US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on Oct. 6 for "Non-pneumatic tire having reinforced support structure and method of making same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,574, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Non-pneumatic tire having reinforced support structure and method of making same" was invented by Sharon E. Reinhardt (Fairlawn, Ohio), Adam K. Nesbitt (Akron, Ohio), Benjamin E. Rimai (Copley, Ohio) and Anthony B. Duncan (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-pneumatic tire includes a ring, a circumferential tread disposed about the ring, and a plurality of support structures extending downwards from the ring. An end of each support structure includes an axially extending member, and each support structure includes a reinfo...