This present invention relates to a system and method using a computer implemented wheel fit application for calculating/determining and displaying aftermarket wheel size and tire size for automobiles and vehicles. The computer implemented application is compatible with any smart device, including smart phones, laptops, multiple computer operating systems, and tablets. The application displays drop-down menus for a vehicle's year, make, model, and trim enabling a user to select a vehicle and as a result displays appropriate or compatible aftermarket wheel and tire sizes. The application allows users to purchase correct (i.e. compatible) sized tires and wheels and obviates returning and exchanging of incompatible sized tires and wheels.

A vehicle wheel has a Helmholtz resonator (sub-air chamber member) mounted thereon with an adhesive material, and a thickness of the adhesive material on a part (adhesive strength increasing part) of the Helmholtz resonator on which centrifugal force acts strongly during rotation of the wheel is set to be thicker than a thickness of the adhesive material on other parts (regular part) of the Helmholtz resonator. When the thickness of the adhesive material is increased, peel strength of the adhesive material is enhanced accordingly.

In a first aspect of the invention, a pneumatic tire is provided, the tire comprising two spaced apart bead portions, a tread portion, a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from axially outer edges of the tread portion to join the respective bead portions, the axially outer edges of the tread portion defining a tread width, a carcass, an innerliner covering the carcass and defining a tire cavity, and a metal coated foam material attached to the innerliner within the tire cavity.

A disclosed vehicle component may include at least one split-ring resonator, which may be embedded within a material. The split ring resonator may be formed from a three-dimensional (3D) monolithic carbonaceous growth and may detect an electromagnetic ping emitted from a user device. The split ring resonator may generate an electromagnetic return signal in response to the electromagnetic ping. The electromagnetic return signal may indicate a state of the material in a position proximate to a respective split ring resonator. In some aspects, the split-ring resonator may resonate at a first frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a first state, and may resonate at a second frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a second state. A resonant frequency of the 3D monolithic carbonaceous growth may be based on physical characteristics of the material.

A disclosed vehicle component may include at least one split-ring resonator, which may be embedded within a material. The split ring resonator may be formed from a three-dimensional (3D) monolithic carbonaceous growth and may detect an electromagnetic ping emitted from a user device. The split ring resonator may generate an electromagnetic return signal in response to the electromagnetic ping. The electromagnetic return signal may indicate a state of the material in a position proximate to a respective split ring resonator. In some aspects, the split-ring resonator may resonate at a first frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a first state, and may resonate at a second frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a second state. A resonant frequency of the 3D monolithic carbonaceous growth may be based on physical characteristics of the material.

An RFID mesh label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to further provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and/or post-vulcanization, the RFID mesh label including a face layer configured to be positioned adjacent or flush to an outer surface of the vulcanized tire; an RFID layer positioned underneath the face layer, the RFID layer having an RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire upon being read with an RFID reader; and a mesh backing overlying the RFID layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process.

An RFID mesh label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to further provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and/or post-vulcanization, the RFID mesh label including a face layer configured to be positioned adjacent or flush to an outer surface of the vulcanized tire; an RFID layer positioned underneath the face layer, the RFID layer having an RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire upon being read with an RFID reader; and a mesh backing overlying the RFID layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process.

A tire integrated with an electronic device includes the electronic device attached to an inner liner or a side wall of the tire by vulcanization. The electronic device is attached to an inner side or an outer side of an end of a bead filler depending on a length of the bead filler not to reduce durability of the tire.

A tire integrated with an electronic device includes the electronic device attached to an inner liner or a side wall of the tire by vulcanization. The electronic device is attached to an inner side or an outer side of an end of a bead filler depending on a length of the bead filler not to reduce durability of the tire.

A vehicle wheel including a wavelength tube member may include spokes, a cylindrical rim configured to connect both circumferential portions of the spokes, and a wavelength tube member accommodated on the rim between the first and second circumferential portions of the spokes and configured to cancel sound wave generated in a cavity formed between the rim and a tire, wherein the wavelength tube member may include a rim seating portion being in surface-contact with and accommodated on an external surface of the rim; and a plurality of wavelength tube portions formed on the rim seating portion.