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US 2009/0211681 A1Published application
Tire and tire rim assembly
OwnerRichard L. Palinkas, Ian Laskowitz +1inventors
InventorsRichard L. Palinkas, Ian Laskowitz, George H. Nybakken
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Abstract
A tire rim for a non-pneumatic tire. The tire rim has an outer hoop that slideably engages a mounting ring disposed on the non-pneumatic tire. The mounting ring is slideably engaged in a lateral direction on the outer hoop. The rim and mounting ring can be secured using one or more mounting plates. The rim allows for the non-pneumatic tire to be easily mounted and removed.
Claims24
A tire rim, comprising:
- a central support structure disposed about an axis of rotation;
- and
- an outer hoop surrounding the central support structure and comprising a receiving side having a first radial width and a non-receiving side having a second radial width, wherein the first radial width is less than the second radial width to allow a mounting ring disposed on an inner surface of a tire to engage the tire rim laterally from the receiving side.
A tire mounting system, comprising:
- a tire disposed on a mounting ring;
- and
- a tire rim comprising:
- a central support structure;
- and
- an outer hoop surrounding the central support structure and comprising a receiving side having a first radial width and a non-receiving side having a second radial width, wherein the first radial width is less than the second radial width to allow the mounting plate to engage the tire rim laterally from the receiving side.
3 more elements
A method for mounting a tire, comprising:
- (a) disposing a mounting ring on an inner surface of the tire;
- and
- (b) slideably engaging the mounting ring onto an outer surface of a rim, wherein the rim has a receiving side and a non-receiving side, the receiving side having a radial thickness that is less than the radial thickness of the non-receiving side and the mounting ring is slideably engaged in a substantially lateral direction from the receiving side until the mounting ring is flush with the radial plane of the non-receiving side.
A non-pneumatic tire assembly, comprising:
- a non-pneumatic tire having an inner circumferential surface mounted on a mounting ring, wherein the mounting ring comprises an inner side having a first radial width and a non-receiving side having a second radial width, wherein the first radial width is less than the second radial width to allow an outer hoop disposed on a central support structure of a tire rim to laterally engage the tire rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.