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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Jon I. Stuckey, Uniontown, OH (US);
Bradley S. Plotner, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 19/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A noise damper includes an open cell foam having a circumferential first tier and an interposed circumferential second tier including blocks and voids. The first tier has a radial height that is 3.0-8.0% of a section height and a first axial width. The second tier has a radial height that is 3.0-12.0% of a section height and a second axial width. The blocks span 10-30% of the second tier's inner circumference and the voids span 70-90% of the second tier's inner circumference.