Patents Represented by Attorney F. Pincelli
  • Patent number: 4054168
    Abstract: A fluid-containing bag of sheet material mounted on the radially inner surface of a stabilizer ring as by an adhesive or metal clips for retaining fluid during normal inflated operation of the tire and releasing the fluid in response to rotation of the tire tread portion in engagement with the radially outer surface of the stabilizer ring. The fluid may be released by an increase in temperature softening a plug in the wall or the adhesive in a seam between walls of the bag. The fluid may also be released by the rupture of a flexible tube extending from the bag to the radially outer surface of the stabilizer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1977
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Roger N. Beers, Marvin T. Conger