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US 12,668,082 B2Granted
Nonwoven body and tire
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsMasahiko Yamamoto, Yoshihide Kouno
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Abstract
A nonwoven body according to the disclosure includes a plurality of metal fibers each having a cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction, the cross section having a profile that is convex polygonal.
Claims14
A tire comprising:
- a skeleton portion including a rim member, a plurality of body springs latched on the rim member, and a plurality of interlink springs interlaced with the body springs;
- and
- a tread member disposed on at least an outer periphery of the skeleton portion, wherein
- the tread member includes a nonwoven body comprising a plurality of metal fibers each having a cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction, the cross section having a profile that is convex polygonal,
- the nonwoven body is a sheet-shaped nonwoven fabric, and
- the nonwoven fabric is rounded to form a rod shape, is disposed on the outer periphery of the skeleton portion and is at least partially embedded in grooves sectioned by the body springs and the interlink springs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.