Tire with inner surface provided with a nanostructure
US8215349B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T152/10738
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to automobile tires or tire assemblies or parts thereof suitable for being balanced by introduction therein of a thixrotropic balancing gel, wherein surfaces of the tire or tire assembly or part thereof which are intended to be in contact with the balancing gel are provided with a surface nanostructure with an average surface roughness in the range of 1-1000 nm. The surface nanostructure will enable the thixotropic balancing gel to move to the location, where it balances the tire, significantly quicker than if the surface in question did not have the surface nanostructure.
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