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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6786259 | Locking ring assembly for wheel rim assembly A locking ring assembly for a wheel rim assembly is disclosed. The locking rim assembly includes a locking ring, a retaining key and a clip. The locking ring assembly has a transverse split defining circumferentially opposing terminal ends, and the terminal ends inc... | 09/07/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6568764 | Dual wheel assembly A dual wheel assembly is formed by an inner wheel (10) and an outer wheel (30) coaxially mounted on a common hub (11). The inner wheel (10) has an inner tire (13) mounted on an inner wheel rim (12). The outer wheel (30) has an outer tire (13A) mounted on ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6311749 | Multiple piece wheel rim for large vehicles Wheel rim assembly (10) is formed in three parts, the cylindrical rim base (20), inner side flange (22) and reinforcing rim (34) all as one part, and the combination bead seat (50), annular outer side flange (52) and reinforcing rim (60) as a second part,... | 11/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5890526 | Driver for bead seat band An elongated driver block having a radially extending crown and a radially extending toe is insertable between the confronting end surfaces of a split lock ring.... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5335706 | Rotary forged curved side flange for five piece rims A continuous forged annular flange (10) is provided for use in a wheel assembly (12) to support the side wall of a tire (14). The continuous forged flange eliminates butt welds used in prior designs which formed points for stress concentration. Further, t... | 08/09/1994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5083597 | Lock ring groove support for dual tire rims A dual rim assembly structure adapted to reduce cracking of gutter bands. An annular support wedge is disposed against an inclined surface to provide support under the lock-ring groove and reduce bending forces in the gutter band of each rim. A cylindrica... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5018795 | Vehicle wheel made of composite material The wheel of the invention comprises a rim and side walls made of composite material and removable beading on at least one side and preferably likewise made of composite material. The beading is mounted on the rim via a metal mounting belt which is fixed ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4757851 | Flexible locking member for a wheel rim flange retaining ring assembly A wheel rim assembly (10) includes a first bead flange and a separable second bead flange (16), the separable second bead flange (16) being maintained on the rim assembly (10) by a separated retaining ring assembly (20). Each terminal end (22) of the reta... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4721142 | Rim & lock ring A rim construction for mounting a tire which has a base member in which a groove or gutter has been machined to a fine tolerance. A lock ring with a semicircular projection is formed by cold extruding steel to a matching fine tolerance of the gutter so th... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4706723 | Rim for heavy, off-road vehicles An improved rim for use on a heavy, off-road vehicle formed of a tubular rim base member having a circumferential groove in the outer cylindrical surface adjacent one end thereof, the groove being of semi-circular cross-sectional configuration, a first be... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4683930 | Locking configuration for a wheel rim flange retaining ring A split retaining ring for locking a separable tire bead flange on a wheel rim has inboard and outboard facing portions and two circumferentially aligned terminal ends, each terminal end characterized by an outboard facing tab having a drilled-through bor... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4649978 | Wheel ring driver A vehicle is supported by wheel and tire assemblies. The assemblies each have a tire mounted around a cylindrical wheel rim and retained in place by an annular retaining ring that abuts the wheel rim and the tire. A lock ring is located in an annular groo... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4635695 | Locking configuration for a wheel rim flange retaining ring A split retaining ring 60 locking a separable tire bead flange 14 on a wheel rim 10 has inboard 60a and outboard 60b facing portions and circumferentially aligned terminal ends 40, 50, each terminal end characterized by a drilled-through bore 46, 56 exten... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4574859 | Rim assembly A multi-piece rim assembly comprises a rim base, sealing member, lock ring and bead seat band. The sealing member and lock ring have specified positions such that each is at least partially disposed in an annular groove in the radially outer surface of th... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4566515 | Wheel and solid tire assembly having locking ring A wheel and tire assembly for a vehicle, including a solid rubber tire, and a wheel body, one or both edges of which are provided with a circumferential groove for receiving a retaining ring for the solid tire. In order to be able to repeatedly mount the ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4554961 | Wheel rim with split locking ring A bottom surface portion of a lockring groove defined by a rim base is formed to be an inclined surface on which a load in a radial direction acts through a lockring. A leg portion of the lockring having an annular body engaged thereto is formed to be an ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4552194 | Locking configuration for a wheel rim flange retaining ring A retaining ring (30) for use in combination with a wheel rim (10) having a separable bead flange (14) to secure the separable bead flange on the rim in the absence of a properly inflated tire is characterized by an inboard facing portion (30a) and an out... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4530387 | Spider hub and a wheel rim assembly In a cylindrical surface of a gutter band of a wheel rim and a cylindrical surface of a spider hub opposed to one another, a conical surface is formed on one side of the cylindrical surface of the gutter band or that of the spider hub, or on both respecti... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4512382 | Indexing and locking assembly for multi-piece truck rims An indexing and locking assembly for a two or three piece truck tire rim and which rim presents at least a base and a locking ring which is attached to the base to complete the same for mounting of the tire upon the rim. Means are provided on the base for... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4453583 | Closed torus tire/rim assembly A tire and rim assembly has a closed torus tire mounted upon a three-piece rim that may be adapted for use with a variety of wheels and vehicles. The rim consists of a rim base, a tapered base band and an expandable locking ring. An adapter may be attache... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4438797 | Seal for a multipiece wheel assembly A tire rim assembly (16) permits inflation of a tire (10) mounted thereon only when the components constituting the structure are assembled in a locking configuration. The tire rim assembly (16) includes a rim base (18) having first and second grooves (32... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4407348 | Multi-piece wheel structure A multi-piece wheel structure (16) permits inflation of a tire (10) mounted thereon only when components constituting the wheel structure (16) are locked together. The wheel structure (16) includes an annular rim base (18) having an outer periphery (30) w... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4397345 | Manufacture of rims for the wheels of road vehicles Apparatus for the manufacture of a rim for the wheel of a commercial load carrying or passenger service vehicle, which apparatus comprises in combination bending apparatus for bending steel strip and butt welding the edges thereof to form a cylindrical co... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4369826 | Multi-piece wheel structure A multi-piece wheel structure (16) permits inflation of a tire (10) mounted thereon only when components constituting the wheel structure (16) are locked together. The wheel structure (16) includes an annular rim base (18) having an indentation (36), a re... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4235275 | Rim construction for trouble-free tire mounting A trouble-free tire mounting arrangement is disclosed. An axially extending slot is provided through a band structure which fits about a wheel rim base. An elastomeric ring is provided which fits over and in contact with the base, the elastomeric ring fit... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4209052 | Wheel flange retaining ring A wheel flange retaining ring provided about the circumference of an aircraft wheel to maintain a removable flange thereabout. The invention includes a metallic band having a bulb received within a circumferential groove formed within the wheel frame. The... | 06/24/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4173992 | Radially reinforced wheel rims of moldable material Wheel rims of moldable material for a tire having roundings at least in part connecting the base, bead seat and flange elements of the rim with each other, each of the roundings having a concave face and a convex face, are improved and strengthened agains... | 11/13/1979 |
