Tension-based non-pneumatic tire

A non-pneumatic tire comprising:

• a generally annular inner ring that attaches to a wheel,
• a generally annular outer ring,
• a radially external surface engaging a tread carrying layer, an interconnected web between said generally annular inner ring and said generally annular outer ring, and
• an axis of rotation;
• said interconnected web comprising web elements defining a plurality of generally hexagonally shaped openings circumferentially spaced around said tire and radially spaced at varying distances from said axis of rotation, a first plurality of generally quadrilaterally-shaped openings adjacent said generally annular inner ring and a second plurality of generally quadrilaterally-shaped openings adjacent said generally annular outer ring, each of said first plurality of generally quadrilaterally-shaped openings and each of said second plurality of generally quadrilaterally-shaped openings circumferentially separated from each other of said first plurality of generally quadrilaterally-shaped openings and each other of said second plurality of generally quadrilaterally-shaped openings, respectively, by at least one of said plurality of hexagonally shaped openings, so as to support an applied load by working in tension;
• wherein the first plurality of generally quadrilaterally-shaped openings and the second plurality of generally quadrilaterally-shaped openings face a direction parallel to the axis of rotation, wherein, when the applied load is applied, the applied load is distributed throughout the web elements with the web elements positioned above the axis of rotation and directly aligned with the direction of the applied load being in tension.