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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2020
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Richard S. Parr, Canton, OH (US);
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ring. The non-pneumatic tire further includes support structure extending between the lower ring and the upper ring. The non-pneumatic tire also includes a flexible cover having an annulus shape that covers at least a portion of a first side of the support structure, wherein a lower portion of the flexible cover includes a circumferential projection that projects axially outward relative to a region above the circumferential projection.