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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Applicant:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Inventor:
Ceyhan Celik, Stow, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/12 (2006.01); B60C 7/24 (2006.01); B60C 7/10 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/125 (2013.01); B60C 7/24 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B60C 2007/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wheel and tire assembly includes a plurality of support elements for supporting part of a load of a vehicle and an annular shear band extending circumferentially around the support elements. The band has a radially inner circumferential membrane, a radially outer circumferential membrane, and a shear layer interconnecting the inner membrane and the outer membrane. The shear layer has a plurality of closed cells for controlling shear deflection between the inner membrane and the outer membrane.