Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spherical wheel/tire assembly
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Application No.: US15708233Application Date: 2017-09-19
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Publication No.: US10308134B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Sebastien Willy Fontaine , Frederic Ngo , Armand René Gabriel Leconte , Stéphane Laurent Claude Bokken , Claude Ernest Felix Boes
- Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Applicant Address: US OH Akron
- Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Current Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Akron
- Agent Robert N. Lipcsik
- Main IPC: B60L13/10
- IPC: B60L13/10 ; C08G77/26 ; C08C19/22 ; B60C19/00 ; B60C1/00 ; B60C11/00 ; B60C7/10

Abstract:
A support assembly for a vehicle travels along a road surface and rotates relative to the road surface and the vehicle. The first support assembly includes a spherical tread layer for contacting the road surface, a foam layer adjacent the spherical tread layer, the foam layer including adjustable elements for altering an outer physical contour of the spherical tread layer, the outer physical contour contacting the road surface, a spherical wheel/tire for supporting the spherical tread layer and the vehicle, and a drive system magnetically driving rotation of the spherical wheel/tire relative to the vehicle such that no portion of the spherical tread layer physically contacts the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180251040A1 SPHERICAL WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2018-09-06
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