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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Enve Composites, Llc, Ogden, UT (US);
Inventors:
Brett Satterthwaite, Ogden, UT (US);
Elias Harik, Ogden, UT (US);
Assignee:
ENVE Composites, LLC, Ogden, UT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 5/02 (2006.01); B60B 21/00 (2006.01); B60B 21/04 (2006.01); B60B 21/02 (2006.01); B60B 21/10 (2006.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B60B 21/06 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/32 (2006.01); B29K 621/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 5/02 (2013.01); B60B 21/00 (2013.01); B60B 21/025 (2013.01); B60B 21/04 (2013.01); B60B 21/10 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29C 70/865 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0872 (2013.01); B29K 2621/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/32 (2013.01); B60B 21/062 (2013.01); B60B 21/106 (2013.01); B60B 2360/3416 (2013.01); B60B 2900/131 (2013.01);
Abstract
A impact resistant rim is configured to soften or minimize an impact, thereby reducing the risk of pinching or otherwise flattening the tire and/or damaging the rim. This impact resistant rim further reduces the effects of an impact by maintaining the integrity of the rim during and following the impact. In this rim design, a shock absorbing cord is inlaid, molded, an/or otherwise embedded inside opposing leading edges of the rim. The shock absorbing cord is designed to elastically and/or plastically deform during an impact.