公开(公告)号：US20170166018A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US14963746

申请日：2015-12-09

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Daniel Paul Luc Marie HINQUE ,  Gilles BONNET ,  Olivier DI PRIZIO ,  Gauthier PIRET

IPC: B60C23/00

CPC classification number: B60C23/004 ,  B60C23/12 ,  B60S5/043

Abstract: An air maintenance system includes a rotating inner ring associated with a vehicle wheel, a stationary outer ring maintaining a constant angular position, the stationary outer ring including ring segments secured together by a plurality of connecting shafts, an occlusion roller rotationally fixed to the stationary outer ring by a first connecting shaft of the plurality of connecting shafts, the occlusion roller having a protruding portion centered axially at a radially outer surface of the occlusion roller with axially outer portions of the occlusion roller being radially recessed from the protruding portion and supported by bearing surfaces of the rotating inner ring, spacer rollers rotationally fixed to the stationary outer ring by second and third connecting shafts of the plurality of connecting shafts and rotationally supported by the bearing surfaces, and a flexible tube defining a pump cavity, the air maintenance system pumping a fluid from the ambient environment into a pneumatic tire by applying an occluding force against the flexible tube, periodically occluding portions of the pump cavity. The spacer rollers have axially outer surfaces for rotational support by bearing surfaces of the rotating inner ring and a recess centered axially at the outer surface of the spacer rollers for avoiding any contact between the spacer rollers and the flexible tube.

公开(公告)号：US20170305207A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15163075

申请日：2016-05-24

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Francesco SPORTELLI ,  Gilles BONNET ,  Stefan WILMS

IPC: B60C15/06 ,  B60C19/00 ,  B60C15/04 ,  B60C11/00 ,  B60C9/18 ,  B60C9/02 ,  B60C7/24

CPC classification number: B60C15/0632 ,  B60C7/24 ,  B60C9/02 ,  B60C9/18 ,  B60C11/00 ,  B60C15/04 ,  B60C15/0603 ,  B60C15/0628 ,  B60C15/0635 ,  B60C19/002 ,  B60C2001/0058 ,  B60C2015/061 ,  B60C2015/0614

Abstract: A tire has an axis of rotation. The tire includes two inextensible annular bead structures for attachment to a vehicle rim, a carcass-like structure having at least one reinforced ply, the carcass-like structure being wound about the two bead structures, a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass-like structure, and a shear band structure disposed radially between the carcass-like structure and the tread. The two bead structures include at least one layer of a lightweight foam material.

公开(公告)号：US20170297372A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15479568

申请日：2017-04-05

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： William Alain TALBOT ,  Nicolas Charles Louis BILGER ,  Francesco SPORTELLI ,  Samy Laroussi MZABI ,  Clemens Manuel SILL ,  Joseph John KULIG ,  Gilles BONNET ,  Stefan WILMS

IPC: B60C7/10

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire is described that includes a ground contacting annular tread portion, a shear band, wherein the shear band is formed of a first and second inextensible layer, and a low modulus material positioned between the first and second inextensible layer. The non-pneumatic tire further includes a connecting web positioned between a hub and the shear band, wherein the connecting web is formed of one or more spokes extending from an inner ring to an outer ring, wherein the one or more spokes are formed from a material reinforced with a three dimensional spacer structure.

公开(公告)号：US20170144400A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US14950734

申请日：2015-11-24

Applicant: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

Inventor： Gilles BONNET ,  Vaidyanathan SANKAR ,  Phaniraj MUTHIGI ,  Steven Kris Herman LAERMANS ,  David Ray HUBBELL ,  Joseph Henry LACO

IPC: B29D30/70 ,  B29D30/26 ,  B29D30/58 ,  B60C9/02 ,  B60C9/20 ,  B29D30/00 ,  B29D30/30 ,  B29D30/22 ,  B60C9/00

CPC classification number: B29D30/70 ,  B29D30/0005 ,  B29D30/0016 ,  B29D30/22 ,  B29D30/2607 ,  B29D30/30 ,  B29D30/36 ,  B29D30/58 ,  B29D2030/0038 ,  B29D2030/088 ,  B29D2030/3064 ,  B29K2621/00 ,  B29K2677/10 ,  B29K2713/02 ,  B60C9/0028 ,  B60C9/0042 ,  B60C9/02 ,  B60C9/1807 ,  B60C9/2003 ,  B60C15/00 ,  B60C2009/0035

Abstract: A method in accordance with the present invention manufactures a tire with a biaxial monolayer belt component (MBC). The method comprises the steps of: winding a cord continuously about a first drum according to a pre-defined pattern to create a mesh of cords defining a single belt/overlay structure; adjusting the structure to a predetermined position on the first drum by laser lights; applying a tread component to the structure; transferring the structure and tread component to a second drum; applying the structure and tread component to a carcass component on the second drum; reducing pressure of the carcass component by a predetermined amount; and stitching the structure and tread component to the carcass component.