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US 2014/0158268 A1Published application
Tire for surface vehicle
AssigneeGalileo Wheel Ltd.
InventorAvishay Novoplanski
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AssigneeGalileo Wheel Ltd.
InventorAvishay Novoplanski
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A wheel assembly for a surface vehicle is presented. The wheel assembly comprises a tire comprising an envelope structure which by its inner surface encloses a cavity. The envelope structure comprises an outer, surface-engaging side having a circumferential surface, and opposite side walls which are integral with and extend from the surface-engaging side. The sides walls by their free ends define an inner, rim-engagement side of the tire by which the tire is connectable to a wheel hub. Each of the opposite side walls comprises a surface pattern defining a suspension assembly within the side wall to thereby prevent stretching of the tire envelope towards its maximal volume when the envelope is compressed with gas, while allowing deformation of the tire envelope when loaded or depressurized such that the surface engaging side of the tire maintains a substantially constant contact with the surface.
A wheel assembly for a surface vehicle, the wheel assembly comprising a tire comprising an envelope structure which by its inner surface encloses a cavity, said envelope structure comprising an outer, surface-engaging side having a circumferential surface, opposite side walls which are integral with and extend from said surface-engaging side, the sides walls by their free ends defining an inner, rim-engagement side of the tire by which the tire is connectable to a wheel hub, wherein each of the opposite side walls comprises a surface pattern extending between the surface-engaging side and the rim-engagement side and defining a surface relief in the form of at least one groove having a substantially V-shaped cross section, and wherein each of the side walls is configured with a predetermined rigidity pattern across the side wall.
A tire envelope for a surface vehicle, comprising a surface pattern in its side walls extending between a surface-engaging side and a rim-engagement side of the tire, said surface pattern configured as a suspension assembly embedded in the side walls to thereby prevent stretching of the tire envelope towards its maximal volume when the envelope is compressed with gas, while allowing deformation of the tire envelope when loaded or depressurized such that the surface engaging side of the tire maintains a substantially constant contact with the surface.
A wheel assembly for a surface vehicle, comprising a tire envelope configured to be mountable on a wheel hub, the tire envelope by its inner surface defining a gas cavity having a certain maximal volume defined by a geometry of the envelope, wherein the tire envelope comprises or defines a suspension assembly within its side walls, such that under gas pressure in said cavity the volume achievable through gas-pressure imposed expansion is substantially smaller than said maximal volume defined by the geometry of the envelope.
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