Two-piece tire
US8082963B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T152/10765
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A two-piece tire assembly with a removable tread belt for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass is provided. The inner surface of the tread belt follows a non-linear, preferably arcuate profile with a radius of curvature R across the tread belt wherein the distance DL as measured from the axis of rotation to the inner surface of the tread belt extends a distance DO at the equatorial plane and curves radially inwardly to a distance DE at each belt edge such that DE≦0.9*DO.
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