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US 12,600,167 B2Granted
Spoke for non-pneumatic tire with adhesion deflector and reinforcement layer
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsKevin C Miles, Steven M Cron
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Abstract
A spoke (12) for a non-pneumatic tire (10) is provided that has a nose (28) that engages a first panel (16) and a second panel (18). A first foot (20) is carried by the first panel and has a first foot first concave surface (46) and an adhesion deflector (48). A second foot (22) is present and is carried by the second panel. A reinforcement layer (24) engages the first foot first concave surface and the adhesion deflector.
Claims15
A spoke for a non-pneumatic tire, comprising:
- a nose;
- a first panel that engages the nose and that extends from the nose;
- a second panel that engages the nose and that extends from the nose;
- a first foot carried by the first panel, wherein the first foot has a first foot first concave surface, wherein the first foot has an adhesion deflector;
- wherein the adhesion deflector and the first foot first concave surface are both located at a leading terminal end of the first foot in a circumferential direction, wherein the first foot has a first foot second concave surface that is located on a tailing terminal end of the first foot in the circumferential direction, wherein the adhesion deflector extends in the circumferential direction such that the adhesion deflector is farther from the first foot second concave surface in the circumferential direction than is the first foot first concave surface to the first foot second concave surface in the circumferential direction, wherein the tailing terminal end of the first foot has a convex surface;
- a second foot carried by the second panel;
- and
- a reinforcement layer that engages the first foot first concave surface, wherein the reinforcement layer engages the adhesion deflector.
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