A wheel assembly (22) includes a rigid wheel (30) and an airless flexible tire (32) with certain performance characteristics of a pneumatic tire. The rigid wheel (30) includes a central portion and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting elements removably attached to a radially outer margin of the central portion. The tire (32) is mounted on the wheel (30) and engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel (60) by a space. The tire is configured such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure, thereby minimizing ground penetration and soil disruption. The tire may include one or more tension elements embedded in the tire to increase the tire's strength and resilience.

An integrated wheel and an electric scooter using the wheel are disclosed. The electric scooter comprises an operation level and a footrest. The operation lever is provided with a front wheel at a lower end thereof. The footrest is provided with a rear wheel at a rear end thereof. At least one of the front and rear wheels is an integrated wheel. The integrated wheel comprises a wheel rim and a rubber tire. The external periphery of the wheel rim is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves. The rubber tire is integratedly formed on the external periphery of the wheel rim and has an internal periphery provided with a plurality of blocks each of which is correspondingly engaged into one of the positioning grooves. Thereby, the wheel rim can be firmly fixed with the rubber tire so as to prolong the lifetime of the wheel and ensure the driving safety.

A light-weight, low-cost, and easy-to-manufacture rim (10) for use with a tire assembly capable of realizing stable high-speed traveling with a flat tire and an extended continuous travel distance. A rim includes flanges (11), bead seats (12), and a support section (13) integrally formed together with the flanges and the bead seats. The support section (13) is made up of a pair of legs (14) extending radially outside from the inner sides of the bead seats, and a tire receiving section (15) connecting between the tip ends of the pair of legs. A space between the legs is opened radially on the inside of the rim.

Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Radfelge für kleine Fahrzeuge wie Transportfahrzeuge, Fahrgeräte mit fest miteinander verbundenen Radplatten (Felgenscheiben) mit einem außenseitigen Felgenbett und im Zentrum eingearbeiteter Lageraufnahme, wobei in der Lageraufnahme (14) ein Anlagering (15-17) in Form einer Lagertopfprägung aus Eigenblech vorsteht, an den sich ein zweiteiliger, die Lauffläche der Nabe, der Achse o.dgl. bildender Nabenlagerkörper (23, 30, 41-43,46) anlegt.

A wheel for a pneumatic rubber tire comprises a bead seat (1), a flange (2), a bead seat radius (3) connecting the bead seat to the flange and a well (5), in which the bead seat pair has an oppositely taper relationship of extending toward the bead seat radius at a downwardly inclined gradient. When a tire is mounted onto such a wheel, the occurrence of radial run-out is reduced and also the radial force variation is mitigated to overcome vibration of a vehicle.

La jante 1 est destinée à former un ensemble de sécurité avec le pneumatique 2 et un boudin 3 en caoutchouc mousse, qui lui confère la capacité de rouler dégonflé. Les parois latérales 102 de la gorge centrale 10 recevant ledit boudin 3 comportent chacune une contre-dépouille 11 pour retenir efficacement le boudin 3.

A one piece wheel rim for a pneumatic tyre in which one tyre retaining flange has a reduced height portion (9) having a length of .25 to .5 times the bead seat circumference and the reduced height being such that the flange height, measured from the heel point (HP) is in the range of 0.15 to 0.6 times the height of the remainder of the flange to allow tyre fitting removal

The assembly provides a wheel rim having much increased brake space inside the wheel rim because it is not ncessary to have the conventional tyre fitting well and a fitting well of very much reduced, or indeed in some cases zero depth, may be used.