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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Inventors:
Ceyhan Celik, Stow, OH (US);
Steven Amos Edwards, Akron, OH (US);
George Michael Stoila, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Michael James Hogan, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/26 (2006.01); B60B 3/10 (2006.01); B60B 25/00 (2006.01); B60C 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/26 (2013.01); B60B 3/10 (2013.01); B60B 25/002 (2013.01); B60B 2320/10 (2013.01); B60B 2360/10 (2013.01); B60B 2900/311 (2013.01); B60C 7/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wheel assembly includes a first rim piece for engaging a rotatable axle; and a second rim piece for engaging the rotatable axle. The first rim piece has axially extending curved friction plates for engaging a first side of a spoke structure of a tire. Axially outer ends of the friction plates engage axially extending lugs of the second rim piece to form a single split wheel assembly.