Patent ID: 6983911

Claim:
An aviation tire comprising: a pair of side walls, said side walls having an outer surface; a tread portion spanning a radial outer extremity of said side walls; and a rotating assembly formed on said side wall, said rotating assembly having an increased resistance to wind when located at a lowermost portion of the tire; wherein said rotating assembly includes a leading wall and a trailing wall, wherein said leading wall faces rearward at an upper most portion of the tire and faces forward at a lowermost portion of the tire, said leading wall having an increased resistance to wind relative to said trailing wall; and wherein said rotating assembly is formed on said side wall and wherein said leading wall and said trailing wall are recessed from said outer surface of said tire to from an indent on said side wall, wherein said leading wall and said trailing wall are fixed relative to the surface of the sidewall and said indent remains open to the atmosphere throughout rotation of the tire.