Non-pneumatic tire and wheel assembly
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsWesley Glenn Sigler, Nathan Edward Yensho, Ann Elizabeth Myers, Andrew James Miller, Christopher Dean Fenstermaker, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Md Atiqur Rahman Bhuiyan
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Abstract
A nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly which includes a wheel, and a spoke ring structure having an inner ring that is mounted on an outer surface of the wheel. The spoke ring structure has a plurality of spoke members, and an outer tread ring is mounted on the outer circumference of the spoke ring.
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A nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel, a spoke ring structure having a discontinuous inner ring that is mounted on an outer wheel mounting surface of the wheel, wherein the discontinuous inner ring has one or more gaps, wherein the spoke ring structure has a plurality of spoke members, and an outer tread ring mounted on the outer circumference of the spoke ring.
A nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel, a spoke ring structure having an inner ring that is mounted on an outer rim mounting surface of the wheel, wherein the spoke ring structure has a plurality of spoke members, and an outer tread ring mounted on the outer circumference of the spoke ring, wherein the wheel is axially recessed within the nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly.
A nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel, a spoke ring structure having an inner ring that is mounted on an outer rim mounting surface of the wheel, wherein the spoke ring structure has a plurality of spoke members, and an outer tread ring mounted on the outer circumference of the spoke ring, wherein at least one of the spoke members has an axially outer edge, wherein the axially outer edge is radiused.
A nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel, a spoke ring structure having an inner ring that is mounted on an outer rim mounting surface of the wheel, wherein the spoke ring structure has a plurality of spoke members, and an outer tread ring mounted on the outer circumference of the spoke ring, wherein each spoke member has a radially inner portion and a radially outer portion, wherein the radially inner portion has an axial width less than the radially outer portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.