Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat support member
- Patent Title (中): 轮胎/车轮组装和平板支撑构件
-
Application No.: US10609596Application Date: 2003-07-01
-
Publication No.: US06805176B2Publication Date: 2004-10-19
- Inventor: Akira Kuramori , Atsushi Tanno , Masatoshi Kuwajima
- Applicant: Akira Kuramori , Atsushi Tanno , Masatoshi Kuwajima
- Priority: JP2002-210068 20020718
- Main IPC: B60C500
- IPC: B60C500

Abstract:
A tire/wheel assembly in which a run-flat support member 3 is inserted into a cavity of a pneumatic tire 2, the run-flat support member 3 including a circular shell 4 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 5 supporting the ends of the two leg portions on a rim. The outer circumferential surface of the circular shell 4 in a cross-section cut in a tire width direction has a shape with a plurality of convex portions 4a, 4b, aligned in a tire width direction, and these convex portions have a plurality of different kinds of radius of curvatures and/or thickness.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040011448A1 Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat support member Public/Granted day:2004-01-22
Information query