Bead construction for tubeless tires
AssigneeHahn, Inc.
InventorsFriedrich W. Hahn, Dieter Meyer
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Abstract
A tire-bead structure for a tubeless tire, especially for trucks and other heavy vehicles, having a steep-shoulder felly on the wheel which can be inclined outwardly at an angle of about 15.degree. to the horizontal, comprises a bead core made up of a plurality of concentric turns of steel band or strip in nesting relationship and bent in an outwardly concave pattern so that at least an axially inward portion of each turn or strip lies at an angle to a radially outward portion thereof.
Claims8
In a tubeless tire for a steep-shoulder felly for truck and heavy duty wheels, in which the felly has a felly bed inclined at an angle of about 15.degree. to the wheel axis, said tire having beads received in said felly and provided with bead cores comprising steel strip embedded in rubber along the bead, the improvement wherein at least one of said bead cores comprises a plurality of nested annular layers of steel strip, each of said layers of steel strip being bent into a generally L-shaped profile having an outwardly open concavity defined between an axially inner relatively short foot and an axially outer relatively long shank, said foot and shank of each layer of steel strip including an obtuse angle between them.
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