The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

William Alain Talbot

Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque

Paul Welbes

Annette Lechtenboehmer

Jason Mark Middelberg

Christian Jean-Marie Kaes

Gilles Bonnet

Joseph John Kulig

Anne Therese Peronnet-Paquin

Manuela Pompei

Olivier Di Prizio

Robert Edward Lionetti

Luisa Fernanda Munoz Mejia

Francesco Sportelli

Bodo Ahrens

Yannick Raymond Georges Haegel

Gauthier Piret

Jérôme Joel Daniel Delville

Ralph Damon Ring

Georges Koster

Eric Engeldinger

Philippe Schmit

Clemens Manuel Sill

Samy Laroussi Mzabi

Stefan Wilms

Gilles Reichling

Nicolas Charles Louis Bilger

Nicolas Soultis

Patrice Jacques Omont

Yannick Haegel

Jerome Delville

A non-pneumatic tire is described that includes a ground contacting annular tread portion, a shear band, wherein the shear band is formed of a first and second inextensible layer, and a low modulus material positioned between the first and second inextensible layer. The non-pneumatic tire further includes a connecting web positioned between a hub and the shear band, wherein the connecting web is formed of one or more spokes extending from an inner ring to an outer ring, wherein the one or more spokes are formed from a material reinforced with a three dimensional spacer structure.

Non-pneumatic tire

The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising a tread, the tread comprising a rubber composition comprising from 30 to 80 phr of a styrene-butadiene rubber having a Tg ranging from &#x2212;70 C to &#x2212;40 C, from 10 to 50 phr of a high vinyl polybutadiene having a Tg ranging from &#x2212;40 C to &#x2212;5 C and has an isomeric vinyl 1,2 content in a range of from 50 to 90 percent by weight, and from 10 to 30 phr of a natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene, silica, a blocked mercaptosilane, a traction resin, and liquid plasticizer selected from the group consisting of a low molecular weight polybutadiene functionalized with a hydroxyl functional group and sunflower oil.

Pneumatic tire

A pneumatic tire assembly includes a tire having a pneumatic cavity and a filter disposed between the pneumatic cavity and atmosphere. The filter is constructed of a hydrophobic material for avoiding all liquid adhesion. First and second sidewalls extend respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region. The first sidewall has at least one bending region operatively bending when radially within a rolling tire footprint. A sidewall groove is defined by groove walls positioned within the bending region of the first tire sidewall. The sidewall groove deforms segment by segment between a non-deformed state and a deformed, constricted state in response to bending of the bending region of the first sidewall while radially within the rolling tire footprint.

Filter for a pneumatic tire

A self-inflating tire assembly includes an air tube connected to a tire and defining an air passageway, the air tube being composed of a flexible material operative to allow an air tube segment opposite a tire footprint to flatten, closing the passageway, and resiliently unflatten into an original configuration. The air tube is sequentially flattened by the tire footprint in a direction opposite to a tire direction of rotation to pump air along the passageway to a regulator device. The regulator device regulates the inlet air flow to the air tube and the outlet air flow to the tire cavity.

Self-inflating tire with inlet control valve

The invention relates to an air compressor mountable in an annular tire cavity of a pneumatic tire. The compressor comprises an air inlet, an air outlet, and a body in which are formed a blind hole having a sidewall and a compression chamber in fluid communication with the air inlet and the air outlet. Further, the tire comprises a compression piston configured for reciprocating in the compression chamber for providing compressed air to the tire cavity through the air outlet, and a hydraulic fluid passage for providing hydraulic fluid into the blind hole, as well as a guiding piston configured for reciprocating in the blind hole in sealed contact with the sidewall and for guiding a reciprocating movement of the body relative to the compression piston. The invention further relates to a tire assembly comprising a tire and the compressor.

Compressor for a self-inflating pneumatic tire

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Bastogne, Belgium

William Alain Talbot