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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Robert W. Asper, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC., Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/10 (2006.01); B60B 9/12 (2006.01); B60C 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/10 (2013.01); B60B 9/12 (2013.01); B60C 7/14 (2013.01); B60B 2900/311 (2013.01); B60C 2007/107 (2013.04); B60C 2007/146 (2013.04);
Abstract
An airless tire has a wheel portion and a webbing extending from the wheel portion towards an axis of rotation of the airless tire. The stiffness of the webbing varies along an axial direction of the airless tire. The diameter of an annular outer surface of the wheel portion varies along an axial direction of the airless tire.