Serviceable non-pneumatic tire and wheel assemblies

US11827063B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez · Dearborn, US
• Janice Lisa Tardiff · Plymouth, US
• Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar · Farmington Hills, US
• Adam Wirth · Belleville, US
• David Scott Rohweder · Troy, US
• Robert Henry Camilleri · Grosse Ile Township, US
• Ryan Buttimer · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 2023
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60C7/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel assembly for a non-pneumatic tire includes a wheel including an inboard side, an outboard side, and an outer surface, the outer surface including at least one taper extending from the inboard side to the outboard side, and a locking ring configured to abut against at least one of the inboard side and the outboard side of the wheel and to secure the non-pneumatic tire to the wheel.