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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Santo A. Padula, II, Valley City, OH (US);
James Benzing, Cleveland, OH (US);
Vivake M. Asnani, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/20 (2006.01); B60C 7/06 (2006.01); C22F 1/00 (2006.01); C22C 19/03 (2006.01); C22C 20/00 (2006.01); C22C 5/02 (2006.01); C22C 30/02 (2006.01); C22C 13/00 (2006.01); C22C 18/02 (2006.01); C22C 5/04 (2006.01); C22C 9/05 (2006.01); C22C 30/00 (2006.01); C22C 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/20 (2013.01); B60C 7/06 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/80 (2013.01); C22C 5/02 (2013.01); C22C 5/04 (2013.01); C22C 9/05 (2013.01); C22C 13/00 (2013.01); C22C 18/02 (2013.01); C22C 19/03 (2013.01); C22C 20/00 (2013.01); C22C 27/02 (2013.01); C22C 30/00 (2013.01); C22C 30/02 (2013.01); C22F 1/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire includes a plurality of SMA springs. Each SMA spring includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and an arching middle portion. Each SMA spring is interlaced with at least one other SMA spring thereby forming a laced toroidal structure extending about an entire circumference of the tire.