121 |
Assembly comprising a rim and a run-flat support |
US11316109 |
2005-12-22 |
US20060118226A1 |
2006-06-08 |
Damon Christenbury; Jeffery Zawisza |
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 said bearing surface. The radially inner surface of said support further comprising a protuberance to engage said depression in said rim, and wherein a radially innermost base portion of said support includes a plurality of substantially circumferentially oriented reinforcement elements. Said reinforcement elements are axially spaced apart, and said reinforcement elements are absent in an axial portion of said base portion radially outward of said protuberance. |
122 |
Structure of wheel rim assembly |
US10919244 |
2004-08-17 |
US20060060283A1 |
2006-03-23 |
Yueh Chen |
A wheel rim is constructed to include a wheel rim body holding a tire, and a supplementary tire support mounted on a flange around the periphery of the wheel rim body for supporting the tire for enabling the car to run to a repair shop in case the tire is broken during running. |
123 |
Method of manufacturing a filament formed reinforcement member and a run flat tire support therewith |
US09947997 |
2001-09-06 |
US06989065B2 |
2006-01-24 |
Rick L. Tabor; Patricio Jimenez, Jr.; Wayne R. Wilkomm; Ralph D. Priester, Jr.; Marty C. Cornell; Chris P. Christenson; Kimberly F. Bennett; Peder E. Danielsen; Jeffery D. Zawisza |
The present invention provides a unitary run flat tire (RFT) reinforcement using filament material that is formed into a relatively rigid shape. The reinforcement is insertable into a mold for an RFT support and can maintain the needed structural rigidity for such insertion. Further, the invention provides an RFT support that is molded and includes the RFT reinforcement. The invention also provides a wheel assembly including a tire, a rim, and an RFT support between the rim and the tire, where the support includes the RFT reinforcement. The RFT support can have a colored indicator formed or subsequently applied thereto to indicate one or more attributes of the support. |
124 |
Runflat device for a motor vehicle, and a mounted assembly incorporating it |
US10953767 |
2004-09-30 |
US20060005906A1 |
2006-01-12 |
Lars Resare; Olivier Marsaly; Olivier Heuze |
The present invention concerns a runflat device for a tubeless mounted assembly for a motor vehicle and an assembly incorporating said device. A device in accordance with the invention for a unit comprises a wheel rim having a plurality of pieces and a tire cover comprising beads mounted against the flanges of the rim, the device comprising: a support ring for mounting around the rim to support the tire cover following a drop in inflation pressure and divided into at least two ring sectors; and means for locking said beads against the flanges to connect the sectors to the beads. The device is such that each ring sector comprises a rigid wall which defines at least one internal volume and which defines the lateral faces of the ring sector. |
125 |
Safety support for vehicle wheel |
US11108529 |
2005-04-18 |
US20050236082A1 |
2005-10-27 |
Alain Clouet |
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 least one female portion (27) suitable for fitting one inside the other by a relative movement of two segments in the circumferential direction of the ring, the at least one linking means (9) also comprises a lever mechanism (28) comprising at least two link arms (29, 31) of different lengths articulated on one another and each at one respective end of the two segments so that the lever mechanism acts so as to bring the two segments closer to one another when the male element (26) is partially engaged in the female portion (27) and when an articulation (38) common to two link arms of the lever mechanism (28) is moved substantially radially relative to the center (C) of the ring (6) in response to an axial movement of the ring relative to the rim. |
126 |
Run-flat support system for a pneumatic tired wheel and method for installing same |
US11100300 |
2005-04-06 |
US20050217781A1 |
2005-10-06 |
William Gardetto |
A run-flat support system and method for installing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the run-flat support system includes a torque assembly removably coupled to a split wheel rim of a pneumatic tired wheel. A plurality of support segments are adapted for attachment to the torque assembly in order to support the pneumatic tired wheel in a flat condition such as an under-inflated condition or deflated condition. |
127 |
Inner tube with film |
US10514466 |
2003-07-01 |
US20050211357A1 |
2005-09-29 |
Wenlin Ren |
The present invention discloses a type of secure and efficient wheel assembly using fluid or solid stuffing materials so as to minimize the blowout risks, a wheel rim transmission assembly, an energy exchanging arrangement used in transporting system, and a vehicle energy storage system, as well as corresponding methods for manufacturing and preparing such assemblies and arrangements in applications. |
128 |
Vehicle tire |
US10352091 |
2003-01-28 |
US06926052B2 |
2005-08-09 |
Shut Chen Hsu |
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 when damaged accidentally. |
129 |
Run-flat core |
US10995357 |
2004-11-24 |
US20050076983A1 |
2005-04-14 |
Yoshiaki Kimura; Takahiko Ito; Takashi Kainose; Masahiro Seto |
