Adapter for a wheel assembly and a wheel assembly comprising same
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsArthur Topin, Michel Ahouanto, Jacky Pineau
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Abstract
Adapter providing the connection between one tire bead and the rim. An axially inner end of the adapter is mounted on the rim seat, an axially outer end is mounted on the rim seat, a body connects said outer end to said inner end, a substantially cylindrical adapter seat receives one of said beads, and an adapter bearing face is substantially contained in a plane perpendicular to the axis. The reinforcer element of the axially outer end is entirely situated axially outside the bearing face. The body comprises, opposite the adapter seat, an annular seat protuberance, said protuberance comprising at least one rubber composition.
Claims17
An adapter for a rolling assembly having a rotation axis and comprising:
- a tire having two beads;
- a rim;
- said adapter providing the connection between one of the beads and the rim;
- said rim having two rim seats and two rim flanges;
- said adapter having:
- an axially inner end that is configured to be mounted on one of the rim seats of the tire and comprises an inner reinforcer element,
- an axially outer end that comprises an outer reinforcer element,
- a body that connects said axially outer end to said axially inner end, the body comprising a two-ply reinforcement that provides a connection between said outer reinforcer element and said inner reinforcer element,
- a substantially cylindrical adapter seat adapted to receive one of said beads of the tire, said adapter seat arranged at an axially outer end of said body,
- an adapter bearing face substantially contained in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis, said adapter bearing face being arranged on an axially inner face of the axially outer end,
- wherein the outer reinforcer element of the axially outer end is entirely situated axially outside the adapter bearing face, and wherein the body comprises, arranged on the adapter seat, an annular seat protuberance, said annular seat protuberance comprising at least one rubber composition, the annular seat protuberance being configured to be compressed between one of said beads of the tire and the body of the adapter.
An adapter for a rolling assembly having a rotation axis and comprising:
- a tire having two beads;
- a rim;
- said adapter providing the connection between one of the beads and the rim;
- said rim having two rim seats and two rim flanges;
- said adapter having:
- an axially inner end that is configured to be mounted on one of the rim seats of the tire and comprises an inner reinforcer element,
- an axially outer end that comprises an outer reinforcer element,
- a body that connects said axially outer end to said axially inner end, the body comprising a two-ply reinforcement that provides a connection between said outer reinforcer element and said inner reinforcer element,
- a substantially cylindrical adapter seat adapted to receive one of said beads of the tire, said adapter seat arranged at an axially outer end of said body,
- an adapter bearing face substantially contained in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis, said adapter bearing face being arranged on an axially inner face of the axially outer end,
- wherein the outer reinforcer element of the axially outer end is entirely situated axially outside the adapter bearing face, and wherein the body comprises, arranged on the adapter seat, an annular seat protuberance, said annular seat protuberance comprising at least one rubber composition, and
- wherein the body comprises an annular seat reinforcer arranged at a radially outer surface of said two-ply reinforcement and opposite the adapter seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.