Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat support member

Details Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat support member Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat support member

2005-03-08

2005-03-08

Stormer, Russell D. (Department: 3617)

Resilient tires and wheels

Tires, resilient

Wheel securing means

C152S520000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06863102

ABSTRACT:
A tire/wheel assembly in which a run-flat support member is inserted into a cavity of a pneumatic tire, the run-flat support member including a circular shell 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 supporting the ends of the two leg portions on a rim. Protruding portions are provided, respectively projecting sideways on both sides of the circular shell, and the protruding portions come to contact with an inner surface of a bead of the pneumatic tire during run-flat traveling.

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