Zero-pressure tire
AssigneeAmerican Engineering Group LLC
InventorsAbraham Pannikottu, Jon Gerhardt
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Abstract
A pneumatic radial tire includes a carcass structure having a pair of sidewalls and a crown, a pair of beads, a tread, a belt structure, and a plurality of reinforcing hoops. The plurality of spaced apart reinforcing hoops are disposed intermediate the crown of the carcass structure and the tread, and are formed of a rigid material coated in an elastomeric material. The plurality of reinforcing hoops includes a pair of outer reinforcing hoops disposed adjacent the sidewalls of the carcass, and an at least one inner reinforcing hoop disposed between the outer reinforcing hoops.
Claims20
A pneumatic radial tire comprising:
- a carcass formed of at least one body ply and sidewalls;
- a tread disposed radially outwardly of the at least one body ply, the tread including a top tread portion and a cushion portion;
- at least one belt disposed radially intermediate the at least one body ply and the cushion portion of the tread;
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- a plurality of reinforcing hoops embedded within the tread and disposed radially intermediate the cushion portion and the top tread portion of the tread, each of the reinforcing hoops including both a metal ring and non-metal reinforcing fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.