Pneumatic tire with built in fastener system
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsDaniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Anne Therese Peronnet-Paquin, Gilles Bonnet, Gauthier Piret, William Alain Talbot, Georges Koster
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire assembly includes a pneumatic tire having an inner cavity and an inner surface at least partially defining the inner cavity, a rigid structure for facilitating operation of the tire assembly, and a threaded receptacle for securing the rigid structure to the inner surface of the inner cavity. The threaded receptacle has been integrally bonded to the inner surface during curing of the pneumatic tire.
Claims17
A tire comprising:
- an interior surface, wherein a receptacle is mounted on the interior surface of the tire, the receptacle having a raised hump formed on the interior surface, and having a first part of a mechanical fastener system formed within the raised hump.
A method of securing an object to a tire, including the steps of:
- attaching two or more concentric layers of elastomeric material to a green tire;
- inserting a first part of a mechanical fastener system into a hole of the two or more concentric layers;
- curing the green tire to form a cured tire and to secure the first part of the two piece mechanical fastening system to the cured tire;
- attaching the object to a second part of the two piece mechanical fastening system;
- and attaching the first part of the two-piece mechanical fastening system to the second part of the two-piece mechanical fastening system.
A method of securing an object to a tire, including the steps of:
- attaching two or more concentric layers of elastomeric material to a green tire;
- molding a first part of a mechanical fastener system into a hole of the two or more concentric layers;
- curing the green tire to form a cured tire;
- attaching the object to a second part of the two piece mechanical fastening system;
- and attaching the first part of the two-piece mechanical fastening system to the molded in second part of the two-piece mechanical fastening system.
A tire assembly comprising:
- a tire having a toroidal tire cavity for containing pressurized air;
- an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component, the air passageway extending between an air inlet cavity and an air outlet cavity in the flexible tire component, the air passageway extending for at least a partial circumferential path around the tire;
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- a receptacle mounted on the interior surface of the tire, the receptacle has a first part of a two part fastener system, wherein the receptacle has a passageway in fluid communication with the air passageway within the flexible tire component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.