US 11,958,260 B2
Tire with variable shear element
Andrew V. Haidet, Silver Lake, OH (US); Douglas B. Costlow, Akron, OH (US); and Robert W. Asper, Wadsworth, OH (US)
Assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/509,625.
Application 17/509,625 is a division of application No. 16/061,195, granted, now 11,186,053, previously published as PCT/US2016/067668, filed on Dec. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/272,153, filed on Dec. 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040943 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B29D 30/02 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/20 (2006.01); B29D 30/70 (2006.01); B60C 7/08 (2006.01); B60C 7/10 (2006.01); B60C 7/14 (2006.01); B60C 7/22 (2006.01); B60C 9/18 (2006.01); B60C 9/22 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 30/02 (2013.01) [B29D 30/70 (2013.01); B60C 7/08 (2013.01); B60C 7/143 (2013.01); B60C 7/22 (2013.01); B60C 9/18 (2013.01); B60C 9/22 (2013.01); B60C 9/2204 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0083 (2013.01); B29D 2030/201 (2013.01); B60C 7/107 (2021.08); B60C 7/146 (2021.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tire comprising:
a central region configured to be mounted to a wheel;
a crown region including a circumferential tread and a shear element disposed below the circumferential tread;
wherein the shear element includes an upper reinforcement layer that includes a plurality of upper rings that are layered in an axial direction of the tire, a lower reinforcement layer that includes a plurality of lower rings that are layered in an axial direction of the tire, and an elastic region disposed between the upper reinforcement layer and the lower reinforcement layer, and
wherein a radial distance between the upper reinforcement layer and the lower reinforcement layer varies along an axial width of the tire; and
an intermediate region extending from the central region to the crown region.