Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Post-cure run-flat and/or noise reduction apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
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Application No.: US16311314Application Date: 2017-07-06
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Publication No.: US11648807B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: James M. Kirby , David J. Zemla , Bradley S. Plotner
- 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
- Agent Shaun J. Fox; Alan M. Weisberg
- International Application: PCT/US2017/040824 2017.07.06
- International Announcement: WO2018/009607A 2018.01.11
- Date entered country: 2018-12-19
- Main IPC: B60C17/00
- IPC: B60C17/00 ; B60C17/06 ; B29D30/00 ; B29D30/72 ; B60C5/00

Abstract:
A motor vehicle tire is disclosed with a pair of post-cure run-flat inserts, each of the pair of post-cure run-flat inserts is disposed within a tire cavity between a shoulder region and a respective upper sidewall region of the tire. The tire further includes a cylindrical sidewall defining an interior cylindrical cavity, each of the cylindrical sidewall and the interior cylindrical cavity extending 360 degrees about a rotational axis of the tire, the cylindrical sidewall having an exterior surface contacting a radially inner surface of an inner liner between the shoulder region and the respective upper sidewall region during a normal inflation condition of the tire.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190232732A1 POST-CURE RUN-FLAT AND/OR NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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