Adapter for a wheeled assembly and a wheeled assembly comprising same
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissments Michelin
InventorsHenri Barguet, Olivier Reix, Arthur Topin
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AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissments Michelin
InventorsHenri Barguet, Olivier Reix, Arthur Topin
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An adapter for a rolling assembly having an axis of rotation (YY′), the rolling assembly comprising a tyre having two beads, and a rim having two rim bead seats, for each bead, provides the connection between the bead and the rim, the said adapter comprising an axially inner end connected to the rim, an axially outer end comprising an outer reinforcing element and intended to come into contact, via a substantially radial axially inner face, or bearing face, with a bead, a body connecting the axially outer end to the axially inner end so as to form a single piece, comprising at least one main reinforcement providing the connection between the outer reinforcing element and the inner reinforcing element, and comprising a substantially axial adapter seat intended to come into contact with a bead. The outer reinforcing element is completely axially on the outside of the bearing face, and the outer reinforcing element is a substantially annular structure, referred to as a bead wire, of polygonal section, comprising an individual metal wire of diameter D1, the said wire being coated in an elastomer composition and wound contiguously around a support at least three times in an axial direction and at least twice in a radial direction.
An adapter for a rolling assembly having an axis of rotation and comprising a tire having two beads and a rim having two rim bead seats, the adapter providing, for each bead, the connection between a bead and a rim, and the adapter having:
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