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US 8,474,499 B2Granted
Puncture resistant tire
AssigneeThe NanoSteel Company, Inc.
InventorsCharles D. Tuffile, David P. Paratore, Daniel James Branagan
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Abstract
A tire and methods of manufacture thereof comprising a tire body and a metal reinforcing strip comprising at least one metal alloy foil layer to provide puncture resistance, wherein the at least one metal alloy foil layer comprises a spinodal glass matrix microconstituent structure.
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A tire comprising:
- a tire body;
- and
- a metal reinforcing strip comprising at least one metal alloy foil layer to provide puncture resistance, wherein the at least one metal alloy foil layer comprises a spinodal glass matrix microconstituent structure characterized by the presence of two or more metal compositions separated into distinct phases with different chemical compositions and the phases include one or more semicrystalline clusters having a largest linear dimension of 2 nm or less and one or more crystalline clusters having a largest linear dimension of greater than 2 nm.
A method of providing a tire comprising:
- providing a tire body;
- providing a metal reinforcing strip comprising at least one metal alloy foil layer to provide puncture resistance, wherein the at least one metal alloy foil layer comprises a spinodal glass matrix microconstituent structure characterized by the presence of two or more metal compositions separated into distinct phases with different chemical compositions and the phases include one or more semicrystalline clusters having a largest linear dimension of 2 nm or less and one or more crystalline clusters having a largest linear dimension of greater than 2 nm;
- and
- wherein the metal reinforcing strip is embedded in the tire body.
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A method of providing a tire comprising:
- providing a tire body;
- providing a metal reinforcing strip comprising at least one metal alloy foil layer to provide puncture resistance, wherein the at least one metal alloy foil layer comprises a spinodal glass matrix microconstituent structure characterized by the presence of two or more metal compositions separated into distinct phases with different chemical compositions and the phases include one or more semicrystalline clusters having a largest linear dimension of 2 nm or less and one or more crystalline clusters having a largest linear dimension of greater than 2 nm;
- and
- wherein the metal reinforcing strip is positioned on an inner surface of the tire body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.