Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd

Seung Ryeol Kim

Jeong Mu Heo

Sung Hee Youn

Seok Ju Choi

Myong Joong Lee

Tek Jin Nam

Se Yeong Kim

Oo Sung Son

Dong Hyeok Yun

Kwang Eun Park

Daniel Saakes

Gi Tae Koo

Jeong Yeon Lee

Yea Kyung Row

The disclosed technology generally relates to a tire and more particularly to a non-pneumatic tire. The non-pneumatic tire that has maneuverability similar to a pneumatic tire even without using air pressure, and can support the load of a vehicle and can guide performance-oriented tire deformation behavior by using a meta structure. In an aspect, a non-pneumatic tire includes a tread that comes in contact with the ground, a rim that is connected with an axle, and a spoke unit that serves as a structural support between the rim and the tread, in which the spoke unit is formed in a meta structure in which unit structures are repeated.

Non-pneumatic tire

The disclosed technology generally relates to a tire, and more particularly to a non-pneumatic tire that has handling performance similar to a pneumatic tire, supports the load of a vehicle and improves riding comfort by employing a parametric structure. In one aspect, a non-pneumatic tire includes a tread that comes in contact with the ground, a rim that is connected with an axle, and a spoke unit that functions as a structural support between the rim and the tread, in which the spoke unit is formed by circularly arranging spokes. The spokes have a single closed-loop longitudinal cross-section circumscribed to the rim and around the center of the tire.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Seung Ryeol Kim