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US 10,967,676 B2Granted
Rim for a tire
AssigneeMai It Alla S.R.L.
InventorRenato Mai
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Abstract
A rim for a tire for means of displacement preferably for heavy loads at low-speed. The rim may include a main tubular body having a cylindrical surface extending between two lateral edges, a bead-seat having a greater diameter than the cylindrical surface of the tubular body and overlapped to it and at least a side-ring being overlapped to one of the lateral edges for the lateral containment of the tire. The rim may include compensating means interposed between the cylindrical surface of the tubular body and the bead-seat and in contact with them to realise a compensation in thickness.
Claims21
A rim for a tire, comprising:
- a main tubular body extending around a rotation axis of the rim and having a cylindrical surface extending between two lateral edges and, in use, facing the tire;
- a bead-seat having a greater diameter than the cylindrical surface of the tubular body and overlapped to it;
- said bead-seat comprising an external portion with respect to a space occupied by the tire and an elongated portion extending inside the space occupied by the tire;
- characterised in that it comprises compensating means interposed between the elongated portion of the bead-seat and the cylindrical surface and in contact with them to compensate the differences in thickness present between the bead-seat and the tubular body;
- said compensating means comprising an annular element that surrounds the tubular body and a seat having an annular extension around the body and extending also along the direction parallel to the cylindrical surface for a preset length;
- said annular element being inserted in said seat and arranged in contact with the bead-seat and with the cylindrical surface;
- said annular element presenting one of its own surfaces facing inside the seat distanced by the bottom of said seat and said annular element projecting from the seat and sliding inside the seat, in a radial direction with respect to the body, towards the tubular body or towards the bead-seat during use, the annular element moves from a more internal position of the seat to a more projecting position depending on the position of the rim to realise said compensation of the differences in thickness between the tubular body and the bead-seat.
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