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US 12,600,178 B2Granted
Tubeless tire insert
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorsWesley E. Allinger, Paul Klawer, Douglas A. Chalmers, Anastasiia Tekhteleva
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Abstract
A system and method for a tubeless tire insert. The present invention includes an annular body having shock absorbing characteristics. A positioning system configured to vary a mean inner diameter of the insert is also included. The insert has a mean inner diameter X when the tire is being installed on the rim, and the insert has a mean inner diameter Y when the tire is installed on the rim, where X is greater than Y.
Claims16
A tubeless tire insert for use in installing a tubeless vehicle tire on a rim,
- said tubeless tire insert comprises:
- an annular body, said annular body comprising a shape memory material which can be actuated, a positioning system configured to vary a mean inner diameter of said tubeless tire insert, wherein said tubeless tire insert has a mean inner diameter X when said tubeless vehicle tire is being installed on said rim;
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- said tubeless tire insert has a mean inner diameter Y when said tubeless vehicle tire insert is installed on said rim, where X is greater than Y, said tubeless tire insert to press into a rim bed of said rim, said tubeless tire insert exerting a force on a first bead and a second bead of said tubeless vehicle tire, said force causing said first bead and said second bead to displace said first bead and said second bead from said respective initial installed positions to new positions on said rim bed, said new positions at a larger mean diameter than said initial installed positions, said tubeless tire insert creating a coupling between said rim and said tubeless vehicle tire.
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