Powering and illuminating a tire of a vehicle

Abstract

The tire may include a tread portion disposed on an outer face of the tire, a bead assembly to operably couple to a rim of a wheel assembly of the vehicle, a sidewall disposed between the tread portion and the bead assembly, and an electroluminescent material disposed at the sidewall to emit light when powered. The vehicle may include a power transfer assembly further including a first power source, and the power transfer assembly may be configured to operably couple the first power source to the electroluminescent material to transfer electrical power to the electroluminescent material. The power transfer assembly may transfer the electrical power to the electroluminescent material responsive to an illumination trigger, and the electrical power may excite the electroluminescent material to emit light.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.