A tire assembly according to the disclosure may include a wheel having a first outer circumferential surface and a second outer circumferential surface, and a tire mounted on the wheel and having a first portion that mates with the first outer circumferential surface of the wheel, and a second portion that is spaced away from the second outer circumferential surface of the wheel to form a cavity. Furthermore, the first portion may be a solid portion that extends from the first outer circumferential surface of the wheel to an outer circumferential surface of the tire.

A tire assembly according to the disclosure may include a wheel having a first outer circumferential surface and a second outer circumferential surface, and a tire mounted on the wheel and having a first portion that mates with the first outer circumferential surface of the wheel, and a second portion that is spaced away from the second outer circumferential surface of the wheel to form a cavity. Furthermore, the first portion may be a solid portion that extends from the first outer circumferential surface of the wheel to an outer circumferential surface of the tire.

A storage system for a vehicle cargo area includes at least one floor-mounted storage compartment including an interior photoluminescent material that luminesces in response to a light emitted by an overlying light source. The system further includes at least one cooperating deployable shelf or bin carrying the overlying light source and configured to deploy from the at least one storage compartment. At least one other deployable shelf or bin may be included carrying a light source. The light sources may be disposed behind a front edge of the at least one cooperating deployable shelf or bin and/or the at least one other deployable shelf or bin to emit light above and below the deployable shelfs or bins. A controller is provided to control an intensity and/or a color of light emitted by the light sources according to one or more inputs.

A run-flat radial tire having a tire cross-section height of 115 mm or greater including: a carcass spanning between a pair of bead portions; a vehicle mounting direction outer side side-reinforcing rubber layer that is provided to a tire side portion at a vehicle mounting direction outer side and that extends in a tire radial direction along an inner face of the carcass; and a vehicle mounting direction inner side side-reinforcing rubber layer that is provided to a tire side portion at a vehicle mounting direction inner side and that extends in the tire radial direction along an inner face of the carcass, a tire radial direction outer side end portion of the vehicle mounting direction inner side side-reinforcing rubber layer being closer to a tire equatorial plane than a tire radial direction outer side end portion of the vehicle mounting direction outer side side-reinforcing rubber layer.

A run-flat radial tire having a tire cross-section height of 115 mm or greater including: a carcass spanning between a pair of bead portions; a vehicle mounting direction outer side side-reinforcing rubber layer that is provided to a tire side portion at a vehicle mounting direction outer side and that extends in a tire radial direction along an inner face of the carcass; and a vehicle mounting direction inner side side-reinforcing rubber layer that is provided to a tire side portion at a vehicle mounting direction inner side and that extends in the tire radial direction along an inner face of the carcass, a tire radial direction outer side end portion of the vehicle mounting direction inner side side-reinforcing rubber layer being closer to a tire equatorial plane than a tire radial direction outer side end portion of the vehicle mounting direction outer side side-reinforcing rubber layer.

A method for controlling the rolling resistance of a running tyre includes: manufacturing a tyre, installing the tyre on a rim, mounting a wheel on a vehicle. The tyre is manufactured by obtaining an external profile of the tyre that is asymmetric with respect to a middle line plane of the tyre and configured to generate, between the tyre rotating in rectilinear running and the ground, a lateral conicity force, conferring to the tyre the asymmetric external profile. The asymmetric external profile is obtained so as to control a resulting lateral force exchanged between the ground and the tyre and to limit a rolling resistance of the tyre running on rectilinear trajectory.

A tire intended to be mounted on a drop-center rim with a flange height G and a radius of curvature R1 has first and second beads each having an annular reinforcing structure having a radially innermost point, the radial distance between the radially innermost point and the mounting rim being A, and a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two beads by being turned back around the annular reinforcing structure forming, within each bead, a main strand and a turned-back strand, in which the thicknesses EB1 of the first bead and EB2 of the second bead are the distance separating (i) the point on the main strand that is at a distance R from the radially innermost point, where R=G+(R1)/2A, and (ii) the point on the exterior surface of the bead that is at the distance R from the radially innermost point, and in which |EB1EB2|1 mm.

A tire intended to be mounted on a drop-center rim with a flange height G and a radius of curvature R1 has first and second beads each having an annular reinforcing structure having a radially innermost point, the radial distance between the radially innermost point and the mounting rim being A, and a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two beads by being turned back around the annular reinforcing structure forming, within each bead, a main strand and a turned-back strand, in which the thicknesses EB1 of the first bead and EB2 of the second bead are the distance separating (i) the point on the main strand that is at a distance R from the radially innermost point, where R=G+(R1)/2A, and (ii) the point on the exterior surface of the bead that is at the distance R from the radially innermost point, and in which |EB1EB2|1 mm.

This tire is provided with reinforcing cord layers that reinforce a bead part. The reinforcing cord layers are such that at the bead part at the inner side of vehicle mounting, the number of layers of the reinforcing cord layers with respect to a bead filler is greater at the inner side in the direction of tire width compared to the outer side in the direction of tire width with respect to the bead filler, and at the bead part at the outer side of vehicle mounting, the number of layers of the reinforcing cord layers with respect to the bead filler is greater at the outer side in the direction of tire width compared to the inner side in the direction of tire width with respect to the bead filler.

A tire comprising a continuous channel defined by spaced apart sidewalls coupled at a first end to a bridging member and at a second end to a contact member that is coupled to a disc contact portion, said tire being formed by rotational molding of a polyurethane and configured for mounting on a wheel rim.