Tire and wheel assemblies
US4121643A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 1976 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60C5/16
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pneumatic tire and wheel rim assembly comprises a one-piece wheel rim comprising a pair of annular flanges, inwardly of the outboard rim flange a bead seat adjacent and axially inwardly of which is a circumferential notch, a center portion of diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the bead seat, a well wide enough to accept a single tire bead adjacent the inboard rim flange and a blanking member blanking off said well and acting as at least a part of a bead seat for the inboard bead of the tire.
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