Abstract:
A trapezoidal non-pneumatic tire ("TNPT") is integrally molded from a stiff, resilient elastomeric material with particular specifications, to form a unitary structure comprising outer and inner cylindrical coaxial members ("hoops"), the outer being wider than the inner. The outer hoop is supported and cushioned by a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, planar rib members (ribs) and a planar central web member (web) which connects the hoops at their circumferential center lines. The web lies in a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the TNPT. The ribs extend axially along the inner and outer hoops, connecting them, and the edges of the ribs lie along the opposite faces of the web. The ribs are angled in the range from 15.degree. to 75.degree. to radial planes which intersect them at their radially inner ends, and the ribs on one side of the web are angled oppositely from those on the other. A rubber tread is secured to the outer surface of the outer hoop. The coaction of the structural elements of the TNPT provides a load-supporting structure which, in operation, is subjected to continuous compression and tensile forces as it travels over the ground. Deformation and buckling characteristics of the TNPT are derived from its unique trapezoidal shape which results in an interaction of the structural elements such that the outer hoop is not pulled under the wheel as much as the outer hoop would have been, had the shape of the TNPT been rectangular. The trapezoidal shape provides the TNPT with improved "handling" characteristics in hard turns without sacrificing a "ride" which is suprisingly similar to that of a conventional pneumatic tire.
Abstract:
A pneumatic wheel for vehicles including a tire provided with a tread, two sidewalls and two beads and a rim with two seats, one for each bead. Each seat has the shape of a circumferential channel having an opening for the introduction of each bead in its seat. The width of the opening is smaller than the maximum width of the seat. Each bead has in cross-section a profile at least partially equal to that of the corresponding seat of the rim and is substantially indeformable. The cross-section of the bead is smaller than the cross-section of the seat. Each bead is locked in its seat by an element having a modulus of resistance to compression of the same order of magnitude as that of the compound forming the beads and which makes coincident the partially equal profiles. The tire is anchored to the rim by introducing the element into the seat on the rim after the introduction of the bead so as to press the surface of the bead against the surface of the corresponding seat.
Abstract:
351,803. Pneumatic tyres. MUSSELMAN, A. J., 2505, Whitelaw Avenue, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, U.S.A. Aug. 15, 1930, No. 24497. Convention date, Oct. 4, 1929. [Classes 144 (i) and 144 (ii).] Pneumatic tyres of the kind adapted to be mounted directly on a hub barrel, and particularly for use on the landing-wheels of aircraft, are built up from one or more plies 28 of rubbered cord material, the edges of the flat band thus produced being contracted by means of rings 34, and the structure then shaped to tyre form on a spherical air-bag. Other reinforcing bead-cores, such as 39, may be fitted on either side of the rings 34. The latter may have interlocking ends which may also be pinned together. The tyre is clamped between flanged collars 52 keyed on the hub-barrel 53 and secured by nuts 56, 57. The tyre beads and the flanges 54 of the collars 52 are formed with interengaging ribs 48, 49 respectively. Specification 336,715, [Class 144 (ii), Wheel tyres, Pneumatic &c.], is referred to.
Abstract:
An improved clamping mechanism to secure a tire between a bead ring and a wheel utilizing a bolt is provided. The bolt has a ball seat that pivots within an enlarged pilot hole in the bead ring as the bolt threads engage in threaded section of the wheel, pulling the bead ring toward the wheel. As the bead ring is tightened upon the wheel, eventually the bead ring contacts a fulcrum on the wheel, at which point the outer edge of the bead ring is leveraged against the tire bead bundle and pressing down the tire bead to lock it in place against the wheel. As the bead ring can pivot within the enlarged pilot hole around the bolt, the bolt is not stressed. Further, the wheel comprising a safety bead and non-skid coating on the inner wall of the wheel to prevent the wheel sliding around the wheel.
Abstract:
The current invention is related to a two or more piece easy to fit safety device called bead lock when used in combination with tube, tubeless, custom design wheel rim and Tube type or tubeless type tyre, radial or bias provides increased traction and braking when operating under low tyre pressure conditions required for greater traction on rocks, sand, mud snow, loose dirt, or any off-road surface, it improved steering control and minimize the chances of rollover caused by the unseating of the tyre bead in 3 piece lock ring type of wheel rims.
Abstract:
A system. The system includes a wheel, a tire and a bead lock assembly. The wheel defines an axis of rotation and includes an outboard wheel flange and an inboard wheel flange. The tire is mounted on the wheel, and the tire and the wheel cooperate to define a tire cavity. The bead lock assembly is within the tire cavity, and has a radially outermost surface which is a first distance from the axis of rotation. At least one of the outboard and inboard wheel flanges has a radially outermost surface which is a second distance from the axis of rotation. The first distance is greater than the second distance.