Method of manufacturing a non-pneumatic support structure
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsCeyhan Celik, Steven Amos Edwards, Timothy Scott Miller
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Abstract
A system manufactures a tire assembly. The system includes a core having a cylindrical hub and radially protruding extensions projecting radially outward from the hub, a plurality of internal arcuate members for positioning a reinforcing layer of the about the core, the internal arcuate members each being wrapped with a reinforcement layer, the internal arcuate members being disposed in spaces circumferentially between the extensions of the core, a first side plate for securing the internal arcuate members in place relative to the core; and a second side plate for securing the core and internal arcuate members to each other.
Claims4
A system for manufacturing a tire assembly, the system comprising:
- a core having a cylindrical hub and radially protruding extensions projecting radially outward from the hub;
- a plurality of internal arcuate members for positioning a reinforcing layer about the core, each of the internal arcuate members each being wrapped with a reinforcement envelope, each of the internal arcuate members being disposed in spaces circumferentially between the extensions of the core;
- a first side plate for securing each of the internal arcuate members in place relative to the core;
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- a second side plate for securing the core and each of the internal arcuate members to each other wherein the reinforcing layer comprises calendered fabric and rubber compound treatments applied to an outer surface of the core across a full 360 degree circumference of the core with a shear band structure applied over the reinforcing layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.