. The vent ball is positioned halfway to two-thirds of the block depth. This allows heat to escape from the block while preventing debris entry.
8. Tire Heat Dissipation Structure with Grooves Extending from Shoulder to Sidewall and Arched Bottoms
XIAMEN ZHENGXIN PETREL TYRE CO LTD, 2023
Heat dissipation structure for tires that improves durability by reducing temperatures in both the crown and bead areas. The tire has heat dissipation grooves extending from the shoulder to the sidewall, with arched or wavy bottoms. This allows air to enter the grooves and dissipate heat from the tire surface, preventing excessive temperatures in the crown and bead that can degrade durability.
9. Pneumatic All-Steel Radial Tire with Narrow Shoulder Grooves and Expanding Cavity Ends for Enhanced Durability and Anti-Stone Performance
ANHUI GITI RADIAL TIRE CO LTD, 2023
Durable anti-stone pneumatic all-steel radial tire for heavy-duty freight vehicles that balances wear resistance, durability, and anti-stone trapping performance. The tire has narrow grooves on the shoulder tread that dissipate heat to prevent overheating and premature wear. The groove width and depth are optimized. The grooves have expanding cavities at the ends to prevent tread pattern distortion. This balances wear resistance with stiffness. The tire also has a specific vertical distance between the grooves and the belt layers to reduce shear strain at the belt ends for improved durability. The groove layout, depth, and spacing are designed to balance wear, durability, and anti-stone trapping performance.
10. Tire Tread with Concentric Grooves and Rib-Integrated Cooling Channels for Heat Dissipation
CONTINENTAL TIRES CHINA CO LTD, CONTINENTAL TIRES CO LTD, 2023
A tire design with improved heat dissipation to prevent overheating and extend tire life. The tire has an outer tread with concentric grooves and protruding ribs. The grooves have cooling channels that run through the ribs. This allows air circulation around the ribs to dissipate heat generated during rolling contact. The channels connect to inner tire voids for complete heat extraction.
11. Non-Pneumatic Tire with Radiator and Heat Dissipation Passages
JIANGXI FUYUTONG TIRE TECH CO LTD, JIANGXI FUYUTONG TIRE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD, 2023
Non-pneumatic tire design that eliminates the need for inner air pressure. The tire has a hub with an external support member, radiator, and tread rubber ring. The radiator has an outer ring, inner ring, and connecting ring. The outer ring has multiple outer rings with inner holes. The inner ring has hollow passages. The outer ring has heat dissipation passages. This configuration allows heat to be efficiently dissipated from the tire without the need for internal air pressure.
12. Light Truck Tire with Central Longitudinal Groove and Meandering Steel Sheets for Enhanced Heat Dissipation
SHANDONG WANDA BAOTONG TYRE CO LTD, WANDA GROUP CO LTD, 2023
A light truck tire design with improved heat dissipation for better tire durability and safety at high speeds. The tire has a tread with longitudinal grooves and pattern blocks. A key feature is a central longitudinal groove separating inner and outer blocks. The inner blocks have meandering steel sheets that connect at the groove ends. This creates channels for cooling air to flow between the inner blocks and prevent heat buildup.
13. Solid Tire with Staggered Anti-Skid Grooves and Penetrating Heat Dissipation Holes
ZHEJIANG TONGCHAO IND AND TRADE CO LTD, ZHEJIANG TONGCHAO INDUSTRY AND TRADE CO LTD, 2023
A solid tire design with improved heat dissipation to prevent premature aging and failure. The tire has a unique tread pattern with staggered anti-skid grooves and penetrating heat dissipation holes. The anti-skid grooves are distributed around the tire circumference and staggered along the axial direction. Corresponding heat dissipation holes penetrate through the tread between the grooves to allow heat to escape. This alternating pattern of grooves and holes improves heat dissipation compared to a regular tread by providing multiple paths for heat to escape from the tread area.
