Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

The Hoover Comapny

Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited

Bridgestone Corporation

Healthy Gain Investments Limited

Healthy Gain Investment Limited

Richard S Parr

William G Alford

David M Severyn

David W Moine

Ronald J Stephens

Douglas C Barker

Zachary A Sterba

Russell A Moser

Kevin E Scheifele

Paula R Lundgren

Darwin T McKnight

Michael A Durbin

Domenic Giampaolo

Jonathan E Fawcett

Keith A Dumigan

Douglas M Rukavina

Nick M Bosyj

Andrew T Miklic

Charles A Lang

David L O'Neal

David J Boles

Ryan S Steiner

John J Regallis

Jon Irvin Stuckey

Matthew J Archer

Andrew C Budd

William H Theiss, Jr

Justin M Gehres

Erik D Lesco

Timothy T Hertrick

Jason L Williams

Aleksandr Ian Shmagranoff

Paul D Rockwell

Donald R Wright

Shintaro Hayashi

Richard E Corney

Lynn A Frederick

Shiho Kamada

Frank H Copen

Kenneth L Symensma

Stephen P Casteel

Dennis W Snyder

Kevin J Kosmac

Kenneth H Cooper

Kyle W Reed

Michael J Kubiak

Anthony R Marella

Edward L Smeltzer

Dale R Harrigle, Jr

James E Braessler

Frank D Fowler

Gary M Johns

Cara E Adams

Paul J Wischt, Jr

Andrew D Clark

Gregory T Pudloski

Ian T McKenney

Cory Williams

Russ A Moser

Laura J Keiper

Paul E Volkmann

Dawn M Whims

Masato Odakura

Mark R Starosto

A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ring. The non-pneumatic tire further includes support structure extending between the lower ring and the upper ring. The non-pneumatic tire also includes a flexible cover having an annulus shape that covers at least a portion of a first side of the support structure, wherein a lower portion of the flexible cover includes a circumferential projection that projects axially outward relative to a region above the circumferential projection.

Non-pneumatic tire having covers

A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ring. The non-pneumatic tire further includes support structure extending between the lower ring and the upper ring and a tread layer formed of a rubber material. The non-pneumatic tire also has a sidewall formed of the rubber material and extending seamlessly from the tread layer on a first side of the non-pneumatic tire.

Non-pneumatic tire having molded sidewall cover

A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ring. The non-pneumatic tire further includes support structure extending between the lower ring and the upper ring. The non-pneumatic tire also includes an upper sidewall having an annulus shape that covers a portion of a first side of the support structure. The upper sidewall has an inner diameter that is greater than the first diameter.

Non-pneumatic tire having sidewall covers

Tire

Tire sidewall

A tire includes a tread and a narrow, wavy, circumferential groove disposed on the tread, which extend around the tread in a circumferential direction. The narrow, wavy, circumferential groove has a first axial position associated with a minimum axial displacement, a second axial position associated with a maximum axial displacement, and the narrow, wavy, circumferential groove follows a serpentine path between the first and second axial positions. The narrow, wavy, circumferential groove has a first depth and a second depth, the first depth being a minimum narrow, wavy, circumferential groove depth and the second depth being a maximum narrow, wavy, circumferential groove depth. The narrow, wavy, circumferential groove follows a serpentine path between the first and second depths. The first depth of the narrow, wavy, circumferential groove and the second depth of the narrow, wavy, circumferential groove is between 0.10 mm and full tread depth.

Tire with grooves having variable depth

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