Non-pneumatic tire for camber-steered vehicle or other vehicle
AssigneeCamso Inc.
InventorRonald H. Thompson
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Abstract
A wheel comprising a non-pneumatic tire for a vehicle, such as a vehicle that is steerable and/or otherwise movable by leaning the vehicle (e.g., a bicycle, a motorcycle or another two-wheeled vehicle), in which the non-pneumatic tire may be designed to enhance its use and performance, including, for example, to avoid sudden failure, improve steering and/or other movement of the vehicle (e.g., when the vehicle is leaned and the non-pneumatic tire is cambered), improve ride comfort, and/or exhibit less rolling resistance.
Claims26
A non-pneumatic tire for a vehicle on a ground surface, the vehicle being movable by leaning to create a camber angle of the non-pneumatic tire, the non pneumatic tire comprising:
- an annular beam configured to deflect at a contact patch of the non-pneumatic tire with the ground surface;
- an annular support disposed radially inwardly of the annular beam and configured to resiliently deform as the non-pneumatic tire engages the ground surface;
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- a tread disposed radially outwardly of the annular beam, a profile of the tread in a widthwise direction of the non-pneumatic tire being configured such that, when the ground surface is substantially flat and the camber angle of the non pneumatic tire is 10 degrees, and a design load of the non pneumatic tire is no more than 150 kgf, a tangent point of the tread with the ground surface is at a distance of at least 25% of a width of the tread from a centerline of the tread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.