NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH GEODESIC PLY & BEAD

• US 20190329592A1
• Filed: 05/09/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• Original Assignee: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• Inventors: BENZING, II, James Alfred
• Application Number:
  US16/407,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20190329592A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 7/00 Non-inflatable or solid tyres B60C1/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 7/14 using springs
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 7/146 extending substantially radially, e.g. like spokes
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 7/22 having inlays other than for increasing resiliency, e.g. for armouring

Abstract

A non-pneumatic tire is described which includes a ground contacting annular tread portion, a shear band, and a reinforcement structure positioned radially inward of the tread. The reinforcement structure is formed from a plurality of strips, wherein each strip has a first end located radially outward of the shear band and a second end secured to a bead, wherein the plurality of strips do not extend completely across the annular tread portion.

Claims

What. What is claimed:

1-17. -17. (canceled)

1. A non-pneumatic tire comprising:

a ground contacting annular tread portion;

a shear band; and

a reinforcement structure positioned radially inward of the tread,

said reinforcement structure formed of a plurality of strips, each of said strip having a first end, a body, and a second end, wherein the first end extends radially inward of the tread, and said body is looped about a bead, and the second end is located adjacent the first end.

2. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 wherein the first and second ends are positioned between the tread and the shear band.

3. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 wherein the first and second ends are positioned between a first and second reinforcement layer of the shear band.

4. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 wherein the first and second ends of the right side overlap with a first and second end of the left side.

5. The non-pneumatic tire of claim 1 wherein the first and second ends extend across the full axial width of the shear band.

18. A non-pneumatic tire comprising:

a ground contacting annular tread portion;

a shear band; and

a reinforcement structure positioned radially inward of the tread, said reinforcement structure formed of a plurality of strips, each of said strip having a first end, a body, and a second end, wherein the first end extends radially inward of the tread, and said body is looped about a bead, and the second end is located adjacent the first end.