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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Mitsuru Naito, Hiratsuka, JP;
Atsushi Tanno, Hiratsuka, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuru Naito, Hiratsuka, JP;
Atsushi Tanno, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 5/00 (2006.01); B60B 21/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tire/wheel assembly comprising a wheel having a rim, a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim of the wheel and a noise reduction interior member disposed in the cavity of the pneumatic tire. The noise reduction interior member includes left and right elastic rings fitted to the rim and an annular body attached between the elastic rings. The annular body is configured such that an annular cavity portion surrounded by the noise reduction interior member and the pneumatic tire has a cross-sectional area that varies in a circumferential direction of the tire.