Patent ID: 11958260
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A tire comprising:
a central region configured to be mounted to a wheel;
a crown region including a circumferential tread and a shear element disposed below the circumferential tread;
wherein the shear element includes an upper reinforcement layer that includes a plurality of upper rings that are layered in an axial direction of the tire, a lower reinforcement layer that includes a plurality of lower rings that are layered in an axial direction of the tire, and an elastic region disposed between the upper reinforcement layer and the lower reinforcement layer, and
wherein a radial distance between the upper reinforcement layer and the lower reinforcement layer varies along an axial width of the tire; and

an intermediate region extending from the central region to the crown region.