Tire with embedded current collector
US4014418A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 1974 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60L2200/26
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A current-collecting elastic tire for a vehicle in which a plurality of electrodes of conductive material are continuously or discontinuously embedded in the tire body in the circumferential direction of the tire tread portion, and these electrodes are exposed at one end thereof from the tire tread surface and connected electrically at the other end thereof to the vehicle by electrical wiring so that external electric current can be collected by the tire.
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