发明名称 Studded tire and method of increasing tire traction
摘要 A tire may include a tire body having an annular groove formed in a tread surface of the tire body. A plurality of spaced-apart studs may be located within the groove.
申请公布号 US9517660(B1) 申请公布日期 2016.12.13
申请号 US201313867103 申请日期 2013.04.21
申请人 The Boeing Company 发明人 Boren Kelly L.
分类号 B60C11/00;B60C11/14;B64C25/36;B60C11/16 主分类号 B60C11/00
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主权项 1. A tire, comprising: a tire body having at least one annular groove formed in a tread surface of the tire body, the annular groove having a groove bottom wall and a first and second groove side wall; a plurality of spaced-apart studs located within the groove and arranged along a circumferential direction of the groove in an alternating pattern of major studs and minor studs along each one of the groove side walls, the major studs and minor studs extending radially outwardly from both the groove bottom wall and at least one of the first and second groove side walls and having a stud axis, the major studs extending laterally away from the groove side walls at a lateral protrusion that is greater than the lateral protrusion of the minor studs; and the major studs and minor studs having respective stud tips spaced away from the groove side wall, the stud tips each configured as a bladed tip having generally planar stud side surfaces forming an included angle of less than 90 degrees when viewed along the circumferential direction, each stud having one side surface extending from a groove side wall and another side surface extending from a groove bottom wall and defining the stud axis, the stud axes of each stud oriented at a stud angle relative to a radial direction of the tire, the stud angle of each major stud being smaller than the stud angle of each minor stud.
地址 Chicago IL US