Patent ID: 7743653

Claim:
A method for adapting tires of a motor-driven means of locomotion to given travel situations, comprising the step of selectively changing the shape of at least one tire ( 14 ) during a journey as a function of the travel situation, wherein: the shape of the at least one tire ( 14 ) is changed by performing open-loop and/or closed-loop control of shape-changing means ( 18 ) which are assigned to the at least one tire ( 14 ), and on which the open-loop and/or closed-loop control is performed electronically, and the shape-changing means on which the open-loop and/or closed-loop control is performed have traction means ( 20 ) that act on the at least one tire ( 14 ) and with which traction forces, by means of which sidewalls ( 14 a , 14 b ) of the at least one tire ( 14 ) are moved towards one another, are generated as a function of the travel situation.