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US 2006/0040077 A1Published application
Method for forming a reinforcement for a resilient wheel and a reinforcement for a resilient wheel
OwnerBrian Wilson, Metodi Ikonomovinventors
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Abstract
A process for forming a reinforcement for a resilient, structurally supported wheel includes the steps of placing a supporting member, such as a stay, on a cylindrically shaped mandrel, winding a reinforcing wire on the mandrel over the supporting member while heating the wire to embed the wire in the supporting member, wherein, upon cooling, the wire is bonded to and supported by the supporting member to maintain a cylindrical shape
Claims11
A method for forming a wire reinforcement structure for a tire, comprising the steps of:
- placing a plastic supporting member on a form;
- winding a reinforcing wire on the form over the plastic supporting member to form a cylindrically shaped structure;
- applying energy to the wire to bond the wire to the plastic supporting member;
- and,
- allowing the wire and plastic to bond so that the plastic supporting member supports the wire in the cylindrically shaped structure.
2 more elements
A wire coil reinforcement for a resilient wheel tire, comprising:
- a wound wire coil;
- and,
- at least one plastic supporting member extending in an axial direction of the wire coil, wherein, the wire coil is embedded in the at least one plastic support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.