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US 10,286,736 B2Granted
Insert for a pneumatic tire
AssigneeCushCore, LLC
InventorAdam Krefting
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Abstract
An insert for a pneumatic tire including an annular member adapted to contact at least 10% of an interior surface of the pneumatic tire and provide an outward pressure thereagainst.
Claims15
An insert for a pneumatic tire comprising:
- an annular member having a base portion, an outer portion and opposed side portions between the base portion and outer portion, wherein the side portions are adapted to contact less than 90% of an interior surface of a pneumatic tire and provide an outward pressure thereagainst, the annular member comprises a circumferentially extending channel disposed along a radially outer surface, and wherein the channel comprises a concave surface in the direction of the base portion of the annular member, and wherein the outer portion of the annular member is adapted to be spaced apart from a tread portion of the pneumatic tire so that there is an empty space is defined between the outer portion of the annular member and the interior surface of the tire at the tread portion.
A tire assembly comprising:
- a pneumatic tire having opposed sidewalls interconnected by a tread portion and an interior surface interiorly of the sidewalls and the tread portion;
- an annular foam member having a concave outer surface, an inner base portion and opposed sidewalls contacting less than 90% of the interior surface and providing an outward pressure thereagainst and wherein the outer surface of the annular foam member comprises a concave surface in the direction from the tread portion toward the inner base portion of the foam member and the outer portion is spaced apart from the tread portion to define an empty space there between.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.