US 2023/0055889 A1 · BUMP STOP FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE

Abstract

A non-pneumatic tire includes an annular inner ring, an annular outer ring, and a support structure extending from the annular inner ring to the annular outer ring. The support structure includes a plurality of spokes, webbing, cells, or other open-sided support structure. The tire includes a bump stop. The bump stop includes an inner member radially extending from a radially outer surface of the annular inner ring. The inner member has a radially outer surface facing a radially inner surface of the annular outer ring. The bump stop includes an outer member radially extending from a radially inner surface of the annular outer ring. The outer member has a radially inner surface facing a radially outer surface of the annular inner ring.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A non-pneumatic tire comprising:

an annular inner ring;
an annular outer ring;
a support structure extending from the annular inner ring to the annular outer ring;
a tread disposed radially around the annular outer ring;
and
a bump stop including an inner member radially extending from a radially outer surface of the annular inner ring, the inner member having a radially outer surface, wherein a first radial distance from the radially outer surface of the annular inner ring to the radially outer surface of the inner member is less than a second radial distance from the radially outer surface of the annular inner ring to an outer surface of the tread.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/789,294Filed 21 Dec 2020

Priority

30 Dec 2019

Published

23 Feb 2023

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B60C 7/107
Characterised by means for increasing resiliency: comprising lateral openings
B60C 7/143
Using springs: having a lateral extension disposed in a plane parallel to the wheel axis
B60C 7/146
Using springs: extending substantially radially, e.g. like spokes
B60C 7/22
Non-inflatable or solid tyres: having inlays other than for increasing resiliency, e.g. for armouring

Bump stop for non-pneumatic tire

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Bump stop for non-pneumatic tire

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Abstract

Claims20