A run-flat core has a closed upper surface and an open lower surface and includes a reinforcement plate provided for reinforcement within the core. The core includes one or more blocks formed in the same shape with each other and connected in a circumferential direction of a wheel. The core has flanges protruding in right and left directions at a lower portion of the core. A band is wound onto the flanges, and by tensioning the band, the core is pressed to a rim. The blocks are connected to each other at a lower portion of the core. The core may include a longitudinal groove, and by winding the band onto the longitudinal groove, the core is pressed to the rim. |
130 |
Runflat system |
US10912190 |
2004-08-06 |
US20050072506A1 |
2005-04-07 |
Masatoshi Tanaka |
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 inner circumferential surface fitting to the above-mentioned support-ring seat, and an outer circumferential surface contacting with the inside of a tread portion of the tire mounted on the wheel rim when the tire is deflated; and one of or alternatively each of the support-ring seat and the inner circumferential surface is provided with an ordered uneven surface which can reduce a friction in the axial direction between the inner circumferential surface and the support-ring seat, while maintaining or increasing the friction in the circumferential direction. |
131 |
Tire support ring reinforcement |
US10403689 |
2003-03-31 |
US20050072504A1 |
2005-04-07 |
John White; Michael Aube |
A support ring is intended for mounting on a wheel rim inside a tire, in order to support the tire in the event of a loss of inflation pressure. The support ring has a base intended to fit around the wheel rim, a cap, and an annular body joining the base and the cap together. Within the base of the ring, to control the expansion characteristics of the support ring, is a metal support. The metal support has a mesh configuration. |
132 |
Demountable tire rim with a spare inner wheel and tire for said tire rim |
US10751707 |
2004-01-05 |
US20050067079A1 |
2005-03-31 |
Jose Rolla |
The present invention is related to a demountable tire rim (1) with a spare inner wheel (3) with antifriction systems which allow running with tubeless tires, without their deterioration; the demountable tire rim (1) comprises two complementary annular parts (4)(5) provided with reciprocal threaded coupling means (10). The body of the demountable tire (1) comprises two complementary annular parts (4)(5) which consist of a first part (4) and a second part (5). Both complementary annular parts (4)(5) are provided with each side holding rims (6) (13) for the tire (2). The modifications of the tires (2) have the purpose of adapting them to run under flat condition and determine a guided movement on it, and in relation to the tire rim, it decreases the rotating displacement on it. |
133 |
Tire wheel assembly |
US10969975 |
2004-10-22 |
US20050051248A1 |
2005-03-10 |
Takeshi Hotaka; Yasuhiro Ishikawa; Osamu Ozawa; Ryotaro Suefuji |
A run flat tire wheel assembly having a flat run support formed by a ring-shaped metal shell and rubbery elastic members in a tire rim cavity, said tire wheel assembly improving bondability between the ring-shaped metal shell and rubbery elastic members by making said rubbery elastic member from a rubber composition including 100 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber, 40 to 90 parts by weight of carbon black, 3 to 8 parts by weight of sulfur, 0.1 to 1 part by weight of an organic acid cobalt salt in terms of content of cobalt element, 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of a phenylene-diamine-based antiaging agent, and 1 to 6 parts by weight of a resol-type alkylphenol resin. |
134 |
Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat support member |
US10601540 |
2003-06-24 |
US06863102B2 |
2005-03-08 |
Akira Kuramori; Atsushi Tanno; Masatoshi Kuwajima |
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 side thereof is opened to have two leg portions, and elastic rings supporting the ends of the two leg portions on a rim. Protruding portions are provided, respectively projecting sideways on both sides of the circular shell, and the protruding portions come to contact with an inner surface of a bead of the pneumatic tire during run-flat traveling. |
135 |
Method for producing a run-flat support body for run-flat vehicle wheels |
US10491604 |
2002-09-10 |
US20050028367A1 |
2005-02-10 |
Jakob Lowen; Meinolf Koch; Ralf Kulmann; Christian Reuber; Lutz Maiwald |
The invention relates to a run-flat support body for run-flat vehicle wheels. Said support body is typically embodied as a shell-shaped, metallic annular body (3) having an undulated supporting annular surface. The invention relates to a simple, effective method for producing one such annular body (3), according to which a rectangular blank (6) which is cut out of a strip of sheet metal is bent along the longitudinal side to form a ring and the open ends of the ring are interconnected by a material connection. The annular blank (7) thus produced is provided with the desired profile according to the pressure-rolling method, is provided with connecting elements (9), and cut open between the same. |
136 |
Run flat tire support and colorant therefor |
US10889759 |
2004-07-13 |
US20040256043A1 |
2004-12-23 |
Rick
L.
