Tension-based non-pneumatic tire

US10710411B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ali Manesh · Chicago, US
• Mike Tercha · Wausau, US
• Brian Anderson · Wausau, US
• Karen Schlei · Wausau, US
• Brian Meliska · Weston, US
• Louis J. Stark · Kronenwetter, US
• Benjamin D. Knospe · Merrill, US
• Glenn Howland · Kronenwetter, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 31, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T152/10378
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A non-pneumatic tire includes an inner ring having an axis of rotation, a deformable outer ring, and a web extending between the inner ring and the deformable outer ring. The tire further includes a pair of sidewalls disposed at opposite ends of the non-pneumatic tire and covering the web.