T Razr Transformative Tyre by Maxxis International is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Silver A' Design Award in Vehicle Parts, Auto Accessories and Care Products Design Competition Category.
SilverVehicle Accessory· 2020
T Razr Transformative Tyre
Client: Maxxis International Co., Ltd./ Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd.
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Vehicle Accessory Category
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About T Razr Transformative Tyre
In the near future, the booming of electric transportation development is at the door. As a car part manufacturer, Maxxis keeps thinking how it can design a feasible smart system that can participate in this trend and even help accelerate it. T Razr is a smart tire developed for the need. Its built-in sensors actively detect different driving conditions and provide active signals to transform the tire. The magnified treads stretch and change the contact area in response to the signal, therefore improve the traction performance.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
T Razr Transformative Tyre is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. T Razr Transformative Tyre is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. T Razr Transformative Tyre is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
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Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The main inspiration came from the user research we did on drivers. The requirements on the tires while driving are obvious, the more contact area provided by the tires, the safer it will be. Among all the methods of changing the contact area on tires, we would go for the solution that has a bigger opportunity of going into production line. In the manufacturer`s point of view, our idea is to be able to use the existing machines to manufacture the new concept design. Therefore, it is the most effective way for the company.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
We want to provide the drivers with a much safer driving experience. By actively analyze the driving status, the drives do not need to worry much about the settings of the transformative tire. The tire changes only under necessary conditions, and it`s totally automatic.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
We will continually working on the technical issue of T Razr, hoping the design will one day be realized and be seen on the market.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- T Razr is a tyre developed for actively detecting different driving conditions and providing active signals to transform the contact area of the tyre in order to improve traction performance.
The sport mode is designed for providing extra control ability on the tyres for the drivers to cope with unexpected road conditions whereas the charging function providing electricity the tyres need for transforming. - Dimensions & Packaging
- 656mm x 240mm x 656mm
- Tags
- Concept, tire, tyre, future design, concept tire
- Production Technology
- T Razr is a tyre with built in sensors and double tread structure.
In both treads there embedded structures which can be magnified once they are electrified.
During sport mode, sensors detect different driving conditions and automatically send out signal to magnetize the structure embedded in inner treads to create repulsion in order to increase bigger contact area on the outside tread and therefore improve handing ability.
During comfort mode as well as charging mode, the inner treads continuously make contact with each other and therefore generate electricity. - Design Challenge
- When it comes to designing a tire which aims at going into production line, any modifications on structures have to be practical. Safety issue becomes very critical in this case. The challenge is to maintain the overall performance as well as the strength while trying to reduce weight on rim structure.
We are looking for a solution while the embedded structure in tread can be the additional support to the tire and the hollowed rim structure can lighten the weight.
The goal is to design a solution with a reasonable price to be the daily help of our target users. - Research
- The sensors built inside the tire is a developing project in Maxxis.
With the G-sensor, we are able to keep tracks of the driving status of the driver.
In one example, while the vehicle is starting, the G-sensor senses a forward force and then transforms the profile to enhance traction force.
In another example, while the car is making a right turn, the G-sensor senses a centrifugal force toward left and then transforms only single side of the profile to cope with the cornering situation. - Inspiration
- In previous studies, we found a group of users who live in the urban areas, who commute and run errands by cars every day, and they all have families to take care of. Therefore, safety issue is a huge concern for them.
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2018 in Taiwan.
- Operation Flow
- The changing of tire contact area: While being electromagnetic, the aspect ratio will be changed, causing the changing of the profile.
The changed profile allows the patterns on the sidewall to become part of the pattern on the tread. Therefore, it changes the traction performance.
The fans: The fans on the rim slide open when inner tread is transforming in order to increase air resistance when the car is doing acceleration, deceleration, braking and cornering.The opened fan can also cool down the brake disk by letting air go through the rim.
When the fan is sealed, it is for better reducing air resistance coefficient. - Team Members
- HUNG WEN CHI
CHANG CHIA YIN
TSAO HSIN PING
CHANG SHAO MING
HUANG MING JUN
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