Tyre chamber
AssigneeDecathlon
InventorsJaouad El Khalki, Gabin Delannoy, Eric Bretaudeau
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Abstract
The invention relates to a toroidal inner tube (30, 130). The invention is characterized by the fact that the inner tube (30, 130) is in the form of a flexible corrugated tube (40, 140) that is curved to form a closed loop, the tube comprising alternating crest rings (46, 146) and trough rings (48, 148), the tube presenting a radius (R) and, when measured in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the tube, the radial thickness of at least one of the crest rings is less than the radial thickness of at least one of the trough rings (48, 148).
Claims20
A toroidal inner tube, in the form of a flexible corrugated tube having a central axis and that is curved to form a closed loop with annular grooves along an entire circumference of a cross-section of the closed loop, the flexible corrugated tube comprising alternating crest rings and trough rings presenting radial thicknesses, wherein the crest rings and trough rings are defined relative to the central axis of the flexible corrugated tube, the flexible corrugated tube presenting a radius and an axis and, when measured in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the flexible corrugated tube, the radial thickness of at least one of the crest rings is less than the radial thickness of at least one of the trough rings.
A wheel configured to be mounted on a vehicle wherein the wheel comprises:
- a running device comprising a contact surface configured to come into contact with the ground during travel of the vehicle, and defining an internal housing;
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- an inner tube in the form of a flexible corrugated tube having a central axis and that is curved to form a closed loop, the flexible corrugated tube comprising alternating crest rings and trough rings presenting radial thicknesses, wherein the crest rings and trough rings are defined relative to the central axis of the flexible corrugated tube, each trough ring defining an annular groove that presents a radial depth, the flexible corrugated tube presenting a radius and an axis and, when measured in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the flexible corrugated tube, the radial thickness of at least one of the crest rings is less than the radial thickness of at least one of the trough rings, the inner tube being arranged in the internal housing of the running device.
A toroidal inner tube, wherein the toroidal inner tube is in the form of a flexible corrugated tube that is curved to form a closed loop, the tube comprising alternating crest rings and trough rings presenting radial thicknesses, each trough ring defining an annular groove that presents a radial depth, the tube presenting a radius and an axis and, when measured in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the tube, the radial thickness of at least one of the crest rings is less than the radial thickness of at least one of the trough rings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.