Patent · US Expired

Method and device for influencing the traction of automobile tires as well as suitable automobile tires for this method

US6505506B1 · kind B1 · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

Continental AG · DE

Inventors

Hans-Bernd Hellweg · Seelze, DE
Michael Gilnz · Neustadt, DE
Günter Homt · Garbsen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 3, 2000
Grant date	Jan 14, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T8/56
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for influencing traction of motor vehicle tires made from polymer materials which are mounted and in the operating/driving state, in particular, pneumatic tires for motor vehicles, wherein an ionized gas (plasma) is generated in the vicinity of the surface of the rolling tire that is in the operating state, and wherein the ionized gas is conveyed onto a region of the surface in such a way that the ionized gas acts upon the respective surface region before said surface region rolls into the road contact surface region of the tire.

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