Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Run-flat support body and tire/wheel assembly
- Patent Title (中): 润滑支撑体和轮胎/轮组件
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Application No.: US11587747Application Date: 2005-05-09
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Publication No.: US07814952B2Publication Date: 2010-10-19
- Inventor: Mitsuru Naito , Takumi Sekiguchi
- Applicant: Mitsuru Naito , Takumi Sekiguchi
- 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: JP2004-138465 20040507
- International Application: PCT/JP2005/008424 WO 20050509
- International Announcement: WO2005/108124 WO 20051117
- Main IPC: B60C17/00
- IPC: B60C17/00 ; B60C17/04

Abstract:
The present invention provides a run-flat support body and a tire/wheel assembly whose weights can be respectively reduced. The run-flat support body includes an annular shell and elastic rings, the annular shell having an outer peripheral side as a support surface and an inner peripheral side formed in fork-shaped open legs, the elastic rings being attached respectively to the legs portions of the annular shell, and the elastic rings being designed to be mounted on a rim of a wheel. The annular shell is formed of a porous structural material having fine voids. The run-flat support body is attached to an inside of a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim of the wheel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080060736A1 Run-Flat Support Body And Tire/Wheel Assembly Public/Granted day:2008-03-13
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