US 11,807,052 B2
Tire tread with a band layer
Adam K Nesbitt, Akron, OH (US); Jared J. Griebel, Orange Village, OH (US); Brandon P. Nelson, Stow, OH (US); Benjamin E. Rimai, Copley, OH (US); and Bradley S. Plotner, Canton, OH (US)
Assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Appl. No. 17/417,884
Filed by Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/012150
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/142665, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,681, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072906 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 7/10 (2006.01); B29D 30/02 (2006.01); B29D 30/58 (2006.01); B60C 7/22 (2006.01); B60C 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 7/102 (2013.01) [B29D 30/02 (2013.01); B29D 30/58 (2013.01); B60C 7/22 (2013.01); B60C 7/146 (2021.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-pneumatic tire comprising:
an inner ring having an axis of rotation;
an outer ring coaxial with the inner ring;
support structure extending from the inner ring to the outer ring; and
a circumferential tread extending about the outer ring, the circumferential tread including a seamless cylinder constructed of a solid, metallic material extending across a width of the tread and a tread rubber layer directly attached to the seamless cylinder, wherein the seamless cylinder has a diameter between 20-50 inches and a thickness between 0.010 inches and 0.300 inches.