Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire/wheel assembly and noise reduction interior member
- Patent Title (中): 轮胎/车轮组件和降噪内饰件
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Application No.: US10542354Application Date: 2004-02-19
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Publication No.: US07475713B2Publication Date: 2009-01-13
- Inventor: Mitsuru Naito , Atsushi Tanno
- Applicant: Mitsuru Naito , Atsushi Tanno
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2003-043901 20030221
- International Application: PCT/JP2004/001910 WO 20040219
- International Announcement: WO2004/074012 WO 20040902
- Main IPC: B60C5/00
- IPC: B60C5/00 ; B60B21/12
Abstract:
A tire/wheel assembly comprising a wheel having a rim, a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim of the wheel and a noise reduction interior member disposed in the cavity of the pneumatic tire. The noise reduction interior member includes left and right elastic rings fitted to the rim and an annular body attached between the elastic rings. The annular body is configured such that an annular cavity portion surrounded by the noise reduction interior member and the pneumatic tire has a cross-sectional area that varies in a circumferential direction of the tire.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060124216A1 Tire/wheel assembly and noise reduction interior member Public/Granted day:2006-06-15
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