Rim Flange Engagement Patents (Class 152/281)
  • Publication number: 20020124923
    Abstract: An assembly including a deformable, inextensible tread-bearing support S, which can be slipped on to a suitable rim bearing surface (11). The bearing surface (11) extends axially towards the inside of a first rim seat (13′), which is in turn extended to the outside by a protrusion or hump (15′) of low height. The first rim seat (13′) is inclined towards the outside. A second rim seat (13″) having, viewed in meridian section, a generatrix, the axially inner end of which is located on a circle of diameter D″A greater than the diameter of the circle on which is located the axially inner end D′A of the first rim seat (13′). The two seats being, axially to the inside, extended by frustoconical portions (17, 14) of a height at least equal to 0.01 times the minimum diameter of the bearing surface (11), and the generatrices of which form with the axis of rotation angles &agr; at least equal to 45°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Abinal, Thomas Emberger, Jean-Pierre Pompier