ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,737, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Bump stop for non-pneumatic tire" was invented by Brandon P. Nelson (Stow, Ohio), Robert W. Asper (Wadsworth, Ohio), Steven J. Jenkins (Nashville, Tenn.) and Anthony B. Duncan (Akron, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-pneumatic tire includes an annular inner ring, an annular outer ring, and a support structure extending from the annular inner ring to the annular outer ring. The support structure includes a plurality of spokes, webbing, cells, or other open-sided support structure. The tire includes a bump stop. The bump stop in...