Tabor; Wayne
R.
Wilkomm; Patricio
Jimenez
JR.; Ralph
D.
Priester
JR.; Martin
C.
Cornell; Kimberly
F.
Bennett; Jeffery
D.
Zawisza; Chris
P.
Christenson; Peder
E.
Danielsen |
The present invention provides a unitary run flat tire (RFT) reinforcement that is formed into a relatively rigid shape. The reinforcement is insertable into a mold for an RFT support and can maintain the needed structural rigidity for such insertion. Further, the invention provides an RFT support that is molded and includes the RFT reinforcement. The invention also provides a wheel assembly including a tire, a rim, and an RFT support between the rim and the tire, where the support includes the RFT reinforcement. The RFT support can have a colored indicator formed or subsequently applied thereto to indicate one or more attributes of the support. |
137 |
Rim wheel, and tire-rim assembly |
US10490159 |
2004-08-13 |
US20040250935A1 |
2004-12-16 |
Hiroshi
Morinaga; Hidetoshi
Yokota |
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 outer circumferential surface of a rim 16 in a circumferential direction thereof, diaphragms are disposed inwardly of each cap member 20, and a plurality of sub-air chambers 32 is formed between the rim 16 and the cap members 20 in a rim circumferential direction. The tire main air chamber 18 is connected to the sub-air chambers 32 through communicating holes 24 formed on the cap members 20. The sub-air chambers 32 and the communicating holes 24 constitute a Helmholtz resonance noise absorber that can absorb vibration with specified frequencies. Further, since the sub-air chamber 32 is not formed in a continuous annular shape in a tire circumferential direction, occurrence of cavity resonance can be suppressed and a substantial reduction in noise can be secured. |
138 |
Tire-wheel assembly |
US10489415 |
2004-03-12 |
US20040231773A1 |
2004-11-25 |
Takeshi
Hotaka; Yasuhiro
Ishikawa; Osamu
Ozawa; Ryotaro
Suefuji |
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 wherein the contact surfaces of the ring-shaped metal shell and the rubber elastic members are coated with an organic solvent-based adhesive, whereby the bondability between the ring-shaped metal shell and rubber elastic members is improved. |
139 |
Wheel rim and assembly of such a rim with a bearing support |
US10212624 |
2002-08-05 |
US06807993B2 |
2004-10-26 |
Jean-Pierre Pompier |
Wheel rim comprising two rim seats having different diameters, inclined outwards and extended axially outwards by two humps of small height, the rim seat of smaller diameter being connected axially on the inside to a bearing surface via a truncated conical portion and the rim seat of larger diameter being connected axially on the inside to the said bearing surface by a rib of small or zero height, whose axially interior wall has a generatrix that makes with the rotation axis an angle open radially and axially outwards and at the most equal to 30°, characterised in that the said rib, which has an axially inside wall of axial width at most equal to the axial width of the said second seat is provided circumferentially with at least two transverse grooves of small size. |
140 |
Run flat tire support and colorant therefor |
US09948025 |
2001-09-06 |
US06779572B2 |
2004-08-24 |
Rick L. Tabor; Patricio Jimenez, Jr.; Wayne R. Wilkomm; Ralph D. Priester, Jr.; Marty C. Cornell; Chris P. Christenson; Kimberly F. Bennett; Peder E. Danielsen; Jeffery D. Zawisza |
The present invention provides a unitary run flat tire (RFT) reinforcement that is formed into a relatively rigid shape. The reinforcement is insertable into a mold for an RFT support and can maintain the needed structural rigidity for such insertion. Further, the invention provides an RFT support that is molded and includes the RFT reinforcement. The invention also provides a wheel assembly including a tire, a rim, and an RFT support between the rim and the tire, where the support includes the RFT reinforcement. The RFT support can have a colored indicator formed or subsequently applied thereto to indicate one or more attributes of the support. |