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Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2019
Applicant:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);

Inventor:

Ceyhan Celik, Stow, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/24 (2006.01); B60B 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/24 (2013.01); B60B 9/26 (2013.01); B60B 2310/211 (2013.01); B60B 2900/313 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wheel assembly includes a hub for attachment to a rotatable axle, a plurality of first friction plates each engaging a first surface of one part of a plurality of parts of a tire assembly, a plurality of second friction plates each engaging a second surface of the one part of a plurality of parts of a tire assembly, the second surface being radially opposite the first surface, and a plurality of radial cable members each connecting the hub to the tire assembly such that each radial cable member extends radially away from the hub, bends circumferentially adjacent a corresponding second friction plate, bends radially outward and back circumferentially adjacent a corresponding first friction plate, and radially inward to a first point of intersection with the same radial cable member.


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