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US 2025/0050308 A1Published application
Wheel assembly including activated carbon
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsKyle M. SMITH, Jinshuo ZHU
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Abstract
A wheel assembly including: a wheel; a tire mounted to the wheel, the tire defining a cavity between an inner surface of the tire and the wheel; and activated carbon exposed to air molecules within the cavity, the activated carbon including a porous surface configured to adsorb and compact air molecules present within the cavity.
Claims20
A wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel;
- a tire mounted to the wheel, the tire defining a cavity between an inner surface of the tire and the wheel;
- and
- activated carbon exposed to air molecules within the cavity, the activated carbon including a porous surface configured to adsorb and compact air molecules present within the cavity.
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A wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel including a barrel;
- a tire mounted to the wheel, the tire defining a cavity between an inner surface of the tire and the wheel;
- and
- activated carbon mounted to at least one of the barrel of the wheel and the tire, the activated carbon including a porous surface configured to adsorb and compact air molecules present within the cavity.
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A wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel including a barrel defining an opening to a wheel cavity defined by the wheel;
- a tire mounted to the wheel, the tire defining an air cavity between an inner surface of the tire and the barrel;
- and
- activated carbon retained within the wheel cavity by a retention member defining openings configured to permit air molecules of the air cavity to pass therethrough, the activated carbon including a porous surface configured to adsorb and compact the air molecules of the air cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.