US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on Nov. 11 for "Non-pneumatic tire having support structure with stress-concentration reduction features" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,216, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Non-pneumatic tire having support structure with stress-concentration reduction features" was invented by Benjamin E. Rimai (Copley, Ohio), Bradley S. Plotner (Canton, Ohio), Brandon P. Nelson (Stow, Ohio), Timothy M. Lusk (Akron, Ohio) and Andrew V. Haidet (Tallmadge, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-pneumatic and method of making a non-pneumatic tire. The non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantial...