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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7475713 | Tire/wheel assembly and noise reduction interior member A tire/wheel assembly comprising a wheel having a rim, a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim of the wheel and a noise reduction interior member disposed in the cavity of the pneumatic tire. The noise reduction interior member includes left and right elastic rings fitt... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7398809 | Run flat tire insert system A tire insert system for assembly into a continuous ring during its positioning within a tire, and is supported on a wheel web between the wheel flanges where the continuous tire insert ring is mounted to the wheel to support a tire load for a significant travel dis... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7264031 | Safety support for vehicle wheel In this safety support comprising a segmented ring (6), whose segments (6a, . . . , 6f) are connected by linking means (9), at least one of the linking means (9) comprising at least one male element (26) and at... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7237589 | Assembly comprising a rim and a run-flat support An assembly comprising a rim having a substantially cylindrical bearing surface having at least one depression therein, and an annular run-flat support mounted on the bearing surface. The radially inner surface of the support further comprising a protuberance to eng... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7201197 | Tire/wheel assembly A tire/wheel assembly includes a wheel having a rim, a pneumatic tire fitted to the rim of the wheel and a run-flat support member, the pneumatic tire having a tread surface and a hollow space, the tread surface having circumferential grooves extending in a circumfe... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198085 | Tire/wheel assembly A tire/wheel assembly, wherein bent parts (4f) bent outward are formed at the leg end parts of an annular shell (4), an inclination angle (α1) of a line segment L1 extending from the axially outer end (P3) of the bent part ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191811 | Tire-wheel assembly A run-flat tire-wheel assembly having, in an inside cavity of the tire/rim, a run-flat support formed by a ring-shaped metal shell and rubber elastic members or a ring-shaped metal shell and rubber elastic members composed of a rubber composition containing 100 part... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7152643 | Rim wheel, and tire-rim assembly A purpose of the present invention is to provide a rim wheel and a tire rim assembly which are capable of effectively reducing cavity resonance of a tire, and accordingly, enhancing quietness and riding comfort. A plurality of cap members 20 is arranged on an... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131477 | Bead lock A bead lock including an insert casing and a bead spacer for providing an air passageway in a vehicle tire to be mounted on a wheel rim on which is located an insert valve and a rim lip for retention of the vehicle tire bead, the insert casing including an insert be... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7040365 | Band device for a wheel rim An assembly (10) for location around a wheel rim (32) includes an annular support band (12) being formed of a relatively inextensible material. The support band (12) is split at at least one circumferential location to define a pair of op... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036543 | Tire/wheel assembly A tire/wheel assembly, wherein a run-flat support body comprising an annular shell having an outer peripheral side as a support surface and an inner peripheral side formed in fork-shaped open legs and elastic rings supporting the end parts of the fork-shaped open le... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6997223 | Mounting structure of tire monitoring device Disclosed is a mounting structure of a tire monitoring device, in which communication failures due to a conductive support core member can be prevented. The tire monitoring device which transmits information of the inside of a tire by using radio waves is mounted on... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6983780 | Run-flat tire and tire/wheel assembly The present inventions are a run-flat tire and a tire/wheel assembly in which the workability of the tire-to-rim fit has been improved while including a core-type run-flat support member. The tire/wheel assembly is formed by fitting a pneumatic tire into a wheel rim... | 01/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6863102 | Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat support member A tire/wheel assembly in which a run-flat support member is inserted into a cavity of a pneumatic tire, the run-flat support member including a circular shell in which the outer circumferential side thereof is used as a support surface and the inner circumferential ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6705368 | Emergency support member An emergency support member is provided for a vehicle wheel and tire assembly having a pneumatic tire that is mounted on a wheel rim. The support member is embodied as a dished annular member within the tire, and has an emergency support surface for supporting the t... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6609549 | Assembly consisting of a rim and a bearing support An assembly including a deformable, inextensible tread-bearing support S, which can be slipped on to a suitable rim bearing surface (11). The bearing surface (11) extends axially towards the inside of a first rim seat (13'), which is in turn extended to t... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6554036 | Simplification of mounting and demounting of a tire on and off its rim An assembly of a rim and a closed toroidal tire. The tire includes a tire casing and a ring, defining a tight chamber. The ring provides a mounting base on the rim and forms a sleeve designed to rest on said rim in mounting position. The ring includes a p... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6516849 | Safety support with a noise attenuator for a vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel, comprising a rim, a disc, a tire defining with the rim a circumferential cavity C, and at least one resonator suitable for attenuating a natural resonant frequency of said cavity, said wheel also comprising a safety support, for supportin... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6463974 | Vehicle wheel with an emergency running support body Vehicle wheel including a wheel rim and pneumatic tire having a tread, two side walls and two beads, is mounted to the wheel rim. An emergency running support body is arranged within the pneumatic tire. The emergency running support body comprises a ring-... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6286574 | Device for motor vehicle running flat and method for mounting A run-flat device for a motor vehicle, the device being designed to be fitted clamped on a standard rim having lateral flanges for holding the beads of a tire, wherein the device is constituted by at least two coaxial annular pieces engaged one on the oth... | 09/11/2001 |
| 5891278 | Pneumatic wheels A wheel with a pneumatic tire, with the tire cavity divided into two fluid-filled reservoirs connected with a passageway (orifice, capillary, or porous material) having a required degree of flow restriction in order to generate a desired damping action wh... | 04/06/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5634506 | 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... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5495881 | Sealing ring between the beads of a tire An annular element (3) placed between the two beads (12) of a tire (P) moed on a flat-base rim (J). In order to be able to use the tire on said rim without an inner tube, the annular element, in order to assure the tightness of the assembly, has in merid... | 03/05/1996 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5060706 | Bead retainer A device (20) for retaining the beads of a tire against the flanges of a rim. The bead retainer device (20) is capable of being manufally deformable in the axial direction. The bead retainer device is also capable of being manually deformable in the circu... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4987937 | In-tire filter assembly for central tire inflation system A tire filter assembly (15, 400) for a central tire inflation system (10) having fluid communication (403) from the exterior to the interior of the pressurized chamber (74) of an inflatable tire (12). The assembly includes filter means (15) mounted to a c... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4930558 | Insert for pneumatic wheel A resilient wheel has a rim (4) with an airtight annular channel (18) separated from the tire air space (19) by an annular elastomeric member (16). The sealed annular channel (18) is in pressure communication with the tire air space (19) and acts as a buf... | 06/05/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4709738 | Bead lock for pneumatic tires A bead lock for locking the bead portion of a pneumatic tire against the outer periphery of a vehicle wheel is adapted to seat in the vehicle wheel. In a first embodiment, the bead lock includes first and second annular members. The first annular member i... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4705089 | Wheel with locking sleeve A tire mounting device utilizing a locking sleeve wherein the sleeve has an inner diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the bottom of the rim so as to encircle the rim and a width slightly greater than the internal separation of the tire b... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4674549 | Bead lock device A bead lock device includes a plurality of bows and a frame for connecting the bows together to form an annular structure. The structure is placed in the interior of a tire which is placed onto a wheel. Wheel flanges compress the bows which, in turn, effe... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4662419 | Beadlock for tubeless tires Nearly circular, generally C-shaped beadlocks, which are made from a generally rigid plastic material, are slightly flexible so that they can be inserted within a tubeless tire and snugly around the annular central section of a supporting tire rim of eith... | 05/05/1987 |
