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US 2018/0361793 A1Published application
Tension-based non-pneumatic tire
AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorsAli Manesh, Mike Tercha, Brian Anderson, Karen Schlei, Brian Meliska, Louis Stark, Benjamin Knospe, Glenn Howland
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Abstract
A non-pneumatic tire includes an inner ring having an axis of rotation, a deformable outer ring, and a web extending between the inner ring and the deformable outer ring. The tire further includes a pair of sidewalls disposed at opposite ends of the non-pneumatic tire and covering the web.
Claims20
A non-pneumatic tire for a vehicle, comprising:
- a tread configured to come into contact with a road surface;
- a rim part connected to an axle of a vehicle;
- inside and outside annular bands disposed between the tread and the rim part, and coaxially spaced apart from each other;
- a spoke member comprising:
- supports disposed in a predetermined pattern and configured to connect the inside and outside annular bands, and
- openings defined by the supports;
- and
- a pair of sidewalls disposed at both ends of the tire in a widthwise direction of the tire, and configured to prevent foreign substances from infiltrating into the openings of the spoke member, wherein the sidewalls are made of a same material as the spoke member and integrated with the spoke member.
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A non-pneumatic tire comprising:
- an inner ring having an axis of rotation;
- a deformable outer ring;
- a web extending between the inner ring and the deformable outer ring;
- and
- a pair of sidewalls disposed at opposite ends of the non-pneumatic tire and covering the web.
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A non-pneumatic tire comprising:
- an inner ring having an axis of rotation;
- a deformable outer ring;
- a web extending between the inner ring and the deformable outer ring, wherein the web defines a plurality of openings;
- and
- means for preventing debris from entering the openings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.