14. Solid Tire with Sidewall Channels for Heat Dissipation and Enhanced Traction
ZHEJIANG TONGCHAO IND AND TRADE CO LTD, ZHEJIANG TONGCHAO INDUSTRY AND TRADE CO LTD, 2023
Solid tire design to prevent overheating and slipping during use, improving safety and longevity compared to traditional solid tires. The tire has channels in the sidewall that connect to the outer surface. When the tire rotates, water in these channels is forced through the channels and out of the tire, carrying away heat. This reduces the tire temperature compared to a solid tire without the channels. The channels also increase contact between the tire and air, transferring some internal tire heat to the air. This further reduces tire temperature. The channels are angled to match the tire rotation direction.
15. Integrated Tire Radiator Structure with High Thermal Conductivity Materials
QINGDAO MUWO TECH CO LTD, QINGDAO MUWO TECHNOLOGY CO LTD, 2022
Integrated tire radiator structure that can be manufactured during tire production using liquid rubber. The radiator is built into the tire to dissipate internal heat and extend tire life. It involves adding high thermal conductivity materials like metals, polymers, or carbon fibers inside the tire to transfer heat from the rubber to the outside. This reduces the internal temperature and prevents premature tire failure. The radiator also improves grip, load capacity, sidewall protection, and allows monitoring of tire heat.
16. Tire Tread with Central Groove Reinforcing Ribs and Angled Shoulder Grooves
HEFEI WANLI TIRE CO LTD, WANLI TIRE CORPORATION LTD, 2022
Tire design with improved grip and heat dissipation. The tire has a tread with specific groove features to enhance traction and cooling. The tread has a central groove with reinforcing ribs inside that increase support without blocking water drainage. The groove extends into the shoulder regions to provide continuous traction. This improves grip compared to discontinuous shoulder grooves. The tire also has wide, angled shoulder grooves that enhance heat dissipation compared to narrow, vertical grooves.
17. Tire Shoulder Heat Sink with Interlocking Plates and Integrated Impact Protection
NEXEN TIRE CORP, 2022
Heat sink for tires that dissipates heat from the shoulder area while also protecting the shoulder and sidewall from impact. The heat sink is a plate with a first surface attached to the tire shoulder and a second surface with heat dissipation features. It fits into a recess in the shoulder. The plate has a protrusion on one side that mates with a concave portion on an adjacent heat sink to connect them. This allows multiple heat sinks to be chained together in the tire shoulder.
18. Tire Tread Pattern with Deformable Multi-Curved Ribs on Isolated Platforms
CHENG SHIN RUBBER INDUSTRIAL CO LTD, 2022
Tire tread pattern design to prevent stones from getting trapped in the grooves and improving tire longevity and safety. The pattern has protruding ribs in the grooves that are multi-curved and deformable. They are positioned on a platform not connected to the groove walls. This allows the ribs to creep and dislodge trapped stones when the tire rolls, reducing stone trapping compared to normal grooves. The ribs also increase heat transfer and airflow to prevent excessive bottom groove temperatures.
19. Tire Tread with Stepped Grooves and Heat Dissipation Holes in Shoulder and Center Blocks
TRIANGLE GROUP CO LTD, 2022
Tire design to improve heat dissipation from the tread area, particularly the crown region, to prevent damage to the tire. The tire has stepped grooves with bosses at the bottom and additional heat dissipation holes on the shoulder and center blocks. This helps extract and release heat generated during tire rolling and contact with the road. The stepped grooves with bosses provide multiple contact points for better heat transfer. The additional holes on the blocks further enhance heat dissipation.
20. Mining Tire Tread with Transverse and Longitudinal Grooves for Enhanced Heat Dissipation
TIRE TECH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED COMPANY SPECIAL FOR TYRE TYRE QINGDAO, TIRE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED COMPANY SPECIAL FOR TYRE TYRE, 2022
Mining tire pattern with improved heat dissipation for long distance, high speed applications in open-pit mines. The pattern has transverse grooves between adjacent blocks, longitudinal grooves between crown and shoulder blocks, wider/narrower longitudinal grooves for drainage, shoulder wind tunnels, and lower shoulder grooves to enhance heat dissipation and durability compared to traditional patterns.
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