Invention Application
- Patent Title: Tire/Wheel Assembly
- Patent Title (中): 轮胎/车轮装配
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Application No.: US10567772Application Date: 2004-06-08
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Publication No.: US20080163966A1Publication Date: 2008-07-10
- Inventor: Masatoshi Kuwajima
- Applicant: Masatoshi Kuwajima
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2003-302457 20030827
- International Application: PCT/EP2004/007951 WO 20040608
- Main IPC: B60C17/04
- IPC: B60C17/04

Abstract:
Disclosed is a tire/wheel assembly which, even in a case of forming a run-flat support member by processing a metal material high in breaking strength, realizes the forming without generating wrinkles and cracks. In the tire/wheel assembly, a run-flat support member is inserted into a cavity portion of a pneumatic tire mounted onto a rim, a run-flat support member being formed of an annular shell having an arched cross-section, and elastic rings attached to bent ends of the annular shell in an inner peripheral side thereof In the tire/wheel assembly, while plural notches are provided in the bent ends along a circumferential direction thereof, a length Ln (mm) of the notches in the circumferential direction is set between 1.0 mm and 15.0 mm inclusive, and a ratio Ws/Wg of a width Ws (mm) of the bent ends of the annular shell to a thickness Wg (mm) of the elastic rings is set between 0.55 and 0.92 inclusive.
Public/Granted literature
- US07819156B2 Tire/wheel assembly Public/Granted day:2010-10-26
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