US 12,214,682 B2
Tire/wheel assembly and tire
Isao Kuwayama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/628,568
Filed by BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/028512
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/015258, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-137244 (JP), filed on Jul. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258623 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/12 (2019.01); B60B 21/12 (2006.01); B60C 13/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/12 (2019.02) [B60B 21/12 (2013.01); B60C 13/00 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); B60B 2360/00 (2013.01); B60C 2013/007 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tire/wheel assembly comprising:
a wheel comprising a disk and a rim;
wherein the wheel includes a power reception device attached to an outer peripheral surface of the rim to receive electric power supplied wirelessly from farther outward in a radial direction of the wheel than the rim; and
a tire attached so as to cover an outer peripheral surface of the wheel and comprising a tread portion and a pair of sidewall portions;
wherein a gauge of the sidewall portions is 1.5 mm or more,
the tread portion is formed only of a non-magnetic material and the pair of the sidewall portions comprises a magnetic material,
the tire/wheel assembly further comprises a relay coil disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the rim,
the rim comprises a through hole for wiring that electrically connects the power reception device and the relay coil to transmit the electric power received by the power reception device to the relay coil,
the relay coil is configured to transmit the electric power inward in the radial direction of the wheel, and
the wheel further includes an internal power reception coil positioned inward of the relay coil in the radial direction of the wheel, the internal power reception coil being configured to receive the electric power supplied wirelessly from the relay coil.