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
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Application No.: US10568345Application Date: 2004-09-03
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Publication No.: US07472734B2Publication Date: 2009-01-06
- 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
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2003-312615 20030904
- International Application: PCT/JP2004/012812 WO 20040903
- International Announcement: WO2005/023565 WO 20050317
- Main IPC: B60C17/00
- IPC: B60C17/00 ; B60C17/04

Abstract:
A tire/wheel assembly comprising: a wheel having a disc and a rim provided on the outer peripheral edge of the disc in such a manner that the widthwise center of the rim is offset towards one side; a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim; and a run-flat support member disposed in the cavity of the pneumatic tire, the run-flat support member having an annular shell and elastic rings, the annular shell including a support surface located radially outwardly thereof and two leg portions formed radially inwardly thereof in a straddling state, the support surface having a plurality of convexly curved surface sections that are widthwisely arranged, the elastic rings supporting the leg portions on the rim. One of the elastic rings located on the opposite side of the rim to the offset side is smaller in rigidity than the other of the elastic rings located on the offset side.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060260728A1 Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat support member Public/Granted day:2006-11-23
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