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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7159632 | Non-pneumatic bicycle tire A non-pneumatic bicycle tire has a main tire body and at least one rim retaining member. The main tire body includes a rim engagement portion and a ground contact portion with a ground contact surface. The at least one rim retaining member is fixedly attached to the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7055569 | Tubeless tire compound and a system and method for retrofitting non-tubeless tires The present invention provides a compound, system, and method for retrofitting and converting standard bicycle rims and tires having tube to be tubeless. Standard tube tires are retrofitted by installing either rim tape or a rim strip with integral valve stem around... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6863357 | Tracked vehicles, and endless tracks and wheels therefore A wheel assembly comprises a tire supported by an underlying wheel. The tire has inner and outer surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and first and second recesses. Cables are in the tire proximate the inner surface. The wheel has inner and outer flanges, and a... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6142203 | Resilient wheel with steel-banded press-on solid pneumatic tire The present invention relates to a resilient wheel for solid pneumatic tires in which a resilient rubber or rubber-like material is bonded and cured to a wheel hub. A rigid outer support band, such as a steel band, is then bonded to the resilient material... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5897170 | Skate wheel and method for making The present invention relates generally to a hub for a skate wheel. The hub includes a central core member defining a bore for receiving an axle. A central axis of rotation passes through the center of the bore. The hub also includes first and second anch... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5564790 | Wheel for in-line skates An improvement to an in-line skate wheel assembly rotatably mounted to a mounting frame axle juxtaposed a skate boot which lends to firmer and less degrading tire support and facilitates ready adaptation of different kinds of tires to suit varying skating... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5542752 | Wheel product comprised of a new wheel tread lock and a new wheel tread material A wheel tread locking circular groove invention designed primarily to bond very difficult to bond materials to a given wheel hub or wheel rim without an adhesive which could be used for commercial, industrial, automotive, and all other purposes where a re... | 08/06/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5232034 | Rolling assembly for a tire having beads with frustoconical bases which assembly includes a mounting rim with flat seats and annular adapters In order to be able to increase the diameter of the standard rim (J') of a ire (P) without independent inner tube, which is provided with beads the seats of which are frustoconical and is normally used on this standard rim (J') having a mounting groove, th... | 08/03/1993 |
| 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 |
| 4745958 | Tire-rim vehicle wheel assembly The free end regions of the carcass of the tire form bead regions by extending these free end regions around a bead core. Each bead region of the tire carcass is seated on a related seat or seat surface formed at the tire rim. A first end region of a bead... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4658876 | Automotive vehicle tire and mounting system therefor A pneumatic tire and a mounting system therefor, having constructional features designed to provide optimized operational characteristics. The tire has a low aspect ratio λ and a low height ratio θ conforming substantially to the relations λ=0.236/θ a... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4422490 | Vehicle road wheels and tires A vehicle road wheel is disclosed having a safety groove adjacent its outboard rim edge but so as to be within a tire fitted to the wheel and within which a flexible band is fitted so that a tire fitted to the wheel has it outboard bead embraced between t... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4223713 | Pneumatic tire having structural ribs A vehicle wheel and tire combination is disclosed herein having a wheel with a central hub provided with attachment holes for receiving wheel studs from a driving wheel drum. The periphery of the wheel hub is provided with an outwardly projecting V shaped... | 09/23/1980 |
