AIR MAINTENANCE PUMPING ASSEMBLY AND TIRE

A tire assembly includes a cured tire having a tire cavity and first and second sidewalls extending respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region, the first sidewall having at least one bending region operatively bending within a rolling tire footprint and a sidewall gr...

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Main Author LOSEY Robert Allen
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.03.2017
Subjects
DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE
REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL
TRANSPORTING
TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING
TYRE INFLATION
VEHICLE TYRES
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
WORKING OF PLASTICS
WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Summary:A tire assembly includes a cured tire having a tire cavity and first and second sidewalls extending respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region, the first sidewall having at least one bending region operatively bending within a rolling tire footprint and a sidewall groove cut into the cured tire and defined by straight sidewalls and a semicircular bottom positioned within the bending region of the first tire sidewall, the sidewall groove deforming, segment by segment, between a non-deformed state and a deformed, constricted state in response to the deformation of the bending region when adjacent the rolling tire footprint of the tire.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514870916