Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire with pre-stressed toroidal element
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Application No.: US14662747Application Date: 2015-03-19
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Publication No.: US10052919B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Robert Asper , Sharon Reinhardt
- Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TN Nashville
- Assignee: BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee: BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Nashville
- Agency: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- Main IPC: B60C7/10
- IPC: B60C7/10 ; B60C7/22 ; B60C7/24 ; B60C17/00 ; B60B9/00 ; B60C15/00 ; B60C15/02 ; B29D30/02 ; B29D30/30 ; B29D30/32 ; B29D30/36 ; B60B25/00 ; B60C7/14 ; B60C9/02 ; B60C7/26 ; B29D30/20

Abstract:
A tire includes at least one body defining a plurality of body ply layers, and a toroidal element located between the body ply layers. The toroidal element includes inner and outer regions formed by the body ply layers, and a central region formed by an inner rubber component located between the body ply layers. At least a portion of the central region is more elastic than the inner and outer regions. The toroidal element includes a first sidewall portion extending along at least a portion of the first sidewall region of the tire, and a second sidewall portion extending along at least a portion of the second sidewall region of the tire. The toroidal element is pre-stressed such that the first sidewall portion of the toroidal element exerts a first axially outward force, and such that the second sidewall portion of the toroidal element exerts a second axially outward force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150283857A1 Tire With Pre-Stressed Toroidal Element Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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