Woven Patents (Class 152/250)
  • Patent number: 8931531
    Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a plurality of springs. Each spring includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and an arching middle portion. Each spring is interwoven with at least one other spring thereby forming a toroidal structure extending about an entire circumference of the non-pneumatic tire. The toroidal structure is at least partially coated with an elastomer. One end portion of at least one spring is secured to a first bead spring adjacent a rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: James Benedict Kubeck, James Christopher Kish, Wesley Glen Sigler
  • Publication number: 20140110028
    Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a plurality of springs. Each spring comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and an arching middle portion. Each spring is interwoven with at least one other spring thereby forming a toroidal structure extending about an entire circumference of the non-pneumatic tire. The toroidal structure is at least partially coated with an elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: James Alfred Benzing, II
  • Patent number: 8662122
    Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a plurality of springs. Each spring comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and an arching middle portion. Each spring is interwoven with at least one other spring thereby forming a toroidal structure extending about an entire circumference of the non-pneumatic tire. The toroidal structure is at least partially coated with an elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: James Alfred Benzing, II
  • Patent number: 8141606
    Abstract: A tire includes a plurality of helical springs. Each helical spring includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and an arching middle portion. Each helical spring is interlaced with at least one other helical spring thereby forming a laced toroidal structure extending about an entire circumference of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: James Alfred Benzing, II, James Christopher Kish, Vivake Manohar Asnani
  • Patent number: 5236027
    Abstract: The improved wheel assembly includes a hub member having a cylindrical casing with an axial bore adapted to receive the end of a wheel axle, and a plurality of threaded bolts which threadably engage conventional lug nuts; a tubeless, airless tire member having three continuous supporting belts, a plurality of reverse inclined Z-shaped supporting rods connected to each other and to each supporting belt, and a transverse central opening adapted to receive the hub; and an annular cap member adapted to engage the outer periphery of the central opening of the tire member and to receive the bolts of the hub member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Inventor: Tsai-Chuan Lu