Method and device for adapting tires of a means of locomotion to given travel situations
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1. A method for adapting tires of a motor-driven means of locomotion to given travel situations, comprising the step of selectively changing the shape of at least one tire (14) during a journey as a function of the travel situation.
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A method for adapting tires (14) of an, in particular, motor-driven means of locomotion to given travel situations, in particular of a passenger car, of a lorry or the like. The shape of at least one tire (14), preferably of a plurality of tires (14) or of all the tires (14), is changed selectively, and preferably automatically, during the journey as a function of the travel situation.
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- 1. A method for adapting tires of a motor-driven means of locomotion to given travel situations, comprising the step of selectively changing the shape of at least one tire (14) during a journey as a function of the travel situation.
- 9. A means of locomotion having a tire (14) which can be deformed as a function of a travel situation in order to adapt tires of a motor-driven means of locomotion to given travel situations so as to selectively change the shape of the tire (14) during a journey as a function of the travel situation, wherein the means of locomotion comprises an open-loop and/or closed-loop control device by means of which the shape of the tire (14) can be adapted to the travel situation.
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