US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on Dec. 30 for "Mounting arrangement of self-supporting spoke structure for non-pneumatic tire" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,842, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Mounting arrangement of self-supporting spoke structure for non-pneumatic tire" was invented by Zachary G. Lorenz (Akron, Ohio) and Adam K. Nesbitt (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ring. A support structure connects the lower ring to the upper ring. The support structure is made up of a plurality of spokes. The support structure is arranged and configured so t...