US Patent Issued to American Engineering Group on April 7 for "Tire with pressure zero sidewall hoop rings and method of manufacture" (North Carolina, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,792, issued on April 7, was assigned to American Engineering Group LLC (Akron, Ohio).

"Tire with pressure zero sidewall hoop rings and method of manufacture" was invented by Abraham Pannikottu (Akron, Ohio) and Jon Stuart Gerhardt (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a pneumatic tire with a toroidal shaped tire carcass having sidewalls and a tread. A typical method of allowing a tire to run even in a punctured state is a method of reinforcing the sidewall area to support the load in the airless state. The present invention discloses both sidewalls having a hoop ring circumferentially molded in-plac...