This disclosure relates to a wheel assembly (1) comprising a wheel, a deformable chamber (6) containing a transition substance (15) comprising jamming particles and an interstitial gas, and an actuator (14) configured to transform the transition substance (15) between a fluid state in which the deformable chamber (6) can deform into a conformal state as the wheel encounters an obstacle during use, and a rigid state by evacuation of the interstitial gas in which the transition substance is rigidified to maintain the deformable chamber (6) in said conformal state to provide increased purchase on said obstacle.

Disclosed is a combined tire, including a tire casing and a core. The tire casing is an annular member having a core groove around the periphery; the core is an annular member nested within the core groove of the tire casing in an interference fit, and forms a gap with the inner wall of the core groove of the tire casing. The present invention can ensure high production efficiency. The tire casing and the core of the present invention can employ materials of different hardness, offering better comfort.

A tire member of a non-pneumatic tire is provided. An inner circumference of the tire member is provided with a mounting protrusion. Securing notches for securing the tire member to a rim are provided at two sides of where the mounting protrusion joins the tire member. A position fixing groove is provided at an inner circumference of the mounting protrusion. The position fixing groove has an annular structure; alternatively, the position fixing groove has an arc structure, and a plurality of the position fixing grooves having the arc structure are uniformly distributed at the inner circumference of the mounting protrusion in a circumferential direction. Two side walls of the position fixing groove are provided with several securing holes below the securing notches, respectively. The securing holes pass through the side walls of the position fixing groove, and partially coincide with securing notches at an outer side.

The present disclosure relates to multi-core semi-pneumatic tires and methods for manufacturing the same. In one exemplary embodiment, a semi-pneumatic tire includes an outer surface configured to contact ground; an inner surface configured to contact a wheel; and a plurality of hollow cores formed between the inner and outer surfaces in the semi-pneumatic tire, wherein each hollow core extends around a circumference of the tire.

A tire for a vehicle has a structure in which a plurality of air blocks are detachably mounted in a circumferential direction of the tire. The tire is similar to an airless tire, in which a plurality of spokes are connected to and arranged between a tread rim part configured to come into contact with a road surface and a hub which is mounted to the wheel, and the tire is also similar to a pneumatic tire, in which an air block is replaceably inserted and mounted into an air block mounting space formed between the spokes.

Tire includes a casing with an interior, and the casing has an inside diameter. A fill is provided in the interior of the casing. The fill includes a first layer and a second layer adjacent to the first layer. The first layer has an outside diameter and an inside diameter, and the outside diameter is the same as the inside diameter of the casing for contacting the casing. The first layer has a face and open voids. The open voids of the first layer have a first volume and are open to the face. The second layer has an outside diameter that is the same as the inside diameter of the first layer. The second layer has a face and open voids, and the open voids of the second layer have a respective first volume and are open to the face.

A tire member of a non-pneumatic tire is provided. An inner circumference of the tire member is provided with a mounting protrusion. Securing notches for securing the tire member to a rim are provided at two sides of where the mounting protrusion joins the tire member. A position fixing groove is provided at an inner circumference of the mounting protrusion. The position fixing groove has an annular structure; alternatively, the position fixing groove has an arc structure, and a plurality of the position fixing grooves having the arc structure are uniformly distributed at the inner circumference of the mounting protrusion in a circumferential direction. Two side walls of the position fixing groove are provided with several securing holes below the securing notches, respectively. The securing holes pass through the side walls of the position fixing groove, and partially coincide with securing notches at an outer side.

A disclosed example embodiment of a gauge wheel tire includes a first polyurethane sidewall portion, a second polyurethane sidewall portion, a polyurethane ground-engaging portion, and a polyurethane axial support portion. The first polyurethane sidewall portion is spaced apart from the second polyurethane sidewall portion, and the polyurethane ground-engaging portion extends from the first polyurethane sidewall portion to the second polyurethane sidewall portion and is adapted to contact a ground surface as the gauge wheel tire rotates about an axis of rotation. The polyurethane axial support portion extends from the first polyurethane sidewall portion to the second polyurethane sidewall portion, and is spaced apart from the polyurethane ground-engaging portion to form a gap that allows radial movement of the polyurethane ground-engaging portion relative to the polyurethane axial support portion.

This disclosure relates to a wheel assembly (1) comprising a wheel, the wheel having a hub and a rim concentrically mounted to the hub, a plurality of deformable chambers (6) disposed outwardly of the rim, each chamber extending about a discreet portion of the wheel and containing a transition substance (15), and an actuator (14) configured to transform the transition substance (15) within each chamber (6) between a fluid state in which the deformable chamber (6) can deform into a conformal state as the wheel encounters an obstacle during use, and a rigid state in which the transition substance is rigidified to maintain the deformable chamber (6) in said conformal state to provide increased purchase on said obstacle.

This disclosure relates to a wheel assembly (1) comprising a wheel, a deformable chamber (6) containing a transition substance (15) comprising jamming particles and an interstitial gas, and an actuator (14) configured to transform the transition substance (15) between a fluid state in which the deformable chamber (6) can deform into a conformal state as the wheel encounters an obstacle during use, and a rigid state by evacuation of the interstitial gas in which the transition substance is rigidified to maintain the deformable chamber (6) in said conformal state to provide increased purchase on said obstacle.