公开(公告)号：US20230144443A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17522000

申请日：2021-11-09

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Christopher Dean Fenstermaker ,  Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala ,  Michael Joseph Durr ,  Wesley Glenn Sigler

IPC: B60B3/16 ,  B60C7/26 ,  B60B9/26 ,  B60B3/10

CPC classification number: B60B3/16 ,  B60C7/26 ,  B60B9/26 ,  B60B3/10 ,  B60B2320/10

Abstract: A wheel assembly for a tire includes a circular hub member for securing to a rotatable axle of a vehicle, an annular first rim piece for engaging the tire, the first rim piece being secured to a first axial end of the circular hub member, an annular second rim piece for engaging the tire, the second rim piece being secured to an opposite second axial end of the circular hub member, a plurality of cylindrical bolts for engaging both the first rim piece and the second rim piece, the cylindrical bolts each engaging the first rim piece, the second rim piece, and a spoke structure of the tire; and a threaded tension bolt for varying a radial position of a first axial end of one of the cylindrical bolts relative to a first elongate opening of the first rim piece.

公开(公告)号：US11794513B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17522000

申请日：2021-11-09

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Christopher Dean Fenstermaker ,  Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala ,  Michael Joseph Durr ,  Wesley Glenn Sigler

IPC: B60B3/16 ,  B60C7/26 ,  B60B3/10

CPC classification number: B60B3/16 ,  B60B3/10 ,  B60C7/26 ,  B60B2320/10

Abstract: A wheel assembly for a tire includes a circular hub member for securing to a rotatable axle of a vehicle, an annular first rim piece for engaging the tire, the first rim piece being secured to a first axial end of the circular hub member, an annular second rim piece for engaging the tire, the second rim piece being secured to an opposite second axial end of the circular hub member, a plurality of cylindrical bolts for engaging both the first rim piece and the second rim piece, the cylindrical bolts each engaging the first rim piece, the second rim piece, and a spoke structure of the tire; and a threaded tension bolt for varying a radial position of a first axial end of one of the cylindrical bolts relative to a first elongate opening of the first rim piece.

公开(公告)号：US20230141345A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US18048194

申请日：2022-10-20

Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inventor： Wesley Glenn Sigler ,  Nathan Edward Yensho ,  Ann Elizabeth Myers ,  Andrew James Miller ,  Christopher Dean Fenstermaker ,  Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala ,  Md Atiqur Rahman Bhuiyan

IPC: B60C7/14

CPC classification number: B60C7/146 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly which includes a wheel, and a spoke ring structure having an inner ring that is mounted on an outer surface of the wheel. The spoke ring structure has a plurality of spoke members, and an outer tread ring is mounted on the outer circumference of the spoke ring.