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US 9,662,939 B2Granted
Tension-based non-pneumatic tire
AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorsAli Manesh, Michael John Tercha, Brian Meliska, Fidelis Ceranski, Glenn Howland, Louie Stark, Karen Hauch, Todd Petersen
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Abstract
A non-pneumatic tire for supporting a load by working in tension. The tire can comprise a generally annular inner ring, a generally annular outer ring, and a web having a plurality of web elements. The tire can further comprise a layer or layers fabric material acting as a bonding agent to bond tire components together.
Claims20
A non-pneumatic tire for supporting a load comprising:
- a generally annular inner ring having an axis of rotation;
- a deformable generally annular outer ring comprising a first flowable material and having a radially innermost surface and a radially outermost surface;
- a flexible web extending between the inner and the outer ring, the web comprising tension members coupled to the radially innermost surface of the outer ring;
- a cured tread carrying layer comprised of a second flowable material and having a radially innermost surface and a radially outermost surface, the radially innermost surface of the tread carrying layer extending continuously in a circumferential direction of the tire;
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- a layer of fabric material having a radially innermost surface coupled to the radially outermost surface of the outer ring and a radially outermost surface coupled to the radially innermost surface of the cured tread carrying layer, wherein the layer of fabric material secures the first flowable material to the second flowable material of the cured tread carrying layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.