Structurally supported tire
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsJames Alfred Benzing, II, Daniel Ray Downing, Joseph Carmine Lettieri
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Abstract
A structurally supported tire includes a ground contacting annular tread portion, an annular hoop structure for supporting a load on the tire, a means for attachment to a vehicle rim, and a ply structure secured to a first axial limit and extending radially outward and between the hoop structure and the tread portion and further extending radially inward from between the hoop structure and tread portion to a second axial limit. The ply structure is secured to both the first axial limit and the second axial limit. The tread portion is secured to a radially outer surface of the ply structure. The hoop structure is secured to a radially inner surface of the ply structure.
Claims14
A structurally supported tire comprising
- a ground contacting annular tread portion;
- an annular hoop structure for supporting a load on the tire;
- a clamp for attachment to a vehicle rim;
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- a ply structure secured to a first axial limit and extending radially outward and between the hoop structure and the tread portion and further extending radially inward from between the hoop structure and tread portion to a second axial limit, the ply structure being secured to both the first axial limit and the second axial limit, the tread portion being secured to a radially outer surface of the ply structure, the hoop structure being secured to a radially inner surface of the ply structure, the ply structure consists of one single sheet of material extending repeatedly between the vehicle rim and adjacent the hoop structure.
A structurally supported tire and rim assembly comprising
- a ground contacting annular tread portion;
- an annular hoop structure for supporting a load on a tire;
- a clamp for attachment to a vehicle rim;
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- a ply structure secured to a first axial limit of the vehicle rim and extending radially outward to adjacent the hoop structure and further extending radially inward from adjacent the hoop structure to a second axial limit of the vehicle rim, the ply structure being secured to both the first axial limit of the vehicle rim and the second axial limit of the vehicle rim, the tread portion being secured proximate the hoop structure, the ply structure consisting of one single sheet of material extending between the vehicle rim and adjacent the hoop structure.
A structurally supported tire comprising
- a ground contacting annular tread portion;
- an annular hoop structure for supporting a load on a tire;
- a clamp for attachment to a vehicle rim;
- a ply structure secured to a first axial limit and extending radially outward to adjacent the hoop structure and further extending radially inward from adjacent the hoop structure to a second axial limit, the ply structure being secured to both the first axial limit and the second axial limit, the ply structure consists of one single sheet of material extending between the vehicle rim and adjacent the hoop structure;
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- an adjustment mechanism for varying an axial distance between the first axial limit and the second axial limit, the tread portion being secured proximate the hoop structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.