Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auto-balancing tire
- Patent Title (中): 自动平衡轮胎
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Application No.: US12908023Application Date: 2010-10-20
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Publication No.: US08397771B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: René Bormann
- Applicant: René Bormann
- Applicant Address: US OH Akron
- Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Current Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Akron
- Agent Richard B. O'Planick
- Main IPC: B60C15/00
- IPC: B60C15/00 ; B60C15/04

Abstract:
A pneumatic radial tire includes a carcass, opposing bead portions, a carcass reinforcing ply extending between the bead portions, and opposing bead cores situated within respective opposing bead portions. An annular hollow tube member is situated within a bead portion, the tube member containing within a tube internal passageway a viscous fluid and a plurality of spherical balls within the viscous fluid. The spherical balls are dimensioned and sized to freely move circumferentially about the tube passageway. The balancing bodies operationally reposition within the tube passageway to cancel imbalance effects within a running wheel assembly including the tire. The tube member may be located in a tire apex member or form a tire bead core within the tire bead portion with carcass reinforcing ply endings surrounding the tube member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120097299A1 AUTO-BALANCING TIRE Public/Granted day:2012-04-26
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