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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
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 7/24 (2006.01); B60B 9/26 (2006.01); B60C 7/14 (2006.01); B60B 1/04 (2006.01); B60B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/24 (2013.01); B60B 9/26 (2013.01); B60C 7/146 (2021.08); B60B 1/0207 (2013.01); B60B 1/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wheel assembly includes a mounting plate for attachment to a rotatable axle; a plurality of friction plates each engaging one of a plurality of parts of a tire assembly; and a plurality of cable members each connecting the mounting plate to the tire assembly such that each cable member extends radially outward through a first hole in one of the friction plates and radially inward through a second hole in the one friction plate to form a loop about the one friction plate and the one part of the plurality of parts of the tire assembly.