MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641085434 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on July 13, 2026, for Lightweight 3d-Printed Non-Pneumatic Wheel With Parametrically Optimized Hexagonal Lattice Structures.
Inventors include Benedict Thomas; and Dalton Aarucks W.
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: Thepresent invention relates to alightweightthree-dimensional (3D) printed non-pneumatic wheel incorporating a parametrically optimized hexagonal lattice structure for off-road applications. The wheel is fabricated using fused deposition modeling (FDM) and thermoplastic polyurethane(TPU) material to provide puncture re...