Patent · US Expired

Tire having annular reinforcing structure and compressed rubber hoop

US4091856A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
5References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateSep 1, 1976
Grant dateMay 30, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 1, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T152/1081
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tire, which can be solid or pneumatic, which has an elastomeric tread portion, an inextensible annular reinforcing structure beneath the tread and a hoop of rubber inwardly of the reinforcing structure. The hoop of rubber is held in a state of compression in the unloaded and, if the tire is pneumatic, uninflated state of the tire by the annular reinforcing structure.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.