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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347240 | Runflat system A runflat tire system comprising a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim and a support ring disposed in a tire cavity is disclosed, wherein the wheel rim comprises a pair of axially spaced bead seats, and a support-ring seat between the bead seats; the support ring has an inn... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7104300 | Sealing strip for a rim of a wheel and a rim having a sealing strip A sealing strip to be used with the rim of a wheel, particularly the rim of a so-called box section bicycle rim, as well as a rim equipped with such a sealing strip, and a wheel having such rim and sealing strip. The sealing strip is formed by a continuous annular s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100654 | Safety support for a vehicle wheel and safety system and vehicle wheel including the safety support A safety support for mounting on a rim of a vehicle wheel within a tire includes a substantially toroidal hollow annular body and a filling of elastically deformable expanded material. The annular body includes a convex radially outer surface, two axially opposite s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6976517 | Cycle rim and tubeless mounted assembly for a cycle The invention relates to a rim for cycles, more particular for bicycles. The invention is also aimed at a tubeless mounted assembly consisting of the said rim and of a tire having in particular two flexible bead wires. According to the invention, the rim consists of... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6935024 | Method of manufacturing rims for motor vehicles A process of manufacturing a rim for a motor vehicle from an original pipe, in order to facilitate formation of projections for reducing road noise on the rim, comprises a projection forming step of partially extruding a ledge portion of an intermediate pipe for the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929046 | Tire in with cavities in bead region The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire, specifically to improvements to the bead region of tires designed for runflat operations. The improvements comprise the addition of cavities or indentation (126) on the surface of the bead (127) that c... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6916073 | Pneumatic tire and wheel allowing unassisted manual mounting of the tire and a method for designing such a tire and wheel A tire and wheel assembly that permits hand-mounting of the tire on the wheel is provided. The following parameters are identified in a specific relationship so as to provide a tire that permits such hand mounting: Ct is the circumference of the wheel wel... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913051 | Tire with dual anchorage carcass ply Tire, comprising at least one carcass-type reinforcement structure extending circumferentially from the bead to the sidewall and a crown reinforcement, each of the beads further comprising a main anchoring zone for supporting the reinforcement structure, the tire co... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6892777 | Rim with seats inclined outwards and assemblies comprising such a rim and an inflated bearing support Mounting rim designed to form a rolling assembly with a tire and an inflatable and inflated tread bearing support, and comprising on each side of the equatorial plane a rim seat inclined outwards and extended axially outwards by a projection or hump, characterized i... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883569 | Assembly comprising a tire, a collar and a wheel rim A rolling assembly includes a rim and a unit that can be slid axially onto and off the rim. The unit includes the tire and a collar on which the tire is mounted. The collar includes opposite collar hooks interconnected by a reinforced central portion of the collar. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6783190 | Light metal wheel A wheel, particularly a light metal wheel, for motor vehicles, essentially consists of a spoke wheel center (20) and a wheel rim (10). In order to reduce weight and to increase the bending strength, which is of great significance in regard to contacts ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6752187 | Bicycle wheel rim adapted to mount a tubeless tire of a large size A bicycle wheel rim includes two retaining portions and a locating portion. The two retaining portions are formed of a groove for retaining permanently one of two retaining edges of a tubeless tire. The locating portion is formed of two furrows, and a ridge situated... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6626217 | Assembly consisting of a tire, a rim and an adapter A rolling assembly formed of a tire P, a narrow rim J, the width of which is at most equal to 50% of the maximum axial width of the tire inflated to its operating pressure, and two connecting elements or adapters A which form the join between the mounting... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6474385 | Welded vehicle wheel A welded vehicle wheel having a sectional rim which is connected to a nave or wheel disk in the area of the drop center by means of a weld seam, and which has standardized sections, in particular rim flange and bead seat area in terms of their axial and/o... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6457501 | Tire and rim assembly A tire rim (1, 40, 60) having a reduced flange height (h) is disclosed. The rim (1, 40, 60) has one or both flanges (2, 42, 62) having a maximum radial height (h) of less than 12 mm, preferably in the range of 6 mm to less than 12 mm. The rim (1, 40, 60) ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6415839 | Rim intended to receive a support ring A rim having a bearing support located between its two rim seats, which bearing support is intended to receive a support ring, is characterized in that this bearing surface comprises at least one surface clamping part, each surface clamping part being reg... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6318428 | Wheel rim and a seal member A wheel includes a rim having two sidewalls and a groove is defined between the two sidewalls. A plurality of apertures and a valve receiving aperture are respectively defined through the rim. A seal member is located in the groove and has a hole defined ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6237662 | Tubeless bicycle tire rim and tubeless bicycle tire in combination therewith The invention relates to a tubeless bicycle tire and rim. The rim is formed with opposing recesses configured to engage corresponding beads formed on the tire. With the beads engaged in the recesses, the tire and rim seal for form an air tight, sealed cha... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6216758 | Bicycle wheel rim with resilient wear-resisting rings to minimize wearing of a tire A bicycle wheel rim includes a rim body having an annular spoke-mounting wall and spaced left and right annular tire-retaining walls, and a pair of wear-resisting rings. The spoke-mounting wall has two annular lateral peripheral edges. The left and right ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6109319 | Run-flat support for pneumatic tired wheel A tire is supported in a deflated or run-flat condition by curved, tubular support segments. End portions of adjacent support segments include complementary male and female portions disposed in mating engagement when installed on a wheel in the run-flat o... