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Method and device for adapting tires of a means of locomotion to given travel situations

  • US 7,743,653 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2007
  • Issued: 06/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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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, wherein:

  • the shape of the at least one tire (14) is changed by performing open-loop and/or closed-loop control of shape-changing means (18) which are assigned to the at least one tire (14), and on which the open-loop and/or closed-loop control is performed electronically, andthe shape-changing means on which the open-loop and/or closed-loop control is performed have traction means (20) that act on the at least one tire (14) and with which traction forces, by means of which sidewalls (14a, 14b) of the at least one tire (14) are moved towards one another, are generated as a function of the travel situation.

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