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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Taehwa Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Masaki Nakaoka, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Danil V. Prokhorov, Canton, MI (US);
Assignees:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 19/00 (2006.01); B60B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 19/002 (2013.01); B60B 21/026 (2013.01); B60B 2900/133 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sound-absorbing device includes a resonator. The resonator includes a flexible, tube-shaped resonator body having a first end, a second end, and a channel fluidically connecting the first end and the second end. The resonator body is wrapped completely around a hub of a vehicle wheel at least one time and is configured to absorb sound produced within a cavity of a tire of the vehicle wheel.