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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971614 | System for locking a mounting ring on a vehicle hub A locking system for a ring for mounting on a hub of a vehicle, the mounting ring being intended to receive a bead of a tire in an assembly for mounting the tire on the hub of a vehicle. The locking system comprises a locking ring and a polymeric insert. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7819154 | Segmented locking ring in an assembly for mounting a tire on a rim A locking ring for a ring for mounting on a hub of a vehicle, the mounting ring being intended to receive a bead of a tire in an assembly for mounting the tire on the hub of a vehicle. The locking ring comprises a polymeric envelope and an incompressible reinforcing... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7284584 | Laterally installing wheel A laterally installing wheel including a rim in which a rim main portion and a side ring are disconnectably coupled to each other at a coupling portion of the rim main portion and the side ring, wherein the coupling portion is constructed such that a gap between the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7083238 | Multi-piece aluminum wheel and associated method A multi-piece safety wheel includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced, interlocking bosses and tabs on the inner rim portion and outer rim portion. In the event of improper disassembly of the wheel with an inflated tire mounted thereon, any failure of the whee... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6715523 | Multi-piece rim A multi-piece rim includes a rim base including a first flange and a gutter band, a bead seat band including a second flange, a lock ring, and a first side ring located on a side of the first flange and a second side ring located on a side of the second flange. A ci... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6631747 | Assembly for mounting a tire on a hub An assembly for mounting a tire without independent inner tube including two conical metal mounting rings intended to receive the tire beads, positioned and locked on the hub of the vehicle by means of two circular lateral locking rings recessed in a hub,... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6550510 | Optimized demountable flange and retaining ring geometry for aircraft wheels A technique for reducing the likelihood of fatigue damage to a wheel rim assembly (11) of the type having an annular wheel rim (13) with a first bead flange (19), a second separable bead flange (15, 21), and a retaining ring (17) disposable within a groov... | 04/22/2003 |
| 5984421 | Vehicle wheel rim A vehicle wheel rim has a rim base (1) carrying a pair of bead-retaining flanges (2, 4), one of which is on a bead seat ring (5) releasably retained, in use, on the rim base (1) by a locking ring (6) engaging in a groove (7) formed in a gutter section (3)... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5971047 | Tire having beads of specified structure and assembly of rim and bearing support with same A tire has a carcass reinforcement (1) which, when viewed in meridian secn, is wound in each bead B about a bead wire (2) coated with a rubber mix, passing from the heel to the toe of the bead B, the upturn (10) being located in a profile (3) of rubber m... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5947175 | Multi-piece rim A multi-piece rim includes a lock ring and a gutter band having a lock ring groove. The lock ring groove includes a bottom surface, axially inboard and outboard curved surfaces connected to opposite ends of the bottom surface, and axially inboard and outb... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5476128 | Aircraft wheel demountable flange corrosion seal A wheel rim assembly (10) includes a first bead flange, and a separable second bead flange (16), the separable second bead flange (16) maintained on a wheel rim (12) of the wheel rim assembly (10) by a retaining ring assembly (20). The retaining ring asse... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5460433 | Skate wheels A skate wheel includes a reusable hub and a replaceable tire. The hub consists of (i) a rim with an integral clamp ring, (ii) an attachable clamp ring that attaches to the rim after a tire is mounted on the rim and (iii) a threaded ring which fastens onto... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5343920 | Wheel assembly with flange securing and pressure relieving means A wheel assembly 10 for a tubeless pneumatic tire 11 is described. The wheel assembly 10 has a rim 12 for supporting the tire 11, a flange 14 removably attached to the rim 12, and a plurality of spaced studs 34 attached to the rim and threaded nuts 32 for... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5259430 | Configuration for demountable wheel rim flange/split lockring assemblies This invention provides an improved aircraft wheel rim wherein a demountable tire bead flange has an annular chamfer within the outboard end of the flange bore, and a split lockring which cooperates to maintain the flange on the wheel rim body has an oute... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5240055 | Off-highway rim with dished flange An off-highway wheel rim has a flange formed with a frustroconical outwardly directed band at its radially inner surface. The band abuts an inwardly directed surface on an upturned edge of the rim so that in the free body state the opposed surfaces diverg... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5107914 | Driving mechanism for a multi-piece rim A driving mechanism having a driver-loose key provided between a rim base and a bead seat band mounted about the rim base of a multi-piece rim which has the rim base, the bead seat band, a pair of side rings and a lock ring. The driver-loose key is cross-... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5086821 | Aircraft wheel An annular locking ring for use on an aircraft wheel that has a pair of separable wheel sections wherein the locking ring has a lobe section and a leg section. The cross-sectional shape of the leg section has a pair of spaced linear portions that are inte... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4911216 | Multipart wheel A composite wheel for a vehicle including a disk, a rim having a rim base portion, a bead seat band mounted about the rim base portion, a side ring mounted on the bead seat band, and a lock ring provided between the rim base portion and the bead seat band... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4896899 | Go-cart vehicle A go-cart vehicle, made from high strength, molded engineering plastics, has a steering shaft tilt assembly which includes a steering shaft (66) slidable in a pivot bushing (70) carried by a bracket (73). The shaft pivots at a U-joint (78) and the bracket... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4770220 | High strength three-piece wheel A three-piece wheel for vehicle tires for providing a greater positive offset comprising a wheel center, an inner rim and an outer rim wherein the rims are secured at their radially directed bases to a disk mount on the wheel center by a plurality of thre... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4573509 | Run flat device An annular ring-shaped run flat device is used in tires to permit continued use of the tire even when the tire is operating at low pressure or is completely deflated. This device is comprised of a rigid section and a non-rigid section. The tire, when it c... | 03/04/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4142569 | Separable safety rims Two-piece rim for mounting tires, single or dual, on a wheel. The removable bead ring has an axial projection intended for engagement by restraining means mounted on the wheel in the event a tire on said rim is unintentionally deflated. Various forms of r... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4003421 | Vehicle wheels A rim for tubeless tires is improved by having the outer elastic annular sealing ring housed in a groove located in a conical bearing surface of the fixed locking device forming a thickening of increasing diameter which is firmly connected with the rim ba... | 01/18/1977 |
