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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2013
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Habay-la-Neuve, BE;
Anne Therese Peronnet-Paquin, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, LU;
Edwin Deerenberg, Ettelbruck, LU;
Yannick Raymond Georges Haegel, Villeneuve d'ascq, FR;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A pneumatic tire comprises a sidewall, an annular tire cavity, and a hydraulic actuator connected to the sidewall inside the annular tire cavity, wherein the hydraulic actuator has a flexible reservoir for containing a hydraulic fluid, and an opening allowing hydraulic fluid to enter the reservoir and to exit the reservoir. Further, the hydraulic actuator comprises a lever arm connected to the sidewall and holding the flexible reservoir between the lever arm and the sidewall, wherein the lever arm comprises a fluid channel allowing hydraulic fluid to flow from the reservoir through the opening out of the lever arm.