Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151846 | Wheel having inner bead-lock The present invention provides a vehicle wheel system having an inner wheel half, an outer wheel half, a centering element, and a sleeve which are concentrically aligned with each other, where the centering element has a first bead lock for securing a first bead of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7237329 | Bead seat band and wheel assembly A multi-wheel assembly includes an outer wheel having an outer wheel assembly for an outer tire. The outer wheel assembly includes an outer wheel rim, a removable front bead seat band such that the outer tire may be removed from the outer wheel rim. A removable rear... | 07/03/2007 |
| 6926052 | Vehicle tire A vehicle tire is constructed to include a main tire member, the main tire member having two inward lips, and two annular supplementary tire members respectively fastened to the inward lips of the main tire member and adapted to support the main tire member in shape... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6401773 | Puncture-compensating tire A tire has a buttress system which maintains flexible cushioning to support a load on the tire, even after a puncture in the tire. The tire has a tire body with an inner rim attached to a wheel rim with a clamping piece. The buttress system is provided wi... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5390718 | Arrangement for retaining a tire on a vehicle wheel An arrangement for retaining a tire on a vehicle wheel. The arrangement has a device for locking a tire against the wheel rim and pressing the tire beads against the rim flanges and rim seats. The device for locking the tire includes a plurality of clampi... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5355923 | Locking insert device for a tire chamber A locking insert device for a tire chamber adapted to be fitted to a vehicle wheel provided with a tubeless tire mounted on a well or drop center rim, the device being designed to oppose the coming off of the beads of the tire from the rim in the event of... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5000240 | Bead retainer A device (20) for retaining the beads of a tire against the flanges of a rim. The bead retainer device (20) is a non rubber and non metallic ring structure of a composite material. The bead retainer device (20) is capable of being manually deformable in t... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4989657 | Modular vehicle wheel A two-piece modular automotive wheel includes a rear section having a relatively thick center portion and a thinner rim portion. The rear section is produced by a spin forging process to achieve the desired thickness at various locations. A registration s... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4823854 | Safety tire and rim combination with safety insert A runflat safety insert and safety tire and wheel assembly which include a take-apart multi-piece wheel rim and safety inserts extending circumferentially around the rim to clamp the tire bead toes against the rim bead flanges. The insert is a sheet metal... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4776377 | Device for locking the beads of a tire A device for locking the beads of a tire against flanges of a multi-piece rim comprises two main parts. The first part having an approximately cylindrical shape is formed essentially of a flexible material. It is strapped by a second part which is nonexte... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4577668 | Vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel having a one-piece rim and being provided for a pneumatic belted tire. The seats for the tire beads are located on the radially inner surface of the rim. In order to assure trouble-free emergency operation of the tire in the event of damag... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4440209 | Split rim with axially located split band A split tire arrangement (10) for use with a closed torus tire (14), includes a first and second rim halves (11,12) each respectively having a first tapered diameter (23) and a second smaller tapered diameter (24) located on an inner side (21) of the spli... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4184531 | Vehicle wheel assembly having shearable tire latching rings Improved assembly for removably securing an inflatable tire about a vehicle wheel includes a latching ring disposed in a circumferential receiving groove in the bead seat of the wheel adjacent the inner face of the tire bead. The latching ring includes a ... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4175606 | Assembly for mounting tubeless tires An assembly for mounting tubeless tires on tube type rims. The assembly includes a pair of cooperating annuluses that define respective seating surfaces each of which are adapted for receiving one of the companion beads of the tire. One of the annuluses i... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4169496 | Run-flat tire and wheel arrangement with inverted bead interlock The drawings illustrate a tire and wheel arrangement wherein the wheel rim is formed to include radially outwardly diverging walls having annular "run-flat" shoulders formed on the outer periphery thereof. Inwardly directed walls with arcuate shaped inner... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4163466 | Tubeless tire, safety support and rim assembly A safety support for mounting on a split rim inside a tire chamber to resiliently support the tread portion of the tire in the deflated condition and maintain the bead portions of the tire in separated positions. The support is in the form of an annular r... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4151870 | Wheel with improved tire bead retainer A wheel with a rim having a drop center well and a retainer member for a tubeless pneumatic tire. In use the bead of the inflated tire is prevented from moving inwardly off the bear seat and into the drop center well of the rim by the retainer member whic... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4059138 | Run-flat tire and hub therefor A pneumatic vehicle tire having a run-flat capability and a hub adapted for use with such a tire are disclosed. The tire includes a carcass, a tread overlying the crown region of the carcass, sidewalls overlying the lateral portions of the carcass, the si... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4031940 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire is adapted for combination with an internally situated device, such as an emergency support member. The tire has at least one specially constructed bead portion which includes a conventional bead core or member and an additional bead memb... | 06/28/1977 |
