Assembly consisting of a rim and a bearing support
US6609549B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60C2017/068
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An assembly including a deformable, inextensible tread-bearing support S, which can be slipped on to a suitable rim bearing surface (11). The bearing surface (11) extends axially towards the inside of a first rim seat (13′), which is in turn extended to the outside by a protrusion or hump (15′) of low height. The first rim seat (13′) is inclined towards the outside. A second rim seat (13″) having, viewed in meridian section, a generatrix, the axially inner end of which is located on a circle of diameter D″A greater than the diameter of the circle on which is located the axially inner end D′A of the first rim seat (13′). The two seats being, axially to the inside, extended by frustoconical portions (17, 14) of a height at least equal to 0.01 times the minimum diameter of the bearing surface (11), and the generatrices of which form with the axis of rotation angles &agr; at least equal to 45°. The rim bearing surface (11) is provided with at least one circumferential protuberance (115) arranged in a circumferential groove (30) of the radially inner face of the tread bearing support S, such that the protuberance (115) axially comes to bear …
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