Fiat Auto S.p.a.

Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.a.

Giovanni Monfrino

Stefano Re Fiorentin

Mario Palazzetti

An airless vehicle tire, in particular for road vehicles, has a tread, which rolls on a road surface, and a reinforcing strip made of elastomeric material and for reinforcing the tread; the reinforcing strip being located inwards of the tread, being connected integrally to the tread, and having a number of adjacent blocks movable with respect to one another, and a circumferential forcing device for exerting force and a circumferential preload on the blocks.

Airless vehicle tyre, in particular for road vehicles

A tire () for vehicles, which does not require pressurization by means of a pressurized fluid, has a tread (), two sidewalls (), and two beads () attached to a wheel rim () and made of elastomer material; the tire is provided with at least one tubular reinforcement body () which is associated with the tread; each of the sidewalls have a respective homogeneous resilient annular membrane ().

Tyre for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles

A tire for vehicles which does not require pressurization by means of a pressurized fluid has a tread, two sidewalls, and two beads which are attached to a wheel rim made of elastomer material, and is provided with at least one tubular reinforcement body which is associated with the tread; each of the sidewalls having a respective homogeneous resilient annular membrane, a straight generatrix of which forms an angle (A) other than 90&#xb0; with the axis of the tire; the membranes being stretched radially between the tread and the beads such as to be pre-tensioned in the absence of external loads acting on the tire.

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Moncalieri, Italy

Giovanni Monfrino