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6092575 | Rim and assembly of tire and ring-shaped tread support on same A tire (1), a mounting rim (2) therefor and a circumferentially unstretchable ring (3) for supporting the tread (10) of the tire when running at low or zero pressure. The tire (1) has a radial ply casing (13) on which the points that are furthest apart ax... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6035913 | Wheel with rim having seats inclined towards the outside A wheel is formed of a rim and a wheel disk, the rim having a first rim s and a second rim seat, at least the first rim seat having a generatrix which is inclined towards the outside and extended axially towards the inside by a bearing surface intended t... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5836366 | Method of fitting an assembly formed of a tire and of a tread strip support A method of fitting a tire and support ring on a one-piece wheel rim in wh the rim includes a first wheel rim seating surface and a second wheel rim seating surface, the first wheel rim seating surface tapering outwardly and having a small hump at the ax... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5787950 | Rim, supporting ring and assembly thereof An integral rim intended for mounting a tire having at least two beads and including, when viewed in meridian section, at least a first rim seat, a second rim seat, and a rim base which is without a groove. The first rim seat slopes downwardly towards the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5785781 | Radial tire with axially outer bead tip A tire (1), a mounting rim (2) therefor and a circumferentially unstretchable ring (3) for supporting the tread (10) of the tire when running at low or zero pressure. The tire (1) has a radial ply casing (13) on which the points that are furthest apart ax... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5749982 | Rim and assembly of tire and/or ring-shaped tread support on same An assembly is formed of a tire (1), a mounting rim (2), and an annular bearing support (3) for the tread (10) of the tire, for running at low pressure or at zero pressure. The rim (2) has two seats (23', 23"), the first seat (23') having an outwardly inc... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5679188 | Pneumatic tire having specified bead structure A radial ply pneumatic tire features a bead core which comprises an arrangement of filaments positioned relative to one another. The bead core has a cross-section and radially inward base side, a radially outermost point or side or sides, an axially inwar... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5660653 | Run-flat support for pneumatic tired wheel A support device for a pneumatic tired wheel for supporting the tire in a deflated or run-flat condition includes circular segment support members, each having a transverse cylindrical web and opposed radially inwardly projecting flange portions. The supp... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5636673 | Composite wheel A composite wheel is used with a pneumatic tire having at least one bead. The composite wheel includes a circular drum having an elongated skirt extending out from the circular drum substantial perpendicular thereto along the periphery of the circular dru... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634993 | Rim and assembly of tire and ring-shaped tread support on same A tire (1) a mounting rim (2) therefor, and a prop ring (3) for supporting the tread (10) of the tire when running at low or zero pressure. The tire (1) has a radial ply casing (13) on which the points that are furthest apart axially are radially apart cl... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5632528 | Vehicle wheel with tire A vehicle wheel with tire consisting of a rim and a pneumatic tire, in which an encircling disk-type ring which extends the clinch in the radial direction is arranged on the clinch that points toward the middle of the vehicle. A divided rim ring is movabl... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5620235 | Vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel has a rotatively mounted rim and a pneumatic tire detachably arranged thereon. The tire has a body with a torus-shaped cross section, an approximately cylindrical running surface and two radial side walls. Two tire seats reinforced by trac... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5507333 | Composite wheel A composite wheel (20) including two tire bead retention members (38,40). The tire bead retention members (38,40) are compressible eliminating the requirement of a well in the drum skirt (34). Anti-roll-off humps (50,52) prevent the tire beads (24) of the... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5464051 | Radial ply tire with specified bead portion design An improved radial ply pneumatic tire 30 is described. The improved tire 30 has a first annular surface 23 located between the heel 22B and toe 22A of each bead 33 and a second surface 24 extending radially outwardly from the bead heel 22B. The first surf... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5409048 | Aircraft wheel An aircraft wheel for a pneumatic tire that has a generally cylindrical wheel section with an annular inboard rim flange and an annular outboard rim flange which seat the respective beads of the tire, The respective rim flanges have curvilinear configurat... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5333661 | Vehicle wheel with a rim A vehicle wheel comprises a wheel rim and a pneumatic tire fitted to the rim, particularly a tubeless tire wherein the wheel rim includes seats for the tire beads. The rim seats include an elevated ridge which is spaced from the rim flanges and the tire b... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5318088 | Rim with inclined seats and assembly of such a rim with a tire An integral rim (J') having frustoconical seats (2') inclined 15°&#b1;1°, the axial widths (P') of which are greatly decreased as compared with the axial widths (P) of the known frustoconical seats (2), and having a mounting groove (3') of reduced heigh... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5271443 | Device for locking a tire A tire locking device installed inside the cover of a tire mounted on a wheel rim and exerting pressure on the beads of the cover, urged against the flanges of the rim, includes a metal strip shaped as a cylindrical ring which is split parallel to its gen... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5232033 | Flat-base rim for heavy truck tubeless tire and assembly of such a rim with a tire The rim in accordance with the invention is a rim formed of a metal rim b (1) and two movable side rings (2), each of said rings (2) consisting of vulcanized rubber reinforced by a circumferentially stretchable annular element (41) the cross-section of w... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5232032 | Assembly consisting of a tire and a removable bead protector An assembly formed of a tire and removable protector, intended to be mounted and used on a rim having frustoconical seats. The tire has beads (5) the outer contour of which is formed primarily by a frustoconical zone (80) substantially parallel to the axi... | 08/03/1993 |
